Coldharbour (Lambeth ward)

Coldharbour ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is located in Brixton.

Coldharbour
Population17,243 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
Unitary authority
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLondon
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament

Ward Demography

Coldharbour has a large population compared to other wards (17,200). It has a young age profile, with a high proportion of children aged 0-15.

It is also the poorest ward in the borough. It has the highest proportion of people from ethnic minorities, and a high proportion of people not born in UK. 4.8% of Coldharbour residents speak an African language as their first language, and 4% speak Portuguese.

Coldharbour has the highest proportion of Black Caribbean residents, and the highest proportion of Black African residents. Less than a quarter of residents are White British.

Much of the ward takes in less affluent estates, such as the Loughborough, Hertford, Angell Town and Moorlands Estates. There is also a pocket of considerable affluence in the far south of the ward.

The crime rate is relatively high, with the highest rates of robbery, criminal damage and drugs offences in the Borough between 2012 and 2013.[2]

The 1981 Brixton riot, the most serious riot in the United Kingdom during the 20th century, started in the ward. The George public house was burnt down and a number of other buildings were damaged along Railton Road.

Lambeth Council elections
Coldharbour by-election, 13 September 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Scarlett O'Hara 1,739 58.2
Green Michael Groce 912 30.5
Liberal Democrats Doug Buist 148 5.0
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams 119 4.0
Women's Equality Sian Fogden 47 1.6
UKIP Robert Stephenson 21 0.7
Majority 827
Turnout 2,994 24.8
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 2018 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Emma Nye 2,325 66.0
Labour Co-op Donatus Anyanwu * 2,257
Labour Co-op Matthew Parr * 1,975
Green Michael Groce 761 15.5
Green Rashid Nix 683
Independent Rachel Heywood* 660 6.6
Conservative Michael Johnson 228 6.4
Conservative Amy Hennessy 217
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams 189
Liberal Democrats Olivier Bertin 182 5.4
Liberal Democrats Henry McMorrow 180
Liberal Democrats Clive Lewis 173
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 2014 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Heywood* 2,232 63.5
Labour Matt Parr * 2,037
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 2,014
Green Solomon Smith 742 20.8
Green Thomas Wood 680
Green Rashid Nix 638
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams 231 6.8
Liberal Democrats Rachel Lester 225 4.8
Conservative Carl Belgrove 224
Conservative Edward Watkins 221
UKIP Johan Ward 127 1.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Morfey 126
Liberal Democrats Simon Waddington 126
Independent David Warner 100 1.0
Independent Boniface Awogta 76 0.8
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

- Rachel Heywood was elected as a Labour Councillor. Heywood resigned the party whip in April 2016 and now sits as an Independent councillor.[3][4][5]

Coldharbour 2010 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Heywood * 3,983 64.5
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 3,819
Labour Matthew Parr 3,681
Liberal Democrats Rachel Lester 1,091 16.8
Liberal Democrats Hilary Lavender 1,081
Liberal Democrats Angela Meader 808
Green Geoffrey Burgess 611 9.5
Conservative Thomas Baker 581 8.3
Green Olivier Bertin 573
Green Alexander James 511
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams 458
Conservative Graham Pycock 430
CPA David Williams 169
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 2006 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 1,299 54.2
Labour Rachel Heywood 1,272
Labour Sharon Malley 1,187
Green Elkin Atwell 742 24.0
Green Rachel Braverman 471
Green Timothy Summers 450
Liberal Democrats Robert Blackie 304 11.5
Liberal Democrats Sandra Lawman 279
Conservative Simon Barrie 250 10.4
Conservative Smarajit Roy 242
Conservative Marcus Booth 227
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Bowring 216
Total votes 6,628
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coldharbour 2002 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 989 59.1
Labour Sharon Erdman 949
Labour Sharon Ward 899
Green William Collins 241 14.1
Green Paul Martin 219
Green Mohammed Sajid 217
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Avebury 215 12.5
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Baines 203
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Baines 181
Conservative John Lamont 179 8.5
Socialist Alliance Theresa Bennett 152 3.2
Conservative Nicholas Brown 122
Conservative Glyn Chambers 108
Independent Robin Gibson 47 2.7
Independent Gary Bruton 43
Independent Darren Iliffe 40
Turnout 4,804 17.1
Coldharbour 1998 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ambrose Hogan 946 54.4
Labour Donatus Anyanwu * 906
Labour Simon Stevens 887
Independent Thomas Butler 315 17.7
Independent David Woolford 301
Independent Andrew Morris 274
Liberal Democrats Alan Beven 229 11.9
Green Albere Hanna 197 3.9
Liberal Democrats Manjula Roy 194
Liberal Democrats Richard Laming 178
Conservative Sheila Angel 176 9.7
Conservative Michael Angel 163
Conservative Robert Angel 151
Movement for Justice Alexander Owolade 95 1.9
Communist League Peter Clifford 19 0.4
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Notable former residents

Notes

    References
    1. "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    2. https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ec-lambeth-council-state-of-the-borough-2014_0.pdf
    3. https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1
    4. http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2016/04/cllr-rachel-heywood-delivers-stinging-attack-on-labour-cabinet-elite-with-a-call-for-change-of-direction/
    5. https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=113&RPID=29273364
    6. "- English Heritage".
    7. John Fitzpatrick, "You never know when it's going to explode" (interview with C. L. R. James, 1989), Living Marxism, April 1989; reprinted Spiked Election.

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