# 2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election

Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election with no boundary changes since the last election in 2002. The Labour Party gained control of the council, replacing the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition that had run the council since the previous election.
The election was notable for the Labour Party managing to win control of the borough despite a marginal fall in its overall percentage share of the vote. Labour taking Lambeth was also against the trend of the 2006 local election body elections which saw Labour lose control of 18 councils with a loss of 319 councillors.
Also significant was the election of Lambeth's first Green Party councillor, one of many gains for the Party across London. The Green Party took 16% of the vote across the borough.

## Election result

Lambeth Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 39 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 61.9 | 35.4 | 25,068 | -1.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 27.0 | 27.1 | 19,207 | -6.2 |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 9.5 | 17.3 | 12,271 | +1.1 |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.6 | 16.0 | 11,311 | +4.5 |
| Local Education Action by Parents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1,908 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,055 | +0.7 |
| Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 287 | New |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 112 | +0.1 |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 108 | New |
| Socialist (GB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 62 | New |

## Ward results

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

### Bishop's

Bishop's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Truesdale * | 1,090 | 43.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Braithwaite | 1,020 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gavin Dodsworth | 869 | |
| | Labour | Richard Bridge | 485 | 19.4 |
| | Labour | Rodney Reid | 427 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Craig | 399 | |
| | Green | James Wallace | 381 | 15.3 |
| | Conservative | Carl Gibson | 289 | 11.6 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Fox | 285 | |
| | Local Education Action by Parents | Christine Holt | 249 | 10.0 |
| | Conservative | Gareth Streeter | 236 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,730 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Brixton Hill

Brixton Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Steve Reed * | 1,354 | 45.3 |
| | Labour | Betty Evans-Jacas | 1,213 | |
| | Labour | Florence Nosegbe | 1,206 | |
| | Green | Roger Baker | 714 | 23.9 |
| | Green | Thomas Law | 596 | |
| | Green | Amrit Chanion | 559 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elsie Binder | 534 | 17.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Brack | 469 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Davies | 406 | |
| | Conservative | Penelope Sinclair | 389 | 13.0 |
| | Conservative | John Taylor | 351 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Windbourne | 329 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,120 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Clapham Common

Clapham Common (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ruth Ling * | 990 | 30.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders * | 964 | 29.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Meander * | 914 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Sherratt | 880 | |
| | Conservative | Steven Jones | 872 | 26.7 |
| | Conservative | Lloyd Milton | 846 | |
| | Conservative | Alistair Hamilton | 840 | |
| | Labour | David Walker | 826 | |
| | Labour | Brian Witington | 800 | |
| | Green | Timothy Beaumont | 438 | 13.4 |
| | Green | Zana Dean | 370 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,740 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Clapham Town

Clapham Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Helen O'Malley * | 1,535 | 39.9 |
| | Labour | Nigel Haselden | 1,417 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Wellbelove | 1,293 | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Gentry * | 1,230 | 32.0 |
| | Conservative | Glyn Chambers | 1,121 | |
| | Conservative | Kelly Maimon | 1,121 | |
| | Green | Albere Hanna | 534 | 13.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gloria Gomez | 484 | 12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Stewart | 379 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Snagge | 308 | |
| | Socialist (GB) | Daniel Lambert | 62 | 1.6 |
| | Socialist (GB) | James Martin | 39 | |
| | Socialist (GB) | John Lee | 38 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,561 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Coldharbour

Coldharbour (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Donatus Anyanwu * | 1,299 | 55.5 |
| | Labour | Rachel Heywood | 1,272 | |
| | Labour | Sharon Malley | 1,187 | |
| | Green | Elkin Atwell | 486 | 20.8 |
| | Green | Rachel Braverman | 471 | |
| | Green | Timothy Summers | 400 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Blackie | 304 | 13.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Lawman | 279 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Barrie | 250 | 10.7 |
| | Conservative | Smarajit Roy | 242 | |
| | Conservative | Marcus Booth | 222 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Bowring | 216 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,628 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Ferndale

