UK general elections › 2010 › Lewisham West and Penge
Lewisham West and Penge — 2010
Jim Dowd (Labour Party) was elected with 18,501 votes— 41.1% of 45,028 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. 41.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,028
| 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 | Jim Dowd | Labour Party | 18,501 | 41.1% | −8.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alex Feakes | Liberal Democrats | 12,673 | 28.1% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Phillips | Conservative Party | 11,489 | 25.5% | — | |
| 4 | Pete Staveley | UK Independence Party | 1,117 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Romayne Phoenix | Green Party | 931 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | S. C. Hammond | Christian Peoples Alliance | 317 | 0.7% | — |
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.