Lewisham North is a

parliamentary 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 ...

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which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the

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of the

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. It was re-established at the

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by the

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, primarily formed from the abolished seat of

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. The seat is currently represented by

Vicky Foxcroft Victoria Jane Foxcroft (born 9 March 1977) is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham North, previously Lewisham Deptford, since 2015. She is a former trade union official and was a Member of Lewisha ...

of Labour. A previous creation of the seat existed from

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until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Constituency profile

The seat covers the densely populated areas of Lewisham, Deptford and New Cross which have undergone regeneration in the 21st century. New Cross has a substantial student population at

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. Brockley and Blackheath are more affluent suburbs with larger houses. Incomes and house prices are high for the UK but average within Greater London.

Boundaries

1950–1974

The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Church Lee, Ladywell, Lewisham Park, Lewisham Village, Manor Lee, and South Lee.

Current

The re-established constituency succeeds

, except

Crofton Park Crofton Park is a mainly residential suburb and wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is the original site of the former agricultural hamlet of Brockley. It is located south east of Charing Cross, ...

ward, which is in the new constituency of Lewisham West and East Dulwich. Blackheath ward was added from

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 ...

. Following the

, which came into effect for the

, the constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the

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: * Blackheath, Brockley, Deptford, Evelyn, Ladywell, Lewisham Central, New Cross Gate, and Telegraph Hill.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

References

External links

Lewisham North UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Historic constituencies in London , 1832 = n , 1868 = n , 1885 = n , 1918 = n , 1950 = y , 1955 = y , 1974 = n , 1983 = n , 1997 = n Parliamentary constituencies in London Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024 Politics of the London Borough of Lewisham