Constituency profile

Lewisham West and East Dulwich

London · Borough constituency

Ellie Reeves MP
Sitting MP

Ellie Reeves

Labour

First elected June 2017

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
28.4% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -23.5pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +23.8pp
vs Green 26.1%
LondonStrong Remain areaGraduate-heavyDiverse

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.

Leave vote 2016
28.4%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
57.3%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
11.9%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
50.2%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
48.8%
UK average ~36%
Median age
36.4
UK median ~40
Age 65+
12.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
34.9%
UK average ~28%

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

Lab hold · majority 18,397 votes (39.6pp) · turnout 66.9%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

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

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Lewisham
40 LSOAs
69%View projection ›
Southwark
18 LSOAs
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.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
18 Jun 2026Crofton Park
Lewisham
Grn HOLDGrn 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 ParkLabour 57.4%vs Green 23.2%May 2026 Green 54.9%vs Labour 32.5%
Labour→Green
+28.3pp
51.6%
Dulwich HillLabour 61.5%vs Green 17.3%May 2026 Labour 40.4%vs Green 38.5%
Labour share
-21.2pp
47.7%
Forest HillLabour 58.7%vs Green 19.8%May 2026 Labour 39.5%vs Green 39.2%
Labour share
-19.2pp
48.4%
Goose GreenLabour 58.5%vs Green 17.3%May 2026 Green 39.2%vs Lib Dem 27.8%
Labour→Green
+27.5pp
50.8%
Peckham RyeLabour 62.9%vs Green 18.0%May 2026 Labour 45.4%vs Green 40.4%
Labour share
-17.4pp
51.5%
Perry ValeLabour 58.9%vs Green 19.1%May 2026 Green 47.2%vs Labour 33.9%
Labour→Green
+26.6pp
47.0%
SydenhamLabour 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdJim Dowd Lewisham West and Penge MP41.1%25.5%28.1%2.5% UKIP2.1%0.7%5,82865.2%
2015predecessorLab holdJim Dowd Lewisham West and Penge MP50.6%24.2%7.7%7.8% UKIP8.5%1.2%12,71466.6%+1.4
2017predecessorLab holdEllie Reeves Lewisham West and Penge MP66.6%23.0%6.2%1.3% UKIP2.2%0.7%23,16273.0%+6.4
2019notionalLabour winnerEllie Reeves Lewisham West and Penge MP, pre-review boundary66.1%14.5%9.9%-7.3%2.2%23,82366.1%
2024Lab holdEllie Reeves59.0%7.5%7.7%4.8% Ref19.4%1.6%18,39766.9%+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.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 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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