Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	71,706 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Catford, Blackheath
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Janet Daby (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Lewisham North and Lewisham South
1918–1950
Created from	Lewisham
Replaced by	Lewisham North and Lewisham South

Lewisham East is a parliamentary constituency in South London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the by-election on 14 June 2018 by Janet Daby of the Labour Party. ^[2]

Constituency profile

Milford Tower, Catford, located in the constituency

The constituency stretches from Blackheath, which has more in common with the more affluent areas of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (which contains the north and east parts of Blackheath) ^[3] to the wards to the south of the constituency which contain more social housing and less architectural grandeur. Incidence of social deprivation is highest towards downtown Lewisham and the Rushey Green area of Catford, ^[4] a low-to-middle income area which was home to one of the first indoor shopping malls in England.

At the southern end of the constituency is Grove Park, one of the quieter and more prosperous parts of Lewisham, which is more marginal between Labour and the Conservatives than the rest of the borough. Some wards in the constituency are steadily increasing in average income and median age, and thus have become Conservative targets in local elections. Nonetheless, Labour MP Heidi Alexander increased her majority in 2015 and then again in 2017. In the by-election of 2018, the Labour vote fell from 68% to 50%.

History

Lewisham East was created for the 1918 general election. From 1945 to 1950 the seat was represented by cabinet minister Herbert Morrison of the Labour Party, who took the seat from its first MP, Conservative Assheton Pownall, a former army officer.

The seat was abolished in 1950 but recreated in 1974. From 1979 to 1997 the constituency was a marginal seat. The MP from 1983 to 1992 was Minister for Sport Colin Moynihan (Conservative). Since the 1997 general election the seat has swung towards Labour; in 2014 Labour won a landslide victory at the local council elections, with the Liberal Democrats losing ten seats and the Conservatives losing their only remaining councillor, while Steve Bullock was re-elected as the directly elected mayor of Lewisham, having held the office since its creation in 2002. Lewisham East had the 51st largest Labour vote share in the country at the 2015 election, out of 650 constituencies. ^[5]

Boundaries

Lewisham East in London 1918–50

Borough wards' map, 1916 (which includes the 1918-created seat and that to the west)

Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Church, Lewisham Park, Manor, and South, and parts of the wards of Catford and Lewisham Village.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Lewisham Village, Grove Park, Lewisham Park, Manor Lee, St Andrew, St Mildred Lee, South Lee, Southend, and Whitefoot.

1983–2010: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Churchdown, Downham, Grove Park, Hither Green, Manor Lee, St Margaret, St Mildred, and Whitefoot.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Catford South, Downham, Grove Park, Lee Green, Rushey Green, and Whitefoot.

The 2010 redrawing of boundaries replaced Lewisham West with a cross-borough constituency, Lewisham West and Penge, requiring changes to the other seats in the borough.

• Lewisham East received:
  • Catford South, and parts of Rushey Green and Whitefoot wards from the former constituency of Lewisham West.
  • Part of Rushey Green from Lewisham Deptford
• Lewisham East lost:
  • Part of Lewisham Central to Lewisham Deptford.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Bellingham, Catford South, Downham, Grove Park, Hither Green, Lee Green, and Rushey Green. ^[6]

Contents reflect new ward structure which became effective in May 2022. Blackheath ward was transferred to the re-established constituency of Lewisham North, offset by the gain of Bellingham ward from the abolished constituency of Lewisham West and Penge.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [7]	Party
	1918	Assheton Pownall	Conservative
	1945	Herbert Morrison	Labour
1950		constituency abolished
Feb 1974		constituency recreated
	Feb 1974	Roland Moyle	Labour
	1983	Colin Moynihan	Conservative
	1992	Bridget Prentice	Labour
	2010	Heidi Alexander	Labour
	2018 by-election	Janet Daby	Labour

Election results

Election results 1974-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Lewisham East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Daby	23,646	58.2	−4.5
	Green	Mike Herron	5,573	13.7	+10.2
	Conservative	Louise Brice	4,401	10.8	−9.2
	Reform UK	Ruth Handyside	3,469	8.5	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Littlemore	2,471	6.1	−4.0
	Workers Party	Steph Koffi	577	1.4	N/A
	CPA	Maureen Martin	404	1.0	+0.4
	Shared Ground	Richard Galloway	96	0.2	N/A
Majority			18,073	44.5	+1.8
Turnout			40,637	55.4	−9.9
Registered electors			73,376
	Labour hold		Swing	7.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	29,344	62.7
	Conservative	9,365	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	4,736	10.1
	Green	1,653	3.5
	Brexit Party	1,212	2.6
	Others	522	1.1
Turnout		46,832	65.3
Electorate		71,706

