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Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)

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{{UK constituency infobox alt| | Name = Lewisham West | Map = Image:LewishamWestConstituency.png 200px| | Type = Borough | Entity = Greater London | DivisionType = Ceremonial counties of England County | Division = Greater London | Year = 1918 | MP = Jim Dowd (politician) Jim Dowd | Party = Labour Party (UK) Labour | EP = London }} '''Lewisham West''' is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. This seat is to be extended in time for the 2009 or 2010 UK general election, see Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency) Lewisham West and Penge for more information.

Boundaries
Lewisham West constituency covers the south-western part of the London Borough of Lewisham, being largely based on the communities of Catford, Sydenham, Forest Hill, London Forest Hill and Bellingham, London Bellingham.

Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England have created a new constituency of Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency) Lewisham West and Penge, which creates a cross-border constituency. Electoral wards from Bromley and Lewisham are used in the creation of this new seat

History
From 1966 until 1992, Lewisham West a classic 'bellwether' seat, being won by whichever party won the General Election (with the exception of 1979). However, long-term demographic trends have since turned the seat away from being a Labour-Conservative marginal into a safe Labour seat. Partly this has occurred because of a strong increase in the number of ethnic minority residents. At the same time, the communities of Catford, Sydenham and Forest Hill have become much less leafy and suburban over the past 30 years. The large council estate in Bellingham has always been a Labour stronghold, and the other areas of the seat can also now be regarded as quite safe for Labour whearas in the past they were not.

Members of Parliament
*1918 – 1921: Edward Feetham Coates *1921 – 1938: Philip Dawson, Conservative Party (UK) Conservative *1938 – 1945: Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor Henry Brooke, Conservative Party (UK) Conservative *1945 – 1950: A M Skeffington, Labour Party (UK) Labour *1950 – 1964: Henry Price, Labour Party (UK) Labour *1964 – 1966: Patrick McNair-Wilson, Conservative Party (UK) Conservative *1966 – 1970: James McCulloch York Dickens, Labour Party (UK) Labour *1970 – 1974: John Gummer, Conservative Party (UK) Conservative *1974 – 1983: Christopher Price, Labour Party (UK) Labour *1983 – 1992: John Maples, Conservative Party (UK) Conservative *1992 – ''present'': Jim Dowd (politician) Jim Dowd, Labour Party (UK) Labour

Election results
{{Election box begin | title=United Kingdom general election, 2005 General Election 2005: Lewisham West}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Jim Dowd (politician) Jim Dowd |votes = 16,611 |percentage = 52.0 |change = −9.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Alex Feakes |votes = 6,679 |percentage = 20.9 |change = +7.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Evett McAnuff |votes = 6,396 |percentage = 20.0 |change = −2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Nick Long |votes = 1,464 |percentage = 4.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Kingdom Independence Party |candidate = Jens Winton |votes = 773 |percentage = 2.4 |change = +0.8 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 9,932 |percentage = 31.1 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 31,923 |percentage = 54.7 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −8.2 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=United Kingdom general election, 2001 General Election 2001: Lewisham West}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Jim Dowd (politician) Jim Dowd |votes = 18,816 |percentage = 61.1% |change = -0.9% }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Gary Johnson |votes = 6,896 |percentage = 22.4% |change = -1.5% }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Richard Thomas |votes = 4,146 |percentage = 13.5% |change = +3.7% }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Kingdom Independence Party |candidate = Frederick Pearson |votes = 485 |percentage = 1.6% |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Independent |candidate = Nick Long |votes = 472 |percentage = 1.5% |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 11,920 |percentage = 38.7% |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 30,815 |percentage = 52.1% |change = -12.0% }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

See also
*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References
*{{cite book | author= | title=The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935 | publisher=Politico's (reprint) | year=2003 | editor=Iain Dale | id=ISBN 1-84275-033-X }} *{{cite book | author= | title=The Times House of Commons 1945 | publisher=''The Times'' | year=1945 | editor= | id= }} *{{cite book | author= | title=The Times House of Commons 1950 | publisher=''The Times'' | year=1950 | editor= | id= }} *{{cite book | author= | title=The Times House of Commons 1955 | publisher=''The Times'' | year=1955 | editor= | id= }} {{Constituencies in London}} Category:Lewisham Category:Parliamentary constituencies in London {{UK-constituency-stub}}

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