Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)

This seat was created in 1974. It remained largely urban in its constituent areas which have been altered on reform by the Boundary Commission very lightly overall. The area of Deptford wholly within the seat was a major London dockyard and in its early history contained chandleries, repair yards, connected with the Royal Navy, later having a high concentration of London's expansive import and export wharves and warehouses; this extended well within the 2010-drawn confines of the seat towards New Cross which had major railway yards.

;Political history

The seat has been won by three Members of Parliament, all of which were and remained during their public service members of the Labour Party. The 2015 result made the seat the 23rd safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority and the 9th safest in the capital.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Labour Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929214847/http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}}

In the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the constituency voted remain by 75.4%.{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wTK5dV2_YjCMsUYlwg0l48uWWf44sKgG8uFVMv5OWlA/edit#gid=893960794 |title=Revised estimates of leave vote in Westminster constituencies |access-date=26 October 2016 |archive-date=15 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315003907/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wTK5dV2_YjCMsUYlwg0l48uWWf44sKgG8uFVMv5OWlA/edit#gid=893960794 |url-status=live }}

This constituency covered Lewisham's northern tip – a short stretch alongside the Thames – along with the Deptford and New Cross districts, and the centre of Lewisham itself. These are historically some of the more deprived in London with high crime rates and social problems.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/help/localstatistics|title=Local statistics – Office for National Statistics|website=www.ons.gov.uk|access-date=2019-10-06|archive-date=2019-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018120902/https://www.ons.gov.uk/help/localstatistics|url-status=live}} However, in the 21st century, counter to this, more upmarket housing developments are springing up as former industrial sites are cleared away. To the South East of the seat, Lewisham town centre adjoins Ladywell.

The area is relatively affordable, given the short commuting distance to Central London and Canary Wharf, via the Docklands Light Railway and South East Main Line. Goldsmiths, University of London and wider halls of residence make this a popular living area for those staying and studying in Greater London, giving a substantial student minority to the electorate.

At the Western extremity of the seat, just inside the current boundaries, is The Den, home to Millwall FC.

{{Update section|date = September 2020}}

Lewisham Deptford has been one of Labour's safest London seats since its 1974 creation – it was the party's 25th safest in Britain at the 2001 election – though social change in the last decade has seen things become a little more competitive; the most popular opposition in 2005 and 2010 was formed by the active Liberal Democrat party in the area. In terms of share of the vote, it received the 44th largest Labour vote in 2010, of the 650 constituencies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections|title=General Election Results from the Electoral Commission|access-date=2013-01-08|archive-date=2013-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719222826/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections|url-status=live}}

1974–1983: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Brockley, Deptford, Drake, Grinling Gibbons, Ladywell, Marlowe, and Pepys.

1983–2010: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Blythe Hill, Crofton Park, Drake, Evelyn, Grinling Gibbons, Ladywell, Marlowe, and Pepys.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Brockley, Crofton Park, Evelyn, Ladywell, Lewisham Central, New Cross, Telegraph Hill and part of Hither Green ward.

The constituency covered the northern and north-western parts of the London Borough of Lewisham.

The Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which redrew this seat in 2010 also resulted in the creation of a new cross-borough constituency of Lewisham West and Penge which took electoral wards from the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Bromley.

{{Election box begin | title = General election 2019: Lewisham Deptford{{Cite web|url=https://lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/results/general-election-results-2019|title=General election results 2019|website=Lewisham Council|access-date=2021-06-30|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182531/https://lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/results/general-election-results-2019|url-status=live}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Vicky Foxcroft

|votes = 39,216

|percentage = 70.8

|change = −6.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Gavin Haran

|votes = 6,303

|percentage = 11.4

|change = −2.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Bobby Dean

|votes = 5,774

|percentage = 10.4

|change = +5.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Andrea Fuller

|votes = 3,085

|percentage = 5.6

|change = +2.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Brexit Party

|candidate = Moses Etienne

|votes = 789

|percentage = 1.4

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Tan Bui

|votes = 130

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate|

|party = Alliance for Green Socialism

|candidate = John Lloyd

|votes = 71

|percentage = 0.1

|change = New

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 32,913

|percentage = 59.4

|change = −3.9

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 55,368

|percentage = 68.7

|change = −1.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 80,617

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −1.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2017: Lewisham Deptford{{cite web |url=https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/Documents/NoticeOfPollLewishamDeptford.pdf |title=Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll, Lewisham Deptford |publisher=lewisham.gov.uk |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706080333/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/Documents/NoticeOfPollLewishamDeptford.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |edition=Second |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |publisher=House of Commons Library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Vicky Foxcroft

|votes = 42,461

|percentage = 77.0

|change = +16.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Melanie McLean

|votes = 7,562

|percentage = 13.7

|change = −1.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Bobby Dean

|votes = 2,911

|percentage = 5.3

|change = 0.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = John Coughlin

|votes = 1,640

|percentage = 3.0

|change = −9.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Peoples Alliance

|candidate = Malcolm Martin

|votes = 252

|percentage = 0.5

|change = −0.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Animal Welfare Party

|candidate = Laura McAnea

|votes = 225

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate

|party = The Realists' Party

|candidate = Jane Lawrence

|votes = 61

|percentage = 0.1

|change = New

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 34,899

|percentage = 63.3

|change = +17.9

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 55,112

|percentage = 70.2

|change = +5.6

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 78,468

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +9.0

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2015: Lewisham Deptford{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000789 |title=Lewisham Deptford parliamentary constituency |work=Election 2015 |publisher=BBC News |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=8 May 2015 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200808100644/https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000789 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=22&RPID=38836307|title=Election results for Lewisham Deptford, 7 May 2015|date=May 7, 2015|website=councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204402/http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=22&RPID=38836307|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/Documents/StatementofPersonsNominatedandNoticeofPollLewishamDeptford.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-04-15 |archive-date=2015-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418233949/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/Documents/StatementofPersonsNominatedandNoticeofPollLewishamDeptford.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Vicky Foxcroft

