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2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election

The 2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 alongside other local elections in London, to elect members of Lambeth London Borough Council in England. The election saw Labour remain in control of Lambeth Council with a slightly reduced majority, winning over 90% of the seats. The Green Party achieved its best-ever result in the borough, winning five seats and becoming the official opposition and the largest Green group in London.

The Green Party finished the runner up in nine of the wards, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in five wards and Labour in two.

Lambeth London Borough Council election, 2018
Labour635724290.551.743,5262.0
Green6154047.319.016,2323.8
Conservative6310221.612.610,5721.9
Liberal Democrats630000.012.310,3550.5
Independent10000.00.86600.4
UKIP120000.00.43055.0
Others0000.02.92,4751.2

The election saw Labour remain in control of Lambeth Council with a majority reduced by two seats. The party were wiped out in the St Leonard's ward, and they also lost a councillor in both Gipsy Hill and Herne Hill wards.

For the first time since the creation of the council, the Greens became the official opposition with five councillors, including Jonathan Bartley, who is the co-leader of the Green Party.

The Conservatives were reduced down to a single seat in Clapham Common, after Labour gained two of the seats they had previously held, despite the Conservative vote share in the ward increasing. The Conservatives failed to gain their target wards of Thurlow Park, Clapham Town and Larkhall.

The Liberal Democrats failed to make any gains at the election. However, they did comes second to Labour in their target wards.

Rachel Heywood, a former Labour councillor in Coldharbour sought re-election as an independent candidate. Heywood failed to win the seat and finished in 6th place, behind both Green Party candidates but ahead of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

The Women's Equality Party received 8% of the vote in the Brixton Hill ward, finishing in 5th place, ahead of two of the Green Party candidates, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The party also stood candidates in the wards of Prince's and Ferndale.

UKIP saw their vote share largely decrease in the wards they stood in.

The Federalist Party polled 0.2% of the vote in the Prince's ward with the Pirate Party polling 0.2% in the ward of Vassall.

Council composition following the election in May 2018:

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The disproportionality of the 2018 election was 31.00 using the Gallagher Index.

| Political Party | Vote Share | Seat Share | Difference | Difference² | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Labour | 51.7 | 90.5 | 38.8 | 1505.4 | | | Green | 19.0 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 123.2 | | | Conservative | 12.6 | 1.59 | 11.0 | 121.2 | | | Liberal Democrat | 12.3 | 0.00 | 12.3 | 151.3 | | | Other | 4.1 | 0.00 | 4.1 | 16.8 | | | | | | | |

Candidates shown below are confirmed candidates. An asterisk * indicates an incumbent Councillor seeking re-election.

PartyCandidateVotes%.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Labour1,12646.1+6.6
Labour1,09444.8+6.9
Labour1,09044.7+9.9
Liberal Democrats71329.2−4.7
Liberal Democrats69128.3−5.2
Liberal Democrats60624.8−3.0
Conservative31112.7+2.3
Green29212.0+1.1
Conservative28611.7+1.3
Green25310.4−0.1
Conservative24310.0−0.1
Green1897.7−2.0
UKIP863.5−5.4
UKIP723.0N/A
UKIP692.8N/A
2,44433.4
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op2,14259.3+9.2
Labour Co-op2,01555.8+4.1
Labour Co-op1,79649.8+6.2
Green85623.7+0.8
Women's Equality84223.3N/A
Green51714.3−7.2
Green47813.2−6.9
Liberal Democrats42011.6+4.8
Conservative38910.8−0.8
Conservative3499.7−1.0
Conservative3198.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats2226.1−0.4
Liberal Democrats1925.3−1.1
3,61931.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,45543.3+10.7
Labour1,43242.6+10.4
Conservative1,32539.4−7.9
Labour1,29338.5+3.7
Conservative1,28938.3−1.0
Conservative1,16434.6−4.5
Green44113.1−1.7
Liberal Democrats43913.1+4.0
Liberal Democrats3209.5+1.1
Liberal Democrats3179.4+1.6
Green2928.7−4.0
Green2698.0−1.1
3,37233.1
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,90153.1−0.1
Labour1,84051.4+0.7
Labour1,81350.7−0.3
Conservative97827.3+0.5
Conservative90825.4−0.6
Conservative87124.3+0.9
Green47413.2+1.6
Liberal Democrats39811.1+4.1
Green39511.0−0.8
Liberal Democrats38910.9+7.0
Liberal Democrats2767.7+4.3
Green2667.4−2.4
3,58932.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op2,32566.8+3.3
Labour Co-op2,25764.8+7.5
Labour Co-op1,97556.7−1.3
Green76121.9+0.8
Green68319.6+1.4
Independent66019.0−44.5
Conservative2286.5+0.1
Conservative2176.2−0.1
Conservative1895.4−5.9
Liberal Democrats1825.2−1.2
Liberal Democrats1805.2+1.6
Liberal Democrats1735.0+1.4
3,48728.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

