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

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 32,072+17.9 ptsElected
2Peter Fortune Conservative Party 10,859—
3Emily Frith Liberal Democrats 2,086—
4Storm Poorun Green Party 803—
5Keith Forster UK Independence Party 798—
6Willow Winston Independent 355—
7Maureen Martin Christian Peoples Alliance 228—

Electorate 68,124 · Turnout 69.3% · Majority 21,213 · Back to 2017 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.