Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)
Lewisham, Deptford is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Vicky Foxcroft of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Lewisham, Deptford | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Lewisham, Deptford in Greater London | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 67,590 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Deptford, New Cross and Lewisham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Vicky Foxcroft (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Deptford and Lewisham North |
History
This seat was created in 1974. It has remained largely urban in its constituent areas which have been altered on reform by the Boundary Commission very lightly overall. The area of Deptford wholly within the seat was a major London dockyard and in its early history contained chandleries, repair yards, connected with the Royal Navy, later having a high concentration of London's expansive import and export wharves and warehouses; this extended well within the 2010-drawn confines of the seat towards New Cross which had major railway yards.
- Political history
The seat has been won by three Members of Parliament, all of which were and remained during their public service members of the Labour Party. The 2015 result made the seat the 23rd safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority and the 9th safest in the capital.[2]
In the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the constituency voted remain by 75.4%.[3]
Constituency profile
This constituency takes in Lewisham's northern tip – a short stretch alongside the Thames – along with the Deptford and New Cross districts, and the centre of Lewisham itself. These are historically some of the more deprived in London with high crime rates and social problems,.[4] However in the 21st century, counter to this, more upmarket housing developments are springing up as former industrial sites are cleared away. To the South East of the seat, Lewisham town centre adjoins Ladywell.
The area is relatively affordable, given the short commuting distance to Central London and Canary Wharf, via the Docklands Light Railway and South East Main Line. Goldsmiths, University of London and wider halls of residence make this a popular living area for those staying and studying in Greater London, giving a substantial student minority to the electorate.[4]
At the Western extremity of the seat, just inside the current boundaries, is the New Den, home to Millwall FC.
Lewisham Deptford has been one of Labour's safest London seats since its 1974 creation – it was the party's 25th safest in Britain at the 2001 election – though social change in the last decade has seen things become a little more competitive; the most popular opposition in 2005 and 2010 was formed by the active Liberal Democrat party in the area. In terms of share of the vote, it received the 44th largest Labour vote in 2010, of the 650 constituencies.[5]
Boundaries
1974–1983: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Brockley, Deptford, Drake, Grinling Gibbons, Ladywell, Marlowe, and Pepys.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Blythe Hill, Crofton Park, Drake, Evelyn, Grinling Gibbons, Ladywell, Marlowe, and Pepys.
2010–present: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Brockley, Crofton Park, Evelyn, Ladywell, Lewisham Central, New Cross, and Telegraph Hill.
The constituency covers the northern and north-western parts of the London Borough of Lewisham.
The Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which redrew this seat in 2010 also resulted in the creation of a new cross-borough constituency of Lewisham West and Penge which takes electoral wards from Lewisham and Bromley.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[6] | Party | Notes | |
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Feb 1974 | John Silkin | Labour | Government Chief Whip 1966–69. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1976–79. Died in April 1987; seat remained vacant until general election in June. | |
1987 | Dame Joan Ruddock | Labour | ||
2015 | Vicky Foxcroft | Labour |
Election results
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vicky Foxcroft | 39,216 | 70.8 | 6.2 | |
Conservative | Gavin Haran | 6,303 | 11.4 | 2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bobby Dean | 5,774 | 10.4 | 5.1 | |
Green | Andrea Fuller | 3,085 | 5.6 | 2.6 | |
Brexit Party | Moses Etienne | 789 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Tan Bui | 130 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | John Lloyd | 71 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 32,913 | 59.4 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 55,368 | 68.7 | 1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 80,617 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vicky Foxcroft | 42,461 | 77.0 | 16.8 | |
Conservative | Melanie McLean | 7,562 | 13.7 | 1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bobby Dean | 2,911 | 5.3 | 0.1 | |
Green | John Coughlin | 1,640 | 3.0 | 9.5 | |
CPA | Malcolm Martin | 252 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Animal Welfare | Laura McAnea | 225 | 0.4 | N/A | |
The Realists' Party | Jane Lawrence | 61 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 34,899 | 63.3 | 17.9 | ||
Turnout | 55,112 | 70.2 | 5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 78,468 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vicky Foxcroft | 28,572 | 60.2 | 6.6 | |
Conservative | Bim Afolami | 7,056 | 14.9 | 1.4 | |
Green | John Coughlin | 5,932 | 12.5 | 5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Bukola | 2,497 | 5.3 | 18.1 | |
UKIP | Massimo DiMambro | 2,013 | 4.2 | N/A | |
People Before Profit | Helen Mercer | 666 | 1.4 | N/A | |
CPA | Malcolm Martin | 300 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
TUSC | Chris Flood | 286 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Democratic Reform | Phil Badger | 74 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | David Harvey | 30 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,516 | 45.4 | 14.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,426 | 64.6 | 3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 73,428 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Ruddock | 22,132 | 53.7 | 1.7[n 3] | |
