General election for the constituency of Lewisham East on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Lewisham East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Labour hold by Heidi Alexander with a majority of 14,333 - 33.4% - on a turnout of 64.1%.

An electorate of 66,913, having a valid vote count of 42,923 and an invalid vote count of 133.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
ALEXANDER, Heidi Lab 23,907 55.7% 12.6%
FORTUNE, Peter Con 9,574 22.3% -1.3%
WATERS, Anna UKIP 3,886 9.1% 7.2%
FLETCHER, Julia LD 2,455 5.7% -22.4%
POORUN, Storm Green 2,429 5.7% 4.2%
LONG, Nick PBP 390 0.9% -
MARTIN, Maureen CPA 282 0.7% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 05:45 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.