Daphne Marchant, former Mayor of Lambeth and Lib Dem councillor in Streatham, has died
7 Feb 2021
It is with great sadness that Lambeth Liberal Democrats have learned former Mayor of Lambeth, and Liberal Democrat Councillor for 20 years, Daphne Kathleen Marchant BEM passed away in her sleep on Wednesday afternoon, 3rd February.
Daphne was elected as a councillor for Streatham Wells in 1994 and served until 2014. During that period, she was twice chosen as Mayor of Lambeth, a role in which she took immense pride and dedicated herself in the interests of both young and old in the Borough.