Liberal Democrats | Tam Langley | 9,633 | 23.4 | 5.4 | |
Conservative | Gemma Townsend | 5,551 | 13.5 | 0.8 | |
Green | Darren Johnson | 2,772 | 6.7 | 3.3 | |
Socialist Alternative | Ian Page | 645 | 1.6 | 0.6 | |
CPA | Malcolm Martin | 487 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,499 | 30.3 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,220 | 61.5 | 10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 67,058 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.2 |
Elections in 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Ruddock | 16,902 | 55.6 | −9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Columba Blango | 5,091 | 16.8 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | James Cartlidge | 3,773 | 12.4 | 0.0 | |
Green | Darren Johnson | 3,367 | 11.4 | +4.6 | |
Socialist Alternative | Ian Page | 742 | 2.4 | −1.9 | |
UKIP | David Holland | 518 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,811 | 38.9 | −13.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,393 | 51.5 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 58,390 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Ruddock | 18,915 | 65.0 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Cordelia McCartney | 3,622 | 12.4 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wiseman | 3,409 | 11.7 | +2.8 | |
Green | Darren Johnson | 1,901 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Ian Page | 1,260 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,293 | 52.6 | −3.51 | ||
Turnout | 29,107 | 48.3 | −10.43 | ||
Registered electors | 60,275 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Elections in 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Ruddock | 23,827 | 70.82 | +9.96 | |
Conservative | Irene Kimm | 4,949 | 14.71 | −13.16 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kofi Appiah | 3,004 | 8.93 | −2.34 | |
Socialist Labour | John Mulrenan | 996 | 2.96 | N/A | |
Referendum | Shelagh Shepherd | 868 | 2.58 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,878 | 56.11 | +23.12 | ||
Turnout | 33,644 | 57.87 | −7.19 | ||
Registered electors | 58,141 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Ruddock | 22,574 | 60.86 | +12.27 | |
Conservative | T. A. J. O'Neill | 10,336 | 27.87 | −3.79 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. C. Brightwell | 4,181 | 11.27 | −5.98 | |
Majority | 12,238 | 32.99 | +15.06 | ||
Turnout | 37,091 | 65.06 | +0.13 | ||
Registered electors | 57,014 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Ruddock | 18,724 | 48.59 | +0.25 | |
Conservative | Martyn Punyer | 11,953 | 31.66 | +0.12 | |
SDP | Anne−Marie Braun | 6,513 | 17.25 | −1.50 | |
Majority | 6,771 | 17.93 | +1.13 | ||
Turnout | 37,190 | 64.93 | +3.71 | ||
Registered electors | 58,151 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 17,360 | 48.34 | −5.88 | |
Conservative | R. Wheatley | 11,328 | 31.54 | −1.0 | |
SDP | D. Abbott | 6,734 | 18.75 | N/A | |
BNP | P. Wilson | 317 | 0.88 | N/A | |
Assassin's Bullett | S. B. Housego | 173 | 0.48 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,032 | 16.80 | −4.88 | ||
Turnout | 35,912 | 61.22 | −2.54 | ||
Registered electors | 58,663 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Silkin | 19,391 | 54.22 | −4.65 | |
Conservative | D. Grant | 11,638 | 32.54 | +9.96 | |
Liberal | N. Rowden | 2,774 | 7.76 | -5.97 | |
National Front | R. Mitchell | 1,490 | 4.17 | −0.65 | |
Socialist Unity | J. Maguire | 274 | 0.77 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | G. Dacres | 198 | 0.55 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,753 | 21.68 | −15.62 | ||
Turnout | 35,765 | 63.76 | +5.12 | ||
Registered electors | 56,096 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Silkin | 21,145 | 58.87 | +4.76 | |
Conservative | C. H. Cross | 8,111 | 22.58 | −3.81 | |
Liberal | M. Steele | 4,931 | 13.73 | −5.77 | |
National Front | Richard Edmonds | 1,731 | 4.82 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,034 | 36.3 | +8.58 | ||
Turnout | 35,918 | 58.68 | -10.43 | ||
Registered electors | 61,210 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Silkin | 22,699 | 54.11 | N/A | |
Conservative | C. H. Cross | 11,070 | 26.39 | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Steele | 8,181 | 19.50 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,629 | 27.72 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,950 | 69.11 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 60,703 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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.
- Changes in the election are nominal, based on the 2005 results for the new set of wards contested in 2010, (partly in other seats contested before the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies)
- References
- "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
- "Revised estimates of leave vote in Westminster constituencies". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
- "General Election Results from the Electoral Commission".
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- https://lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/general-election-2019
- "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll, Lewisham Deptford" (PDF). lewisham.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf
- "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "Lewisham Deptford parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- "Election results for Lewisham Deptford, 7 May 2015". councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk. May 7, 2015.
- http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/Documents/StatementofPersonsNominatedandNoticeofPollLewishamDeptford.pdf
- http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
- "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "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.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
- Politics Resources (election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (election results from 1955 onwards)