Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham, Deptford
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 (1974)
Member of parliament	Vicky Foxcroft (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Deptford and Lewisham North
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

2010 wards and boundaries of Lewisham Deptford Parliament constituency (red) shown within the London Borough of Lewisham (orange)

Lewisham town centre

Goldsmiths' College in New Cross

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]}

History

This seat was created in 1974 since which it has been held by three Members of Parliament.

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,^[2] counter to this, more upmarket housing developments are springing up as former industrial sites are cleared away as part of an ongoing rejuvenation process. To the South East of the seat, Lewisham town centre fades imperceptibly into 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 and this is a popular living area for those staying and studying in Greater London, giving a substantial student minority to the electorate.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

	Member^[4]	Party
Feb 1974	John Silkin	Labour
1987	Dame Joan Ruddock	Labour
2015	Vicky Foxcroft	Labour

Election results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Lewisham Deptford^[5]^[6]^[7] ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vicky Foxcroft^[9]	28,572	60.2	+6.6
	Conservative	Bim Afolami^[10]	7,056	14.9	+1.4
	Green	John Coughlin ^[11]	5,932	12.5	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bukola	2,497	5.3	-18.1
	UKIP	Massimo DiMambro	2,013	4.2	N/A
	People Before Profit	Helen Mercer^[12]	666	1.4	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Malcolm Martin	300	0.6	-0.5
	TUSC	Chris Flood ^[13]	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	+15.1
Turnout			47,426	64.6	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

General Election 2010: Lewisham Deptford^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ruddock	22,132	53.7	-1.7^{[n 3]}
	Liberal Democrat	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
	Christian Peoples	Malcolm Martin	487	1.2	N/A
Majority			12,499	30.3
Turnout			41,220	61.5	+10.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.2

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2005: Lewisham, Deptford^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ruddock	16,902	55.6	−9.4
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			30,393	51.5	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.2

General Election 2001: Lewisham, Deptford^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ruddock	18,915	65.0	-5.8
	Conservative	Cordelia McCartney	3,622	12.4	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			29,107	48.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Lewisham, Deptford^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ruddock	23,827	70.82
	Conservative	Irene Kimm	4,949	14.71
	Liberal Democrat	K. Appiah	3,004	8.93
	Socialist Labour	J. Mulrenan	996	2.96
	Referendum	S. Shepherd	868	2.58
Majority			18,878	56.11
Turnout				57.87
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Lewisham, Deptford^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ruddock	22,574	60.86
	Conservative	T.A.J. O'Neill	10,336	27.87
	Liberal Democrat	J.C. Brightwell	4,181	11.27
Majority			12,238	32.99
Turnout				65.06
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1987: Lewisham, Deptford^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ruddock	18,724	48.59
	Conservative	M.C. Punyer	11,953	31.66
	Social Democratic	A.M.E. Braun	6,513	17.25
Majority			6,771	17.93
Turnout				64.93
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Lewisham, Deptford^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Silkin	17,360	48.34
	Conservative	R. Wheatley	11,328	31.54
	Social Democratic	D. Abbott	6,734	18.75
	BNP	P. Wilson	317	0.88
	Assassin's Bullett	S.B. Housego	173	0.48
Majority			6,032	16.80
Turnout				61.22
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1979: Lewisham, Deptford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Silkin	19,391	54.22
	Conservative	D. Grant	11,638	32.54
	Liberal	N. Rowden	2,774	7.76
	National Front	R. Mitchell	1,490	4.17
	Socialist Unity	J. Maguire	274	0.77
	Workers Revolutionary	G. Dacres	198	0.55
Majority			7,753	21.68
Turnout				63.76
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Deptford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Silkin	21,145	58.87
	Conservative	CH Cross	8,111	22.58
	Liberal	M Steele	4,931	13.73
	National Front	Richard Edmonds	1,731	4.82
Majority			13,034	36.3
Turnout			35,918	58.68

General Election February 1974: Deptford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Silkin	22,699	54.11
	Conservative	CH Cross	11,070	26.39
	Liberal	M Steele	8,181	19.50
Majority			11,629	27.72
Turnout			41,950	69.11

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. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
1 2 2001 Census
↑ General Election Results from the Electoral Commission
↑ 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.
↑ "Lewisham Deptford parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
↑ http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=22&RPID=38836307
↑ http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/Documents/StatementofPersonsNominatedandNoticeofPollLewishamDeptford.pdf
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/lewisham-deptford-2015.html
↑ www.conservatives.com
↑ http://lewisham.greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/12/19/lewishams-green-party-parliamentary-candidates-stop-academies-statement/
↑ http://peoplebeforeprofit.org.uk/news-events/news/our-parliamentary-candidates-may-general-election
↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. 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.

Constituencies in London (73)

Labour (45)	Barking Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative (27)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (1)	Carshalton and Wallington

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°28′N 0°02′W / 51.47°N 0.04°W / 51.47; -0.04

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