Greenwich and Lewisham (London Assembly constituency)
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Greenwich and Lewisham is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. It consists of the combined area of the
Royal Borough of Greenwich The Royal Borough of Greenwich (, , or ) is a London borough in southeast Greater London. The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The new borough covered the former area of the Metropolitan Borough ...
and the
London Borough of Lewisham Lewisham () is a London boroughs, London borough in south-east London; it forms part of Inner London. The principal settlement of the borough is Lewisham. The local authority is Lewisham London Borough Council, based in Catford. The Prime Merid ...
.


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: *
Eltham Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of E ...
(Labour) * Greenwich and Woolwich (Labour) * Lewisham Deptford (Labour) *
Lewisham East Lewisham East is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the by-election on 14 June 2018 by Janet Daby of the Labour Party. History Lewisham East was created for the 1918 general election. ...
(Labour) Additionally, it contains part of the following two constituencies: *
Erith and Thamesmead Erith and Thamesmead () is a constituency created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Abena Oppong-Asare of the Labour Party. History The seat was created for the 1997 general election from parts ...
(Labour) * Lewisham West and Penge (Labour)


Assembly Members


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.''


Assembly election results


References

{{London Assembly London Assembly constituencies Politics of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Politics of the London Borough of Lewisham 2000 establishments in England Constituencies established in 2000