Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lewisham North is a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was re-established at the 2024 general election by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, primarily formed from the abolished seat of Lewisham Deptford.^[2] The seat is currently represented by Vicky Foxcroft of Labour.

Lewisham North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	73,504 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Lewisham, New Cross, Deptford (part)
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Vicky Foxcroft (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Lewisham Deptford
1950–February 1974
Created from	Lewisham East
Replaced by	Lewisham Deptford and Lewisham East

A previous creation of the seat existed from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Constituency profile

The seat covers the densely populated areas of Lewisham, Deptford and New Cross which have undergone regeneration in the 21st century. New Cross has a substantial student population at Goldsmiths. Brockley and Blackheath are more affluent suburbs with larger houses. Incomes and house prices are high for the UK but average within Greater London.^[3]

Boundaries

1950–1974

Lewisham North in the Parliamentary County of London from 1950 to 1974.

The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Church Lee, Ladywell, Lewisham Park, Lewisham Village, Manor Lee, and South Lee.

Current

The re-established constituency succeeds Lewisham Deptford, except Crofton Park ward, which is in the new constituency of Lewisham West and East Dulwich. Blackheath ward was added from Lewisham East. Following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the London Borough of Lewisham:

• Blackheath, Brockley, Deptford, Evelyn, Ladywell, Lewisham Central, New Cross Gate, and Telegraph Hill.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1950	Austin Hudson	Conservative	Died November 1956
	1957 by-election	Niall MacDermot	Labour
	1959	Christopher Chataway	Conservative
	1966	Roland Moyle	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished
		constituency recreated
	2024	Vicky Foxcroft	Labour	MP for Lewisham Deptford (2017–2024)

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Lewisham North^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vicky Foxcroft	25,467	57.7	−11.7
	Green	Adam Pugh	9,685	21.9	+16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Branch	3,284	7.4	−3.7
	Conservative	Nupur Majumdar	2,701	6.1	−6.1
	Reform UK	Edward Powell	2,000	4.5	+2.9
	Workers Party	Mian Akbar	457	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Julia Tilford	243	0.6	N/A
	Communist	Oliver Snelling	211	0.5	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	John Lloyd	119	0.3	+0.2
Majority			15,782	35.8	–21.4
Turnout			44,167	59.5	–9.3
Registered electors			74,204
	Labour hold		Swing	14.2

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	35,124	69.4
	Conservative	6,175	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	5,620	11.1
	Green	2,656	5.3
	Brexit Party	810	1.6
	Others	201	0.4
Turnout		50,586	68.8
Electorate		73,504

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Lewisham North^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	18,235	51.45
	Conservative	Hugh Samuel	17,208	48.55
Majority			1,027	2.90
Turnout			35,443	68.49
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Lewisham North^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	20,352	53.08
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	17,989	46.92
Majority			2,363	6.16	N/A
Turnout			38,341	77.41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1964: Lewisham North^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	17,144	45.42
	Labour	Henry Collins	16,801	44.51
	Liberal	Trevor Lloyd-Jones	3,798	10.06
Majority			343	0.91
Turnout			37,703	74.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Lewisham North^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	22,125	51.99	−1.97
	Labour	Niall MacDermot	17,512	41.15	−4.89
	Liberal	Kenneth John Brookes	2,921	6.86	New
Majority			4,613	10.84	N/A
Turnout			42,558	81.19
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

United Kingdom Parliament: Lewisham North by-election 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall MacDermot	18,516	49.50	+3.46
	Conservative	Norman Farmer	17,406	46.53	−7.43
	Independent loyalist	Leslie Greene	1,487	3.97	New
Majority			1,110	2.97	N/A
Turnout			37,409
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1955: Lewisham North^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Austin Hudson	22,070	53.96	+0.50
	Labour	Trevor Williams	18,834	46.04	−0.50
Majority			3,236	7.91	+0.99
Turnout			40,904	77.93	−6.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Lewisham North^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Austin Hudson	24,406	53.46
	Labour	Trevor Williams	21,243	46.54
Majority			3,163	6.92
Turnout			45,649	84.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Lewisham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Austin Hudson	22,465	49.56
	Labour	Fred Copeman	19,974	44.07
	Liberal	Stanley George Smith	2,888	6.37
Majority			2,491	5.49
Turnout			45,327	84.51
	Conservative win (new seat)