BusLanes
Pedestrian
Oh it was more that the council is asking for the boundary commission to empower them to make minor adjustments beyond their counter proposal. Delegating authority
Lambeth council ward boundary review 2020-21
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Oh it was more that the council is asking for the boundary commission to empower them to make minor adjustments beyond their counter proposal. Delegating authority
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
Ah right, that does sound unusual.
sparkybird
ask the bird...
Yup the south of the borough seems just forgotten. For example of the 100 new bike hangars being installed in the next month or two, not one is located south of the South circular. Despite every single one of the 20 (yes 20) existing hangar's in that area being full and with waiting lists. Just not vibrant enough I guess.
BusLanes
Pedestrian
That is really interesting. I live on the north side of the south circular, just and we do have a fair few bike hangers already- would not surprise me if we had 20 in Tulse Hill alone. Not enough according to people locally in the covid help Whatsapp group, as apparently the waiting time is over a year.
sparkybird
ask the bird...
Yes, wait times here over a year and then you might get offered one miles away from your house so don't take it
. I mean, 20 hangars (rough count by me, might not be 100% accurate) in total for the borough south of the A205 is shameful. And don't get me started on the complete lack of LTN in Streatham Wells when it was identified by Lambeth as the 2nd worst ward adversely affected by traffic. Maybe they think we're actually in Croydon 
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
The Council (presumably heavily influenced by someone in the Labour administration) are looking for some quite substantial changes as well as minor tweaks.Finally read the Buzz article on the Labour/council submission - is it normal that a council would ask for authority to make minor tweaks??
Lambeth in disagreement with Boundary Commission over planned ward changes to the borough ahead of the 2022 local elections
Lambeth Council remains in disagreement with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) over ward changes ahead of the 2022 local elections.www.brixtonbuzz.com
Some of this has been justified as "creating more socially mixed wards".
I can see a genuine argument for not creating new wards that are such clusters of deprivation that the casework workload would be an impossible stretch on that ward's councillors while those for neighbouring more "middle class" wards get off lightly,
However, I'm afraid that my inner cynic suspects that some of the proposals for changes now very belatedly being put forward by Labour are more about dividing up clusters of social housing (and assumed strong Labour support) so that instead of one "marginal" ward that Greens/Lib Dems could win and one "super-safe" Labour ward they get two safe-ish Labour wards.
Ol Nick
beer in Brixton
It’s funny, I was going to say that south of the SC was Croydon (as a joke) but maybe I was revealing an internalised truth.Maybe they think we're actually in Croydon
Anyway, why are you even on the Brixton boards given that Brixton is SW9?
sparkybird
ask the bird...
Are you southist? Anyway, let's not even get started on the SW9 debate.
Lived in Brixton Hill for 20 years and moved recently.
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
It does feel that way. Lots of references to wanting to maintain a 50/50 mix of social housing and private housing in wards.
I don't like the proposal to merge Streatham Hill and Tulse Hill (St. Martin's), because the people living at opposite ends of the ward will have very little in common (different high street, different bus routes, different train station, different schools). It does feel like "engineering" because they want to keep all the council estates along Christchurch road in there.
BusLanes
Pedestrian
Not the same boundary exercise or process, but the new Westminster constituencies proposal for England came out at midnight.
Congratulations to everyone living in the new Clapham and Brixton Bloomers Constituency!
Congratulations to everyone living in the new Clapham and Brixton Bloomers Constituency!
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
That's weird. It puts me in John Major country now - since he lived in Coldharbour Lane and later on in Hydethorpe Road (both in this butterfly-like constuency).Not the same boundary exercise or process, but the new Westminster constituencies proposal for England came out at midnight.
Congratulations to everyone living in the new Clapham and Brixton Bloomers Constituency!
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This is a spectacular mix of posh, well healed (Clapham end) with social housing and multi occupation (Brixton end).
Could be a target for the Green Party? Brixton as the Brighton Pavillion of south London?
BusLanes
Pedestrian
The big thing I think going for the Greens or any opposition candidate here is that there's no incumbent, or at least presumably there isn't.
I'd be wary of think the mayorals pass over to GE2024 if just because that didn't work that way for the LDs after Euro19 where they got first in most of the borough. I don't see the Greens having any strong prior showings (council/ge19/Eur19 in the new boundaries either). Their strong areas being in Streatham and Dulwich/West Norwood.
That's not to say they should not go for it.
I'd be wary of think the mayorals pass over to GE2024 if just because that didn't work that way for the LDs after Euro19 where they got first in most of the borough. I don't see the Greens having any strong prior showings (council/ge19/Eur19 in the new boundaries either). Their strong areas being in Streatham and Dulwich/West Norwood.
