Mayor of Lewisham

Mayor of Lewisham
Arms of Lewisham London Borough Council
Incumbent Brenda Dacres since 8 March 2024
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]}

Referendum

Mayor of Lewisham referendum
18 October 2001

Choice	Votes	%
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] and The Guardian [4]

Elections

Elections from 2002 to 2022 were held under the supplementary vote system. Following the enactment of the Elections Act 2022, subsequent elections are held under first-past-the-post.

2002 election

Lewisham Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [5] [6]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			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

2006 election

Lewisham Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 [7]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			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

2010 election

Lewisham Mayoral Election 6 May 2010 [8]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			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

2014 election

Lewisham Mayoral Election 22 May 2014 [9]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			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

2018 election

Lewisham Mayoral Election 3 May 2018 [10]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour Co-op	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

2022 election

Lewisham Mayoral Election 5 May 2022 [11]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour Co-op	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 Co-op hold

2024 by-election

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 second black woman to serve as a directly elected mayor in the UK. The election had a low turnout of 20.73%. ^{[12] [2]}

Lewisham mayoral election, 7 March 2024 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	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 Co-op hold		Swing	3.4

References

1. "Resignation of Damien Egan, Mayor of Lewisham". Lewisham Council. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
2. "Lewisham elects Brenda Dacres as first black woman mayor". BBC News. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
3. "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
4. "Mayoral referendum results | Society | SocietyGuardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. "Mayor of Lewisham results 2002" (PDF). Lewisham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
6. "Mayor election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
7. "Local elections 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
8. "Local elections 2010" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
9. "Election results for 22 May 2014". Lewisham Borough Council. 23 May 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
10. "Lewisham Mayoral Election 2018 - Thursday, 3rd May, 2018". Lewisham Borough Council. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
11. "Lewisham Mayoral Election 2022 - Thursday, 5th May, 2022". Lewisham Borough Council. 5 May 2022.
12. "Mayoral by-election". Lewisham Council. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.