# Clapham Common (ward)

Clapham Common was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom from 2002 to 2022.

## Demography

The ward stretched south from Clapham Park Road to the boundary with Wandsworth at Balham Hill. It contained roads such as the A24 Clapham Common Southside and Abbeville Road, along with Lambeth College and Lambeth Academy. Approximately one quarter of the area of ward was taken up with Clapham Common. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 12,852.
The ward was located in the Streatham parliamentary constituency.

## Lambeth Council elections
### 2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.
2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Joe Corry-Roake | 1,455 |
| Labour | Joanna Reynolds | 1,432 |
| Conservative | Timothy Briggs * | 1,325 |
| Labour | Tim Goodwin | 1,293 |
| Conservative | David Frost | 1,189 |
| Conservative | Leslie Maruziva | 1,164 |
| Green | Joanna Eaves | 441 |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Jenkins | 439 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carita Ogden | 320 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Newby | 317 |
| Green | Kerstin Elaine Selander | 269 |
| Green | Nick Humberstone | 252 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### 2014 election

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Timothy Briggs | 1,205 |
| | Conservative | Louise Nathanson | 1,154 |
| | Conservative | Bernard Gentry | 1,102 |
| | Labour | Tim Goodwin | 1,028 |
| | Labour | Nichola Hartwell | 955 |
| | Labour | Jack Pascoe | 870 |
| | Green | Hannah Cutler | 433 |
| | Green | Peter Kelly | 372 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Bryant | 328 |
| | Green | Shash Selander | 268 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Drage | 247 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruhi Hayat-Khan | 229 |
| | UKIP | Anne Marie Waters | 219 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,896 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### 2010 election

The election took place on 6 May 2010.
2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Barratt | 2,176 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Cosgrave | 2,084 |
| | Conservative | Julia Memery | 2,040 |
| | Conservative | Lloyd Milton | 2,009 |
| | Labour | Ruth Ling * | 1,715 |
| | Labour | Linda Bray | 1,637 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Cordon | 1,606 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Heather | 1,579 |
| | Labour | Iain Simpson | 1,408 |
| | Green | Anne Base | 502 |
| | Green | Jamie Hamilton | 445 |
| | Green | Anne Kenner | 270 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,211 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### 2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.
2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ruth Ling * | 990 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders * | 964 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Meander * | 914 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Sherratt | 900 |
| | Conservative | Steven Jones | 886 |
| | Conservative | Lloyd Milton | 866 |
| | Conservative | Alistair Hamilton | 830 |
| | Labour | David Walker | 826 |
| | Labour | Brian Witington | 800 |
| | Green | Timothy Beaumont | 438 |
| | 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 |

### 2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.
2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ruth Ling | 972 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Meander | 964 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 917 | | |
| | Labour | Andy Harrop | 863 | | |
| | Labour | Roland Doven | 856 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Bryant | 839 | | |
| | Conservative | Joanna Barker | 748 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Bays | 744 | | |
| | Conservative | Gareth Williams | 739 | | |
| | Green | Timothy Beaumont | 274 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,916 | 30.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |