| Lewisham East | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
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Location within Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 71,706 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Catford, Blackheath |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1974 (1974) |
| Member of Parliament | Janet Daby (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Lewisham North andLewisham South |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Created from | Lewisham |
| Replaced by | Lewisham North andLewisham South |
Lewisham East is aparliamentary constituency in South London represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since theby-election on 14 June 2018 byJanet Daby of theLabour Party.[2]

The constituency stretches from affluentBlackheath[3] to the wards to the south of the constituency which contain more social housing and less architectural grandeur. Incidence of social deprivation is highest towards central Lewisham and theRushey Green area ofCatford,[4] a low-to-middle income area which was home to one of the first indoor shopping malls in England.
At the southern end of the constituency is Grove Park, one of the quieter and more prosperous parts of Lewisham, and more marginal between Labour and the Conservatives than the rest of the borough. Some wards in the constituency are steadily increasing in average income and median age, and thus have become Conservative targets in local elections. Nonetheless, Labour MPHeidi Alexander increased her majority in 2015 and then again in 2017. In the by-election of 2018, the Labour vote fell from 68% to 50%.
Lewisham East was created for the 1918 general election. From 1945 to 1950 the seat was represented by cabinet ministerHerbert Morrison of theLabour Party, who took the seat from its first MP, ConservativeAssheton Pownall, a former army officer.
The seat was abolished in 1950 but recreated in 1974. From 1979 to 1997 the constituency was amarginal seat. The MP from 1983 to 1992 was Minister for SportColin Moynihan (Conservative). Since the1997 general election the seat hasswung towards Labour; in 2014 Labour won a landslide victory atthe local council elections, with the Liberal Democrats losing ten seats and the Conservatives losing their only remaining councillor, whileSteve Bullock was re-elected as thedirectly elected mayor of Lewisham, having held the office since its creation in 2002. Lewisham East had the 51st largest Labour vote share in the country at the2015 election, out of 650 constituencies.[5]


1918–1950: TheMetropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Church, Lewisham Park, Manor, and South, and parts of the wards of Catford and Lewisham Village.
1974–1983: TheLondon Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Lewisham Village, Grove Park, Lewisham Park, Manor Lee, St Andrew, St Mildred Lee, South Lee, Southend, and Whitefoot.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Churchdown, Downham, Grove Park, Hither Green, Manor Lee, St Margaret, St Mildred, and Whitefoot.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Catford South, Downham, Grove Park, Lee Green, Rushey Green, and Whitefoot.
The 2010 redrawing of boundaries replaced Lewisham West with a cross-borough constituency,Lewisham West and Penge, requiring changes to the other seats in the borough.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Bellingham, Catford South, Downham, Grove Park, Hither Green, Lee Green, and Rushey Green.[6]
| Election | Member[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Assheton Pownall | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Herbert Morrison | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
| Feb 1974 | constituency recreated | ||
| Feb 1974 | Roland Moyle | Labour | |
| 1983 | Colin Moynihan | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Bridget Prentice | Labour | |
| 2010 | Heidi Alexander | Labour | |
| 2018 by-election | Janet Daby | Labour | |

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janet Daby | 23,646 | 58.2 | −4.5 | |
| Green | Mike Herron | 5,573 | 13.7 | +10.2 | |
| Conservative | Louise Brice | 4,401 | 10.8 | −9.2 | |
| Reform | Ruth Handyside | 3,469 | 8.5 | +5.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Littlemore | 2,471 | 6.1 | −4.0 | |
| Workers Party | Steph Koffi | 577 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| CPA | Maureen Martin | 404 | 1.0 | +0.4 | |
| Shared Ground | Richard Galloway | 96 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 18,073 | 44.5 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 40,637 | 55.4 | −9.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,376 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | –7.4 | |||
| 2019notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 29,344 | 62.7 | |
| Conservative | 9,365 | 20.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,736 | 10.1 | |
| Green | 1,653 | 3.5 | |
| Brexit Party | 1,212 | 2.6 | |
| Others | 522 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | 46,832 | 65.3 | |
| Electorate | 71,706 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janet Daby | 26,661 | 59.5 | −8.6 | |
| Conservative | Sam Thurgood | 9,653 | 21.5 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ade Fatukasi | 5,039 | 11.2 | +6.8 | |
| Green | Rosamund Kissi-Debrah | 1,706 | 3.8 | +2.1 | |
| Brexit Party | Wesley Pollard | 1,234 | 2.8 | N/A | |
| CPA | Maureen Martin | 277 | 0.6 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Mark Barber | 152 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Young People's | Richard Galloway | 50 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Roger Mighton | 43 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,008 | 38.0 | −6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 44,815 | 66.0 | −3.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 67,857 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | —3.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janet Daby | 11,033 | 50.2 | −17.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Salek | 5,404 | 24.6 | +20.2 | |
