Council by-election · Lambeth: Myatt's Fields ward · Thursday, 7 May 2026
This is where politics meets your life.
Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the area around this area, from planning to local statistics, and who represents you now.
Life in Lambeth: Myatt's Fields ward: the official facts
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
625 people in Myatt's Fields ward, 7.8% of residents aged 16–64, against 4.1% across England (September 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in Lambeth
Average price £540,198, down 6.5% on a year earlier (August 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £441,815
Detached houses: £1,160,559
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, September 2026
1,788 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
violent crime: 449
anti social behaviour: 369
theft from the person: 216
shoplifting: 173
other theft: 133
public order: 95
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
Who represents you now
Councillors for Myatt's Fields, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:
Patience Clague, Green Party (E&W)
Annie Gallop, Labour Party
This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.
Across the whole of Lambeth council (63 seats in 2026): Labour 26, Liberal Democrat 8, Green 29. Run by: Greens, as a minority administration.
Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.