Clapham Common (ward)

Clapham Common is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom.

Demography

The ward contains stretches South from Clapham Park Road to the boundary with Wandsworth at Balham Hill. It contains roads such as the A24 Clapham Common Southside and Abbeville Road, along with Lambeth College and Lambeth Academy. Approximately one quarter of the area of ward is taken up with Clapham Common. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 12,852.

The ward is located in the Streatham parliamentary constituency.

Ward elections

Clapham Common 2018 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Briggs*
	Conservative	David Frost
	Conservative	Leslie Maruziva
	Green	Joanna Eaves
	Green	Nick Humberstone
	Green	Kerstin Selander
	Labour	Joe Corry-Roake
	Labour	Tim Goodwin
	Labour	Joanna Reynolds
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Jenkins
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Newby
	Liberal Democrats	Carita Ogden
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Clapham Common 2014 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Briggs	1,486	37.5
	Conservative	Louise Nathanson	1,454
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	1,448
	Labour	Tim Goodwin	1,020	32.0
	Labour	Nichola Hartwell	955
	Labour	Jack Pascoe	943
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Hannah Cutler	433	13.5
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Peter Kelly	372
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bryant	268	10.2
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Shash Selander	268
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Drage	247
	Liberal Democrats	Ruhi Hayat-Khan	229
	UKIP	Anne Marie Waters	216	6.8
Total votes			9,364
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clapham Common 2010 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Barratt	2,176
	Conservative	Shirley Cosgrave	2,084
	Conservative	Julia Memery	2,040
	Conservative	Lloyd Milton	2,009
	Labour	Ruth Ling *	1,715
	Labour	Linda Bray	1,637
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cordon	1,606
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Heather	1,579
	Labour	Iain Simpson	1,408
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Anne Base	502
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Jamie Hamilton	445
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Anne Kenner	270
Total votes			17,211
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Clapham Common 2006 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Ling *	990
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Sanders *	964
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Meander *	914
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Sherratt	900
	Conservative	Steven Jones	886
	Conservative	Lloyd Milton	866
	Conservative	Alistair Hamilton	830
	Labour	David Walker	826
	Labour	Brian Witington	800
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Timothy Beaumont	438
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Zana Dean	370
Total votes			8,740
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clapham Common 2002 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Ling	972
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Meander	964
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Sanders	917
	Labour	Andy Harrop	863
	Labour	Roland Doven	856
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bryant	839
	Conservative	Joanna Barker	748
	Conservative	Anthony Bays	744
	Conservative	Gareth Williams	739
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Timothy Beaumont	274
Turnout			7,916	30.1

Clapham Common 1998 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen O'Malley	1,179
	Labour	Jonathan Myerson	1,160
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	1,074
	Conservative	Andrew Hollingsworth	983
	Labour	Koysor Syed	968
	Conservative	Edward Heckels	958
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Belcher	397
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Albere Hanna	382
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Banks	332
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Blackie	259
	UKIP	James Martin	10
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

External links

• Lambeth Borough Council profile for the ward
• Clapham Common ward results on Lambeth website