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Knight's Hill
Knight's Hill
Electoral ward; for the Lambeth London Borough Council
	Knight's Hill ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Population	16,535 (2021)
Major settlements	Knight's Hill (West Norwood)
Area	1.901 square kilometres (0.734 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Councillors	Ibtisam Adem; Jackie Meldrum; Emma Nye;
GSS code	E05014106 (2022–present)

Knight's Hill ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, roughly covering the West Norwood area.

The boundaries of Knights Hill are the A214 in the south and the A215 to the east.

The population of Knights Hill is 13,687 according to the 2001 census, this is an increase of around 2000. This is 5.1% of the Lambeth borough population. The population is predominantly over 65. The area of the ward is 146.8 hectares. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward had increased to 14,763.^[1]

According to Lambeth Council, Knight's Hill has high numbers of people with long-term illnesses, as well as the highest number of people over the age of 65. Many pensioners in the area have low amenities.

West Norwood railway station is situated in the ward as are Norwood Girls School and St Luke's school.

Knight's Hill ward is located in the Dulwich and West Norwood Parliamentary constituency.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor
2006–present	Jackie Meldrum	Labour
2014–2024	Sonia Winifred	Labour
2022–present	Ibtisam Adem	Labour
2024-present	Emma Nye	Labour

Lambeth council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 2022.

2024 by-election

This by-election was held on 2 May 2024,^[2] following the resignation of Sonia Winifred.^[3] It took place on the same day as the 2024 London mayoral election, the 2024 London Assembly election and 14 other borough council by-elections across London.^[4]

2024 Knight's Hill by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Nye	2,677	55.5	6.8
	Green	Victoria Evans	983	20.4	0.7
	Conservative	Leila Yassen	530	11.0	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Sanders	378	7.8	1.7
	Independent	Janet Gayle	210	4.4	N/A
Majority			1,694
Turnout			4,826	40.8	9.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Emma Nye was previously a councillor for Coldharbour ward from 2018 to 2022.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[5]

2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ibtisam Adem	2,317	64.4
	Labour	Jackie Meldrum	2,314	64.3
	Labour	Sonia Winifred	2,171	60.4
	Green	Torla Evans	977	27.2
	Green	Lewis Heather	701	19.5
	Green	Paul Rocks	538	15.0
	Conservative	Joyce Chieke	358	10.0
	Conservative	Luke Hutson	348	9.7
	Conservative	Anthony Kimm	329	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ishbel Brown	286	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Mathys	251	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Moule	201	5.6
Turnout			3,707	31.6
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Lambeth council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[6]

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Pickard	2,378	66.4
	Labour	Jackie Meldrum	2,326	64.9
	Labour	Sonia Winifred	2,033	56.8
	Green	Torla Evans	637	17.8
	Green	Robert Threadgold	504	14.1
	Green	Duncan Eastoe	441	12.3
	Conservative	Shirley Cosgrave	425	11.9
	Conservative	Raymond Walker	414	11.6
	Conservative	Edward Watkins	362	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Baker	345	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shiraz Engineer	247	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Maffei	230	6.4
Turnout			3,589	34.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[7]

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Meldrum	2,182	60.4
	Labour	Jane Pickard	2,169
	Labour	Sonia Winifred	1,911
	Conservative	Julia Belgrove	468	13.0
	Green	Nicholas Giannissis	457	12.7
	Conservative	Tim Collins	442
	Green	Lianna Etkind	388
	Conservative	Tony Kimm	382
	Green	Hugo Estevez	365
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hardware	256	7.1
	UKIP	Helena Kowalska	249	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Libby Calton	238
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Heather	202
Total votes			9,709
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[8]

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jackie Meldrum	3,039
	Labour	Jane Pickard	2,900
	Labour	Michael Smith	2,768
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Barnsley	1,480
	Liberal Democrats	Malgorzata Baker	1,430
	Liberal Democrats	James Fitzgerald	1,415
	Conservative	Betty Evans-Jacas	942
	Conservative	Nicholas Rogers	926
	Conservative	Luke Tryl	809
	Green	Kirsty Neal	420
	Green	Alexis Fidgett	378
	Green	Nicholas Giannissis	357
Total votes			16,864
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[9]

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Meldrum	1,358	37.9
	Labour	David Malone	1,352
	Labour	Daniel Fitzpatrick	1,349
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Evans	1,273	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Baker	1,218
	Liberal Democrats	Saleha Jaffer	1,116
	Green	Joseph Healy	514	14.4
	Conservative	Nicholas van der Borgh	435	12.2
	Conservative	Sheila Calder	426
	Conservative	Jane Hill	417
Total votes			9,458
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[10]

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Evans	1,331	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McConnell	1,263	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Baker	1,260	16.2
	Labour	Tony Grayling	949	12.2
	Labour	Bill Watling	926	11.9
	Labour	Robert Hill	908	11.7
	Conservative	Martin Ball	258	3.3
	Green	Graham Jones	251	3.2
	Conservative	Jessica Lee	250	3.2
	Conservative	Christine Hemmise	245	3.2
	Socialist Alliance	Leslie Watson	113	1.5
Turnout			7,754	27.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 1978.

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1964–1978 Lambeth council elections

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

1964 election

Notes

^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

^ "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
^ "Election results for Knight's Hill, 2 May 2024". www.lambeth.gov.uk. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.