Vassall (ward)

Vassall ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, from 1965 to 2022.[1] It was located in the north of borough bordering Southwark, in the SW9 and SE5 postcode area. The ward was named after Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland who was responsible for the first building development in the area in the 1820s.

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

The ward was made up of mostly Brixton but includes parts of Stockwell, Camberwell, Oval and a very small part of Kennington. The ward was noted for its high numbers of households living in deprived conditions. Housing stock in the ward ranges from large detached houses to towerblocks—ONS figures show that over 61% of housing in the ward was rented from the local authority or from a housing association with many people living on large housing estates such as the Myatts Fields North, Myatts Fields South, Cowley, Holland Town and Caldwell Gardens estate.

St John the Divine, on Vassall Road, SW9
Christ Church, Brixton Road, SW9

The ward contains several open spaces and parks including Myatt's Fields Park, Eythorne Park and Slade Gardens. It also contained the churches of St John the Divine, Kennington and Christ Church Brixton Road. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 14,143.[2]

Vassall ward was located in the Lambeth and Southwark London assembly constituency, represented by Labour Co-op Member Florence Eshalomi.[3] It is in the Vauxhall parliamentary constituency and is one of four wards in the borough's north Lambeth division.

Lambeth Council elections

2018 election

The 2018 Lambeth council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 with three councillors elected.

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Vassall (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqui Dyer* 2,296 62.1 Increase12.1
Labour Annie Gallop* 2,165
Labour Paul Gadsby* 2,120
Green Sarah Mynott 594 15.0 Increase2.1
Green Florence Pollock 505
Liberal Democrats Kate Noble 476 13.1 Increase0.4
Liberal Democrats Juliet Hodges 474
Green Bruno Combelles 471
Liberal Democrats John Lubbock 433
Conservative Glen Promnitz 338 8.6 Decrease4.6
Conservative Gareth Wallace 318
Conservative Stuart Barr 257
Pirate Mark Chapman 127 1.2 Increase0.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

Former residents of Vassall ward

Artist Vincent van Gogh briefly lived in Hackford Road in Vassall ward. Other famous former Vassall inhabitants include Prime Minister John Major who lived in Burton Road, music hall artist Dan Leno and landscape painter David Cox.

References
  1. "Borough, neighbourhoods and wards | Lambeth Council".
  2. "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  3. "Who you can vote for | London Elects". londonelects.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015.
  4. "Election results for Vassall, 3 May 2018". 3 May 2018.

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