| Lewisham North | |
| Type: | Borough |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Electorate: | 73,504 (2023) [1] |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Previous: | Lewisham Deptford |
| Year2: | 1950 |
| Abolished2: | February 1974 |
| Region: | England |
| European: | London |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Previous2: | Lewisham East |
| Next2: | Lewisham Deptford and Lewisham East |
| Towns: | Lewisham |
Lewisham North is a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat has been re-established for the 2024 general election, primarily formed from the abolished seat of Lewisham Deptford.[2]
The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Church Lee, Ladywell, Lewisham Park, Lewisham Village, Manor Lee, and South Lee.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:
The re-established constituency succeeds Lewisham Deptford, except Crofton Park ward, which is in the new constituency of Lewisham West and East Dulwich. Blackheath ward was added from Lewisham East.
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Austin Hudson | Conservative | Died November 1956 | |
| 1957 by-election | Niall MacDermot | Labour | ||
| 1959 | Christopher Chataway | Conservative | ||
| 1966 | Roland Moyle | Labour | ||
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | |||
| 2019 notional result[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 35,124 | 69.4 | ||
| 6,175 | 12.2 | ||
| 5,620 | 11.1 | ||
| 2,656 | 5.3 | ||
| 810 | 1.6 | ||
| Others | 201 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | 50,586 | 68.8 | |
| Electorate | 73,504 | ||