Thornton (ward)

Thornton ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom.

The ward comprises the communities of Clapham Park and the Hyde Farm Estate. The ward shares the borough's western boundary with Wandsworth along Cavendish Road and Emmanuel Road alongside Tooting Bec Common. The south eastern boundary then continues along Emmanuel Road and New Park Road to the A205 South Circular Road. The boundaries of northern part of the ward follow the boundaries of the Clapham Park estate east of Kings Avenue and then cross to run down Clarence Avenue and Poynders Road.

The ward is located in the Streatham parliamentary constituency.

Political history

In the London local elections of 1968, the Conservatives took control of the Greater London Council on a landslide. Included in this was Lambeth, where the Conservatives also swept to power. In the previously safe Labour ward of Ferndale, they took all three seats. Third of the three elected was future Prime Minister John Major, seventy votes ahead of his nearest Labour rival. Major, who had grown up nearby, was made Chairman of the Housing Committee, and responsible for overseeing the building of several large council estates. However, in 1971, the trend was reversed, both in London as a whole and Lambeth. This time, Major instead contested Thornton, where the Conservatives had enjoyed a comfortable victory in 1968, but Labour took all three seats back, and Major came fifth overall, losing his place on the council.

Lambeth Council elections

Thornton 2018 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lib Peck *	2,140
	Labour	Jane Edbrooke	1,999
	Labour	Ed Davie *	1,990
	Conservative	Martin Reid	645
	Conservative	Michael Spencer	511
	Conservative	Vernon de Maynard	489
	Green	Katherine Curran	388
	Green	Adrian Audsley	364
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Brack	329
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca MacNair	328
	Green	Anja Thies	292
	Liberal Democrats	Conor Doherty	235
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Thornton 2014 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lib Peck *	2,280
	Labour	Diana Morris *	2,220
	Labour	Ed Davie *	2,113
	UKIP	Bruce Machan	764
	Conservative	Simon Hemsley	664
	Conservative	Vernon de Maynard	570
	Conservative	Savill Young	481
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Adrian Audsley	360
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Hannah Kershaw	336
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Charles Lankaster	272
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca MacNair	271
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Brack	258
	Liberal Democrats	John Pindar	227
Total votes			10,816
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Thornton 2010 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Morris *	2,614
	Labour	Lib Peck *	2,609
	Labour	Edward Davie	2,399
	Liberal Democrats	John Pindar	1,705
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Keating	1,670
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waterman	1,383
	Conservative	Melanie Ball	1,188
	Conservative	Simon Hemsley	1,104
	Conservative	Vernon de Maynard	1,004
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Adrian Audsley	504
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Charles Gay	373
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Helen Kersley	311
Total votes			16,861
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Thornton 2006 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lib Peck *	1,494
	Labour	Diana Morris	1,445
	Labour	Michael Hipwell	1,354
	Liberal Democrats	John Pindar *	1,094
	Liberal Democrats	James Sparling	946
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Whitehead	925
	Conservative	Joy Jackson	480
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Adrian Audsley	470
	Conservative	Vernon de Maynard	462
	Conservative	Philippa Stone	457
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Charles Evans	372
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Louise Wakefield	363
Total votes			9,862
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

External links

• Lambeth Borough Council profile for the ward
• Thornton ward election results on Lambeth website
• Thornton Life: local website produced by Thornton Labour Councillors