St Leonard's (ward)
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St Leonard's ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. It is located in the south west of the borough and shares a border with Wandsworth. The ward comprises the western part of the Streatham town centre and is mostly to the west of the A23 Streatham High Road, with the exception of the Stanthorpe Triangle area immediately east of St Leonard's church in the historic village centre. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,550.[1]
St Leonard's ward is located in the Streatham Parliamentary constituency. The local Member of Parliament since 2019 is Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Labour Party.
Future Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow served as a councillor here from 1986 to 1990.
Councillors[]
Term | Councillor | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1968 | F. Steere | Conservative | |
1968 | J. Westbury | Conservative | |
1968–1974 | R. Turtill | Conservative | |
1968–1974 | H. Jellie | Conservative | |
1968–1982 | Valerio Bogazzi | Conservative | |
1974–1982 | Peter Cary | Conservative | |
1974–1982 | Andrew Beadle | Conservative | |
1982–1986 | Iain Picton | Conservative | |
1986–1990 | John Bercow | Conservative | |
1982–1994 | Mary Leigh | Conservative | |
1982–1998 | Hugh Jones | Conservative | |
1990–1998 | David Griffiths | Conservative | |
1994–1998 | Nicholas McKay | Conservative | |
1998–2014 | Roger Giess | Liberal Democrat | |
1998–2014 | Brian Palmer | Liberal Democrat | |
1998–2014 | Clive Bennett | Liberal Democrat | |
2014–2018 | Saleha-Begum Jaffer | Labour | |
2014–2018 | Robert Hill | Labour | |
2014–present | Scott Ainslie | Green | |
2018–present | Nicole Griffiths | Green | |
2018–present | Jonathan Bartley | Green |
Lambeth Council elections[]
• * denotes the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
Elections of the 2010s[]
2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Scott Ainslie | 2,141 | 48.2 | 18.8 | |
Green | Jonathan Bartley | 2,080 | – | – | |
Green | Nicole Griffiths | 2,006 | – | – | |
Labour | Saleha Jaffer * | 1,677 | 37.7 | 7.6 | |
Labour | Rob Hill * | 1,676 | – | – | |
Labour | Stephen Donnelly | 1,673 | – | – | |
Conservative | Wendy Newall | 439 | 9.9 | 0.8 | |
Conservative | Scott Simmonds | 383 | – | – | |
Conservative | Neil Salt | 337 | – | – | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Keen | 188 | 4.2 | 18.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona MacKenzie | 159 | – | – | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Malins | 108 | – | – | |
Majority | 464 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,250 | ||||
Turnout | 4,461 | 39.7 | 5.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | ||
Green hold | Swing | 6.1 | |||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | – | |||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | – |
2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Hill | 1,218 | 30.1 | 1.2 | |
Green | Scott Ainslie | 1,191 | 29.4 | 19.7 | |
Labour | Saleha-Begum Jaffer | 1,158 | – | – | |
Labour | Michael Burke | 1,125 | – | – | |
Green | Jonathan Bartley | 1,124 | – | – | |
Green | Rachel Laurence | 921 | – | – | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Palmer * | 913 | 22.5 | 18.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Giess * | 738 | – | – | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Stanmer | 695 | – | – | |
Conservative | Felicity Newall | 432 | 10.7 | 6.9 | |
Conservative | Charley Jarrett | 415 | – | – | |
Conservative | Wendy Newall | 395 | – | – | |
UKIP | Mark Trasenster | 296 | 7.3 | New | |
Majority | 27 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,733 | ||||
Turnout | 3,754 | 35.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 32 | 0.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 5.4 | |||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | – | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | – |
2010[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clive Lionel Alex Bennett | 2,582 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian James Palmer * | 2,197 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Joseph Giess * | 2,031 | |||
Labour | Catherine Harvey | 1,948 | |||
Labour | Henry Nathaniel Fergusson | 1,904 | |||
Labour | Richard Heingest Payne | 1,689 | |||
Conservative | Benjamin W Everitt | 1,099 | |||
Conservative | Wendy Newall | 977 | |||
Conservative | Alastair Stewart Hamilton | 948 | |||
Green | Rebecca Findlay | 603 | |||
Green | Ahmed Ismail Youssef Ibrahim | 328 | |||
Green | Michael John Mullins | 288 | |||
Majority | 83 | ||||
Turnout | 55.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Elections of the 2000s[]
2006[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clive Bennett * | 1,454 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Palmer * | 1,373 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Giess * | 1,187 | |||
Labour | Robert Hill | 615 | |||
Labour | Catherine Harvey | 604 | |||
Green | Rebecca Findlay | 564 | |||
Labour | Richard H Payne | 502 | |||
Conservative | Wendy Newall | 435 | |||
Conservative | John M Bellak | 420 | |||
LEAP | Michelle J Singleton | 409 | |||
Conservative | Stephen McMenamin | 398 | |||
Majority | 572 | ||||
