Rushey Green (ward)

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Rushey Green
Electoral ward
for the Lewisham London Borough Council
Rushey Green (ward)
Rushey Green ward boundaries since 2022
Borough Lewisham
County Greater London
Population14,901 (2021) [a]
Electorate11,770 (2022)
Area2.054 square kilometres (0.793 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created1965
GSS code E05013730 (2022–present}

Rushey Green is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. The ward covers most of central, northern and western Catford. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,916. [1] It is also the name of a thoroughfare running north-south through the ward, which is part of the A21 road.

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Lewisham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lewisham in 2022.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. [2]

2022 Lewisham London Borough Council election: Rushey Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Krupski 2,421 67.0
Labour John Muldoon 2,028 56.1
Labour James-J Walsh 1,877 51.9
Green Allie Albion85123.5
Green Florence Murphy85123.5
Green Alex Cottrell70419.5
Liberal Democrats Heidi Degen40111.1
Conservative Felicity Benson39510.9
Conservative Selina Begum38910.8
Conservative Frances Thurgood3419.4
Liberal Democrats George Crozier3118.6
Liberal Democrats Adrien Smith2787.7
Turnout 32.2
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Lewisham council elections

There was a revision in ward boundaries in Lewisham in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. [3]

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. [4]

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [5]

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. [6]

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. [7]

1978–2002 Lewisham council elections

There was a revision in ward boundaries in Lewisham in 1978.

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1964–1978 Lewisham council elections

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

1964 election

Notes

  1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

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References

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