Oval is an area in
south London, in the
London Borough of Lambeth. It is part of
Kennington near
The Oval
The Oval, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since ...
cricket ground, situated 2.1 miles (3.38 km) to the south-east of
Charing Cross. Oval straddles the border of south-west London and south-east London, and is where the
postcode SE11 converges with the postcodes SW8 and SW9.
Oval is within the
borough constituency of
Vauxhall
Vauxhall ( ) is a district in South West London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Vauxhall was part of Surrey until 1889 when the County of London was created. Named after a medieval manor, "Fox Hall", it became well known for ...
. The
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for the area is
Florence Eshalomi
Florence Dauta Eshalomi ('' née'' Nosegbe; born 18 September 1980) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Vauxhall since 2019. She previously served as the Member of the London As ...
of the
Labour Party.
History
The land here was, from the seventeenth century, used for a market garden. The name "Oval" emerged from a street layout which was originated in 1790 but never completely built. The Montpelier Cricket Club leased ten acres of land from the
Duchy of Cornwall in 1844, and
Surrey County Cricket Club was formed soon thereafter at a meeting at the Horns Tavern (since demolished) on
Kennington Park Road
Kennington Park Road is a main road in south-east London, England, and is part of the A3 trunk road. It runs from Newington Butts at its Y-junction with Kennington Lane, south-west to the Oval, where the A3 continues as Clapham Road, towards ...
.
Demography
Oval ward is in the
Vauxhall parliamentary constituency and is one of four wards in the borough's
north Lambeth
Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area ...
division. It includes part of
Kennington and some of the
River Thames
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. In 2001, the National Census recorded a population of 11,983 for Oval.
Lambeth council elections
At the
Lambeth Council elections, 2010 residents of Oval ward elected two
Labour Party Councillors and one
Liberal Democrat
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Active parties
Former parties
See also
*Liberal democracy
*Lib ...
Councillor.
In the 2014 and 2018 Lambeth Council elections residents returned four Labour councillors, Jack Hopkins, Claire Holland, Jane Edbrooke (2014) and Philip Normal (2018).
Transport
The nearest tube stations are
Oval
An oval () is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas (projective geometry, technical drawing, etc.) it is given a more precise definition, which may include either one ...
,
Kennington,
Stockwell and
Vauxhall station
Vauxhall (, ) is a National Rail, London Underground and London Buses interchange station in central London. It is at the Vauxhall Cross road junction opposite the southern approach to Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames in the district of ...
.
Nearest places
See also
References
External links
Lambeth Council profile for the wardLambeth Council map of the wardOval ward results on Lambeth websiteLib Dem Councillor's blogOval Labour blogcensus information
Wards of the London Borough of Lambeth
Areas of London
Districts of the London Borough of Lambeth
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