Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham East
Lewisham East
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Lewisham East in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	65,508 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974
Member of Parliament	Heidi Alexander (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Lewisham North and Lewisham South
1918–1950
Created from	Lewisham
Replaced by	Lewisham North and Lewisham South

Lewisham East is a parliamentary constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Heidi Alexander of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

Lewisham East was first contested in the 1918 general election, and from 1945-1950 was represented by the former Labour cabinet minister Herbert Morrison. The seat was abolished in 1950 but recreated in 1974 and until 1997 was a marginal seat. The area collectively has swung a long way against the Conservatives since the 1983 to 1992 period when the Conservative Minister for Sport Colin Moynihan served the seat - Conservatives in 2010 found themselves for the first time in third place, meanwhile the Liberal Democrat share of the vote increased to 28.2% in 2010. In 2014 Labour won a landslide victory at the local council elections with the Liberal Democrats losing all ten council seats and the Conservatives losing their only seat. On the same date Steve Bullock was reelected as Mayor of Lewisham, a position that he has held since the position was created in 2002. Conservative Party candidate Simon Nundy came second in the election, the first time that the Conservative Party candidate has beaten the Liberal Democrats into third place since 2002. The opposition candidates for incumbent MP Heidi Alexander at the 2015 General Election include Julia Fletcher [1] and Störm Poorun [2]

In terms of share of the vote, this seat received the 43rd largest Labour vote in 2010, of the 650 constituencies.^[2]

Constituency profile

This is a set of neighbourhoods in the inner London Borough of Lewisham, stretching from the relatively affluent former village of Blackheath is in the north-east of the borough that has much more in common with the leafier parts of Greenwich than neighbouring Lewisham - indeed some of the area marked on maps as Blackheath is in that borough.^[3] Extending further south, Lewisham East then takes in some areas of high social deprivation^[4] fairly close to Lewisham town centre, and the Rushey Green side of Catford, a low-to-middle income area famous for opening one of the first indoor shopping malls in England.

At the southern end of the seat is Grove Park, one of the quieter and more upmarket parts of Lewisham Borough, which, unlike the rest of Lewisham, has had a tendency to elect conservative Conservative councillors. As the constituency profile changes to a more affluent and metropolitan electorate wards such as Grove Park, Lee Green and Catford South have become target wards, but overall this is a safe Labour seat, typical of inner South East London.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Church, Lewisham Park, Manor, and South, and parts of the wards of Catford and Lewisham Village.

1974-1983: The London 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–present: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Catford South, Downham, Grove Park, Lee Green, Rushey Green, and Whitefoot.

The 2010 redistribution created a replacement seat for Lewisham West, this time cross-borough and named Lewisham West and Penge, which meant consequential changes to the other seats in the borough.

Lewisham East received:
- Catford South, and parts of Rushey Green and Whitefoot wards from the former constituency of Lewisham West.
- Part of Rushey Green from Lewisham, Deptford
Lewisham East lost:
- Part of Lewisham Central to Lewisham, Deptford.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[5]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1918	Assheton Pownall	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1945	Herbert Morrison	Labour
1950		constituency abolished
Feb 1974		constituency recreated
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Feb 1974	Roland Moyle	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	Colin Moynihan	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1992	Bridget Prentice	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2010	Heidi Alexander	Labour

Election results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Lewisham East^[6]^[7]^[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	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

General Election 2010: Lewisham East^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heidi Alexander	17,966	43.1	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Pattisson	11,750	28.2	+6.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Clamp	9,850	23.6	−0.7
	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
Turnout			41,719	63.3	+8.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2005: Lewisham East^[11]
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
Turnout			31,127	52.6	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.1

