Whitefoot is an
electoral ward
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in the
London Borough of Lewisham. It is located south-east of
Charing Cross
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, and is north of
Downham, south of Catford, west of
Grove Park, and east of
Bellingham. It is long east to west following Whitefoot Lane, the local main road, making it about at its longest point. Whitefoot is also on the
Prime Meridian.
Part of the
South Eastern Main Line railway between
Hither Green and
Grove Park stations marks the whole eastern border of the ward. The western border is marked partly by some of the
Catford Loop Line, between
Bellingham and
Beckenham Hill stations, and small parts of two A roads, South End Lane (
A2218 road) and Bromley Road (
A21 road). Although railway lines make much of the wards boundaries, no train stations are located within Whitefoot.
Whitefoot is covered by two
postcode districts
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, covering the south and covering the north; most of their common boundary follows Whitefoot Lane.
Hither Green Cemetery is located on the east side of the ward, and
Forster Memorial Park in the west.
One of the ward's councillors from 2010 to 2019 was
Labour's
Janet Daby, who resigned to concentrate on her role as the
MP for
Lewisham East, which includes Whitefoot in its boundaries. She won the parliamentary seat at a
2018 by-election
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. In
2006
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, the
Liberal Democrats won all three ward seats. Daby gained one in
2010
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, before the other two seats were gained by Labour in
2014
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. , all three seats are held by Labour.
From 2022, Whitefoot will be replaced by the new Catford South, Hither Green and Downham wards.
[Local Government Boundary Commission for England https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/17020]
References
Wards of the London Borough of Lewisham
Grove Park, Lewisham
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