| Mayor of Lewisham | |
|---|---|
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since 8 March 2024 | |
| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate ofLewisham |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Steve Bullock |
Themayor of Lewisham is adirectly elected mayor responsible for the executive function ofLewisham London Borough Council inLondon. 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 the2024 Kingswood by election.[1] In the resultingby-election,Brenda Dacres was elected as Egan's successor.[1][2]
| 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] andThe Guardian[4] | ||
Elections from 2002 to 2022 were held under thesupplementary vote system. Following the enactment of theElections Act 2022, subsequent elections are held underfirst-past-the-post.
| 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% | | |||||
| Labourwin | |||||||||
| 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% | | ||||
| Labourhold | ||||||||
| 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% | | ||||
| Labourhold | ||||||||
| 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% | | ||||
| Labourhold | ||||||||
| 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% | | ||||
| Labourhold | ||||||||
| 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-ophold | ||||||||
The by-election was triggered following the resignation of Damien Egan to stand in the2024 Kingswood by-election. It was the first election run underfirst past the post rather than the prior use ofsupplementary 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]
| 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-ophold | Swing | 3.4 | |||