Bishop's
Former electoral ward
for the Lambeth London Borough Council
London boroughLambeth
CountyGreater London
Former electoral ward
Created1965
Abolished2022
Member(s)3
Replaced by

Bishop's ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, from 1965 to 2022

It was located in the north of the borough, bounded by the river Thames, and contained many well known London sites including the Southbank Centre, the London Eye, the Old and New Vic theatres, County Hall and Lambeth Palace. It also contained Waterloo station and St Thomas Hospital.

Bishop's ward was located in the Vauxhall parliamentary constituency and is one of four wards in the borough's north Lambeth division.

The Lambeth Council State of the Borough 2014 report found that Bishop's was the least residential ward of the borough.[1] It had the lowest ward population (10,600), with a low proportion of children – over 80% of residents are working age, with many born outside UK. It has the highest number of jobs and the highest employment per head of resident working age population. Health outcomes, such as life expectancy and childhood obesity are typical of the borough. It had the highest proportion of Asian residents in the borough.

Although the riverside areas are affluent, household income in most of the rest of the ward was comparable with the borough as a whole. Housing tenure was similar to the borough as a whole – 21% home owners, 42% Social rented, 34% private rented. It had the highest proportion of flats, and house prices are high - 30% of dwellings are in the higher council tax (property tax) bands F, G or H. Bishop͛s had the highest ward crime rate figures as of 2013, especially violence against the person and theft and handling – this is associated with large numbers of people in the ward at Waterloo station and the South Bank.

Lambeth Council elections

2018 election

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jen Moseley* 1,126 15.8 +9.2
Labour Kevin Craig* 1,094 15.4
Labour Ibrahim Dogus 1,090 15.3
Liberal Democrats Audrey Eager 713 10.0 -3.8
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett 691 9.7
Liberal Democrats Charley Hasted 606 8.5
Conservative James Bellis 311 4.4 +1.9
Green Michael Armstrong 292 4.1 +0.1
Conservative Glyn Chambers 286 4.0
Green James Wallace 253 3.6
Conservative Peter Wilde 243 3.4
Green Gay Lee 189 2.7
UKIP Elizabeth Jones 86 1.2 -5.2
UKIP Gavin Gibbs 72 1.0
UKIP David Poulden 69 1.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Moseley 1,106 37.3
Labour Kevin Craig 1,061
Labour Ben Kind 975
Liberal Democrats Diana Braithwaite* 949 32.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale* 939
Liberal Democrats Mathew Hanney 777
Green Sam Brightbart 304 10.3
Green Clive Croft 295
Conservative David Frost 292 9.9
Conservative Edward Harrison 291
Conservative Lee Rotherham 284
Green Bart Gorissen 272
UKIP Andrew Hayes 248 8.4
Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition El Morris 63 2.1
Total votes 7,857 72.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010 election

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Braithwaite * 1,676
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale * 1,641
Liberal Democrats Gavin Dodsworth * 1,483
Labour Jennifer Moseley 1,307
Labour Kevin Craig 1,256
Labour Rodney Reid 1,067
Conservative Edward Blain 751
Conservative Edward Jones 667
Conservative Rickard Jonsson 649
Green Colin Kavanagh 339
Green James Wallace 288
Green Jonathan Stone-Fewings 197
Total votes 11,321
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006 election

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale * 1,090
Liberal Democrats Diana Braithwaite 1,020
Liberal Democrats Gavin Dodsworth 869
Labour Richard Bridge 485
Labour Rodney Reid 427
Labour Kevin Craig 399
Green James Wallace 381
Conservative Carl Gibson 289
Conservative Jeremy Fox 285
Local Education Action by Parents Christine Holt 249
Conservative Gareth Streeter 236
Total votes 5,730
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002 election

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale 1,123
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Parry 1,039
Liberal Democrats Clive Parry 994
Labour Lorna Campbell 622
Labour Madge McGhie 506
Labour Lee Seaman 488
Green Simon Williams 166
Conservative Audrey Blaine 125
Conservative Caroline King 121
Conservative Judith Pattman 106
Socialist Alliance Veronica Planton 80
Turnout 5,370 27.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

1964 election

References

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