UK general elections2010 › Lewisham East

Lewisham East — 2010

Heidi Alexander (Labour Party) was elected with 17,966 votes43.1% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Heidi Alexander Labour Party 17,966−6.9 ptsElected
2Peter Pattisson Liberal Democrats 11,750
3Jonathan Clamp Conservative Party 9,850
4Roderick Reed UK Independence Party 771
5Priscilla Cotterell Green Party 624
6James Rose English Democrats 426
7George Hallam People Before Profit 332

Electorate 65,926 · Turnout 63.3% · Majority 6,216 · Back to 2010 overview

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.