Editing London Borough of Lambeth (section)

==History==
{{For|the predecessor borough which existed from 1900 to 1965|Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth}}
The area of the modern borough had historically been part of the county of [[Surrey]], and generally corresponds to the three [[ancient parish]]es of [[Lambeth]], [[Clapham]] and [[Streatham]].

The parish of Lambeth included the archiepiscopal [[Lambeth Palace]], and formed part of the [[Hundred of Brixton]]. It was an elongated north–south parish with {{convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} of [[River Thames]] frontage opposite the cities of [[City of London|London]] and [[City and Liberty of Westminster|Westminster]]. Lambeth became part of the [[Metropolitan Police District]] in 1829.

From 1856 the area of the modern borough was governed by the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]], which was established to provide services across the [[metropolis]] of London.<ref>[[Metropolis Management Act 1855]] (18 & 19 Vict. c. 120)</ref> In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works' area was made the [[County of London]]. From 1856 until 1900 the lower tier of local government within the metropolis comprised various [[List of London vestries and district boards|parish vestries and district boards]]; the parish of Lambeth was governed by its [[vestry]], whilst Clapham and Streatham were both included in the [[Wandsworth District (Metropolis)|Wandsworth District]]. In 1900 the lower tier was reorganised into [[Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London|metropolitan boroughs]]. The parish of Lambeth became the [[Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth]], and the old Wandsworth District became the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth]].<ref>[[London Government Act 1899]] (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14)</ref>

The modern London borough was created in 1965 under the [[London Government Act 1963]]. It was a merger of the old borough of Lambeth and the Clapham and Streatham areas from the old Wandsworth borough.<ref>{{cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London | isbn=0-901050-67-9}}</ref>

When the government was drafting the boundaries for the London boroughs in the early 1960s, it initially suggested that the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth and the [[Metropolitan Borough of Southwark]] be merged into a new borough; the southern and eastern sections of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth]] (including [[Clapham]], [[Streatham]] and [[Tooting]]) would form another. South Shields town clerk R.S. Young was commissioned to make final recommendations to the government on the shape of the future London boroughs, and he noted that the Wandsworth council opposed the partition of its borough. However, Wandsworth's suggestion to merge Lambeth with the [[Metropolitan Borough of Battersea]] was rejected by both councils involved. Young believed that residents of Clapham and Streatham would be more familiar with Brixton than with Wandsworth, and recommended a new borough formed from the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth and six wards and portions of two others from the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.<ref>"London Government: The London Boroughs", Ministry of Housing and Local Government, HMSO, 1962. See in particular paragraphs 51–57.</ref>

In the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 European Union referendum]], Lambeth had the highest share of Remain votes in the United Kingdom at 78.62%, second to overseas territory [[Gibraltar]]'s 95.9%.<ref>{{cite news|title=EU referendum: full results and analysis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2016/jun/23/eu-referendum-live-results-and-analysis|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 June 2016}}</ref>