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Lewisham West — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Lewisham West was won by Labour at the 2005 general election, with a majority of 9,932 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Lewisham West from 1918 to 2005.

Full Election History, 1918–2005

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Edward Feetham Coates (Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 Philip Dawson (Unionist) 16,216 65.7% Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley (Liberal) 7,747 (31.4 pts) 58.1%
1923 Philip Dawson (Unionist) 12,448 50.9% Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley (Liberal) 439 (1.8 pts) 57.0%
1924 Philip Dawson (Unionist) 19,723 59.3% Barbara Drake (Labour) 12,942 (38.9 pts) 75.5%
1929 Philip Dawson (Unionist) 20,830 49.2% Catherine Mary Wadham (Labour) 9,872 (23.3 pts) 69.3%
1931 Philip Dawson (Conservative) 34,289 77.5% Robert Michael Maitland Stewart (Labour) 24,333 (55.0 pts) 69.2%
1935 Philip Dawson (Conservative) 27,173 64.7% Robert Michael Maitland Stewart (Labour) 12,370 (29.5 pts) 63.9%
1945 Arthur Massey Skeffington (Labour) 20,008 53.4% Henry Brooke (Conservative) 2,516 (6.7 pts) 73.6%
1950 Henry Alfred Price (Conservative) 23,628 49.2% Arthur Massey Skeffington (Labour) 2,195 (4.6 pts) 85.7%
1951 Henry Alfred Price (Conservative) 25,449 52.7% Arthur Massey Skeffington (Labour) 2,636 (5.5 pts) 85.9%
1955 Henry Alfred Price (Conservative) 24,066 54.9% Tom Sargant (Labour) 4,325 (9.9 pts) 79.6%
1959 Henry Alfred Price (Conservative) 22,466 51.7% Richard C Edmonds (Labour) 6,233 (14.4 pts) 80.3%
1964 Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson (Conservative) 18,167 44.8% Joan Lestor (Labour) 886 (2.2 pts) 74.8%
1966 James Dickens (Labour) 21,018 52.5% Patrick McNair-Wilson (Conservative) 2,034 (5.1 pts) 75.7%
1970 John Gummer (Conservative) 19,676 51.0% James Dickens (Labour) 760 (2.0 pts) 68.2%
Feb 1974 Christopher Price (Labour) 21,118 43.3% John Gummer (Conservative) 2,402 (4.9 pts) 78.9%
Oct 1974 Christopher Price (Labour) 21,102 48.2% Margaret Christine Macrae Marshall (Conservative) 5,529 (12.6 pts) 70.1%
1979 Christopher Price (Labour) 20,932 46.4% Noel Peter Pacarda Kemp (Conservative) 1,050 (2.3 pts) 76.0%
1983 John Maples (Conservative) 19,521 44.0% Christopher Price (Labour) 2,506 (5.7 pts) 70.3%
1987 John Maples (Conservative) 20,995 46.2% James Dowd (Labour) 3,772 (8.3 pts) 72.3%
1992 James Dowd (Labour) 20,378 47.0% John Maples (Conservative) 1,809 (4.2 pts) 73.1%
1997 James Dowd (Labour) 23,273 62.0% Clare Whelan (Conservative) 14,317 (38.1 pts) 64.0%
2001 James Dowd (Labour) 18,816 61.1% Gary Johnson (Conservative) 11,920 (38.7 pts) 50.6%
2005 James Dowd (Labour) 16,611 52.0% Alex Feakes (Liberal Democrat) 9,932 (31.1 pts) 54.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Feetham Coates Unionist Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Dawson Unionist 16,21665.7% Yes
Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley Liberal 8,46934.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Dawson Unionist 12,44850.9% Yes
Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley Liberal 12,00949.1% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Dawson Unionist 19,72359.3% Yes
Barbara Drake Labour 6,78120.4% No
Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley Liberal 6,75620.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Dawson Unionist 20,83049.2% Yes
Catherine Mary Wadham Labour 10,95825.9% No
Arthur Reginald Newsom Roberts Liberal 10,59025.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Dawson Conservative 34,28977.5% Yes
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart Labour 9,95622.5% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Dawson Conservative 27,17364.7% Yes
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart Labour 14,80335.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Massey Skeffington Labour 20,00853.4% Yes
Henry Brooke Conservative 17,49246.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Alfred Price Conservative 23,62849.2% Yes
Arthur Massey Skeffington Labour 21,43344.7% No
Alfred Edward Pritchard Liberal 2,9396.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Alfred Price Conservative 25,44952.7% Yes
