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Mayor of Lewisham | |
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Style | No courtesy title or style |
Appointer | Electorate of Lewisham |
Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | Steve Bullock |
The mayor of Lewisham is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Lewisham London Borough Council in London. The role was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year.
Damien Egan resigned the post on 10 January 2024 in order to contest the 2024 Kingswood by election. [1] In the resulting by-election, Brenda Dacres was elected as Egan's successor. [1] [2]
Choice | Votes | % |
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Elected Mayor | 16,822 | 51.4 |
Cabinet System | 15,914 | 48.6 |
Required majority | 50 | |
Total votes | 32,736 | 100.00 |
Source: House of Commons Library [3] |
Elections from 2002–2022 were held under the supplementary vote system. Following the enactment of the Elections Act 2022, future elections will be held under first-past-the-post.
Lewisham Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [4] [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Steve Bullock | 13,473 | 35.5% | 4,509 | 17,982 | 59.4% | | ||
Conservative | Derek Stone | 8,004 | 21.1% | 4,276 | 12,280 | 40.6% | | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Feakes | 7,276 | 19.2% | | |||||
Green | Sinna Mani | 5,517 | 14.5% | | |||||
Local Education Action by Parents | Marie-Louise Irvine | 3,710 | 9.8% | | |||||
Labour win |
Lewisham Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 [6] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Labour | Steve Bullock | 22,155 | 37.7% | 2,974 | 25,129 | 57.1% | | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Maines | 12,398 | 21.1% | 6,491 | 18,889 | 42.9% | | |
Conservative | James Cleverly | 10,790 | 18.4% | | ||||
Green | Michael Keogh | 7,168 | 12.2% | | ||||
Independent | John Hamilton | 4,823 | 8.2% | | ||||
Lewisham Peoples' Alliance | Sinna Mani | 1,366 | 2.3% | | ||||
Labour hold |
Lewisham Mayoral Election 5 May 2010 [7] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Labour | Steve Bullock | 47,861 | 44.5% | 4,670 | 52,531 | 59.0% | | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Maines | 26,445 | 24.6% | 10,001 | 36,446 | 41.0% | | |
Conservative | Simon Nundy | 16,276 | 15.1% | | ||||
Green | Dean Walton | 6,560 | 6.1% | | ||||
People Before Profit | John Hamilton | 5,964 | 5.5% | | ||||
BNP | Tess Culnane | 2,904 | 2.7% | | ||||
English Democrat | Graham Dare | 1,559 | 1.4% | | ||||
Labour hold |
Lewisham Mayoral Election 22 May 2014 [8] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Labour | Steve Bullock | 36,659 | 50.77% | | ||||
Conservative | Simon Nundy | 8,041 | 11.14% | | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Duwayne Brooks | 7,234 | 10.02% | | ||||
Green | Mike Keogh | 7,224 | 10.00% | | ||||
People Before Profit | John Hamilton | 6,014 | 8.33% | | ||||
UKIP | Peter Lello | 5,684 | 7.87% | | ||||
TUSC | Chris Flood | 1,354 | 1.88% | | ||||
Labour hold |
Lewisham Mayoral Election 3 May 2018 [9] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Labour | Damien Egan | 39,951 | 54.3% | | ||||
Conservative | Ross Archer | 9,790 | 13.3% | | ||||
Green | John Coughlin | 7,649 | 10.4% | | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Maines | 6,065 | 8.2% | | ||||
Independent | Duwayne Brooks | 5,480 | 7.4% | | ||||
People Before Profit | John Hamilton | 4,193 | 5.7% | | ||||
Democrats and Veterans | Will Donnelly | 445 | 0.6% | | ||||
Labour hold |
Lewisham Mayoral Election 5 May 2022 [10] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Labour | Damien Egan | 39,966 | 58.05% | | ||||
Green | Nick Humberstone | 10,987 | 15.96% | | ||||
Conservative | Caroline Louise Attfield | 7,980 | 11.59% | | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Maines | 6,736 | 9.78% | | ||||
TUSC | Andy Beadle | 1,620 | 2.35% | | ||||
CPA | Maureen Maud Martin | 1,009 | 1.47% | | ||||
Independent | Roger NM Mighton | 549 | 0.80% | | ||||
Labour hold |
The by-election was triggered following the resignation of Damien Egan to stand in the 2024 Kingswood by-election. It was the first election run under first past the post rather than the prior use of supplementary vote. The winning candidate, Brenda Dacres, is the first black woman to serve as a directly elected mayor in the UK. The election had a low turnout of 20.73%. [11] [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brenda Dacres | 21,576 | 51.8 | 6.2 | |
Green | Michael Herron | 6,835 | 16.4 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Maines | 4,896 | 11.8 | 2.0 | |
Conservative | Siama Qadar | 3,784 | 9.1 | 2.5 | |
Workers Party | John Hamilton | 2,378 | 5.7 | New | |
CPA | Maureen Martin | 1,233 | 3.0 | 1.5 | |
Independent | Nick Long | 917 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 14,741 | 35.4 | 6.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,619 | 20.7 | 14.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.4 | |||
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