The mayor of Lewisham is a
directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of
Lewisham London Borough Council in
London
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. 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.
In the resulting
by-election
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A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
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Brenda Dacres was elected as Egan's successor.
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Referendum
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
2006 election
2010 election
2014 election
2018 election
2022 election
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
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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%.
References
{{Directly elected mayors in the United Kingdom
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Lewisham
Lewisham ( ) is an area of southeast London, England, south of Charing Cross. It is the principal area of the London Borough of Lewisham, and was within the Historic counties of England, historic county of Kent until 1889. It is identified in ...
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