2006 Lewisham Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Seats won
26
17
6
Seat change
19
13
5
Popular vote
17,869
13,367
10,443
Percentage
32.7%
24.4%
19.1%
Swing
6.3%
5.8%
3.0%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Party
Conservative
Socialist Alternative
Seats won
3
2
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
9,894
1,118
Percentage
18.1%
2.0%
Swing
1.7%
0.1%
Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election .
Lewisham local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2010.[ 1] [ 2]
Election result
Lewisham Local Election Result 2006[ 3]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Labour
26
0
19
19
48.1
32.7
17,869
6.3
Liberal Democrats
17
13
0
13
31.5
24.4
13,367
5.8
Green
6
5
0
5
11.1
19.1
10,443
3.0
Conservative
3
1
0
1
5.6
18.1
9,894
1.7
Socialist Alternative
2
1
0
1
3.7
2.0
1,118
0.1
Independent
0
0
0
0.0
2.7
1,459
1.1
UKIP
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
281
0.1
Lewisham Peoples Alliance
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
169
New
Alliance for Green Socialism
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
111
New
The Green Party won all three seats in the Brockley and Ladywell wards and the Socialist Alternative won two seats in the Telegraph Hill ward.[ 4]
Election for Mayor
Lewisham Mayoral Election Results 2006
Name
Party
1st Preference Votes
%
2nd Preference Votes¹
%
Final
%²
Steve Bullock
Labour
22,155
37.7
2,974
?
25,129
57.1
Christopher Maines
Liberal Democrats
12,398
21.1
6,491
?
18,889
42.9
James Cleverly
Conservative
10,790
18.4
?
?
N/A
Michael Keogh
Green
7,168
12.2
?
?
N/A
John Hamilton
Independent
4,823
8.2
?
?
N/A
Sinna Mani
Lewisham Peoples Alliance
1,366
2.3
?
?
N/A
¹Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first.
²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.
Ward results
Bellingham
Blackheath
Brockley
Catford South
Crofton Park
Downham
Evelyn
Forest Hill
Grove Park
Ladywell
Lee Green
Lewisham Central
New Cross
Perry Vale
Rushey Green
Sydenham
Telegraph Hill
References