Lewisham North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Lewisham North in Greater London | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 73,504 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Lewisham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Vicky Foxcroft (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Lewisham Deptford |
1950–February 1974 | |
Created from | Lewisham East |
Replaced by | Lewisham Deptford and Lewisham East |
Lewisham North is a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat has been re-established for the 2024 general election, primarily formed from the abolished seat of Lewisham Deptford. [2]
The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Church Lee, Ladywell, Lewisham Park, Lewisham Village, Manor Lee, and South Lee.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:
The re-established constituency succeeds Lewisham Deptford, except Crofton Park ward, which is in the new constituency of Lewisham West and East Dulwich. Blackheath ward was added from Lewisham East.
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1950 | Austin Hudson | Conservative | Died November 1956 | |
1957 by-election | Niall MacDermot | Labour | ||
1959 | Christopher Chataway | Conservative | ||
1966 | Roland Moyle | Labour | ||
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vicky Foxcroft | 25,467 | 57.7 | −11.7 | |
Green | Adam Pugh | 9,685 | 21.9 | +16.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jean Branch | 3,284 | 7.4 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Nupur Majumdar | 2,701 | 6.1 | −6.1 | |
Reform UK | Edward Powell | 2,000 | 4.5 | +2.9 | |
Workers Party | Mian Akbar | 457 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Julia Tilford | 243 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Communist | Oliver Snelling | 211 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | John Lloyd | 119 | 0.3 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 15,782 | 35.8 | –21.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,167 | 59.5 | –9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 74,204 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
2019 notional result [6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 35,124 | 69.4 | |
Conservative | 6,175 | 12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,620 | 11.1 | |
Green | 2,656 | 5.3 | |
Brexit Party | 810 | 1.6 | |
Others | 201 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 50,586 | 68.8 | |
Electorate | 73,504 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roland Moyle | 18,235 | 51.45 | ||
Conservative | Hugh Samuel | 17,208 | 48.55 | ||
Majority | 1,027 | 2.90 | |||
Turnout | 35,443 | 68.49 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roland Moyle | 20,352 | 53.08 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Chataway | 17,989 | 46.92 | ||
Majority | 2,363 | 6.16 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,341 | 77.41 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Chataway | 17,144 | 45.42 | ||
Labour | Henry Collins | 16,801 | 44.51 | ||
Liberal | Trevor Lloyd-Jones | 3,798 | 10.06 | ||
Majority | 343 | 0.91 | |||
Turnout | 37,703 | 74.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Chataway | 22,125 | 51.99 | −1.97 | |
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 17,512 | 41.15 | −4.89 | |
Liberal | Kenneth John Brookes | 2,921 | 6.86 | New | |
Majority | 4,613 | 10.84 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,558 | 81.19 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Niall MacDermot | 18,516 | 49.50 | +3.46 | |
Conservative | Norman Farmer | 17,406 | 46.53 | −7.43 | |
Independent loyalist | Leslie Greene | 1,487 | 3.97 | New | |
Majority | 1,110 | 2.97 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,409 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Austin Hudson | 22,070 | 53.96 | +0.50 | |
Labour | Trevor Williams | 18,834 | 46.04 | −0.50 | |
Majority | 3,236 | 7.91 | +0.99 | ||
Turnout | 40,904 | 77.93 | −6.09 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Austin Hudson | 24,406 | 53.46 | ||
Labour | Trevor Williams | 21,243 | 46.54 | ||
Majority | 3,163 | 6.92 | |||
Turnout | 45,649 | 84.02 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Austin Hudson | 22,465 | 49.56 | ||
Labour | Fred Copeman | 19,974 | 44.07 | ||
Liberal | Stanley George Smith | 2,888 | 6.37 | ||
Majority | 2,491 | 5.49 | |||
Turnout | 45,327 | 84.51 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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