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Lewisham East Borough constituency

Lewisham East shown within Greater London
Created:	1918, 1974
MP:	Bridget Prentice
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Lewisham East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 References

Boundaries

The constituency is in the London Borough of Lewisham, covering the east of the borough - areas such as Lee Green, Blackheath, Hither Green and Grove Park.

Boundary review

The new wards and boundaries of the Lewisham East UK Parliament constituency (red) shown within the London Borough of Lewisham (yellow)

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new cross-border constituency Lewisham West and Penge, which has meant consequential changes to the other existing Lewisham seats.

The 7 electoral wards used in the Lewisham East seat will be;

Members of Parliament

On 6 April 2009, current MP Bridget Prentice announced her decision to stand down from Parliament at the next election.^[1]

Lewisham East in the London County Council area from 1918 to 1949.

Election		Member	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

Election results

United Kingdom general election, 2010: Lewisham East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heidi Alexander
	Conservative	Jonathan Clamp
	Green	Priscilla Cotterell
	Liberal Democrat	Pete Pattisson

General Election 2005: Lewisham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	14,263	45.8	−7.9
	Conservative	James Cleverly	7,512	24.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	16,160	53.7	-4.6
	Conservative	David McInnes	7,157	23.8	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	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

General Election 1997: Lewisham East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	21,821	58.33
	Conservative	P Hollobone	9,694	25.91
	Liberal Democrat	D Buxton	4,178	11.17
	Referendum Party	S Drury	910	2.43
	National Front	R Croucher	431	1.15
	Liberal	P White	277	0.74
	Independent	K Rizz	97	0.26
Majority			12,127	32.42
Turnout			37,410	66.41

General Election 1992: Lewisham East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridget Prentice	19,576	45.39
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	18,481	42.85
	Liberal Democrat	J Hawkins	4,877	11.31
	Natural Law	G Mansour	196	0.45
Majority			1,095	2.54
Turnout			43,128	74.78

General Election 1987: Lewisham East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	19,873	45.11
	Labour	MR Profitt	15,059	34.19
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	SC Titley	7,247	15.94
Majority			4,814	10.93
Turnout			44,052	73.88

General Election 1983: Lewisham East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Moynihan	17,168	40.36
	Labour	R Moyle	15,259	35.87
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	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

General Election 1979: Lewisham East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	22,916	45.96
	Conservative	H 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

General Election October 1974: Lewisham East^[8]
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

General Election February 1974: Lewisham East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	24,339	45.59
	Conservative	JL Marshall	18,033	33.78
	Liberal	M Minter	10,543	19.75
	Independent	C Carey	269	0.5
	Freedom Party	F Hansford-Miller	203	0.38
Majority			6,306	11.81
Turnout			53,389	77.53

References

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.

v • d • e Constituencies in London by holding party

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Conservative	Beckenham · Bexleyheath and Crayford · Bromley and Chislehurst · Chingford and Woodford Green · Chipping Barnet · Cities of London and Westminster · Croydon Central · Croydon South · Enfield Southgate · Hammersmith and Fulham · Hornchurch · Ilford North · Kensington and Chelsea · Orpington · Putney · Romford · Ruislip-Northwood · Upminster · Uxbridge · Wimbledon

Liberal Democrat	Brent East · Carshalton and Wallington · Hornsey and Wood Green · Kingston and Surbiton · Richmond Park · North Southwark and Bermondsey · Sutton and Cheam · Twickenham

Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow

Independent Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup

London European constituency Conservatives 3 · Labour 2 · Liberal Democrats 1 · Green 1 · UKIP 1

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Lewisham East

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References