Mayor of Lewisham
| Mayor of Lewisham | |
|---|---|
since 8 March 2024 | |
| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of Lewisham |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Steve Bullock |
The mayor of Lewisham is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Lewisham London Borough Council in London. The role was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year.
Damien Egan resigned the post on 10 January 2024 in order to contest the 2024 Kingswood by election.[1] In the resulting by-election, Brenda Dacres was elected as Egan's successor.[1][2]
Referendum
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Elected Mayor
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16,822 | 51.4 |
| Cabinet System | 15,914 | 48.6 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Total votes | 32,736 | 100.00 |
| Source: House of Commons Library[3] and The Guardian[4] | ||
Elections
Elections from 2002 to 2022 were held under the supplementary vote system. Following the enactment of the Elections Act 2022, subsequent elections are held under first-past-the-post.
2002 election
| Lewisham Mayoral Election 2 May 2002[5][6] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Labour | Steve Bullock | 13,473 | 35.5% | 4,509 | 17,982 | 59.4% | | ||
| Conservative | Derek Stone | 8,004 | 21.1% | 4,276 | 12,280 | 40.6% | | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Feakes | 7,276 | 19.2% | | |||||
| Green | Sinna Mani | 5,517 | 14.5% | | |||||
| Local Education Action by Parents | Marie-Louise Irvine | 3,710 | 9.8% | | |||||
| Labour win | |||||||||
2006 election
| Lewisham Mayoral Election 4 May 2006[7] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Steve Bullock | 22,155 | 37.7% | 2,974 | 25,129 | 57.1% | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Maines | 12,398 | 21.1% | 6,491 | 18,889 | 42.9% | | |
| Conservative | James Cleverly | 10,790 | 18.4% | | ||||
| Green | Michael Keogh | 7,168 | 12.2% | | ||||
| Independent | John Hamilton | 4,823 | 8.2% | | ||||
| Lewisham Peoples' Alliance | Sinna Mani | 1,366 | 2.3% | | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
2010 election
| Lewisham Mayoral Election 5 May 2010[8] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Steve Bullock | 47,861 | 44.5% | 4,670 | 52,531 | 59.0% | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Maines | 26,445 | 24.6% | 10,001 | 36,446 | 41.0% | | |
| Conservative | Simon Nundy | 16,276 | 15.1% | | ||||
| Green | Dean Walton | 6,560 | 6.1% | | ||||
| People Before Profit | John Hamilton | 5,964 | 5.5% | | ||||
| BNP | Tess Culnane | 2,904 | 2.7% | | ||||
| English Democrat | Graham Dare | 1,559 | 1.4% | | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
2014 election
| Lewisham Mayoral Election 22 May 2014[9] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Steve Bullock | 36,659 | 50.77% | | ||||
| Conservative | Simon Nundy | 8,041 | 11.14% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Duwayne Brooks | 7,234 | 10.02% | | ||||
| Green | Mike Keogh | 7,224 | 10.00% | | ||||
| People Before Profit | John Hamilton | 6,014 | 8.33% | | ||||
| UKIP | Peter Lello | 5,684 | 7.87% | | ||||
| TUSC | Chris Flood | 1,354 | 1.88% | | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
2018 election
| Lewisham Mayoral Election 3 May 2018[10] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Damien Egan | 39,951 | 54.3% | | ||||
| Conservative | Ross Archer | 9,790 | 13.3% | | ||||
| Green | John Coughlin | 7,649 | 10.4% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Maines | 6,065 | 8.2% | | ||||
| Independent | Duwayne Brooks | 5,480 | 7.4% | | ||||
| People Before Profit | John Hamilton | 4,193 | 5.7% | | ||||
| Democrats and Veterans | Will Donnelly | 445 | 0.6% | | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
2022 election
| Lewisham Mayoral Election 5 May 2022[11] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Damien Egan | 39,966 | 58.05% | | ||||
| Green | Nick Humberstone | 10,987 | 15.96% | | ||||
| Conservative | Caroline Louise Attfield | 7,980 | 11.59% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Maines | 6,736 | 9.78% | | ||||
| TUSC | Andy Beadle | 1,620 | 2.35% | | ||||
| CPA | Maureen Maud Martin | 1,009 | 1.47% | | ||||
| Independent | Roger NM Mighton | 549 | 0.80% | | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | ||||||||
2024 by-election
The by-election was triggered following the resignation of Damien Egan to stand in the 2024 Kingswood by-election. It was the first election run under first past the post rather than the prior use of supplementary vote. The winning candidate, Brenda Dacres, is the first black woman to serve as a directly elected mayor in the UK. The election had a low turnout of 20.73%.[12][2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Brenda Dacres | 21,576 | 51.8 |  6.2
| |
| Green | Michael Herron | 6,835 | 16.4 |  0.5
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Maines | 4,896 | 11.8 | 2.0
| |
| Conservative | Siama Qadar | 3,784 | 9.1 | 2.5
| |
| Workers Party | John Hamilton | 2,378 | 5.7 | New | |
| CPA | Maureen Martin | 1,233 | 3.0 | 1.5
| |
| Independent | Nick Long | 917 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 14,741 | 35.4 | 6.6
| ||
| Turnout | 41,619 | 20.7 | 14.3
| ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 3.4
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References
- ^ a b "Resignation of Damien Egan, Mayor of Lewisham". Lewisham Council. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Lewisham elects Brenda Dacres as first black woman mayor". BBC News. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Mayoral referendum results | Society | SocietyGuardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Mayor of Lewisham results 2002" (PDF). Lewisham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Mayor election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Local elections 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Local elections 2010". House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Election results for 22 May 2014". Lewisham Borough Council. 23 May 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ "Lewisham Mayoral Election 2018 - Thursday, 3rd May, 2018". Lewisham Borough Council. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Lewisham Mayoral Election 2022 - Thursday, 5th May, 2022". Lewisham Borough Council. 5 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Mayoral by-election". Lewisham Council. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.