Council by-election · Lambeth: Myatt's Fields ward · Thursday, 8 October 2026
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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.
Your area · Lambeth: Myatt's Fields ward, 8 October 2026 · What’s It To Me?
Past elections in this ward
Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
2022— Labour Party, Labour Party elected
Annie Gallop
Labour Party
1,421
Paul Gadsby
Labour Party
1,399
Dzaier Neil
Green Party
486
Sean Cadoux Martin Walsh
Green Party
400
Kate Noble
Liberal Democrats
232
Harvey Frederick Robert Chandler
Conservative and Unionist Party
200
James Hallett
Conservative and Unionist Party
182
Nicola Charles Gibbon
Liberal Democrats
180
Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.
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.
