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 | |
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Former electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council | |
London borough | Lambeth |
County | Greater London |
Former electoral ward | |
Created | 1965 |
Abolished | 2022 |
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.
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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
edit2018 election
editThe 2018 Lambeth council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 with three councillors elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jacqui Dyer* | 2,296 | 62.1 | 12.1 | |
Labour | Annie Gallop* | 2,165 | |||
Labour | Paul Gadsby* | 2,120 | |||
Green | Sarah Mynott | 594 | 15.0 | 2.1 | |
Green | Florence Pollock | 505 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kate Noble | 476 | 13.1 | 0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Juliet Hodges | 474 | |||
Green | Bruno Combelles | 471 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Lubbock | 433 | |||
Conservative | Glen Promnitz | 338 | 8.6 | 4.6 | |
Conservative | Gareth Wallace | 318 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Barr | 257 | |||
Pirate | Mark Chapman | 127 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2014 election
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2010 election
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2006 election
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2002 election
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1998 election
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1994 election
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1990 election
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1986 election
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1982 election
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1978 election
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1974 election
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1971 election
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1968 election
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1964 election
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Former residents of Vassall ward
editArtist 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
edit- ^ "Borough, neighbourhoods and wards | Lambeth Council".
- ^ "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Who you can vote for | London Elects". londonelects.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Election results for Vassall, 3 May 2018". 3 May 2018.
External links
edit- Lambeth Borough Council profile for the ward
- Lambeth map of the ward
- Vassall ward election results on lambeth website
- Vassall View Vassall Ward website with local news and information and details of Vassall Labour Party
- Vassall and Oval ward map and information from 1918