Thornton (ward)

Thornton ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom from 1965 to 2022.

Thornton
Former electoral ward
for the Lambeth London Borough Council
London boroughLambeth
CountyGreater London
Former electoral ward
Created1965
Abolished2022
Member(s)3

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

The ward was located in the Streatham parliamentary constituency.

Lambeth Council elections

2019 by-election
Thornton by-election April 2019 (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nanda Manley-Browne 998 41
Liberal Democrats Mathew Bryant 979 41
Green Adrian John Audsley 171 7
Conservative Martin Lester Read 166 7
Women's Equality Leila Fazal 53 2
UKIP John Kenneth Plume 39 2
Labour hold Swing

2018 election
2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton (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).

2014 election
2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: 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 Adrian Audsley 360
Green Hannah Kershaw 336
Green 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

2010 election
2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: 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 Adrian Audsley 504
Green Charles Gay 373
Green Helen Kersley 311
Total votes 16,861
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2006 election
2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton (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 Adrian Audsley 470
Conservative Vernon de Maynard 462
Conservative Philippa Stone 457
Green Charles Evans 372
Green Louise Wakefield 363
Total votes 9,862
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2002 election

1968 election

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1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. N. Brown 2892
Conservative W. F. R. Fuller 2874
Conservative G. M. Murray 1214
Labour L. Drake 1172
Labour M. M. Noble 1159
Labour W. Seeley 1159
Communist J. E. Styles 143
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References
  1. "London Borough Council Elections: 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. April 1969. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

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