UK general elections › 2010 › Lewisham East
Lewisham East — 2010
Heidi Alexander (Labour Party) was elected with 17,966 votes— 43.1% of 41,719 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 43.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,719
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heidi Alexander | Labour Party | 17,966 | 43.1% | −6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Pattisson | Liberal Democrats | 11,750 | 28.2% | — | |
| 3 | Jonathan Clamp | Conservative Party | 9,850 | 23.6% | — | |
| 4 | Roderick Reed | UK Independence Party | 771 | 1.8% | — | |
| 5 | Priscilla Cotterell | Green Party | 624 | 1.5% | — | |
| 6 | James Rose | English Democrats | 426 | 1.0% | — | |
| 7 | George Hallam | People Before Profit | 332 | 0.8% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.