On 29 July 2018, Cllr Parr died; this subsequently triggered a by-election on 13 September 2018.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op1,85359.9+3.5
Labour Co-op1,68554.4+0.1
Labour Co-op1,64953.3+5.3
Green71523.1+3.1
Green45914.8−5.0
Liberal Democrats45514.7+6.5
Conservative38412.43.4
Conservative37312.1−2.1
Women's Equality36611.8N/A
Conservative35911.6−2.2
Liberal Democrats32810.6+3.5
Liberal Democrats2638.5+1.7
3,11325.7
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,06340.7−16.7
Labour2,05440.6−18.4
Green1,92237.9+28.3
Green1,90337.6+29.3
Labour1,77835.1−22.8
Green1,64732.5+25.7
Conservative2715.4−6.1
Conservative2294.5−6.9
Conservative2084.1−7.0
Liberal Democrats1322.6−1.7
Liberal Democrats1242.4−1.8
Liberal Democrats1012.0−1.5
UKIP420.8−2.9
UKIP360.7N/A
UKIP310.6N/A
5,07648.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Green gain from Labour
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green2,36545.2+15.5
Labour2,33544.7−7.3
Labour2,24643.0−10.0
Labour2,11440.4−7.7
Green2,06039.4+11.6
Green2,04939.2+15.0
Herne Hill Community & Libraries Campaign70513.5N/A
Conservative3085.9−4.4
Liberal Democrats2745.2−2.5
Liberal Democrats2665.1−0.2
Conservative2635.0−3.5
Conservative2284.4−3.9
Liberal Democrats1713.3−0.8
5,23644.6
Green gain from Labour
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,37866.4+2.8
Labour2,32664.9+0.9
Labour2,03356.8+0.8
Green63717.8+4.4
Green50414.1+2.7
Green44112.3+1.6
Conservative42511.9−1.8
Conservative41411.6−1.4
Conservative3629.4−1.8
Liberal Democrats3459.6+2.1
Liberal Democrats2476.9−0.1
Liberal Democrats2306.4+0.5
3,58934.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,06362.0+12.4
Labour1,89356.9+11.8
Labour1,75152.6−1.7
Green51315.4−1.0
Conservative50115.1−4.4
Liberal Democrats45813.8+3.9
Conservative45513.7−3.4
Green41512.5−2.3
Conservative41112.3−3.2
Liberal Democrats39211.8+3.7
Green38611.6−1.3
Liberal Democrats35410.6+4.1
3,34325.8
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,98349.3−1.7
Labour1,83645.7−4.7
Labour1,71942.8−5.9
Liberal Democrats1,23630.7+8.8
Liberal Democrats1,21030.1+11.5
Liberal Democrats1,07626.8+12.8
Green Party - First Choice Candidate59614.8+1.0
Conservative46111.5−1.5
Green45811.4−0.2
Conservative45511.3−1.1
Conservative40810.1−0.6
Green3117.7−2.8
4,04234.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,39558.3+2.7
Labour2,32556.6+5.3
Labour2,25655.0+6.1
Liberal Democrats64415.7+5.2
Green59114.4+1.4
Conservative57013.9−4.2
Liberal Democrats54213.2+3.7
Conservative48211.7−5.0
Conservative47111.5−2.9
Liberal Democrats46111.2+2.6
Green42210.3−1.1
Women's Equality3267.9N/A
Green3187.7−2.5
UKIP1012.5−5.4
UKIP751.8N/A
UKIP671.6N/A
Federalist Party260.6N/A
4,12835.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green2,14148.2+16.7
Green2,08046.8+16.9
Green2,00645.1+20.1
Labour1,67737.7+6.3
Labour1,67637.7+4.7
Labour1,67337.6+7.1
Conservative4399.9−1.8
Conservative3838.6−2.6
Conservative3377.6−3.1
Liberal Democrats1884.2−20.5
Liberal Democrats1593.6−16.4
Liberal Democrats1082.4−16.4
4,45339.6
Green hold
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,10759.8+2.4
Labour1,82851.9+1.5
Labour1,77850.5+0.4
Liberal Democrats59817.0+1.4
Green59216.8+2.6
Conservative52114.8+0.4
Conservative50514.3−2.9
Conservative46913.3+1.1
Green43312.3+0.1
Liberal Democrats40511.5−0.3
Liberal Democrats37310.6−0.2
Green35210.0−0.4
TUSC722.0−1.9
TUSC401.1N/A
Duma Polska371.1N/A
