Lambeth Council
| Lambeth London Borough Council | |
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Coat of arms
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Council logo
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| Type | |
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| Leadership | |
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Cllr Lib Peck, Labour
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Mayor
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Cllr Jaffer, Labour
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 63 councillors |
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Political groups
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| Committees | North Lambeth housing committee |
| Committees | Air Quality and pollution committee |
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Joint committees
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Community relations, Family and young people committee |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
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Last election
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22 May 2014 |
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Next election
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2018 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton | |
| Website | |
| www |
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Lambeth London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lambeth in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, and one of the 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council meets at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton, but currently meetings are at locations across the borough due to renovation works on the Town Hall. Lambeth is divided into 21 wards, each electing three councillors. The council was first elected in 1964.
Following the May 2014 election, Lambeth London Borough Council comprised 59 Labour Party councillors, 3 Conservative Party councillors and 1 Green Party councillor.
The current Composition dictates: 57 Labour Councillors, 3 Conservative Councillors, and 1 Green, Whig & Independent Councillor.
The leader of the council from 2006, Steve Reed, stepped down following his election as Member of Parliament for Croydon North on 29 November 2012 and was replaced by Councillor Lib Peck, following confirmation by the full council on the 30th of January 2013.
The council was created by the London Government Act 1963. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Lambeth on 1 April 1965. Lambeth London Borough Council replaced Lambeth Metropolitan Borough Council and also took over some 40% of the area of the former Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council covering Streatham and Clapham. Both Metropolitan Boroughs were created in 1900 with Lambeth Metropolitan Borough Council replacing the Vestry of the Parish of Lambeth. The former Clapham and Streatham parishes, which became part of Lambeth in 1965, were governed by the Wandsworth District Board of Works from 1855 to 1900.
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