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Coldharbour ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is located in Brixton.

Coldharbour
Population17,243 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
Unitary authority
Region
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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Demographics

Coldharbour has a large population compared to other wards (17,200). It has a young age profile, with a high proportion of children aged 0–15.

It is also the poorest ward in the borough. It has the highest proportion of people from ethnic minorities, and a high proportion of people not born in UK. 4.8% of Coldharbour residents speak an African language as their first language, and 4% speak Portuguese.

Coldharbour has the highest proportion of Black Caribbean residents, and the highest proportion of Black African residents. Less than a quarter of residents are White British.[2]

Much of the ward takes in less affluent estates, such as the Loughborough, Hertford, Angell Town and Moorlands Estates. There is also a pocket of considerable affluence in the far south of the ward.

Notable events

The 1981 Brixton riot, the most serious riot in the United Kingdom during the 20th century, started in the ward. The George public house was burnt down and a number of other buildings were damaged along Railton Road.

Lambeth Council elections

Coldharbour by-election, 13 September 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Scarlett O'Hara 1,739 58.2
Green Michael Groce 912 30.5
Liberal Democrats Doug Buist 148 5.0
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams 119 4.0
Women's Equality Sian Fogden 47 1.6
UKIP Robert Stephenson 21 0.7
Majority 827
Turnout 2,994 24.8
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 2018 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Emma Nye 2,325 66.0
Labour Co-op Donatus Anyanwu * 2,257
Labour Co-op Matthew Parr * 1,975
Green Michael Groce 761 15.5
Green Rashid Nix 683
Independent Rachel Heywood* 660 6.6
Conservative Michael Johnson 228 6.4
Conservative Amy Hennessy 217
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams 189
Liberal Democrats Olivier Bertin 182 5.4
Liberal Democrats Henry McMorrow 180
Liberal Democrats Clive Lewis 173
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 2014 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Heywood* 2,232 63.5
Labour Matt Parr * 2,037
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 2,014
Green Solomon Smith 742 20.8
Green Thomas Wood 680
Green Rashid Nix 638
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams 231 6.8
Liberal Democrats Rachel Lester 225 4.8
Conservative Carl Belgrove 224
Conservative Edward Watkins 221
UKIP Johan Ward 127 1.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Morfey 126
Liberal Democrats Simon Waddington 126
Independent David Warner 100 1.0
Independent Boniface Awogta 76 0.8
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rachel Heywood was elected as a Labour Councillor. Heywood resigned the party whip in April 2016 and now sits as an Independent councillor.[3][4][5]

Coldharbour 2010 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Heywood * 3,983 64.5
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 3,819
Labour Matthew Parr 3,681
Liberal Democrats Rachel Lester 1,091 16.8
Liberal Democrats Hilary Lavender 1,081
Liberal Democrats Angela Meader 808
Green Geoffrey Burgess 611 9.5
Conservative Thomas Baker 581 8.3
Green Olivier Bertin 573
Green Alexander James 511
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams 458
Conservative Graham Pycock 430
CPA David Williams 169
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 2006 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 1,299 54.2
Labour Rachel Heywood 1,272
Labour Sharon Malley 1,187
Green Elkin Atwell 742 24.0
Green Rachel Braverman 471
Green Timothy Summers 450
Liberal Democrats Robert Blackie 304 11.5
Liberal Democrats Sandra Lawman 279
Conservative Simon Barrie 250 10.4
Conservative Smarajit Roy 242
Conservative Marcus Booth 227
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Bowring 216
Total votes 6,628
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 2002 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donatus Anyanwu 989
Labour Sharon Erdman 949
Labour Sharon Ward 899
Socialist Alliance Theresa Bennett 252
Green William Collins 241
Green Paul Martin 219
Green Mohammed Sajid 217
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Avebury 215
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Baines 203
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Baines 181
Conservative Nicholas Brown 122
Conservative Glyn Chambers 108
Conservative John Lamont 105
Independent Robin Gibson 47
Independent Gary Bruton 43
Independent Darren Iliffe 40
Turnout 4,680 17.1
Coldharbour 1998 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ambrose Hogan 946
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 906
Labour Simon Stevens 887
Independent Thomas Butler 315
Independent David Woolford 301
Independent Andrew Morris 274
Liberal Democrats Alan Beven 229
Green Albere Hanna 197
Liberal Democrats Manjula Roy 194
Communist League Peter Clifford 191
Liberal Democrats Richard Laming 178
Conservative Sheila Angel 176
Conservative Michael Angel 163
Conservative Robert Angel 151
Movement for Justice Alexander Owolade 95
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 1994 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C Ashley 1,188 46.3
Labour C Fairbank 1,079
Labour S Cooley 1,075
Independent R Woolford 673 24.7
Independent A Butler 528
Liberal Democrats S Lawman 506 18.9
Independent T Butler 506
Liberal Democrats S Roy 461
Liberal Democrats M Czarnecki 449
Green S Black 192 7.0
Conservative S Angel 165 6.1
Conservative B Wimbourne 118
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour by-election, 4 March 1993[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Woolford 841
Labour Stephen Cooley 778
Conservative Peter Cannon 350
Green William Collins 74
Independent Stephen Bradshaw 42
Turnout 28.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Coldharbour by-election, 18 November 1976[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Montaut 701
Conservative Gerald Hartup 481
Housewife Kathleen Mott 224
National Party Joan Sandland 165
Socialist Workers Europe Singh 34
Anti-National Front Alan Whereat 28
United Anti-Fascist Evan Sparks 17
Turnout 20.8

Notable former residents

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ^ Cobb, Jason (14 November 2014). "Lambeth State of the Borough report highlights changing nature of Brixton". Brixton Buzz. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Councillors". beta.lambeth.gov.uk. 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ Cobb, Jason (13 April 2016). "Cllr Rachel Heywood delivers stinging attack on Labour Cabinet "elite" with a call for change of direction".
  5. ^ "Election results for Coldharbour, 22 May 2014". beta.lambeth.gov.uk. 22 May 2014.
  6. ^ "There's a John Major road ahead - but even he hasn't noticed". www.standard.co.uk. 12 April 2012.
  7. ^ "C. L. R. James | Writer | Blue Plaques". English Heritage.
  8. ^ John Fitzpatrick, "You never know when it's going to explode" (interview with C. L. R. James, 1989), Living Marxism, April 1989; reprinted Spiked Election.

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