General election 2019: Lewisham East ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Daby	26,661	59.5	−8.6
	Conservative	Sam Thurgood	9,653	21.5	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ade Fatukasi	5,039	11.2	+6.8
	Green	Rosamund Kissi-Debrah	1,706	3.8	+2.1
	Brexit Party	Wesley Pollard	1,234	2.8	N/A
	CPA	Maureen Martin	277	0.6	+0.2
	Independent	Mark Barber	152	0.3	N/A
	Young People's	Richard Galloway	50	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Roger Mighton	43	0.1	N/A
Majority			17,008	38.0	−6.9
Turnout			44,815	66.0	−3.3
Registered electors			67,857
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.5

2018 Lewisham East by-election ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Daby	11,033	50.2	−17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Salek	5,404	24.6	+20.2
	Conservative	Ross Archer	3,161	14.4	−8.6
	Green	Rosamund Kissi-Debrah	788	3.6	+1.9
	Women's Equality	Mandu Reid	506	2.3	N/A
	UKIP	David Kurten	380	1.7	+0.1
	For Britain	Anne Marie Waters	266	1.2	N/A
	CPA	Maureen Martin	168	0.8	+0.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	93	0.4	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans	Massimo DiMambro	67	0.3	N/A
	Libertarian	Sean Finch	38	0.2	N/A
	Access to the Law for All	Charles Carey	37	0.2	N/A
	Radical	Patrick Gray	20	0.1	N/A
	Young People's	Thomas Hall	18	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,629	25.6	−19.3
Turnout			22,056	33.3	−36.0
Registered electors			66,140
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.0

General election 2017: Lewisham East ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heidi Alexander	32,072	67.9	+12.2
	Conservative	Peter Fortune	10,859	23.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Frith	2,086	4.4	−1.3
	Green	Störm Poorun	803	1.7	−4.0
	UKIP	Keith Forster	798	1.6	−7.5
	Independent	Willow Winston	355	0.7	N/A
	CPA	Maureen Martin	228	0.4	−0.3
Majority			21,123	44.9	+11.5
Turnout			47,201	69.3	+5.2
Registered electors			68,124
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.8

General election 2015: Lewisham East ^{[14] [15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heidi Alexander	23,907	55.7	+12.6
	Conservative	Peter Fortune	9,574	22.3	−1.3
	UKIP	Anne Marie Waters	3,886	9.1	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Fletcher	2,455	5.7	−22.5
	Green	Störm Poorun	2,429	5.7	+4.2
	People Before Profit	Nick Long	390	0.9	+0.1
	CPA	Maureen Martin	282	0.7	N/A
Majority			14,333	33.4	+18.5
Turnout			42,923	64.1	+0.8
Registered electors			66,913
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

General election 2010: Lewisham East ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heidi Alexander	17,966	43.1	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Pattisson	11,750	28.2	+6.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Clamp	9,850	23.6	−0.7
	UKIP	Roderick Reed	771	1.8	−0.4
	Green	Priscilla Cotterell	624	1.5	−2.7
	English Democrat	James Rose	426	1.0	N/A
	People Before Profit	George Hallam	332	0.8	N/A
Majority			6,216	14.9	−6.8
Turnout			41,719	63.3	+8.5
Registered electors			65,926
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.41

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Lewisham East ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	14,263	45.8	−7.9
	Conservative	James Cleverly	7,512	24.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas	6,787	21.8	+5.4
	Green	Anna Baker	1,243	4.0	N/A
	UKIP	Arnold Tarling	697	2.2	+1.0
	National Front	Bernard Franklin	625	2.0	N/A
Majority			6,751	21.7	−8.2
Turnout			31,127	52.6	−0.5
Registered electors			55,269
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.1

General election 2001: Lewisham East ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	16,160	53.7	−4.6
	Conservative	David McInnes	7,157	23.8	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Buxton	4,937	16.4	+5.2
	BNP	Barry Roberts	1,005	3.3	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Jean Kysow	464	1.5	N/A
	UKIP	Maurice Link	361	1.2	N/A
Majority			9,003	29.9	−2.5
Turnout			30,084	53.1	−13.3
Registered electors			56,657
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Lewisham East ^{[21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	21,821	58.3	+12.9
	Conservative	Philip Hollobone	9,694	25.9	−17.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Buxton	4,178	11.2	−0.1
	Referendum	Spencer Drury	910	2.4	N/A
	National Front	Robert Croucher	431	1.2	N/A
	Liberal	Peter White	277	0.7	N/A
	Independent	K Rizz	97	0.3	N/A
Majority			12,127	32.4	+29.9
Turnout			37,410	66.4	−8.4
Registered electors			56,333
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.9