Arthur Massey Skeffington Labour 22,81347.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Alfred Price Conservative 24,06654.9% Yes
Tom Sargant Labour 19,74145.1% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Alfred Price Conservative 22,46651.7% Yes
Richard C Edmonds Labour 16,23337.4% No
Trevor Arthur Smith Liberal 4,72110.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson Conservative 18,16744.8% Yes
Joan Lestor Labour 17,28142.6% No
Alan B Mountain Liberal 5,12312.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Dickens Labour 21,01852.5% Yes
Patrick McNair-Wilson Conservative 18,98447.5% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Gummer Conservative 19,67651.0% Yes
James Dickens Labour 18,91649.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Price Labour 21,11843.3% Yes
John Gummer Conservative 18,71638.3% No
James Douglas Eagle Liberal 7,97416.3% No
Peter Claude Williams National Front 1,0002.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Price Labour 21,10248.2% Yes
Margaret Christine Macrae Marshall Conservative 15,57335.6% No
James Douglas Eagle Liberal 5,95213.6% No
Peter Claude Williams National Front 1,1142.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Price Labour 20,93246.4% Yes
Noel Peter Pacarda Kemp Conservative 19,88244.1% No
Godfrey Arthur Payne Liberal 3,3507.4% No
Peter Claude Williams National Front 9012.0% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Maples Conservative 19,52144.0% Yes
Christopher Price Labour 17,01538.4% No
Hugh Peter Mooney Liberal 7,47016.8% No
Raymon Frederick George Hoy BNP 3360.8% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Maples Conservative 20,99546.2% Yes
James Dowd Labour 17,22337.9% No
Sarah Titley Liberal 7,24715.9% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Dowd Labour 20,37847.0% Yes
John Maples Conservative 18,56942.8% No
Eileen Neale Liberal Democrat 4,2959.9% No
Paul Coulam Anti-Federalist League 1250.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Dowd Labour 23,27362.0% Yes
Clare Whelan Conservative 8,95623.8% No
Kathy McGrath Liberal Democrat 3,6729.8% No
Anthony Leese Referendum Party 1,0982.9% No
Nick Long Socialist Labour 3981.1% No
Elizabeth Oram Liberal 1670.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Dowd Labour 18,81661.1% Yes
Gary Johnson Conservative 6,89622.4% No
Richard Thomas Liberal Democrat 4,14613.5% No
Frederick Pearson UKIP 4851.6% No
Nick Long Independent 4721.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Dowd Labour 16,61152.0% Yes
Alex Feakes Liberal Democrat 6,67920.9% No
Evett McAnuff Conservative 6,39620.0% No
Nick Long Green 1,4644.6% No
Jens Winton UKIP 7732.4% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1922: Unionist margin 31.4 pts 1923: Unionist margin 1.8 pts 1924: Unionist margin 38.9 pts 1929: Unionist margin 23.3 pts 1931: Conservative margin 55.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 29.5 pts 1945: Labour margin 6.7 pts 1950: Conservative margin 4.6 pts 1951: Conservative margin 5.5 pts 1955: Conservative margin 9.9 pts 1959: Conservative margin 14.4 pts 1964: Conservative margin 2.2 pts 1966: Labour margin 5.1 pts 1970: Conservative margin 2.0 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 4.9 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 12.6 pts 1979: Labour margin 2.3 pts 1983: Conservative margin 5.7 pts 1987: Conservative margin 8.3 pts 1992: Labour margin 4.2 pts 1997: Labour margin 38.1 pts 2001: Labour margin 38.7 pts 2005: Labour margin 31.1 pts 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005

Trend

Lewisham West has been contested at 24 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Lewisham West in the 2005 general election?

Labour won Lewisham West in 2005 with 16,611 votes (52.0%), a majority of 9,932 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.

Which parties have won Lewisham West since 1918?

Since 1918, Lewisham West has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Lewisham West?

The closest result on record for Lewisham West was 1923, when Unionist beat Liberal by just 439 votes (1.8 percentage points).

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