UK general elections › 2017 › Lewisham East
Lewisham East — 2017
Heidi Alexander (Labour Party) was elected with 32,072 votes— 67.9% of 47,201 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 67.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +17.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,201
| 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 | 32,072 | 67.9% | +17.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Fortune | Conservative Party | 10,859 | 23.0% | — | |
| 3 | Emily Frith | Liberal Democrats | 2,086 | 4.4% | — | |
| 4 | Storm Poorun | Green Party | 803 | 1.7% | — | |
| 5 | Keith Forster | UK Independence Party | 798 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | Willow Winston | Independent | 355 | 0.8% | — | |
| 7 | Maureen Martin | Christian Peoples Alliance | 228 | 0.5% | — |
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.