A by-election is due in the (very) safe Labour seat of Lewisham East. Current MP Heidi Alexander has resigned to take up a Deputy Mayoral role in City Hall.
The by-election is already being cited as an upcoming internal battle between Labour's centrists and Momentum, as the Lewisham CLPs are split between the two.
The result last time;
Image above is a screenshot of the 2017 General Election result in the Lewisham East constituency. The image above shows the 2017 result as :
Heidi ALEXANDER (Labour ) 32,072 (67.9%) (+12.3)
Peter FORTUNE (Conservative) 10,859 (23.0%) (+0.7)
Emily FRITH (Liberal Democrat) 2,086 (4.4%) (-1.3)
Störm POORUN (Green) 803 (1.7%) (-4.0)
Keith FORSTER (UKIP) 798 (1.6%) (-7.4)
Willow WINSTON (Independent) 355 (0.7%)
Maureen MARTIN (Christian Peoples) 228 (0.4%) ( -0.2)
No date has yet been fixed for voting.
The possibility of an upset, in my opinion, is somewhat reduced. However by-elections are curious beasts, each one has a story. I will try to keep this thread updated with candidate selections etc. and will be on the look out for any local gossip and what not. Any forum member a constituent here ?
The by-election is already being cited as an upcoming internal battle between Labour's centrists and Momentum, as the Lewisham CLPs are split between the two.
The result last time;
Image above is a screenshot of the 2017 General Election result in the Lewisham East constituency. The image above shows the 2017 result as :
Heidi ALEXANDER (Labour ) 32,072 (67.9%) (+12.3)
Peter FORTUNE (Conservative) 10,859 (23.0%) (+0.7)
Emily FRITH (Liberal Democrat) 2,086 (4.4%) (-1.3)
Störm POORUN (Green) 803 (1.7%) (-4.0)
Keith FORSTER (UKIP) 798 (1.6%) (-7.4)
Willow WINSTON (Independent) 355 (0.7%)
Maureen MARTIN (Christian Peoples) 228 (0.4%) ( -0.2)
No date has yet been fixed for voting.
The possibility of an upset, in my opinion, is somewhat reduced. However by-elections are curious beasts, each one has a story. I will try to keep this thread updated with candidate selections etc. and will be on the look out for any local gossip and what not. Any forum member a constituent here ?
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