Ferndale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul McGlone * | 1,332 | 47.9 |
| | Labour | Sally Prentice * | 1,282 | |
| | Labour | Neil Sabharwal | 1,205 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lena Smith | 572 | 20.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mirza Basic | 559 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marcus Mayers | 535 | |
| | Green | Philip Georgiou | 507 | 18.2 |
| | Conservative | Helen Gentry | 371 | 13.3 |
| | Conservative | David Farley | 343 | |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Morales | 331 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,037 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Suzanne Poole | 1,402 | 40.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Gibson | 1,352 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Pycock | 1,283 | |
| | Labour | Carol Boucher | 915 | 26.4 |
| | Labour | Daniel Lawuyi | 838 | |
| | Labour | Bill Watling | 790 | |
| | Green | Graham Jones | 631 | 18.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Baines | 521 | 15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Shoesmith | 408 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Parry | 368 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,508 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Herne Hill

Herne Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Becca Thackray | 1,359 | 37.3 |
| | Labour | Kirsty McHugh * | 1,343 | 36.9 |
| | Labour | Jim Dickson * | 1,314 | |
| | Green | Shane Collins | 1,298 | |
| | Labour | Peter O'Connell * | 1,205 | |
| | Green | George Graham | 1,151 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Ayres | 571 | 15.7 |
| | Conservative | Charles Holroyd | 562 | |
| | Conservative | Jessica Lee | 497 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malgorzata Baker | 371 | 10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Baines | 353 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Parry | 341 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,365 | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Knight's Hill

Knight's Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jackie Meldrum | 1,358 | 37.9 |
| | Labour | David Malone | 1,352 | |
| | Labour | Daniel Fitzpatrick | 1,349 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geraldine Evans * | 1,273 | 35.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Baker * | 1,218 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Saleha Jaffer | 1,116 | |
| | Green | Joseph Healy | 514 | 14.4 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas van der Borgh | 435 | 12.2 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Calder | 426 | |
| | Conservative | Jane Hill | 417 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,458 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Larkhall

Larkhall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Robbins | 1,341 | 49.0 |
| | Labour | Christiana Valcarcel | 1,279 | |
| | Labour | Neeraj Patil | 1,263 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Jenkins | 476 | 17.4 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Maud | 463 | 16.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Morland | 459 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Whitehouse | 459 | |
| | Green | Helen Fensterheim | 458 | 16.7 |
| | Conservative | Charles Pender | 440 | |
| | Conservative | William Trelawny | 415 | |
| | Green | Noah Rutter | 346 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,399 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Oval

Oval (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Banks | 1,193 | 37.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Faye Gray | 1,044 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sawdon * | 1,027 | |
| | Labour | Andy Harrop | 841 | 26.1 |
| | Labour | Luke Herbert | 792 | |
| | Labour | David Pritchard-Jones | 697 | |
| | Green | Carlos Coke | 471 | 14.6 |
| | Conservative | Magnus Goodland | 423 | 13.1 |
| | Conservative | David Haigh | 364 | |
| | Conservative | Sunil Tailor | 340 | |
| | Green | Peter Krakowiak | 323 | |
| | Local Education Action by Parents | Ruby Millington | 183 | 5.7 |
| | English Democrat | Janus Polenceus | 108 | 3.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,806 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Prince's

Prince's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lorna Campbell | 1,586 | 43.0 |
| | Labour | Samuel Townend | 1,575 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Morgan | 1,546 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rita Fitzgerald | 901 | 24.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Fitchett * | 827 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Anglin * | 676 | |
| | Conservative | Liam Campbell | 556 | 15.1 |
| | Conservative | Richard Hyslop | 505 | |
| | Green | Paul Steedman | 495 | 13.4 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Gibbon | 476 | |
| | Local Education Action by Parents | Eugenia Rattigan | 153 | 4.1 |
| | Local Education Action by Parents | Andrew Amos | 137 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,433 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Bennett * | 1,454 | 41.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Palmer * | 1,373 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Giess * | 1,187 | |
| | Labour | Robert Hill | 615 | 17.7 |
| | Labour | Catherine Harvey | 604 | |
| | Green | Rebecca Findlay | 564 | 16.2 |
| | Labour | Richard Payne | 502 | |
| | Conservative | Wendy Newall | 435 | 12.5 |
| | Conservative | John Bellak | 420 | |
| | Local Education Action by Parents | Michelle Singleton | 409 | 11.8 |
| | Conservative | Stephen McMenamin | 398 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,961 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Stockwell

Stockwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Bowyer * | 1,565 | 39.3 |
| | Labour | Pav Akhtar | 1,552 | |
| | Labour | Imogen Walker | 1,513 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Bottrall * | 1,321 | 33.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Polly Mackenzie | 1,012 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hayes | 1,010 | |
| | Green | Thomas Tibbits | 443 | 11.1 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Barr | 416 | 10.4 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Gibson | 365 | |
| | Conservative | Robert McMillan | 331 | |
| | Local Education Action by Parents | Tracey Fevrier | 241 | 6.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,769 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Streatham Hill

Streatham Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Fewtrell * | 1,367 | 34.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Clyne * | 1,248 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashley Lumsden * | 1,183 | |
| | Labour | Brian Cowie | 781 | 19.5 |
| | Labour | Alex Ekumah | 739 | |
| | Labour | Nancy Platts | 717 | |
| | Green | David Ince | 573 | 14.3 |
| | Independent | Nazim Ali | 540 | 13.5 |
| | Independent | Christopher Baron | 515 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Younghusband | 411 | 10.3 |
| | Conservative | Susan Smith | 389 | |
| | Conservative | Titus Lucas | 355 | |
| | Local Education Action by Parents | Dorcas Rogers | 323 | 8.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,141 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Streatham South

Streatham South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mark Bennett * | 1,725 | 43.1 |
| | Labour | Dave Malley * | 1,688 | |
| | Labour | John Kazantzis * | 1,632 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ahmad Ali | 1,483 | 37.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Davies | 1,358 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Bryant | 1,244 | |
| | Conservative | Stuart Goodey | 453 | 11.3 |
| | Conservative | Carolena Ludwig | 376 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Sinclair | 369 | |
| | Green | Anne Kenner | 343 | 8.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,671 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Streatham Wells

Streatham Wells (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Heather * | 1,484 | 48.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Clarke * | 1,449 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daphne Marchant | 1,360 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Fisher | 732 | 23.7 |
| | Labour | Maxine James | 725 | |
| | Labour | Clair Wilcox | 666 | |
| | Green | Hannah Rowlands | 513 | 16.6 |
| | Conservative | Lisabeth Liell | 365 | 11.8 |
| | Conservative | Richard Liell | 342 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Molloy | 332 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,968 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Thornton

Thornton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lib Peck * | 1,494 | 42.2 |
| | Labour | Diana Morris | 1,445 | |
| | Labour | Michael Hipwell | 1,354 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Pindar * | 1,094 | 30.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Sparling | 946 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Whitehead | 925 | |
| | Conservative | Joy Jackson | 480 | 13.6 |
| | Green | Adrian Audsley | 470 | 13.3 |
| | Conservative | Vernon de Maynard | 462 | |
| | Conservative | Philippa Stone | 457 | |
| | Green | Charles Evans | 372 | |
| | Green | Louise Wakefield | 363 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,862 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Thurlow Park

Thurlow Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Clare Whelan * | 1,738 | 40.9 |
| | Conservative | John Whelan * | 1,680 | |
| | Conservative | Irene Kimm * | 1,460 | |
| | Labour | Sharon Erdman | 762 | 17.9 |
| | Green | Sheila Freeman | 699 | 16.4 |
| | Labour | Matthew Parr | 667 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Beadnall | 593 | 13.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Teverson | 558 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anton Baker | 486 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Thurburn | 420 | |
| | Local Education Action by Parents | Stela Gildea | 350 | 8.2 |
| | UKIP | Robin Lambert | 112 | 2.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,525 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Marcia Cameron | 1,589 | 49.0 |
| | Labour | Toren Smith * | 1,528 | |
| | Labour | Adedamola Aminu | 1,514 | |
| | Green | Bernard Atwell | 718 | 22.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Lucas | 582 | 18.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert McConnell | 432 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Perry | 374 | |
| | Conservative | Josephine Lomax | 353 | 10.9 |
| | Conservative | Edna Richards | 309 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Lomax | 306 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,705 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Vassall

Vassall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kingsley Abrams | 1,426 | 44.2 |
| | Labour | Liz Atkinson * | 1,421 | |
| | Labour | Alex McKenna * | 1,305 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adeline Aina | 1,146 | 35.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Bradley | 1,092 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ernest Baidoo-Mitchell | 1,044 | |
| | Conservative | Stuart Barr | 369 | 11.4 |
| | Conservative | Deborah Thomas | 360 | |
| | Conservative | Judith Collier | 341 | |
| | Respect | Stephen Hack | 287 | 8.9 |
| | Respect | Abdul Chowdhury | 257 | |
| | Respect | Aboubakar Sako | 234 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,282 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |