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Lewisham North
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)
Major settlements	Lewisham
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.

Boundaries

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.

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.^[3]

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)

General election 2024: Lewisham North^[4]^[5]
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

General election 1970: Lewisham North^[7]
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

General election 1966: Lewisham North^[8]
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^[9]
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

General election 1959: Lewisham North^[10]
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^[11]
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^[12]
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)

^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). Lewisham Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Lewisham North – General election results 2024". BBC News.
^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)

Lewisham North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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
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