Thank you!

The result of the local election in Prince's ward has just been announced.

David, Chris and Joanne are thrilled to have been elected with big majorities.

They want to thank everybody who voted, and promise to work hard for everybody in Kennington and Vauxhall.

Here is the full result:

David Amos Labour 2342 20% Elected
Chris Marsh Labour 2160 18% Elected
Joanne Simpson Labour 2058 17% Elected
Claire Louise Barker Conservative 761 6% Not elected
James Howard Bellis Conservative 705 6% Not elected
Michael Charles Poole-Wilson Conservative 606 5% Not elected
Eleanor Anne Halsall Green 548 5% Not elected
Joe Taylor Green 479 4% Not elected
Vivienne Jane Baines Liberal Democrat 441 4% Not elected
Fern Christene Lindsay Green 428 4% Not elected
Malcolm Ian Baines Liberal Democrat 401 3% Not elected
Daisy Rose Christodoulou Liberal Democrat 360 3% Not elected
John Dodds UK Independence Party 334 3% Not elected
John Howard Independent 170 1% Not elected
Larry Hutchinson Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 95 1% Not elected

Your Labour candidates for 2014

Our local Labour Party have just selected two of our candidates for the 2014 elections in Kennington & Vauxhall. The final one will be selected in the autumn.


They are:

Chris Marsh
@Chrismarshse11

Chris has lived in North Lambeth for 20 years, and became a tenant on the Vauxhall Gardens estate nearly 4 years ago. He has worked extensively in the local community as a Bar Manager, and then for Centrepoint in a hostel for homeless young people.  He currently works for another London Council managing their team of Neighbourhood Wardens. Chris is keen to represent his community to help ensure we all benefit from the exciting developments like the Damien Hirst Gallery and the Nine Elms development coming to Prince's Ward and the surrounding area. For him the diverse mix of people that live harmoniously in Prince's ward is what makes the area so special. Chris intends to continue the hard work of Steve, Mark and Lorna, in ensuring our wishes and concerns as residents, are always taken into consideration.


Jo Simpson
@JSimpsonLambeth

Jo has lived in the area for four years. An active member of the Lambeth Labour Party, she has a strong record as a campaigner and enjoys meeting people on the doorstep. Together with her co-candidates, Jo has promised to make sure every door in the ward is knocked on between now and May 2014, to build on the hard work undertaken by Mark, Steve and Lorna. She has almost seven years' experience working as a Caseworker for Labour MPs and taking up concerns of local people. Jo is passionate about giving community groups a say and will work to support residents associations such as Vauxhall Garden Estate and organisations like Friends of Kennington Park in their objectives that benefit the community. Jo’s main interest is housing and she is committed to fighting for a fair deal from developers and ensuring Prince’s gets the affordable housing it needs. She is also a keen cyclist and pledges to work together with Council officers, TfL and the London Mayor to not only improve cycling routes, but to tackle problem spots such as the Vauxhall Gyratory and ensure that transport improvements are secured for pedestrians, bus users and pedestrians alike.



You will notice that Steve, Mark and Lorna’s names do not appear above and that is because we have all decided to retire!

Lorna and Steve both stood in the 2002 elections and lost! And then again in the 2006 elections and won! Mark stood in a by election in 2009 and won. All we all were kindly re-elected by you in 2010.

We will have been councillors for a number of years and we all felt it time to let someone else have the chance to represent such a wonderful community.

However, rest assured that we shall remain your councillors until Election Day on Thursday 22 May 2014. So you will still get emails from us, see us at meetings, see us at events and see us at our advice surgeries.

We shall then hand over to whoever you decide to represent you for the next four years.


Pictured: Jo Simpson, Tim from Alford House Youth Club, Chris Marsh

Vote tomorrow for a fairer London

Thursday 3 May is election day in London.

You have three votes in this election:

• For the Mayor of London - pink ballot paper. Labour's candidate is Ken Livingstone. Please use your first or second preference for Ken.
• For Lambeth's London Assembly Member - yellow ballot paper. Labour's candidate is Val Shawcross. Please vote for Val.
• For a party for the London Assembly - orange ballot paper. Please vote Labour.

You don't need your polling card to vote - you just need to give your name and address. 

Polls are open 7am to 10pm.

