Molly Hartill of Labour and Co-operative won the Myatt's Fields by-election with 1,026 votes, 211 ahead of the Green candidate. Full result and what changes.
Molly Hartill has won the Myatt’s Fields by-election for Labour and Co-operative. She took 1,026 votes, 47% of those counted, at the count after polls closed on Thursday 8 October (Lambeth Council, Myatt’s Fields result).
The Green candidate, Sonia Winifred, came second with 815 votes, 37%. That puts the majority at 211.
The seat stays with Labour and Co-operative. It fell vacant after the death of Cllr Annie Gallop, who held it for the party in May. Myatt’s Fields is on Lambeth’s eastern edge, between Brixton and Camberwell, about two miles east of Clapham Common.
The full result
| Candidate | Description | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Hartill | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,026 | 47% (elected) |
| Sonia Winifred | The Green Party | 815 | 37% |
| Christopher David French | Liberal Democrats | 189 | 9% |
| John Francis Hindson | Conservative | 74 | 3% |
| Mark Mckee | Reform UK | 58 | 3% |
| Yemi Awolola | Christian Peoples Alliance | 26 | 1% |
| Anya Krycek | The Socialist Party of Great Britain | 9 | 0% |
The council’s results page gives 2,197 votes in total and says 716 postal votes were sent out. It does not yet give a turnout figure or the number of rejected ballot papers, so we have not worked one out.
From fourth place in May to a 211-vote win
Hartill has stood here before. At the borough elections in May, Myatt’s Fields elected two councillors, and she finished fourth with 1,108 votes (Lambeth Council, May 2026 result).
| Candidate, May 2026 | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Patience Clague | Green | 1,267 (elected) |
| Annie Gallop | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,179 (elected) |
| John Lubbock | Green | 1,162 |
| Molly Hartill | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,108 |
The second seat in May was decided by 17 votes, between Cllr Gallop and the Green candidate John Lubbock. Hartill was 71 votes short of it.
The two contests are not directly comparable. In May each voter had two crosses; on Thursday they had one. But a ward that split almost evenly between the two leading parties in May gave Labour and Co-operative a clear lead this time.
What changes at the town hall
Very little in the chamber. A Labour and Co-operative seat has been filled by a Labour and Co-operative councillor, so the balance between the parties is what it was before Cllr Gallop died.
The Greens run Lambeth. They won 29 of the 63 seats in May and hold every cabinet post, so this result does not change who sets the budget or makes cabinet decisions (Lambeth Council, results by party).
The ward now has a split pair: Cllr Clague for the Greens and Cllr Hartill for Labour and Co-operative.
What it means for you
If you live in Myatt’s Fields ward, you have two councillors again, after a spell with one. Casework on repairs, licensing, planning or parking can go to either of them. Contact details normally appear on the council’s councillors by ward list once a new member has signed their declaration of acceptance.
If you live elsewhere in Lambeth, nothing changes for you. Our by-election explainer has the candidates, the polling stations and the May result in full, and our guides to planning in Lambeth, council tax bands and bin days cover the decisions the council makes.
Sources
- Lambeth Council, election results for Myatt’s Fields, by-election of Thursday 8 October 2026, for every candidate’s votes and share, the total of 2,197 and the 716 postal votes sent.
- Lambeth Council, Myatt’s Fields by-election results page.
- Lambeth Council, statement of persons nominated, 11 September 2026 (PDF), for the Green Party description of Sonia Winifred and the polling stations.
- Lambeth Council, election results for Myatt’s Fields, 7 May 2026, for the May votes.
- Lambeth Council, Local Election 2026 results by party, for the seats won in May.
- Lambeth Council, statement on the death of Cllr Annie Gallop.
Have your say