← Thursday 8 October 2026

Myatt's Fields

Lambeth · polled Thursday 8 October
Labour defending

This by-election was called after the death of Labour councillor Annie Gallop. The ward last elected two councillors together, in May 2026; the Greens took the most votes with 41 per cent. The contest before that was led by Labour in 2022. 7 candidates stood.

The council

Lambeth

Every ward and councillor, who runs the council, and each by-election since May.

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Result
Labour hold
Party Share
Labour46.7%
Green37.1%
Liberal Democrats8.6%
Conservative3.4%
Reform UK2.6%
CPA1.2%
SPGB0.4%

Projection published before polls closed
72 in 100
simulated outcomes
Labour: Favourite
Labour72 in 100
Green22 in 100

Christian Peoples Alliance and The Socialist Party of Great Britain (2 candidates combined), Conservative, Liberal Democrats: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: Reform UK.

How often each candidate wins the seat across 10,000 simulations of this contest - chances of winning, not vote shares.

How this ward has voted
May 2022
May 2026
ResultConservativeLabourLiberal DemocratsGreenReform UKIndependents
May 20265%39%8%41%3%4%
May 20228%63%9%20%--

Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.

On the ballot
Worth knowing
  • The Labour candidate had stood here before.
The council

Lambeth is a London borough: it runs most local services. Current control: Green minority.

Current composition of 63 seats
Labour 26Liberal Democrats 9Green 28

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Ward profile
Degree-educated50%
Owner-occupied25%
Social renting52%
Upper tier

There is no county council above Lambeth.

In Westminster

The ward is part of the Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency. Labour MP Florence Eshalomi won it at the 2024 general election with 57 per cent of the vote.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.