Last year, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) started a review of Lambeth council’s electoral wards. The process is designed to make sure that the wards are as fair as possible in terms of representation. The LGBCE wants to make sure councillors will represent about the same number of electors, and that ward arrangements will help the council work effectively.

Following a first-stage consultation with Lambeth residents, community groups and organisations and the voluntary sector in the borough, the LGBCE has drawn up proposals which make changes to the current electoral wards. It is proposing that there should be 26 wards and 1-3 councillors per ward. All wards will change.

For the current Brixton Hill ward, the following changes are proposed:

• The area between Brixton Prison and Acre Lane will join the neighbourhood to the north (such as Solon and Ferndale Roads) to become a new ward called Brixton Acre Lane.
• The area south of Brixton Prison will join the Clapham Park Estate across the South Circular and down towards Clapham Common.
• The Roupell Park Estate and Holmewood Gardens will be in a ward called Rush Common with much of the area that side of Brixton Hill down to Brixton itself.
• Challice Way and Vibart Gardens would be in a new ward with the rest of the St Martin’s Estate and area around Tulse Hill station called St Martin’s. This ward would have just two councillors.

Working with the LGBCE, Lambeth council now wants to hear the views and comments of residents, businesses and community groups on these proposals. We would like to invite you to attend a special consultation event at which the current proposals will be outlined, so that comments and feedback can be gathered.

Date: 11 March

Time: 6pm – 7pm

Register now

This event will be recorded and will be available to view via our website.

How to respond to the consultation

The Commission has a dedicated section on its website where people can see the detail of the proposals and comment on the names of wards, their boundaries and the number of councillors per ward: https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/21383 

People can also give their views by e-mail at reviews@lgbce.org.uk, and by post:

Review Officer (Lambeth)
LGBCE
PO Box 133
Blyth NE24 9FE