2018 Lewisham London Borough Council Election
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Lewisham London Borough Council Lewisham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lewisham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council is unusual in that its executi ...
were held on 3 May 2018, the same day as for other London Boroughs. All 54 seats were up for election. The Labour Party won all 54 seats in a landslide victory, winning 60% of the popular vote. The Green Party lost their sole council seat, leaving the party without representation on Lewisham Borough Council for the first time in 16 years.


Overall results


Results by ward

Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.


Bellingham


Blackheath


Brockley

John Coughlin was the sole Opposition councillor (2014-2018) and subsequently lost his seat.


Catford South

In June 2019, Smith left the Labour Party in opposition to
Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist ...
, the then Leader of the party. He now sits as an Independent.


Crofton Park


Downham


Evelyn


Forest Hill


Grove Park


Ladywell


Lee Green


Lewisham Central


New Cross


Perry Vale


Rushey Green


Sydenham


Telegraph Hill


Whitefoot


2018-2022 by-elections

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Alex Feis-Bryce. The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor
Janet Daby Janet Jessica Daby (née Sarju; born 15 December 1970) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East since 2018. A member of the Labour Party, she was Shadow Minister for Faiths from April to December 202 ...
.


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