That's not to say they should not go for it.
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
Isn't the total number of MPs unchanged, so in theory there could be an incumbent? (One of the Welsh ones whose seat is being taken away?!!)
BusLanes
Pedestrian
London is up a couple of MPs so yeah someone else will lose
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Rather than publishing their final recommendations as expected on Tuesday 29th June, the Commission has decided to re-consult on two parts of the borough
· The areas south and east of Clapham Common and Stockwell Tube stations
· The area in the south east of the borough
www.lgbce.org.uk
Consultation will run until 26th June
Final report now won't be published until 5th October
· The areas south and east of Clapham Common and Stockwell Tube stations
- Clapham Common
- Stockwell East and Landor
· The area in the south east of the borough
- Tulse Hill
- West Norwood
- West Dulwich St Martin’s
- Gipsy Hill
Lambeth | LGBCE Site
www.lgbce.org.uk
Final report now won't be published until 5th October
BusLanes
Pedestrian
I don't really know Gypsy Hill well enough tbh - although some of the changes that cascade through to Thurlow Park/Rosendale seem a bit odd. Sticking with a 3 person ward seems to require a bit of odd choices elsewhere.
Clapham - well the original Abbeville Road/Clapham Common ward proposal looked ok. The other Clapham one looked a bit odd, so I can see why that was changed. It just seems that Labour especially isn't happy with 3 person wards going and got its lobbying machine into gear to fight it. It is impressive in some respects.
Clapham - well the original Abbeville Road/Clapham Common ward proposal looked ok. The other Clapham one looked a bit odd, so I can see why that was changed. It just seems that Labour especially isn't happy with 3 person wards going and got its lobbying machine into gear to fight it. It is impressive in some respects.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Final report has now been published (a few weeks earlier than originally expected)
Lambeth page on LGBCE website
Every ward is different from current ones. Let (de/re) selection battles commence!
Lambeth page on LGBCE website
Every ward is different from current ones. Let (de/re) selection battles commence!
BusLanes
Pedestrian
I see the boundary people have reverted back to much of the original proposal despite furious lobbying by various local Labour party groups, with the exception of St Leonards Labour, which was happy to keep it with 3 councillors, thus supporting the LibDem/Green/Tory proposals
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I nearly had apoplexy looking at my bit of Coldharbour Lane - until I expanded the scale and saw the ward boundary runs along the railway line.
Seems possible the new small Windrush ward shorn of the Loughborough Estate might now be an achievable target for the Green Party.
I still wish the authorities would stop messing about - and bring back the much loved Angell Ward.
Seems possible the new small Windrush ward shorn of the Loughborough Estate might now be an achievable target for the Green Party.
I still wish the authorities would stop messing about - and bring back the much loved Angell Ward.
I'm pleasantly surprised that the adjustments to my ward feel about right. The new inclusions are bounded by big roads that create very obvious edges, while the parts lost feel as though they have always had a stronger gravitational pull to the next ward over.
I've always thought that wards are closely linked to the patterns of daily life - the bus stop, shopping parade, doctor's surgery and the like. When I moved across the A23 it was a different world - a wholly new set of people only 200m away who very quickly became my new 'regulars'. We're funny animals, we humans. Despite being in one of the biggest cities on the planet, we only ever truly live in a tiny bit of it.
I've always thought that wards are closely linked to the patterns of daily life - the bus stop, shopping parade, doctor's surgery and the like. When I moved across the A23 it was a different world - a wholly new set of people only 200m away who very quickly became my new 'regulars'. We're funny animals, we humans. Despite being in one of the biggest cities on the planet, we only ever truly live in a tiny bit of it.
BusLanes
Pedestrian
I still remember an argument I had with friends one night when walking to the White Horse from Acre Lane about the fastest route and they all wanted to go via the Townhall as they thought it would be faster than cutting through. We all lived on the other side of Acre Lane so it shouldn't have been an argument, but we were
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
There is now a follow up consultation on the split of polling districts and location of polling stations (places where people vote) for the new wards. It is open for comments until 30 November.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
Lambeth Council starts consultation on polling stations with all ward boundaries set to change ahead of May 2022 local elections
Lambeth Council is consulting residents where polling stations should be throughout the borough.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Just a reminder that you only have a fortnight left (until 30th November) to comment on the changes to locations of polling districts and polling stations that will have an impact on how far people have to walk to vote.
beta.lambeth.gov.uk
Polling district and polling places review 2021
The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England (the Commission) published its final recommendations for Lambeth’s revised electoral arrangements in September 2021.
beta.lambeth.gov.uk
