Greenwich and Lewisham is a
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
represented in the
London Assembly
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject t ...
.
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, England. The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The new borough covered the former area of the Metropolita ...
and the
London Borough of Lewisham
Lewisham ( ) is a London boroughs, London borough in south-east London, England. 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 ...
.
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:
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Eltham
Eltham ( ) is a district of South London, 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 ...
(Labour)
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Greenwich and Woolwich (Labour)
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Lewisham Deptford
Lewisham Deptford was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencie ...
(Labour)
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Lewisham East Lewisham East could refer to:
*Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)
Lewisham East is a parliamentary constituency in South London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the by-election on 14 June 2018 by Janet Dab ...
(Labour)
Additionally, it contains part of the following two constituencies:
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Erith and Thamesmead (Labour)
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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