3,53731.8
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,25360.3+15.5
Labour2,12156.8+16.0
Labour1,91251.2+13.9
Green65617.6+4.3
Green60816.3+5.7
Conservative55814.9+4.0
Green51713.8+3.1
Conservative50513.5+4.6
Conservative46912.6+4.4
Liberal Democrats40410.8−21.0
Liberal Democrats37910.1−22.7
Liberal Democrats3609.6−18.8
3,75133.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,21764.5+6.1
Labour2,20764.3+6.1
Labour2,18763.7+3.6
Conservative57016.6+0.8
Conservative53915.7−1.8
Conservative44012.8−1.7
Green36510.6−1.4
Green3129.1+0.6
Liberal Democrats2778.1−0.7
Green2697.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats2417.0−1.1
Liberal Democrats2156.3−1.7
UKIP762.2N/A
UKIP661.9N/A
UKIP441.3N/A
3,44634.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,15150.6+5.2
Labour2,06548.6+9.3
Labour1,97546.5+6.8
Liberal Democrats1,28130.1−4.4
Liberal Democrats1,26129.7−2.4
Liberal Democrats1,21628.6+6.4
Green54412.8+2.6
Green53212.5+1.4
Green3518.3−0.5
Conservative3508.2+1.6
Conservative3408.0+0.6
Conservative3257.6+1.7
4,26337.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,14064.6+11.7
Labour1,99960.3+8.8
Labour1,99060.0+11.0
Conservative54516.4+1.0
Conservative51115.4+4.2
Conservative48914.8+1.6
Green38811.7+3.9
Green36411.0+2.6
Liberal Democrats3299.9+3.9
Liberal Democrats3289.9+3.6
Green2928.8+2.5
Liberal Democrats2357.1+1.8
3,32034.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op2,37755.9+2.2
Labour Co-op2,30854.3+5.1
Labour Co-op2,07648.8+4.0
Conservative82019.3−8.2
Conservative82019.3−6.2
Conservative76117.9−5.7
Liberal Democrats69116.3+9.8
Liberal Democrats64915.3+9.3
Liberal Democrats57613.6+7.7
Green51212.0−3.6
Green46110.8−1.8
Green45810.8−1.7
Independent892.1−4.3
4,25841.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,28961.3−1.2
Labour2,27160.8+4.6
Labour2,10256.3−0.7
Green94725.3+4.9
Green83822.4+2.8
Green79521.3+4.4
Liberal Democrats3188.5+1.2
Liberal Democrats2897.7+1.0
Conservative2807.5−0.9
Conservative2556.8−0.2
Conservative2356.3−0.6
Liberal Democrats2135.7+0.6
3,75032.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ben Kind was previously a Bishop's ward councillor (2014–2018).

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,29662.3+9.1
Labour2,16558.7+8.0
Labour2,12057.5+5.2
Green59416.1−2.1
Green50513.7±0.0
Liberal Democrats47612.9−0.6
Liberal Democrats47412.9+1.1
Green47112.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats43311.7+4.0
Conservative3389.2−4.9
Conservative3188.6−3.0
Conservative2577.0−6.7
Pirate1273.4−0.5
3,70230.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

The by-election was caused by the death of Matthew Parr.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,73958.27.8
Green91230.515.0
Liberal Democrats1485.00.4
Conservative1194.02.4
Women's Equality471.6N/A
UKIP210.7N/A
82727.722.8
2,99424.8
Labour hold

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Jane Edbrooke.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,15444.718.2
Liberal Democrats84532.823.1
Green2519.71.7
Conservative2479.66.4
Women's Equality461.8N/A
UKIP361.4N/A
30911.952.0
27.5
Labour hold

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.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour99841.521.4
Liberal Democrats97940.730.1
Green1717.14.3
Conservative1666.99.1
Women's Equality532.2N/A
UKIP391.6N/A
190.763.2
25.5
Labour hold
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