General Election 2001: Lewisham East^[12]
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
Turnout			30,084	53.1	−13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Lewisham East^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	21,821	58.3
	Conservative	Philip Hollobone	9,694	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Buxton	4,178	11.2
	Referendum	Spencer Drury	910	2.4
	National Front	Robert Croucher	431	1.2
	Liberal	Peter White	277	0.7
	Independent	K Rizz	97	0.26
Majority			12,127	32.42
Turnout			37,410	66.41
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Lewisham East^[15] ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	19,576	45.4
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	18,481	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Alexandra Hawkins	4,877	11.3
	Natural Law	G Elizabeth Mansour	196	0.5
Majority			1,095	2.5
Turnout			43,128	74.78
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1987: Lewisham East^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	19,873	45.11
	Labour	M. Russell Profitt	15,059	34.2
	SDP	V.W. Stone	9,118	20.70
Majority			4,814	10.9
Turnout			44,052	73.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Lewisham East^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	17,168	40.36
	Labour	Roland Moyle	15,259	35.87
	SDP	Polly Toynbee	9,351	21.98
	BNP	Richard Edmonds	288	0.68
	Ecology	A Hassard	270	0.63
	Communist	G Roberts	135	0.32
	Workers Revolutionary	P Gibson	71	0.17
Majority			1,909	4.49
Turnout			42,538	69.49
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1979: Lewisham East^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	22,916	45.96
	Conservative	Humfrey Malins	21,323	42.76
	Liberal	J Forrest	4,265	8.55
	National Front	M Ellis	1,168	2.34
	Workers Revolutionary	H Harewood	190	0.38
Majority			1,593	3.19
Turnout			49,863	74.35
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Lewisham East^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	24,350	50.92
	Conservative	D Mahony	15,398	32.20
	Liberal	M Minter	8,069	16.87
Majority			8,952	18.72
Turnout			47,815	68.76
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Lewisham East^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	24,339	45.59
	Conservative	John Leslie Marshall	18,033	33.78
	Liberal	M Minter	10,543	19.75
	Independent	C Carey	269	0.5
	New Freedom	Frank Hansford-Miller	203	0.38
Majority			6,306	11.81
Turnout			53,389	77.53
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in 1940s

General Election 1945: Lewisham East^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Herbert Stanley Morrison	37,361	61.82
	Conservative	Sir Assheton Pownall	22,142	36.64
	Independent	F Russell	931	1.54
Majority			15,219	25.18
Turnout			60,434	76.19
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in 1930s

General Election 1935: Lewisham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Assheton Pownall	32,874	55.44
	Labour	Freda Künzlen Corbet	25,425	44.56
Majority			6,449	10.88
Turnout				68.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Lewisham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Assheton Pownall	41,354	66.87
	Labour	John Charles Wilmot	20,485	33.13
Majority			20,869	33.75
Turnout				74.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 1920s

General Election 1929: Lewisham East ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Assheton Pownall	23,208	42.4
	Labour	John Charles Wilmot	22,806	41.7
	Liberal	Sir Edward Penton	8,729	15.9	n/a
Majority			402	0.7
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Lewisham East ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Assheton Pownall	13,560	44.4	−13.2
	Labour	Ernest Wesley Wilton	9,604	31.4	+2.5
	Liberal	Sir Edward Penton	7,397	24.2	+10.7
Majority			3,956	13.0	−15.7
Turnout				62.6	−1.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.8

Notes and references

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ General Election Results from the Electoral Commission
^ Detailed Map of Blackheath Ordnance survey website
^ 2001 Census including the 2000-compiled Index of Multiple Deprivation and more recent indicators
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=23&RPID=38836300 27Jul15
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000787
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/217756E9-5DCC-45EF-828B-3939C12CBFEA/0/LewishamEastSOPNNOP.pdf
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/057.htm
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i13.htm
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i13.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i13.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i13.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i13.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i12.htm
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945.

[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[4] General Election Results from the Electoral Commission

[os-5] Detailed Map of Blackheath Ordnance survey website

[6] 2001 Census including the 2000-compiled Index of Multiple Deprivation and more recent indicators

[rayment-7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)

[electoralcalculus2015-8] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[9] ttp://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=23&RPID=38836300 27Jul15

[10] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000787

[electoralcalculus2010-11] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)

[12] ttp://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/217756E9-5DCC-45EF-828B-3939C12CBFEA/0/LewishamEastSOPNNOP.pdf

[electoralcalculus2005-13] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-14] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-15] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[16] ttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/057.htm

[electoralcalculus1992-17] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[18] ttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm

[electoralcalculus1987-19] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[20] ttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i13.htm

[electoralcalculus1983-21] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[22] ttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i13.htm

[23] ttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i13.htm

[24] ttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i13.htm

[25] ttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i13.htm

[26] ttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i12.htm

[27] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[28] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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