If you make a mistake on your ballot paper, return it and ask for another.

If you have a postal vote which you haven't yet posted back, you can take it to the polling station.

If you have any questions or want to volunteer to help Labour please call the Labour campaign hotline on 020 7787 0573.

Polling stations:

VBA 

Meeting Room 32, Old Lilian Baylis School, Lollard Street (western part)

For people who live on the Ethelred Estate, Ethelred Towers, Whitgift Estate, Parliament View, 216 Kennington Road, Hotspur Street.

VBB and VBC

Vauxhall Primary School, Vauxhall Street 

For people who live on the Vauxhall Gardens Estate, and anywhere between Black Prince Road and Kennington Lane.

VBD

Archbishop Sumner School, Reedworth Street

For people who live around Walcot Square, Wincott Street, Chester Way, Renfrew Road, and Cotton Gardens.

VBE

Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane

For people who live on the Cottington Close Estate, Penwith Manor Estate, Kennings Way Estate, and around Cleaver Square, Methley Street and Stannary Street.

Labour storms to victory in Lambeth

The Labour Party has won a dramatic victory in the local elections in Lambeth.

Labour has won 44 seats out of 63, a huge increase on last time.

In Prince's ward, Labour councillors Lorna Campbell, Mark Harrison and Steve Morgan won more than 2600 votes each, 1500 ahead of their nearest rivals.

And in neighbouring Oval ward Labour candidates Jane Edbrooke and Jack Hopkins caused a major upset by defeating the Lib Dems, who had held the ward since 1994. The Oval result came at 2:30am after a recount.

The Lib Dems only just held on in Bishops ward, and failed to gain seats in Vassall ward. Labour kept out the Tories in Clapham Town ward.

You can see all the results on Lambeth Council's website

Lorna, Mark and Steve would like to say a huge thank you to everybody who voted in Prince's ward.

The Council elections came a day after the general election results, in which Kate Hoey increased her majority in the Vauxhall constituency.

Pictured: Lorna Campbell at the count / Returning Officer Derrick Prentice announces the result of the Oval recount at 2:30am



FULL RESULT FOR PRINCE'S WARD

Mark Richard Harrison Labour 2847 17% Elected
Lorna Patricia Campbell Labour 2804 16% Elected
Stephen Richard Morgan Labour 2653 15% Elected
Gloria Gomez Canal Liberal Democrat 1371 8% Not elected
Sandra Joy Lawman Liberal Democrat 1343 8% Not elected
John Peter Munro Liberal Democrat 1246 7% Not elected
James Howard Bellis Conservative 1161 7% Not elected
Michael Charles Poole-Wilson Conservative 1083 6% Not elected
Richard Wayne Rajgopaul-Hicklin Conservative 1051 6% Not elected
Emily Alice Butterworth Green 644 4% Not elected
Joseph Healy Green 381 2% Not elected
Marcus John Letts Green 337 2% Not elected
John Dodds English Democrats 135 1% Not elected
Alfredo Cordal English Democrats 106 1% Not elected

Candidate disgusted by ballot paper debacle

Labour candidate Mark Harrison has expressed his outrage at a mix up by Lambeth Council which resulted in 26 people being issued with the wrong ballot papers on Thursday morning.

A printing error meant ballot papers for Prince's ward instead listed candidates for a local election in Hackney.

Voters expressed their confusion to the presiding officer but were dismissed and told they had no choice but to cast their ballot. Only when candidate Mark Harrison went to vote and pointed out the ballot paper was wrong did the presiding officer act to sort out the situation.

The 26 people who cast invalid ballots were contacted by the Council and invited to cast their vote a second time.

Mark said 'I'm most angry that the presiding officer refused to listen to voters who told him there was a problem. Had my neighbour not alerted me to the problem within minutes many more people could have been disenfranchised. I will be making an official complaint about the conduct of this presiding officer, which disgraces Lambeth Council.'

The BBC picked up on this story on election day - read more here

Patricia Scott: I'm backing Lorna, Mark & Steve

'I support Labour because I care about the NHS, public services, and housing services. Our local councillors have worked hard for me and our area, so I hope people will support them'.

Patricia Scott

Cotton Gardens Estate

Sarah Mulley: I'm backing Lorna, Mark & Steve

'I'll be supporting our Labour councillors as they are working hard to make life better for all the communities in Kennington and Vauxhall.'

