Bishop's (ward)

Bishop's
Former electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
London borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Former electoral ward
Created	1965
Abolished	2022
Member(s)	3
Replaced by	Kennington Waterloo and South Bank

Bishop's ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, from 1965 to 2022

It was located in the north of the borough, bounded by the river Thames, and contained many well known London sites including the Southbank Centre, the London Eye, the Old and New Vic theatres, County Hall and Lambeth Palace. It also contained Waterloo station and St Thomas Hospital.

Bishop's ward was located in the Vauxhall parliamentary constituency and is one of four wards in the borough's north Lambeth division.

The Lambeth Council State of the Borough 2014 report found that Bishop's was the least residential ward of the borough. It had the lowest ward population (10,600), with a low proportion of children – over 80% of residents are working age, with many born outside UK. It has the highest number of jobs and the highest employment per head of resident working age population. Health outcomes, such as life expectancy and childhood obesity are typical of the borough. It had the highest proportion of Asian residents in the borough.

Although the riverside areas are affluent, household income in most of the rest of the ward was comparable with the borough as a whole. Housing tenure was similar to the borough as a whole – 21% home owners, 42% Social rented, 34% private rented. It had the highest proportion of flats, and house prices are high - 30% of dwellings are in the higher council tax (property tax) bands F, G or H. Bishop͛s had the highest ward crime rate figures as of 2013, especially violence against the person and theft and handling – this is associated with large numbers of people in the ward at Waterloo station and the South Bank.

2002–2022 Lambeth council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 2002.

2018 election

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jen Moseley*	1,126	15.8	+9.2
	Labour	Kevin Craig*	1,094	15.4
	Labour	Ibrahim Dogus	1,090	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Eager	713	10.0	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett	691	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Charley Hasted	606	8.5
	Conservative	James Bellis	311	4.4	+1.9
	Green	Michael Armstrong	292	4.1	+0.1
	Conservative	Glyn Chambers	286	4.0
	Green	James Wallace	253	3.6
	Conservative	Peter Wilde	243	3.4
	Green	Gay Lee	189	2.7
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	86	1.2	-5.2
	UKIP	Gavin Gibbs	72	1.0
	UKIP	David Poulden	69	1.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Moseley	1,106	37.3
	Labour	Kevin Craig	1,061
	Labour	Ben Kind	975
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Braithwaite*	949	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Truesdale*	939
	Liberal Democrats	Mathew Hanney	777
	Green	Sam Brightbart	304	10.3
	Green	Clive Croft	295
	Conservative	David Frost	292	9.9
	Conservative	Edward Harrison	291
	Conservative	Lee Rotherham	284
	Green	Bart Gorissen	272
	UKIP	Andrew Hayes	248	8.4
	Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition	El Morris	63	2.1
Total votes			7,857	72.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2010 election

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Braithwaite *	1,676
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Truesdale *	1,641
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Dodsworth *	1,483
	Labour	Jennifer Moseley	1,307
	Labour	Kevin Craig	1,256
	Labour	Rodney Reid	1,067
	Conservative	Edward Blain	751
	Conservative	Edward Jones	667
	Conservative	Rickard Jonsson	649
	Green	Colin Kavanagh	339
	Green	James Wallace	288
	Green	Jonathan Stone-Fewings	197
Total votes			11,321
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006 election

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Truesdale *	1,090
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Braithwaite	1,020
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Dodsworth	869
	Labour	Richard Bridge	485
	Labour	Rodney Reid	427
	Labour	Kevin Craig	399
	Green	James Wallace	381
	Conservative	Carl Gibson	289
	Conservative	Jeremy Fox	285
	Local Education Action by Parents	Christine Holt	249
	Conservative	Gareth Streeter	236
Total votes			5,730
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2002 election

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Truesdale	1,123
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Parry	1,039
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Parry	994
	Labour	Lorna Campbell	622
	Labour	Madge McGhie	506
	Labour	Lee Seaman	488
	Green	Simon Williams	166
	Conservative	Audrey Blaine	125
	Conservative	Caroline King	121
	Conservative	Judith Pattman	106
	Socialist Alliance	Veronica Planton	80
Turnout			5,370	27.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 1978.

External links

• Bishop's ward results on Lambeth website
• Website of the three Councillors for Bishop's Ward Archived 28 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine