Lewisham West and East Dulwich
London · Borough constituency
About the Lewisham West and East Dulwich constituency
Lewisham West and East Dulwich is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Ellie Reeves (Labour), first elected in June 2017. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 59.0% to 19.4% for the Greens, a majority of 18,397 votes on a 66.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 49.9% and the Greens on 26.1%, a margin of 23.8 points.
Who lives in Lewisham West and East Dulwich? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Lewisham West and East Dulwich vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Lewisham West and East Dulwich
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Lewisham West and East Dulwich within Lewisham and Southwark
Lewisham West and East Dulwich crosses council boundaries: Lewisham (69%), Southwark (31%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Lewisham | 69% | View projection › |
| Southwark | 31% | View projection › |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jun 2026 | Crofton Park | Grn HOLD | Grn 45% Lab 44% Ref 4% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crofton Park | Labour 57.4%vs Green 23.2% | May 2026 Green 54.9%vs Labour 32.5% | Labour→Green +28.3pp | 51.6% |
| Dulwich Hill | Labour 61.5%vs Green 17.3% | May 2026 Labour 40.4%vs Green 38.5% | Labour share -21.2pp | 47.7% |
| Forest Hill | Labour 58.7%vs Green 19.8% | May 2026 Labour 39.5%vs Green 39.2% | Labour share -19.2pp | 48.4% |
| Goose Green | Labour 58.5%vs Green 17.3% | May 2026 Green 39.2%vs Lib Dem 27.8% | Labour→Green +27.5pp | 50.8% |
| Peckham Rye | Labour 62.9%vs Green 18.0% | May 2026 Labour 45.4%vs Green 40.4% | Labour share -17.4pp | 51.5% |
| Perry Vale | Labour 58.9%vs Green 19.1% | May 2026 Green 47.2%vs Labour 33.9% | Labour→Green +26.6pp | 47.0% |
| Sydenham | Labour 57.9%vs Green 19.7% | May 2026 Green 43.4%vs Labour 35.5% | Labour→Green +23.0pp | 42.6% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Lewisham West and East Dulwich at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Lewisham West and East Dulwich at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Lab hold | Jim Dowd Lewisham West and Penge MP | 41.1% | 25.5% | 28.1% | 5,828 | 65.2% |
| 2015predecessor | Lab hold | Jim Dowd Lewisham West and Penge MP | 50.6% | 24.2% | 7.7% | 12,714 | 66.6%+1.4 |
| 2017predecessor | Lab hold | Ellie Reeves Lewisham West and Penge MP | 66.6% | 23.0% | 6.2% | 23,162 | 73.0%+6.4 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Ellie Reeves Lewisham West and Penge MP, pre-review boundary | 66.1% | 14.5% | 9.9% | 23,823 | 66.1% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Ellie Reeves | 59.0% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 18,397 | 66.9%+0.8 |
Lewisham West and East Dulwich was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Lewisham West and Penge (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Lewisham West and East Dulwich
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Lewisham West and East Dulwich. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Leave28.4 / 22.9vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate57.3 / 56.3vs 33.7
- ↓Age 65+12.6 / 11.8vs 22.7
- ↓Leave28.4 / 30.9vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate57.3 / 48.7vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied50.2 / 49.0vs 61.9
- ↑Graduate57.3 / 60.3vs 33.7
- ↓Leave28.4 / 30.2vs 53.2
- ↓Owner-occupied50.2 / 49.5vs 61.9
- ↓Leave28.4 / 27.8vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate57.3 / 61.0vs 33.7
- ↑Employed67.9 / 67.8vs 57.3
- ↓Leave28.4 / 25.6vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate57.3 / 61.8vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied50.2 / 46.5vs 61.9
What would change this seat?
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Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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