UK Explained

Lewisham North

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

Your MP at a glance

Vicky Foxcroft, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Lewisham North 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 67 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £918£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 602 areas and lower than 46.

UK 3.9%This area 6.5%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 North£9186.5%
Walthamstow£9246.9%
Dulwich and West Norwood£8956.3%
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green£9426.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Lewisham North

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 people117,13059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over8%19%11 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher54%34%20 points higher
Households that own their home35%62%28 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association33%17%16 points higher
Households renting privately32%20%11 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
Vicky Foxcroft

Labour

MAJORITY
15,782

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Vicky Foxcroft won with 58% of the votes, and Adam Pugh (Green Party) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Labour58% · 25,467
Green Party22% · 9,685
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,284
Conservative6% · 2,701
Reform UK5% · 2,000
Workers Party of Britain1% · 457
Everyone else1% · 573
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vicky FoxcroftLabour25,46757.7%
Adam PughGreen Party9,68521.9%
Jean BranchLiberal Democrat3,2847.4%
Nupur MajumdarConservative2,7016.1%
Edward PowellReform UK2,0004.5%
Mian AkbarWorkers Party of Britain4571.0%
Julia TilfordIndependent2430.6%
Oliver SnellingCommunist Party of Britain2110.5%
John LloydAlliance For Green Socialism1190.3%

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
£918 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
6.5%
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