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Lambeth London Borough Council is elected every four years.
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Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Council elections
1964-1968
There were no by-elections.
1971-1974
There were no by-elections.
1990-1994
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dick J. F. Sorabji.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Susan T. B. Smith.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Colin Mason.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian R. Mallett.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth J. Sharvill.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Tuite.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Graham P. Nicholas.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gloria Hutchens.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Singh.
1994-1998
The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllrs. Denis E. Cooper-King and John E. Harrison.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roger J. Liddle.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter J. Evans.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Callinan.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Margaret E. Jones.
1998-2002
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan M. White.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael D. Cruickshanks.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul Connolly.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony P. Hewitt.
2002-2006
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gabriel Fernandes.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Tim Sargeant.
2006-2010
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Liz Atkinson.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sam J. Townend.
2010-2014
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Toren Smith.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Steve Reed.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Ruth Ling.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kingsley J. Abrams.
Lambeth's recent political history
In 1979 the administration of Edward "Red Ted" Knight organised the borough’s first public demonstration against the Thatcher government.
In 1985, the left-wing Labour administration of Ted Knight was subjected to 'rate-capping' with its budget restricted by the Government. Knight and most of the Labour councillors protested by refusing to set any budget. This protest resulted in 32 councillors being ordered to repay to the council the interest the council had lost as a result of budgeting delays, and also being disqualified from office.
In 1991, Joan Twelves’s administration both failed to collect the poll tax and openly opposed the war in the Persian Gulf. Joan Twelves, and 12 other councillors were subsequently suspended from the labour party’s local group by regional officials for advocating non- payment of the poll tax and other radical ideas in 1992.
Joan's equally militant deputy leader in this era was John Harrison.