UK Explained

Lewisham East

Represented in Parliament by Janet Daby (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Janet Daby, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Lewisham East compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 135 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £850£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 626 areas and lower than 22.

UK 3.9%This area 7.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Lewisham East£8507.3%
Enfield North£8407.3%
West Ham and Beckton£8487.5%
Ilford South£8357.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Lewisham East

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people117,19059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over11%19%8 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher43%34%9 points higher
Households that own their home48%62%15 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association28%17%11 points higher
Households renting privately24%20%4 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Janet Daby

Labour

MAJORITY
18,073

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
55%

of people who could vote did

Janet Daby won with 58% of the votes, and Mike Herron (Green Party) came second with 14%.

Votes for each party

Labour58% · 23,646
Green Party14% · 5,573
Conservative11% · 4,401
Reform UK9% · 3,469
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,471
Workers Party of Britain1% · 577
Everyone else1% · 500
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Janet DabyLabour23,64658.2%
Mike HerronGreen Party5,57313.7%
Louise BriceConservative4,40110.8%
Ruth HandysideReform UK3,4698.5%
Callum LittlemoreLiberal Democrat2,4716.1%
Steph KoffiWorkers Party of Britain5771.4%
Maureen MartinChristian Peoples Alliance4041.0%
Richard GallowayYoung People's Party960.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£850 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
7.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026