| Conservative | Ross Archer | 3,161 | 14.4 | −8.6 | |
| Green | Rosamund Kissi-Debrah | 788 | 3.6 | +1.9 | |
| Women's Equality | Mandu Reid | 506 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | David Kurten | 380 | 1.7 | +0.1 | |
| For Britain | Anne Marie Waters | 266 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| CPA | Maureen Martin | 168 | 0.8 | +0.4 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 93 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Democrats and Veterans | Massimo DiMambro | 67 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Libertarian | Sean Finch | 38 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Access to the Law for All | Charles Carey | 37 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Radical | Patrick Gray | 20 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Young People's | Thomas Hall | 18 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,629 | 25.6 | −19.3 | ||
| Turnout | 22,056 | 33.3 | −36.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,140 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | –19.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Heidi Alexander | 32,072 | 67.9 | +12.2 | |
| Conservative | Peter Fortune | 10,859 | 23.0 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Frith | 2,086 | 4.4 | –1.3 | |
| Green | Störm Poorun | 803 | 1.7 | –4.0 | |
| UKIP | Keith Forster | 798 | 1.7 | −7.4 | |
| Independent | Willow Winston | 355 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| CPA | Maureen Martin | 228 | 0.5 | –0.2 | |
| Majority | 21,123 | 44.9 | +11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 47,201 | 69.3 | +5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 68,124 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Heidi Alexander | 23,907 | 55.7 | +12.6 | |
| Conservative | Peter Fortune | 9,574 | 22.3 | −1.3 | |
| UKIP | Anne Marie Waters | 3,886 | 9.1 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Fletcher | 2,455 | 5.7 | –22.4 | |
| Green | Störm Poorun | 2,429 | 5.7 | +4.2 | |
| People Before Profit | Nick Long | 390 | 0.9 | +0.1 | |
| CPA | Maureen Martin | 282 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,333 | 33.4 | +18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 42,923 | 64.1 | +0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,913 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Heidi Alexander | 17,966 | 43.1 | –4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pete Pattisson | 11,750 | 28.2 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Clamp | 9,850 | 23.6 | −0.8 | |
| UKIP | Roderick Reed | 771 | 1.8 | −0.4 | |
| Green | Priscilla Cotterell | 624 | 1.5 | −2.7 | |
| English Democrat | James Rose | 426 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| People Before Profit | George Hallam | 332 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,216 | 14.9 | –8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 41,719 | 63.3 | +7.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 65,926 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | -6.1 | |||
| 2005notional result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 17,683 | 47.5 | |
| Conservative | 9,077 | 24.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,598 | 20.4 | |
| Others | 2,881 | 7.7 | |
| Turnout | 37,239 | 55.8 | |
| Electorate | 66,762 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bridget Prentice | 14,263 | 45.8 | −7.9 | |
| Conservative | James Cleverly | 7,512 | 24.1 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Thomas | 6,787 | 21.8 | +5.4 | |
| Green | Anna Baker | 1,243 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Arnold Tarling | 697 | 2.2 | +1.0 | |
| National Front | Bernard Franklin | 625 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,751 | 21.7 | –8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 31,127 | 56.3 | +3.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 55,269 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −4.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bridget Prentice | 16,160 | 53.7 | –4.6 | |
| Conservative | David McInnes | 7,157 | 23.8 | –2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Buxton | 4,937 | 16.4 | +5.2 | |
| BNP | Barry Roberts | 1,005 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Jean Kysow | 464 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Maurice Link | 361 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,003 | 29.9 | –2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 30,084 | 53.1 | –13.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 56,657 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | –1.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bridget Prentice | 21,821 | 58.3 | +12.9 | |
| Conservative | Philip Hollobone | 9,694 | 25.9 | –16.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Buxton | 4,178 | 11.2 | –0.2 | |
| Referendum | Spencer Drury | 910 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| National Front | Robert Croucher | 431 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Peter White | 277 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | K Rizz | 97 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,127 | 32.4 | +29.8 | ||
| Turnout | 37,408 | 66.4 | −7.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 56,333 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +14.9 | |||
| 1992notional result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 19,633 | 45.4 | |
| Conservative | 18,510 | 42.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,935 | 11.4 | |
| Others | 196 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | 43,274 | 75.0 | |
| Electorate | 58,328 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bridget Prentice | 19,576 | 45.4 | +11.2 | |
| Conservative | Colin Moynihan | 18,481 | 42.8 | –2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Hawkins | 4,877 | 11.3 | –9.4 | |
