Lambeth London Borough Council is elected every four years.
Summary of council election results:
| Overall control | Labour | Lib Dem | Conservative | Green | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Labour | 58 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | Labour | 57 | – | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2014 | Labour | 59 | – | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | Labour | 44 | 15 | 4 | – | ||
| 2006 | Labour | 39 | 17 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2002 | Lib Dem/Conservative Coalition | 28 | 28 | 7 | – | ||
| 1998 | Labour | 41 | 18 | 5 | – | ||
| 1994 | No overall control | 24 | 24 | 16 | – | ||
| 1990 | Labour | 40 | 4 | 20 | – | ||
| 1986 | Labour | 40 | 3 | 21 | – | ||
| 1982 | No overall control | 32 | 5 | 27 | – | ||
| 1978 | Labour | 42 | – | 22 | – | ||
| 1974 | Labour | 46 | – | 14 | – | ||
| 1971 | Labour | 51 | – | 9 | – | ||
| 1968 | Conservative | 3 | – | 57 | – | ||
| 1964 | Labour | 42 | – | 18 | – | ||
Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 63 councillors representing 25 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.[3] The wards are:[4]
The wards between 2002 and 2022 (each electing three councillors) were:
The wards between 1978 and 2002 (each electing three councillors) were:
The wards between 1965 and 1978 (each electing three councillors) were:
There were no by-elections.[5]
There were no by-elections.[6]
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dick J. F. Sorabji.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Susan T. B. Smith.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Colin Mason.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian R. Mallett.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth J. Sharvill.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Tuite.The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Graham P. Nicholas.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gloria Hutchens.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Singh.
The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllrs. Denis E. Cooper-King and John E. Harrison.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roger J. Liddle.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter J. Evans.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Callinan.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Margaret E. Jones.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan M. White.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael D. Cruickshanks.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul Connolly.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony P. Hewitt.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gabriel Fernandes.The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Tim Sargeant.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Liz Atkinson.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sam J. Townend.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Toren Smith.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Steve Reed.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Ruth Ling.The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kingsley J. Abrams.
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Sonia Winifred.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Chris Marsh.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Niranjan Francis.
The by-election was caused by the death of Matthew Parr.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Jane Edbrooke.
The by-election was caused by Lib Peck who resigned as Leader of Lambeth Council and as a councillor in order to take the role as the Director of the Mayor of London’s newly established Violence Reduction Unit.[7] [8] [9]
The by-election was caused by the death of Liam Jarnecki.[10] [11] [12]
Fareed Alderechi stood previously for Clapham Common and Abbeville in 2022.
This by-election was caused by the resignation of Sonia Winifred.[13]
This election took place on the same day as the 2024 United Kingdom local elections.
This by-election was caused by the resignation of Tom Rutland, Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham at the 2024 general election.[14]
This election took place on the same day as the 2024 United Kingdom local elections.
In 1979, the administration of Edward "Red Ted" Knight organised the borough's first public demonstration against the Thatcher government.[15]
In 1985, the left-wing Labour administration of Knight was subjected to 'rate-capping', with its budget restricted by the Government. Knight and most of the Labour councillors protested by refusing to set any budget. This protest resulted in 32 councillors being ordered to repay to the council the interest the council had lost as a result of budgeting delays, and also being disqualified from office.
In 1991, Joan Twelves's administration both failed to collect the poll tax and openly opposed the war in the Persian Gulf.[15] Twelves, and 12 other councillors were subsequently suspended from the labour party's local group by regional officials for advocating non-payment of the poll tax and other radical policies in 1992.[16]
Twelves's equally militant deputy leader in this era was John Harrison.[17]