Turnout | 28.6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2002[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clive L A Bennett | 1,517 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger J Giess | 1,422 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian J Palmer | 1,419 | |||
Labour | Denese Clarke | 841 | |||
Labour | Matthew Salter | 813 | |||
Labour | Brian Whitington | 706 | |||
Green | Anne C Kenner | 290 | |||
Conservative | Alastair S Hamilton | 284 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas W Walles | 280 | |||
Conservative | Philip Murley | 250 | |||
Majority | 578 | ||||
Turnout | 28 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s[]
1998[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clive L A Bennett | 1,162 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian J Palmer | 1,103 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger J Giess | 1,092 | |||
Labour | Sally A Bowdery | 727 | |||
Labour | Roger C J Bowdery | 703 | |||
Labour | Brycchan Carey | 630 | |||
Conservative | Joanna M Barker | 618 | |||
Conservative | Andrew W Burkinshaw | 580 | |||
Conservative | Glyn M Kyle | 580 | |||
Green | Hugh R Fraser | 213 | |||
Majority | 365 | ||||
Turnout | 32.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
1994[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David G Griffiths | 1,448 | |||
Conservative | Hugh B N Jones | 1,378 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas J McKay | 1,339 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert J Doyle | 1,142 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy W Halley | 1,079 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rajnikant R Patel | 1,022 | |||
Labour | Nicola M Billington | 741 | |||
Labour | Peter Simpson | 741 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Z Abu-Bakr | 663 | |||
Majority | 197 | ||||
Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1990[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David G Griffiths | 1,740 | |||
Conservative | Mary D Leigh | 1,726 | |||
Conservative | Hugh B N Jones | 1,670 | |||
Labour | Robert A P Ballard | 1,208 | |||
Labour | Barbara J Cawdron | 1,163 | |||
Labour | Roger Marshall | 1,103 | |||
Green | Thomas H Bewley | 339 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Clarke | 318 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pearl S Balachandran | 277 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Duncan M R Brack | 269 | |||
Majority | 462 | ||||
Turnout | 45.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1980s[]
1986[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary D Leigh | 1,803 | |||
Conservative | John S Bercow | 1,753 | |||
Conservative | Hugh B N Jones | 1,714 | |||
Labour | Amanda L Caulfield | 995 | |||
Labour | Raymond K Chant | 948 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth M White | 924 | |||
Liberal | Helen R Bailey | 886 | |||
Liberal | Sheila Clarke | 843 | |||
Liberal | Alan J Leaman | 824 | |||
Majority | 719 | ||||
Turnout | 47.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1982[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary D Leigh | 2,066 | |||
Conservative | Hugh B N Jones | 2,014 | |||
Conservative | Iain S Picton | 2,009 | |||
SDP | Lee T Hughes | 804 | |||
Liberal | Keren Lewin | 797 | |||
Liberal | Michael D Watson | 770 | |||
Labour | Roger C J Bowdery | 521 | |||
Labour | Winston W Taylor | 517 | |||
Labour | Sally A Bowdery | 513 | |||
Providers Who Care | Alf J Hollender | 22 | |||
Majority | 1,205 | ||||
Turnout | 44.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1970s[]
1978[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew S Beadle | 2,106 | |||
Conservative | Peter C H Cary | 2,058 | |||
Conservative | Valerio Bogazzi | 2,039 | |||
Labour | Daniel A Black | 874 | |||
Labour | Andrew R Morton | 735 | |||
Labour | Bernard J Lynn | 717 | |||
Liberal | Sheila Clarke | 202 | |||
Liberal | Ian D Mason | 169 | |||
Liberal | Jeffrey P Taylor | 144 | |||
Save London Alliance | Martin C Gower | 40 | |||
Majority | 1,165 | ||||
Turnout | 36.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1974[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P C Cary | 2,293 | |||
Conservative | A S Beadle | 2,279 | |||
Conservative | V Bogazzi | 2,274 | |||
Labour | P Daley | 1,031 | |||
Labour | S J Dimmick | 980 | |||
Labour | S A Parry | 933 | |||
Liberal | A E Miller | 282 | |||
Liberal | E M Kininmonth | 267 | |||
Liberal | A Mitchell | 251 | |||
Majority | 1,243 | ||||
Turnout | 31.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1971[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H Jellie | 2,563 | |||
Conservative | R Turtill | 2,517 | |||
Conservative | V Bogazzi | 2,515 | |||
Labour | M Justice | 1,316 | |||
Labour | D F Easto | 1,298 | |||
Labour | N D Patel | 1,215 | |||
Majority | 1,199 | ||||
Turnout | 32.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1960s[]
1968[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Westbury | 3,258 | |||
Conservative | H Jellie | 3,254 | |||
Conservative | M F Steere | 3,226 | |||
Labour | B P Hargreaves | 619 | |||
Labour | G A Gold | 600 | |||
Labour | R W Eadie | 597 | |||
Majority | 2,607 | ||||
Turnout | 34.6 |
References[]
- ^ "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Election results for St Leonards, 6 May 2010". 6 May 2010.
External links[]
- Wards of the London Borough of Lambeth