Streatham South ward is an administrative division of the
London Borough of Lambeth,
United Kingdom
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. It is the most southerly ward of the borough and has borders with
Croydon
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,
Merton, and
Wandsworth
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Toponymy
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. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,336. The ward includes the neighbourhoods of:
* Streatham Vale (south-west of
Streatham Common railway station);
* Lower Streatham (west of Streatham High Road and south of Greyhound Lane);
* Streatham Lodge Estate conservation area (east of Streatham High Road and south of the
Streatham Common
Streatham Common is a large open space on the southern edge of Streatham in the London Borough of Lambeth. The shallow sloping lower (western) half of the common is mostly mowed grass, and the upper (eastern) half is mostly woodland with some s ...
open space).
Streatham South ward is located in the
Streatham constituency of the
UK House of Commons
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, the
Lambeth and Southwark constituency of the
London Assembly, and was in the
London
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constituency of the
European Parliament
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.
Lambeth Council elections
At the
Lambeth Council elections, 2010 residents of Streatham South ward elected three
Labour Party Councillors: Mark Bennett, David Malley, and John Kazantzis. Turnout was 59%. Bennett became Mayor of Lambeth in March 2013, but died in February 2014, his seat remaining vacant.
"Councillors by Ward"
Lambeth Council. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
All three seats are up for election at the next Lambeth Council elections, on 22 May 2014, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections and the European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom
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.
Lambeth Council elections 2018
The 2018 Lambeth council elections took place on Thursday May 3, 2018 to elect 3 councillors.
References
External links
Lambeth Borough Council profile for the wardStreatham South election results on Lambeth website
Statement of persons nominated for the 2014 election of Councillors for Streatham South
Wards of the London Borough of Lambeth
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