| Natural Law | Gilda Mansour | 196 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,095 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 43,128 | 74.8 | +0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 57,674 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +6.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Moynihan | 19,873 | 45.1 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Michael Profitt | 15,059 | 34.2 | –1.7 | |
| SDP | Vivienne Stone | 9,118 | 20.7 | –1.3 | |
| Majority | 4,814 | 10.9 | +6.4 | ||
| Turnout | 44,052 | 73.9 | +4.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 59,627 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Moynihan | 17,168 | 40.4 | −2.4 | |
| Labour | Roland Moyle | 15,259 | 35.9 | −10.1 | |
| SDP | Polly Toynbee | 9,351 | 22.0 | +13.4 | |
| BNP | Richard Edmonds | 288 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Ecology | Alan Hassard | 270 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Communist | G Roberts | 135 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Workers Revolutionary | P Gibson | 71 | 0.2 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 1,909 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,538 | 69.5 | −4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 61,216 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | -3.8 | |||
| 1979notional result[29] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 20,893 | 46.7 | |
| Conservative | 18,814 | 42.0 | |
| Liberal | 3,829 | 8.6 | |
| Others | 1,219 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | 44,755 | ||
| Electorate | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roland Moyle | 22,916 | 46.0 | –5.0 | |
| Conservative | Humfrey Malins | 21,323 | 42.8 | +10.6 | |
| Liberal | James Forrest[31] | 4,265 | 8.6 | –8.3 | |
| National Front | Michael Ellis[31] | 1,168 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Workers Revolutionary | (Grantley) Herbert Harewood[31] | 190 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,593 | 3.2 | –15.5 | ||
| Turnout | 49,863 | 74.3 | +5.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 67,066 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | –7.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roland Moyle | 24,350 | 50.9 | +5.3 | |
| Conservative | D Mahony | 15,398 | 32.2 | –1.6 | |
| Liberal | Michael Minter | 8,069 | 16.9 | –2.9 | |
| Majority | 8,952 | 18.7 | +6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 47,815 | 68.76 | –8.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 69,540 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roland Moyle | 24,339 | 45.6 | –9.3 | |
| Conservative | John Marshall | 18,033 | 33.8 | –11.3 | |
| Liberal | Michael Minter | 10,543 | 19.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | C Carey | 269 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| New Freedom | Frank Hansford-Miller | 203 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,306 | 11.8 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 53,389 | 77.5 | +10.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 68,863 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
| 1970notional result[34] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 26,800 | 54.9 | |
| Conservative | 22,000 | 45.1 | |
| Turnout | 48,800 | 67.5 | |
| Electorate | 72,300 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Herbert Morrison | 37,361 | 61.82 | +17.26 | |
| Conservative | Assheton Pownall | 22,142 | 36.64 | −18.80 | |
| Independent | Frederick Russell | 931 | 1.54 | new | |
| Majority | 15,219 | 25.18 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 60,434 | 76.19 | +8.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,318 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Assheton Pownall | 32,874 | 55.44 | −11.43 | |
| Labour | Freda Corbet | 26,425 | 44.56 | +11.43 | |
| Majority | 6,449 | 10.88 | −22.86 | ||
| Turnout | 58,299 | 68.02 | −6.84 | ||
| Registered electors | 87,178 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Assheton Pownall | 41,354 | 66.87 | +24.47 | |
| Labour | John Wilmot | 20,485 | 33.13 | −8.57 | |
| Majority | 20,869 | 33.74 | +33.04 | ||
| Turnout | 61,839 | 74.86 | +3.36 | ||
| Registered electors | 82,606 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Assheton Pownall | 23,208 | 42.4 | −21.2 | |
| Labour | John Wilmot | 22,806 | 41.7 | +5.3 | |
| Liberal | Edward Penton | 8,729 | 15.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 402 | 0.7 | −26.5 | ||
| Turnout | 54,743 | 71.5 | −3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,562 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | -13.25 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Assheton Pownall | 23,842 | 63.6 | +19.2 | |
| Labour | John Wilmot | 13,621 | 31.4 | +5.0 | |
| Majority | 10,221 | 27.2 | +14.2 | ||
| Turnout | 37,463 | 74.9 | +12.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 50,019 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | +7.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Assheton Pownall | 13,560 | 44.4 | −13.2 | |
| Labour | Ernest Wesley Wilton | 9,604 | 31.4 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal | Edward Penton | 7,397 | 24.2 | +10.7 | |
| Majority | 3,956 | 13.0 | −15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 30,561 | 62.6 | −1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 48,812 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | -7.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Assheton Pownall | 16,726 | 57.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Ernest Wesley Wilton | 8,402 | 28.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | JCL Zorn | 3,906 | 13.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,324 | 28.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 29,034 | 64.0 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 45,377 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Assheton Pownall | Unopposed | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Unionistwin (new seat) | |||||
| Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
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