Council by-election · Thursday, 8 October 2026

Lambeth: Myatt's Fields ward

Name: Lambeth: Myatt's Fields ward council by-election, 8 October 2026
Start: 2026-10-08T07:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-08T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Lambeth: Myatt's Fields ward

Archive. This election has already happened. Everything below is shown as it stood at the time: the candidates, their published positions as of the campaign, and household figures under the law of 2026. Nothing here is a judgement of what happened afterwards.

7 candidates stood here, polling day 8 October 2026. The same page for each of them, in the order you will see on the ballot paper. Read them all, or start with the one you have heard of.

7candidates for one seat

2sourced positions

1with something published

1named sources

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The 7 on your paper in the order you’ll see them

No. 1Christian Peoples Alliance
Yemi Awolola
No statement supplied.
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 2Liberal Democrats
Christopher David French
No statement supplied.
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 3Labour and Co-operative Party
Molly Hartill
No statement supplied.
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 4Conservative Party Candidate
John Francis Hindson
No statement supplied.
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 5The Socialist Party (GB)
Anya Krycek
“Anya Krycek is an Irish-born radical feminist and socialist theoretician who has lived in South London for 21 years, bringing together deep…”
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 6Reform UK
Mark Mckee
No statement supplied.
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 7The Green Party
Sonia Winifred
“Everyone should have the right to live in a decent home, breathe clean air, and ensure a safer, greener planet for the next generation to enjoy.”
Published on: environment, housing

The result, Thursday, 8 October 2026

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Molly Hartill (elected)	Labour and Co-operative Party	1,026	46.7%
Sonia Winifred	Green Party	815	37.1%
Christopher David French	Liberal Democrats	189	8.6%
John Francis Hindson	Conservative and Unionist Party	74	3.4%
Mark Mckee	Reform UK	58	2.6%
Yemi Awolola	Christian Peoples Alliance	26	1.2%
Anya Krycek	The Socialist Party of Great Britain	9	0.4%

2,197 valid votes, turnout 26.2% of 8,376 registered electors, 7 spoilt ballots. Result data from Democracy Club (source). Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

In this ward 7 candidates from 7 parties or independent slots are standing. Parties do not stand everywhere; here is how to find out whether yours stands nearby.

This is a council seat. A councillor's win changes what the council decides: council tax, housing repairs and allocations, planning, social care, schools admissions, parking, bins, libraries. It does not change national tax, benefits or NHS policy, so this page shows only positions published for this council election, and no national party pledges are implied.

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You're voting for

Your local councillor

Councillors sit on the council that runs services where you live. They set the council's budget and council tax, and decide local planning applications. Here, for Lambeth: Myatt's Fields ward.

What this office decides

Planning. Whether new homes, extensions and developments get permission.
Waste and streets. Bins, recycling, street cleaning, fly-tipping.
Council tax. The level you pay, within limits set nationally.
Social care. In county and unitary councils, care for older and disabled people.
Parks and libraries. Opening, funding, closing.
Council housing. Repairs, allocations and, in many areas, homelessness.

What it does not

NHS policy and waiting times. Parliament and the NHS.
Income tax and benefits. Parliament.
Immigration. Parliament.
Policing policy. The Home Office and your Police and Crime Commissioner or mayor.
Schools' curriculum. Government and, for academies, their trusts.

Candidates often campaign on things their office cannot change. That is not dishonest in itself — an MP can press a council, a councillor can lobby government — but it is worth knowing which is which. Summarised from the Local Government Association and UK Parliament descriptions of each role.

How this vote is counted: first past the post. One cross; the candidate with the most votes wins.Worked example

Every ballot with one cross is counted for that candidate. The one with the most votes wins, even without a majority. Example: A 4,000, B 3,900, C 2,100. A wins with 40% of the vote; the 60% cast for others elect nobody. There are no second preferences; a vote for a candidate who does not win has no further effect.

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Numbered as on the ballot paper. Open a candidate to see their positions on the ten topics, with sources. Until a household is described, only positions that apply to everyone are counted.

1Yemi Awolola

Christian Peoples Alliance

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No published position found yet.

Democracy Club profile Party site

In their own words

No statement to voters supplied to Democracy Club.

Stood before

Lambeth council, Streatham St Leonards ward (by-election), July 2026 (Christian Peoples Alliance) — not elected
Lambeth council, Brixton Rush Common ward, May 2026 (Christian Peoples Alliance) — not elected
UK Parliament, Edmonton And Winchmore Hill, July 2024 (Christian Peoples Alliance) — not elected
Reading council, Battle ward, May 2021 (Independent) — not elected
UK Parliament, Reading East, December 2019 (Christian Peoples Alliance) — not elected
gla.a.2016-05-05, May 2016 (Christian Peoples Alliance) — not elected
and 2 more; full history on their Democracy Club profile

Previous candidacies from Democracy Club. A record of standing, not a judgement.

Record in office

No voting record is shown for any council candidate: councils record votes by name only in limited cases (in England, budget and council tax decisions), and no dataset of them exists. Positions below come from what the candidate and their party have published.

Campaign leaflets archived

This campaign · 2026-09-29

2 from this candidate's earlier campaigns

Earlier campaign · 2026-04-10

Earlier campaign · 2026-07-02

From electionleaflets.org (Democracy Club). Leaflets are the party's own material, published as delivered; we check they are real, not that they are true. Earlier leaflets are from previous contests and may not reflect current positions.

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Where this information comes from

Positions are quoted from the candidate's or party's own published material and official records, each with its source. Where a candidate has given Democracy Club a statement to voters, it is shown word for word. If you are this candidate and something here is wrong, email us and we will check it against the source.

Published positions on the ten topics

Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.

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Look yourself: the council's election notices · the party's site · leaflets archived for this area (electionleaflets.org, a Democracy Club project).