2022 Lewisham Council election

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All 54 council seats
First party Second party   Leader Damien Egan Party Labour Green Last election 54 seats, 60.2% 0 seats, 11.6% Seats won 54 0 Seat change Popular vote 102,522 36,760 Percentage 55.4% 19.9% Swing 4.8% 8.3%
Map of the results
council control before election Labour Subsequent council control Labour Party (UK)

The2022 Lewisham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members ofLewisham London Borough Council were up for election. The elections took place alongsidelocal elections in the other London boroughs andelections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

TheLabour Party maintained its control of the council, winning all 54 seats, mirroring its landslide victory in the2018 election. The 2022 election took place under revised election boundaries, with the number of councillors remaining the same. The election coincided with an election for theMayor of Lewisham, which was won by the incumbentDamien Egan of the Labour Party.

As of June 2025, twoGreen Party councillors make up the official opposition on Lewisham Council. This is the first time Lewisham Council has had an opposition group since 2010.^[1]

The thirty-twoLondon boroughs were established in 1965 by theLondon Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with theGreater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.^[2]

Since its formation, Lewisham has generally had aLabour majority. The only exceptions have been the period between 1968 and 1971 when the Conservatives controlled the council and a period ofno overall control from 2006 to 2010 (though under the mayoral system Labour still formed the administration). Labour regained control of the council in the2010 election, winning 39 seats to the Liberal Democrats' twelve seats. The Conservatives won two seats and theGreen Party won one seat. Labour extended its majority in the2014 election, winning 53 seats with a single Green councillor being elected. In themost recent council election in 2018, Labour won all fifty-four seats to the council with 60.2% of the vote across the borough. The Conservatives received 13.9% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats received 12.0% of the vote and the Green Party received 11.6% of the vote, but none won any seats.^[3][4] The Labour candidateDamien Egan becamemayor of Lewisham in the concurrent mayoral election.^[5]

In 2019, a Labour councillor for Evelyn, Alex Feis Bryce, resigned due to work commitments. At the same time, a Labour councillor for Whitefoot,Janet Daby, resigned after winning the2018 Lewisham East by-election.^[6] Labour held both seats, with Lionel Openshaw winning in Evelyn and Kim Powell winning in Whitefoot.^[7] Alan Smith, a Labour councillor for Catford South, left his party to sit as an independent in June 2019 in protest against the leadership ofJeremy Corbyn.^[8]

Tom Copley, a councillor for Sydenham, resigned after being appointed as a deputy mayor bySadiq Khan in early 2020.^[9] Skip Amrani, a Labour councillor for Catford South, resigned in March 2020 due to family commitments.^[10] Joe Dromey, a councillor for New Cross, resigned in January 2020 due to taking on a politically restricted job.^[11] Sue Hordijenko, a Labour councillor for Bellingham ward, died in February 2021.^[12] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, allfour by-elections were held on 6 May 2021 alongside the2021 London mayoral election andLondon Assembly election. Labour held all four seats.^[13] Bellingham was won by Rachel Onikosi.^[14] Catford South was won by James Royston, who worked for an animal welfare charity.^[10] New Cross was won by Samantha Latouche and Sydenham was won by Jack Lavery.^[13]

As with most London boroughs, Lewisham elected its councillors under new boundaries decided by theLocal Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors has remained at 54, under new boundaries with sixteen three-councillor wards and two two-councillor wards.^[15][16]

Lewisham, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The 2022 election took place by multi-memberfirst-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

Allregistered electors (British,Irish,Commonwealth andEuropean Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.^[17] Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.^[17]

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  Council composition after the 2018 election
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  Council composition ahead of the 2022 election

The incumbent mayorDamien Egan was re-selected by the Labour Party, with 81% of members voting for him to remain as their candidate in 2022.^[18]

2022 Lewisham London Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	54	0	0		100.0	55.4	102,522	-4.8
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	19.9	36,760	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	13.0	24,050	+1.0
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	11.0	20,320	-2.9
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	525	±0.0
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	501	+0.1
	CPA	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	189	±0.0
	Shared Ground	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	47	N/A

Deptford by-election, 9 November 2023^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Atkinson	1,596	71.2	17.7
	Green	Tim Crossley	382	17.0	1.9
	Conservative	Siama Qadar	174	7.8	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Harding	91	4.1	2.7
Majority			1,214	54.1
Turnout			2,243
	Labourhold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Stephen Hayes.

Deptford by-election, 2 May 2024^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Walker	2,642	66.1	5.1
	Green	Adam Pugh	944	23.6	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Branch	221	5.5	1.4
	Independent	Tan Bui	124	3.1	N/A
	Conservative	Hugh Rees-Beaumont	69	1.7	6.1
Turnout			4,000	36.04
	Labourhold

The Deptford by-election was triggered by the previous Labour councillorBrenda Dacres winning the borough-wideMayor of Lewisham election; on becoming mayor, she was disqualified from also being a councillor.^[21]

2024 Blackheath by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Dall	2,959	43.8	4.5
	Green	Matt Barker	1,472	21.8	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Maines	1,360	20.1	12.1
	Conservative	Hugh Rees-Beaumont	970	14.3	0.3
Turnout			6,761
	Labourhold		Swing

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