Lambeth London Borough Council
Lambeth London Borough Council | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Council logo | |
| Type | |
| Type | London borough council of the London Borough of Lambeth |
| Leadership | |
Mayor of Lambeth | Cllr Christopher Wellbelove, Labour since May 2018 |
Leader of the Council | Cllr Lib Peck, Labour since 2012 |
Chief executive | Andrew Travers since 23rd July 2018 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 63 councillors |
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Political groups | Administration (57)
Opposition (6)
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| Elections | |
Voting system | First past the post |
Last election | 3 May 2018 |
Next election | May 2022 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton | |
| Website | |
| www.lambeth.gov.uk | |
Lambeth London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lambeth in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, and one of the 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council meets at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton. Lambeth is divided into 21 wards, each electing three councillors. The council was first elected in 1964.
Contents
1 Leadership
2 Wards
3 History
4 Policies
5 Summary results of elections
6 References
Leadership
The leader of the council from 2006, Steve Reed, stepped down following his election as Member of Parliament for Croydon North on 29 November 2012 and was replaced by Councillor Lib Peck,[1].
On 14 January 2019 Lib Peck announced that she would stand down from the Council and as Leader to take a role as the head of the Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit [2]. In the ensuing election among Labour Councillors, Councillor Jack Hopkins was elected Leader.[3]. Technically he will assume the position once ratified by the full council.
Wards
A map showing the wards of Lambeth since 2002
- Bishop's
- Brixton Hill
- Clapham Common
- Clapham Town
- Coldharbour
- Ferndale
- Gipsy Hill
- Herne Hill
- Knight's Hill
- Larkhall
- Oval
- Prince's
- St Leonard's
- Stockwell
- Streatham Hill
- Streatham South
- Streatham Wells
- Thornton
- Thurlow Park
- Tulse Hill
- Vassall
History
The council was created by the London Government Act 1963. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Lambeth on 1 April 1965. Lambeth London Borough Council replaced Lambeth Metropolitan Borough Council and also took over some 40% of the area of the former Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council covering Streatham and Clapham. Both Metropolitan Boroughs were created in 1900 with Lambeth Metropolitan Borough Council replacing the Vestry of the Parish of Lambeth. The former Clapham and Streatham parishes, which became part of Lambeth in 1965, were governed by the Wandsworth District Board of Works from 1855 to 1900.
It was envisaged through the London Government Act 1963 that Lambeth as a London local authority would share power with the Greater London Council. The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the local authorities responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. This arrangement lasted until 1986 when Lambeth London Borough Council gained responsibility for some services that had been provided by the Greater London Council, such as waste disposal. Lambeth was very active in the Ratecapping campaign in the 1980s.
Lambeth became an education authority in 1990. Since 2000 the Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions.
Policies
The Labour Party had included an aspiration in their 2010 manifesto for Lambeth to become a "Co-operative Council" with greater use of mutualist models. This attracted considerable media interest in the run up to the May 2010 election, characterised as the notion of the John Lewis Council in contrast to the EasyCouncil model being promoted by the Conservative Party in Barnet.[4] Following the 2010 election, the Council established a Commission to look at what this might entail.[5]
One aspect of this is that the council aims to make Lambeth a place where there is a coproduction of public services by service users and communities
Summary results of elections
Summary of council election results:
| Overall control | Labour | Lib Dem | Conservative | Green | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | |
References
^ Lambeth Council Archived 2013-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ Mayor's Office Press Release
^ London SE1 Website
^ Stratton, Allegra; correspondent, political (17 February 2010). "Labour to rebrand Lambeth as 'John Lewis' council". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014 – via The Guardian..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Lambeth: The Co-operative Council". Lambeth London Borough Council. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
