Lewisham election: Another Labour clean sweep as party takes every single seat

By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter

Labour candidates have won every seat in Lewisham for a second time.

The party fought off a Green threat in Brockley to retain all 54 seats across the borough – as they had in 2018.

Labour’s Damien Egan was re-elected mayor with an increased share of the vote.

Mr Egan swept to victory with 58 per cent of the vote – four per cent more than in 2018.

Green candidate Nick Humberstone beat Conservative candidate Caroline Attfield into third place.

Mr Humberstone won 16 per cent of the vote, compared to Ms Attfield’s 12 per cent.

At the last mayoral election in 2018 the Conservatives finished second.

Mr Egan thanked Lewisham residents for electing him a second time. In a statement posted on Twitter he said: “Thank you for everyone’s support and re-electing me as your mayor.

“It’s been a big team effort, thank you to everyone who has given up their time to help. Looking forward to working for everyone in Lewisham.”

The results mean the Greens have now been without a councillor in Lewisham since 2018, when John Coughlin lost his seat.

The Lib Dems and Conservatives have failed to elect a councillor in the borough for more than a decade.

Maureen Martin, a mayoral candidate who was criticised for sending out an anti-gay marriage leaflet during the election campaign, finished in second to last place with just one per cent of the vote.

The candidate for the right-wing Christian Peoples Alliance issued a pamphlet saying wedlock between a man and a woman was “fundamental” for a successful society.

Pictured top: Lewisham town hall