Thornton ward is an administrative division of the

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, United Kingdom. The ward comprises the communities of Clapham Park and the Hyde Farm Estate. The ward shares the borough's western boundary with

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along Cavendish Road and Emmanuel Road alongside

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. The south eastern boundary then continues along Emmanuel Road and New Park Road to the A205 South Circular Road. The boundaries of northern part of the ward follow the boundaries of the Clapham Park estate east of Kings Avenue and then cross to run down Clarence Avenue and Poynders Road. The ward is located in the

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parliamentary constituency.

Political history

In the London local elections of 1968, the Conservatives took control of the

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on a landslide. Included in this was

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, where the Conservatives also swept to power. In the previously safe

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ward of Ferndale, they took all three seats. Third of the three elected was future

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, seventy votes ahead of his nearest Labour rival. Major, who had grown up nearby, was made Chairman of the Housing Committee, and responsible for overseeing the building of several large

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. However, in 1971, the trend was reversed, both in London as a whole and

. This time, Major instead contested Thornton, where the Conservatives had enjoyed a comfortable victory in 1968, but Labour took all three seats back, and Major came fifth overall, losing his place on the council.

Lambeth Council elections

Jane Edbrooke was previously an Oval ward councillor (2010-2018).

References

External links

Lambeth Borough Council profile for the wardThornton ward election results on Lambeth websiteThornton Life: local website produced by Thornton Labour Councillors
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