Thornton (ward)

Thornton ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom.

The ward comprises the communities of Clapham Park and the Hyde Farm Estate. The ward shares the borough's western boundary with Wandsworth along Cavendish Road and Emmanuel Road alongside Tooting Bec Common. The south eastern boundary then continues along Emmanuel Road and New Park Road to the A205 South Circular Road. The boundaries of northern part of the ward follow the boundaries of the Clapham Park estate east of Kings Avenue and then cross to run down Clarence Avenue and Poynders Road.

The ward is located in the Streatham parliamentary constituency.

Political history

In the London local elections of 1968, the Conservatives took control of the Greater London Council on a landslide. Included in this was Lambeth, where the Conservatives also swept to power. In the previously safe Labour ward of Ferndale, they took all three seats. Third of the three elected was future Prime Minister John Major, seventy votes ahead of his nearest Labour rival. Major, who had grown up nearby, was made Chairman of the Housing Committee, and responsible for overseeing the building of several large council estates. However, in 1971, the trend was reversed, both in London as a whole and Lambeth. This time, Major instead contested Thornton, where the Conservatives had enjoyed a comfortable victory in 1968, but Labour took all three seats back, and Major came fifth overall, losing his place on the council.[1]

Lambeth Council elections
Thornton 2018 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lib Peck * 2,140
Labour Jane Edbrooke 1,999
Labour Ed Davie * 1,990
Conservative Martin Reid 645
Conservative Michael Spencer 511
Conservative Vernon de Maynard 489
Green Katherine Curran 388
Green Adrian Audsley 364
Liberal Democrats Duncan Brack 329
Liberal Democrats Rebecca MacNair 328
Green Anja Thies 292
Liberal Democrats Conor Doherty 235
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Jane Edbrooke was previously an Oval ward councillor (2010-2018).

Thornton 2014 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lib Peck * 2,280
Labour Diana Morris * 2,220
Labour Ed Davie * 2,113
UKIP Bruce Machan 764
Conservative Simon Hemsley 664
Conservative Vernon de Maynard 570
Conservative Savill Young 481
Green Adrian Audsley 360
Green Hannah Kershaw 336
Green Charles Lankaster 272
Liberal Democrats Rebecca MacNair 271
Liberal Democrats Duncan Brack 258
Liberal Democrats John Pindar 227
Total votes 10,816
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Thornton 2010 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Morris * 2,614
Labour Lib Peck * 2,609
Labour Edward Davie 2,399
Liberal Democrats John Pindar 1,705
Liberal Democrats Christopher Keating 1,670
Liberal Democrats Andrew Waterman 1,383
Conservative Melanie Ball 1,188
Conservative Simon Hemsley 1,104
Conservative Vernon de Maynard 1,004
Green Adrian Audsley 504
Green Charles Gay 373
Green Helen Kersley 311
Total votes 16,861
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Thornton 2006 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lib Peck * 1,494
Labour Diana Morris 1,445
Labour Michael Hipwell 1,354
Liberal Democrats John Pindar * 1,094
Liberal Democrats James Sparling 946
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Whitehead 925
Conservative Joy Jackson 480
Green Adrian Audsley 470
Conservative Vernon de Maynard 462
Conservative Philippa Stone 457
Green Charles Evans 372
Green Louise Wakefield 363
Total votes 9,862
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References
  1. "London Elections Reports". Elections - London Datastore.


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