Leigham | |
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Former electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council | |
Borough | Lambeth |
County | Greater London |
Former electoral ward | |
Created | 1965 |
Abolished | 1978 |
Councillors | 3 |
Leigham was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth from 1965 to 1978. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections and last used for the 1974 elections. It returned three councillors to Lambeth London Borough Council. For elections to the Greater London Council, the ward was part of the Lambeth electoral division from 1965 and then the Norwood division from 1973.
The election took place on 2 May 1974.[1]
The election took place on 13 May 1971.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | M. V. Bedford | 2,533 | 16.9% | |
Labour | B. C. Porter | 2,503 | 16.7% | |
Labour | S. L. H. Shah | 2,388 | 15.9% | |
Conservative | K. Scott-Simpson | 2,377 | 15.8% | |
Conservative | B. J. Perkins | 2,376 | 15.8% | |
Conservative | B. A. Udell | 2,355 | 15.7% | |
Liberal | G. A. Chattoe | 178 | 1.2% | |
Liberal | D. P. Mann | 160 | 1.1% | |
Liberal | M. L. Baker-Caton | 154 | 1.0% | |
Turnout | 15,024 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
The election took place on 9 May 1968.[3]
The election took place on 7 May 1964.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | K. Scott-Simpson | 1,883 | 49.4 | ||
Conservative | W. C. Dennis | 1,874 | |||
Conservative | B. J. Perkins | 1,835 | |||
Labour | G. D. Manning | 1,456 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | J. Williams | 1,425 | |||
Labour | G. F. May | 1,422 | |||
Liberal | D. J. Leedham | 469 | 12.3 | ||
Liberal | R. J. Rust | 468 | |||
Liberal | F. R. Mott | 454 | |||
Turnout | 3,794 | 32.4 | |||
Registered electors | 11,719 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |