Lewisham West and East Dulwich | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 69,904 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Lewisham, East Dulwich, Sydenham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Ellie Reeves (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Lewisham West and Penge, Lewisham Deptford & Camberwell and Peckham |
Lewisham West and East Dulwich is a constituency [n 1] of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is currently represented by Ellie Reeves of the Labour Party, [n 2] who currently serves as Chair of the Labour Party.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [2]
The constituency is composed of the following:
It comprises the following districts: [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ellie Reeves | 27,406 | 59.1 | –7.1 | |
Green | Callum Fowler | 9,009 | 19.4 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Josh Matthews | 3,558 | 7.7 | –2.2 | |
Conservative | Christine Wallace | 3,477 | 7.5 | –7.0 | |
Reform UK | Marian Newton | 2,234 | 4.8 | +3.0 | |
Workers Party | Gwenton Sloley | 427 | 0.9 | N/A | |
CPA | Katherine Hortense | 303 | 0.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 18,397 | 39.7 | –11.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,414 | 66.2 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 70,099 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.6 | |||
2019 notional result [7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 30,534 | 66.1 | |
Conservative | 6,711 | 14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,568 | 9.9 | |
Green | 3,368 | 7.3 | |
Brexit Party | 832 | 1.8 | |
Others | 213 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 46,226 | 66.1 | |
Electorate | 69,904 |
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