in 2017 to the largest the seat had ever seen, the Liberal Democrat vote total more than trebled, and they moved back into second place having fallen to fourth behind the Conservatives and the Greens in 2015. In May 2018, Hoey's local party passed a vote of no confidence in her, vowing to deselect the MP as well. On 8 July 2019 Hoey announced that she would retire from the House of Commons, and would not seek re-election as a Labour candidate at the next general election. Prominent frontbenchers George Strauss was appointed Minister of Supply from 1947 to 1951 during the Attlee Ministry. Kate Hoey was Minister for Sport (1999–2001) during the Blair Ministry. Local government results The local government wards in the constituency are currently entirely represented by Labour on Lambeth London Borough Council. A single Conservative councillor represented the Clapham Town ward from 2002 until losing their seat by sixty votes in the 2006 Council Elections. Three Liberal Democrat councillors represented the Bishop's ward from 1990 to 2014; they subsequently lost the three ward seats to Labour, as did the sole Liberal Democrat councilors in the Oval and Vassall wards. They failed to gain them back in 2018. At the 2018 council elections, Labour won all of the ward seats in the constituency. The Liberal Democrats finished second in the wards of Bishop's, Oval, Stockwell and Prince's. The Conservatives finished the runner up in Clapham Town and the Green Party in Vassall, Ferndale and Larkhall. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s 13.6% was the largest vote share increase in a Labour held seat for the Liberal Democrats at the 2017 general election. UKIP stood down their candidate in order to ensure Hoey was successfully re-elected. Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1950s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in London Notes References External links Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards) Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards) Parliamentary constituencies in London Politics of the London Borough of Lambeth Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 Vauxhall