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There were three by-elections in London on Thursday 9 July, one of them in Camden and two of them in Lambeth. Camden’s Regent’s Park election has been given special treatment in a separate piece but the Lambeth polls had interesting results that conflict with the mild encouragement for Labour in Camden.

A second newly elected Green Party member has resigned from Lambeth Council, creating the potential for Labour to become the borough’s biggest party group

Joanna Eaves, who was elected to represent Clapham Park ward on 7 May, has stepped down due to ill health, according to a statement from Lambeth Greens.

Eaves was one of 29 Greens elected in Lambeth, as Labour lost control of the borough for the first time since 2002 and was reduced to 26 seats with the Liberal Democrats winning eight.