UK general elections2015 › Lewisham West and Penge

Lewisham West and Penge — 2015

Jim Dowd (Labour Party) was elected with 24,347 votes50.6% of 48,125 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,125

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
1Jim Dowd Labour Party 24,347+0.6 ptsElected
2Russell Jackson Conservative Party 11,633
3Tom Chance Green Party 4,077
4Gary Harding UK Independence Party 3,764
5Alex Feakes Liberal Democrats 3,709
6Martin Powell-Davies Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 391
7David Hansom Independent 160
8George Whale Liberty GB 44

Electorate 72,290 · Turnout 66.6% · Majority 12,714 · Back to 2015 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.