Lambeth is an inner south London borough running from the Thames at Waterloo down through Brixton and Streatham. It has been a Labour council for decades and is among the boroughs the Green Party explicitly named as a 2026 target in Zack Polanski's campaign launch.

Lambeth's diverse population includes significant AFRO-Caribbean communities alongside younger, predominantly white professional residents WHO have increasingly backed The Greens. The borough's internal diversity makes a Green takeover harder to deliver than in more homogenous Labour councils, but ward-level gains remain plausible.

Common Questions

Are the Greens targeting Lambeth council in 2026?

Yes. Zack Polanski named Lambeth as a Green target in April 2026, though its diverse demographics make a full takeover harder than in other inner London boroughs.Source: uk-elections-2026

How the World Sees Them

Rhun ap Iorwerth / Welsh Government (Plaid Cymru)

the outcomes it delivers

Michael Marra / Scottish Labour

Scots know what we are against. They can't tell you what we are for.

Andy Burnham / Labour Party

contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system so that everyone's vote counts and everyone's voice is heard

Reform UK

fully cooperate with the investigation

Steff Aquarone / Liberal Democrats (North Norfolk)

made to waste £600,000

Stephen Atkinson / Lancashire County Council (Reform UK)

the opportunity to challenge the July decision

Jim McMahon / Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

following updated legal advice

Democratic Unionist Party

goaded

Rupert Lowe / Restore Britain

Reform-sponsored media circus