Lewisham East
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 17771 (47.3%)
Conservative: 8784 (23.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 8028 (21.4%)
Other: 2978 (7.9%)
Majority: 8987 (23.9%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 7512 (24.1%)
Labour: 14263 (45.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 6787 (21.8%)
Green: 1243 (4%)
UKIP: 697 (2.2%)
Other: 625 (2%)
Majority: 6751 (21.7%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 7157 (23.8%)
Labour: 16116 (53.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 4937 (16.4%)
UKIP: 361 (1.2%)
BNP: 1005 (3.3%)
Other: 464 (1.5%)
Majority: 8959 (29.8%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 9694 (25.9%)
Labour: 21821 (58.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 4178 (11.2%)
Referendum: 910 (2.4%)
Other: 805 (2.2%)
Majority: 12127 (32.4%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Outgoing MP: Bridget Prentice(Labour) Will stand down at the next election (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: Jonathan Clamp (Conservative) born London. Senior manager for BT. Kensington and Chelsea councillor 2002-2006.Heidi Alexander (Labour) Lewisham councillor since 2004.Pete Pattisson (Liberal Democrat) Journalist and teacher. Lewisham councillor.Priscilla Cotterell (Green)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 94123
Male: 48%
Female: 52%
Under 18: 23.3%
Over 60: 17.1%
Born outside UK: 19.1%
White: 73%
Black: 17.7%
Asian: 3.9%
Mixed: 3.8%
Other: 1.6%
Christian: 64.3%
Hindu: 1.9%
Muslim: 3.8%
Full time students: 4.8%
Graduates 16-74: 26.7%
No Qualifications 16-74: 25.4%
Owner-Occupied: 58.6%
Social Housing: 28.8% (Council: 22.4%, Housing Ass.: 6.5%)
Privately Rented: 10.6%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 10.2%
Joe James, I think you are right about them coming in 1997 – I think one of the main problems with AWSs is that they get imposed on seats from the NEC – its not like seats volunteer to have AWSs!
The Lid Dems are throwing a mountain of money at this parliamentary seat, locally the belief is that their candidate is personally wealthy and is funding it himself. We have seen a lot of the mailings, some virtually unbranded just carrying the candidates name and photo, with little or no mention of their other candidates for Lewisham Mayor or the council wards.
It’s an interesting strategy because the recent electoral and internal party polling suggest that the Lib Dem vote has fallen away since their high in 2006, and that the Tories look clearly ahead in the race for second place behind Heidi.
It will be very interesting to see the effect of all this effort, and if it does suppress either the Lab or Tory vote compared to the national average. This will be particularly worth studying because whilst the Lib Dems have been extremely active the Tories have been completely absent on the campaign trail. They seem to have written off their chances, other than possibly taking a couple of Lib Dem held council seats.