Sarah Mulley

Cleaver Square

Thelston & Dorothy Durant: we're backing Lorna, Mark & Steve

We will be supporting Lorna, Mark and Steve as they have shown strong support for the Whitgift Residents' Association. Their help has enabled us to achieve more for our estate.

Thelston & Dorothy Durant
Whitgift Estate

Dan Cambers: I'm backing Lorna, Mark & Steve

The one thing councillors do which affects everybody is setting the Council Tax. Labour's frozen Council Tax for two years - and kept it low for four years - so I'll be voting for Lorna, Mark and Steve.

Dan Cambers
Vauxhall Gardens

Jon Davies: I'm backing Lorna, Mark and Steve

These are three councillors who have worked hard and care so much. I hope you will vote for Lorna, Mark and Steve who have really made a difference to local people.

Jon Davies
Kennington Cross

Lorna, Mark and Steve nominated as Labour's candidates for Prince's ward

The Labour party in Prince's ward has officially nominated sitting councillors Lorna Campbell, Mark Harrison, and Stephen Morgan as candidates for election to Lambeth Council.

Lorna, Mark and Steve's election address is being delivered to homes across Kennington and Vauxhall. It details the work that Labour councillors have done in SE11 over the past four years, personal statements from the candidates, and details of Lambeth Labour's commitments to voters.

Voters should already have received manifestos from Lambeth Labour, and election addresses from Kate Hoey MP.

On Thursday 6 May voters will have four votes - one for Vauxhall's MP, and three for Prince's ward's councillors. We hope we can persuade you to lend all four votes to Labour.

Pictured: Labour's team for Prince's ward: Cllr Steve Morgan, Cllr Lorna Campbell, Kate Hoey MP, and Cllr Mark Harrison.

Kate Hoey's election HQ up and running

Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey has launched her campaign for re-election by opening an election HQ in the heart of Kennington.

Kate's taken over the old Amici restaurant at Kennington Cross, and her election volunteers will base themselves here.

If you want to arrange to meet Kate, pick up a poster, or offer your help to her campaign then drop into 305 Kennington Road.

Labour's team for Oval ward

The Labour party has selected its candidates for the Council in Oval ward, ahead of May's borough elections.


Karim Palant, Jane Edbrooke, and Jack Hopkins all live locally and have a track record of hard work campaigning for Labour. They've already got down to work in Oval ward, with regular campaigning sessions speaking to residents to find about issues and problems in the area. You can follow their campaign on their website .



In Prince's ward sitting councillors Lorna Campbell, Mark Harrison, and Steve Morgan will all be standing again. They are pictured with Kate Hoey MP.

The borough election is likely to be held on Thursday 6 May.


To check which ward you live in please visit the Lambeth website.

Busy week for Labour in Kennington

It's been a busy week for Labour activists in our area.

On Sunday 4 January a group of six hardy volunteers braved freezing temperatures to knock on doors in Methley Street, Radcot Street, Ravendsdon Street, Milverton Street and Stannery Street. We spoke to residents about local priorities for investment, invited people to our coffee morning, and delivered calendars. The volunteers included Leader of Lambeth Council Steve Reed, who was keen to find out about Kennington issues, such as the Beaufoy Institute.

On Wednesday 7 January nearly 30 local Labour party members met to discuss June's election for the European Parliament. We met Lambeth resident Anne Fairweather (pictured), who is third on the Labour list of candidates. If Labour does well in June Anne could join Claude Moraes and Mary Honeyball as Labour's third MEP for London.

Anne explained the importance of having engaged Labour representation in the European Parliament. In recent months Labour MEPs have secured equal rights for agency workers, as well as a maximum 48 hour working week for all employees. Working alongside our European partners gives us greater weight in international affairs, whether that's our approach to Russia and gas supplies, or our response to the current crisis in Gaza. Our economy benefits hugely from being within the EU, but we need to engage in order to ensure decisions are taken that are fair to the UK. The Tories have decided to leave the mainstream centre-right group in the European Parliament in order to join a strange collection of right-wing fringe parties, opposed to the EU. That decision demonstrates clearly that they are not serious about standing up for Britain by participating properly in the EU.

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