General election 1992: Lewisham East ^{[23] [24]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	19,576	45.4	+11.2
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	18,481	42.9	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Hawkins	4,877	11.3	−9.4
	Natural Law	Gilda Mansour	196	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,095	2.5	N/A
Turnout			43,128	74.8	+0.9
Registered electors			57,674
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Lewisham East ^{[25] [26]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	19,873	45.1	+4.8
	Labour	Michael Profitt	15,059	34.2	−1.7
	SDP	Vivienne Stone	9,118	20.7	−1.3
Majority			4,814	10.9	+6.4
Turnout			44,052	73.9	+4.4
Registered electors			59,627
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 1983: Lewisham East ^{[27] [28]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	17,168	40.4	−2.4
	Labour	Roland Moyle	15,259	35.9	−10.1
	SDP	Polly Toynbee	9,351	22.0	+13.4
	BNP	Richard Edmonds	288	0.7	N/A
	Ecology	Alan Hassard	270	0.6	N/A
	Communist	G Roberts	135	0.3	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	P Gibson	71	0.2	−0.2
Majority			1,909	4.5	N/A
Turnout			42,538	69.5	−4.9
Registered electors			61,216
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-3.8

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Lewisham East ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	22,916	45.96	−4.96
	Conservative	Humfrey Malins	21,323	42.76	+10.56
	Liberal	James Forrest [30]	4,265	8.55	−8.32
	National Front	Michael Ellis [30]	1,168	2.34	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	(Grantley) Herbert Harewood [30]	190	0.38	N/A
Majority			1,593	3.20	−15.52
Turnout			49,863	74.35	+5.59
Registered electors			67,066
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Lewisham East ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	24,350	50.92	+5.33
	Conservative	D Mahony	15,398	32.20	−1.58
	Liberal	M Minter	8,069	16.87	−2.88
Majority			8,952	18.72	+6.91
Turnout			47,815	68.76	−8.77
Registered electors			69,540
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Lewisham East ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	24,339	45.59
	Conservative	John Marshall	18,033	33.78
	Liberal	M Minter	10,543	19.75
	Independent	C Carey	269	0.5
	New Freedom	Frank Hansford-Miller	203	0.38
Majority			6,306	11.81
Turnout			53,389	77.53
Registered electors			68,863
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Lewisham East ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Morrison	37,361	61.82	+17.26
	Conservative	Assheton Pownall	22,142	36.64	−18.80
	Independent	Frederick Russell	931	1.54	new
Majority			15,219	25.18	n/a
Turnout			60,434	76.19	+8.17
Registered electors			79,318
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Lewisham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Assheton Pownall	32,874	55.44	−11.43
	Labour	Freda Corbet	26,425	44.56	+11.43
Majority			6,449	10.88	−22.86
Turnout			58,299	68.02	−6.84
Registered electors			87,178
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Lewisham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Assheton Pownall	41,354	66.87	+24.47
	Labour	John Wilmot	20,485	33.13	−8.57
Majority			20,869	33.74	+33.04
Turnout			61,839	74.86	+3.36
Registered electors			82,606
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Sir E. Penton

General election 1929: Lewisham East ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Assheton Pownall	23,208	42.4	−21.2
	Labour	John Wilmot	22,806	41.7	+5.3
	Liberal	Edward Penton	8,729	15.9	N/A
Majority			402	0.7	−26.5
Turnout			54,743	71.5	−3.4
Registered electors			76,562
	Unionist hold		Swing	-13.25

General election 1924: Lewisham East ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Assheton Pownall	23,842	63.6	+19.2
	Labour	John Wilmot	13,621	31.4	+5.0
Majority			10,221	27.2	+14.2
Turnout			37,463	74.9	+12.3
Registered electors			50,019
	Unionist hold		Swing	+7.1

General election 1923: Lewisham East ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Assheton Pownall	13,560	44.4	−13.2
	Labour	Ernest Wesley Wilton	9,604	31.4	+2.5
	Liberal	Edward Penton	7,397	24.2	+10.7
Majority			3,956	13.0	−15.7
Turnout			30,561	62.6	−1.4
Registered electors			48,812
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.8

General election 1922: Lewisham East ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Assheton Pownall	16,726	57.6	N/A
	Labour	Ernest Wesley Wilton	8,402	28.9	N/A
	Liberal	JCL Zorn	3,906	13.5	N/A
Majority			8,324	28.7	N/A
Turnout			29,034	64.0	N/A
Registered electors			45,377
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Lewisham East ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Assheton Pownall	Unopposed
Registered electors
	Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

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External links

• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• Lewisham East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Lewisham East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Lewisham East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK