Greenwich and Lewisham (London Assembly constituency)

Greenwich and Lewisham

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Greenwich and Lewisham shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Len Duvall
Party	Labour
Last election	2016
Next election	2020

Greenwich and Lewisham is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

It consists of the combined area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.

Overlapping constituencies

In elections to Westminster it is traditionally strong Labour-voting area, with all constituencies returning Labour MPs. Greenwich and Lewisham contains all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:

• Eltham (Labour)
• Greenwich and Woolwich (Labour)
• Lewisham Deptford (Labour)
• Lewisham East (Labour)

Additionally, it contains part of the following two constituencies:

• Erith and Thamesmead (Labour)
• Lewisham West and Penge (Labour)

Assembly Members

Year		Member	Party
	2000	Len Duvall	Labour

Election results

London Assembly election, 2012: Greenwich and Lewisham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Len Duvall	65,366	49.6	+13.4
	Conservative	Alex Wilson	27,329	20.7	-4.5
	Green	Roger Sedgley	12,427	9.4	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Russell	9,393	7.1	-5.3
	Lewisham People Before Profit	Barbara Raymond	6,873	5.2	N/A
	UKIP	Paul Oakley	4,997	3.8	+1.1
	BNP	Roberta Woods	3,551	2.7	N/A
	National Front	Tess Culnane	1,816	1.4	-4.4
Majority			38,037
Total formal votes			131,752	98.6
Informal votes			1,907	1.4
Turnout			133,659	37.2	-5.8

London Assembly election, 2008: Greenwich and Lewisham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Len Duvall	53,174	36.2	+2.9
	Conservative	Andy Jennings	37,040	25.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Robson	18,174	12.4	–5.2
	Green	Sue Luxton	15,607	10.6	+0.2
	National Front	Tess Culnane	8,509	5.8	N/A
	Christian (Christian Peoples)	Stephen Hammond	5,079	3.5	+0.2
	UKIP	Arnold Tarling	3,910	2.7	–9.7
	Left List	Jennifer Jones	2,045	1.4	N/A
	English Democrats	Joanna Munilla	1,716	1.2	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Chris Flood	1,587	1.1	N/A
Majority			16,134	11.0	–1.9
Turnout			149,238	43.0	+10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	–1.0

London Assembly election, 2004: Greenwich and Lewisham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Len Duvall	36,251	33.3	–9.2
	Conservative	Gareth Bacon	22,168	20.4	–3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Feakes	19,183	17.6	+0.5
	UKIP	Timothy Reynolds	13,454	12.4	N/A
	Green	Susan Luxton	11,271	10.4	–2.1
	Christian Peoples	Stephen Hammond	3,619	3.3	N/A
	Respect	Ian Page	2,825	2.6	N/A
Majority			14,083	12.9	–6.1
Turnout			108,771	33.0	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

London Assembly election, 2000: Greenwich and Lewisham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Len Duvall	40,386	42.6	N/A
	Conservative	Rhodri Harris	22,401	23.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	David Buxton	16,290	17.2	N/A
	Green	Terry Liddle	11,839	12.5	N/A
	London Socialist	Ian Page	3,981	4.2	N/A
Majority			17,985	19.0	N/A
Turnout			94,697	29.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing