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Lewisham West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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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 and Bellingham. -
Members of Parliament - 1964 — 1966: Patrick McNair-Wilson (Con)
- 1966 - 1970: JMY Dickens (Lab)
- 1970 - Feb 1974: John Selwyn Gummer (Con)
- Feb 1974 - 1983: C Price (Lab)
- 1983 - 1992: John Maples (Con)
- 1992 - current: Jim Dowd (Lab)
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Politics and history of the constituency From 1966 until 1992, Lewisham West a classic 'bellweather' 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.
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