Greenwich and Lewisham (London Assembly constituency)

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Greenwich and Lewisham
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Greenwich and Lewisham shown within London.PNG
Greenwich and Lewisham shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
Member Len Duvall
Party Labour
Last election 2024
Next election2028

Greenwich and Lewisham is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

Contents

It consists of the combined area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.

Overlapping constituencies

In elections to Westminster it is traditionally a strong Labour-voting area, with all constituencies returning Labour MPs. Greenwich and Lewisham contains all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:

Additionally, it contains part of the following two constituencies:

Assembly Members

YearMemberParty
2000 Len Duvall Labour

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

YearMemberParty
2000 Ken Livingstone Independent
2004 Ken Livingstone Labour
2008 Ken Livingstone Labour
2012 Ken Livingstone Labour
2016 Sadiq Khan Labour
2021 Sadiq Khan Labour
2024 Sadiq Khan Labour

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: Greenwich and Lewisham [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Len Duvall 80,10149.7Increase2.svg 1.473,77346.1
Green Karin Tearle28,29417.6Decrease2.svg 0.524,24815.1
Conservative Kieran Terry25,96016.1Decrease2.svg 5.325,82616.1
Reform UK Mark Simpson13,4058.3Increase2.svg 6.19,9096.2
Liberal Democrats Josh Matthews11,9757.5Increase2.svg 0.010,4626.5
Rejoin EU 4,1362.6
Animal Welfare 2,7991.7
Britain First 2,3551.5
CPA 2,2601.4
SDP 1,6901.1
Independent Laurence Fox 9620.6
Communist 9090.6
Independent Farah London3900.2
Heritage 2570.2
Independent Gabe Romualdo860.1
Majority51,80732.1Increase2.svg 6.7
Valid Votes159,735160,062
Invalid Votes1,3431,047
Turnout 161,07840.3Decrease2.svg 1.7161,10940.3
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 1.0
2021 London Assembly election: Greenwich and Lewisham [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Duvall 82,048 48.3 -4.2
Conservative Charlie Davis38,88922.9+4.0
Green Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah30,80818.1+5.5
Liberal Democrats Chris Annous12,7447.5+0.6
Reform UK Edward Apostolides3,6892.2New
Independent Tan Bui1,8511.1New
Majority43,15925.4-8.2
Total formal votes170,029
Informal votes2,597
Turnout 172,62642.0
Labour hold Swing -4.3
2016 London Assembly election: Greenwich and Lewisham [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Duvall 85,753 52.5 +2.9
Conservative Adam Thomas30,48018.9-1.8
Green Imogen Solly20,52012.6+3.2
UKIP Paul Oakley13,6868.4+4.6
Liberal Democrats Julia Fletcher11,3036.9-0.2
All People's Party Josephine Bangura1,2750.8New
Majority54,89533.6+4.7
Total formal votes163,35999.1+0.5
Informal votes15380.9-0.5
Turnout 164,89745,9+7.7
Labour hold Swing
2012 London Assembly election: Greenwich and Lewisham [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Duvall 65,366 49.6 +13.4
Conservative Alex Wilson27,32920.7-4.5
Green Roger Sedgley12,4279.4-1.2
Liberal Democrats John Russell 9,3937.1-5.3
People Before Profit Barbara Raymond6,8735.2New
UKIP Paul Oakley4,9973.8+1.1
BNP Roberta Woods3,5512.7New
National Front Tess Culnane1,8161.4-4.4
Majority38,03728.9+17.9
Total formal votes131,75298.6
Informal votes1,9071.4
Turnout 133,65937.2-5.8
Labour hold Swing
2008 London Assembly election: Greenwich and Lewisham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Duvall 53,174 36.2 +2.9
Conservative Andy Jennings37,04025.2+4.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Robson18,17412.4–5.2
Green Sue Luxton15,60710.6+0.2
National Front Tess Culnane8,5095.8New
Christian (CPA)Stephen Hammond5,0793.5+0.2
UKIP Arnold Tarling3,9102.7–9.7
Left List Jennifer Jones2,0451.4New
English Democrat Joanna Munilla1,7161.2New
Socialist Alternative Chris Flood1,5871.1New
Majority16,13411.0–1.9
Turnout 149,23843.0+10.0
Labour hold Swing –1.0
2004 London Assembly election: Greenwich and Lewisham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Duvall 36,251 33.3 –9.3
Conservative Gareth Bacon 22,16820.4–3.2
Liberal Democrats Alexander Feakes19,18317.6+0.4
UKIP Timothy Reynolds13,45412.4New
Green Susan Luxton11,27110.4–2.1
CPA Stephen Hammond3,6193.3New
Respect Ian Page2,8252.6New
Majority14,08312.9–6.1
Turnout 108,77133.0+4.0
Labour hold Swing
2000 London Assembly election: Greenwich and Lewisham [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Duvall 40,386 42.6 N/A
Conservative Rhodri Harris22,40123.6N/A
Liberal Democrats David Buxton16,29017.2N/A
Green Terry Liddle11,83912.5N/A
London Socialist Ian Page3,9814.2N/A
Majority17,98519.0N/A
Turnout 94,69729.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "GLA 2024 Elections, Constituency Member of the London Assembly Results, Greenwich and Lewisham" (PDF). London Elects.
  2. ↑ "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, Greenwich and Lewisham" (PDF). London Elects.
  3. ↑ [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: Greenwich & Lewisham". news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ Greater London Authority Election Results
  8. ↑ London & Local Elections 2000: Greenwich and Lewisham, BBC News
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