Ferndale was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth from 1965 to 2022. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections and last used for the 2018 elections. It returned three councillors to Lambeth London Borough Council. The boundaries were redrawn in 1978 and 2002. The ward was replaced in 2022 by Brixton Acre Lane, Brixton North and Clapham East. Notable councillors to represent the ward are John Major who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, civil rights activist Rudy Narayan and Ted Knight who was leader of Lambeth Council during the 1985 rate-capping rebellion.
List of councillors Term Councillor Party Donald Packer 1964–1968 D. Colls 1964–1968 W. Privett 1968–1971 J. Langley 1968–1971 G. Allnut 1968–1971 John Major 1971–1974 L. Davis 1971–197? Moses Kempadoo 1974–1978 Rudy Narayan 1976–1978 Angela Painter 1978–1984 Peter Lansley 1978–1982 John Boyle 1978–1986 Ted Knight 1982–1986 Josephine Sinclair 1984–1986 Irma Critchlow 1986–1994 Julian Lewis 1986–1990 Joshua Anim 1986–1990 Rachael Webb 1990–1995 Denis Cooper-King 1990–1994 Abayomi Buraimoh-lgbo 1994–1995 John Harrison 1994–1998 Timothy Murnaghan 1995–1998 Simon Adams 1995–2002 Mohammed Abu-Bakr 1998–2002 Richard Jarman 1998–2018 Paul McGlone 2002–2006 Imran Hussain 2002–2018 Sally Prentice 2006–2018 Neil Sabharwal 2018–2022 Jess Leigh 2018–2022 Joshua Lindsey 2018–2022 Irfan Mohammed
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.
2014 election The election took place on 22 May 2014.
2010 election The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.
2006 election The election took place on 4 May 2006.
2002 election The election took place on 2 May 2002.
1978–2002 Lambeth council elections
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 1978. 1998 election The election took place on 7 May 1998.
1995 by-election The by-election took place on 2 March 1995, following the resignations of Denis Cooper-King and John Harrison.
1994 election The election took place on 5 May 1994.
1990 election The election took place on 3 May 1990.
1986 election The election took place on 8 May 1986.
1984 by-election The by-election took place on 17 May 1984, following the resignation of Peter Lansley.
1982 election The election took place on 6 May 1982.
1978 election The election took place on 4 May 1978.
1964–1978 Lambeth council elections
Ferndale ward existed since the creation of the London Borough of Lambeth on 1 April 1965. For elections to the Greater London Council, the ward was part of the Lambeth electoral division from 1965 and then the Vauxhall division from 1973. 1976 by-election The by-election took place on 1 April 1976.
1974 election The election took place on 2 May 1974.
1971 election The election took place on 13 May 1971.
1968 election The election took place on 9 May 1968.
1964 election The election took place on 7 May 1964.
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External links Lambeth Borough Council profile for the ward