|votes = 28,572

|percentage = 60.2

|change = +6.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Bim Afolami

|votes = 7,056

|percentage = 14.9

|change = +1.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = John Coughlin

|votes = 5,932

|percentage = 12.5

|change = +5.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Michael Bukola

|votes = 2,497

|percentage = 5.3

|change = −18.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Massimo DiMambro

|votes = 2,013

|percentage = 4.2

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Lewisham People Before Profit

|candidate = Helen Mercer

|votes = 666

|percentage = 1.4

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Peoples Alliance

|candidate = Malcolm Martin

|votes = 300

|percentage = 0.6

|change = −0.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|candidate = Chris Flood{{Cite web |url=http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf |title=TUSC parliamentary candidates in May 2015 |date=4 February 2015 |website=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |archive-date=2015-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207020421/http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf |url-status=live }}

|votes = 286

|percentage = 0.6

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate|

|party = Democratic Reform

|candidate = Phil Badger

|votes = 74

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = David Harvey

|votes = 30

|percentage = 0.1

|change = New

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 21,516

|percentage = 45.3

|change = +15.0

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,426

|percentage = 64.6

|change = +3.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 73,428

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +2.6

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2010: Lewisham Deptford{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Ruddock

|votes = 22,132

|percentage = 53.7

|change = –1.7{{refn|Changes in the election are nominal, based on the 2005 results for the new set of wards contested in 2010, (partly in other seats contested before the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies)|group= n}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Tam Langley

|votes = 9,633

|percentage = 23.4

|change = +5.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Gemma Townsend

|votes = 5,551

|percentage = 13.5

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Darren Johnson

|votes = 2,772

|percentage = 6.7

|change = –3.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)

|candidate = Ian Page

|votes = 645

|percentage = 1.6

|change = –0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Peoples Alliance

|candidate = Malcolm Martin

|votes = 487

|percentage = 1.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 12,499

|percentage = 30.3

|change = –8.6

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 41,220

|percentage = 61.5

|change = +10.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 67,058

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = –7.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2005: Lewisham, Deptford{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Ruddock

|votes = 16,902

|percentage = 55.6

|change = −9.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Columba Blango

|votes = 5,091

|percentage = 16.8

|change = +5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Cartlidge

|votes = 3,773

|percentage = 12.4

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Darren Johnson

|votes = 3,367

|percentage = 11.4

|change = +4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)

|candidate = Ian Page

|votes = 742

|percentage = 2.4

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = David Holland

|votes = 518

|percentage = 1.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,811

|percentage = 38.8

|change = −13.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 30,393

|percentage = 51.5

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 58,390

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −7.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Lewisham, Deptford{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Ruddock

|votes = 18,915

|percentage = 65.0

|change = −5.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cordelia McCartney

|votes = 3,622

|percentage = 12.4

|change = −2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Wiseman

|votes = 3,409

|percentage = 11.7

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Darren Johnson

|votes = 1,901

|percentage = 6.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Alliance (England)

|candidate = Ian Page

|votes = 1,260

|percentage = 4.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,293

|percentage = 52.6

|change = −3.51

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 29,107

|percentage = 48.3

|change = −9.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 60,275

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −1.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: Lewisham, Deptford{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

|id=368}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Ruddock

|votes = 23,827

|percentage = 70.8

|change = +9.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Irene Kimm

|votes = 4,949

|percentage = 14.7

|change = −13.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Kofi Appiah

|votes = 3,004

|percentage = 8.9

|change = −2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Mulrenan

|votes = 996

|percentage = 2.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Shelagh Shepherd

|votes = 868

|percentage = 2.5

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18,878

|percentage = 56.1

|change = +23.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,644

|percentage = 57.9

|change = −7.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 58,141

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +11.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Lewisham, Deptford{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

|id=368}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Ruddock

|votes = 22,574

|percentage = 60.9

|change = +10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = T. A. J. O'Neill

|votes = 10,336

|percentage = 27.9

|change = −4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = J. C. Brightwell

|votes = 4,181

|percentage = 11.3

|change = −6.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,238

|percentage = 33.0

|change = +14.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,091

|percentage = 65.1

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 57,014

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +7.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1987: Lewisham, Deptford{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

|id=368}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Ruddock

|votes = 18,724

|percentage = 50.3

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Martyn Punyer

|votes = 11,953

|percentage = 32.1

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne−Marie Braun

|votes = 6,513

|percentage = 17.5

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,771

|percentage = 18.2

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,190

|percentage = 64.9

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 58,151

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1983: Lewisham, Deptford{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

|id=368}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Silkin

|votes = 17,360

|percentage = 48.3

|change = −5.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robin Wheatley

|votes = 11,328

|percentage = 31.5

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Denise Abbott

|votes = 6,734

|percentage = 18.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = P. Wilson

|votes = 317

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Assassin's Bullett

|candidate = S. B. Housego

|votes = 173

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,032

|percentage = 16.8

|change = −4.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 35,912

|percentage = 61.2

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 58,663

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -2.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1979: Deptford

|id=368}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Silkin

|votes = 19,391

|percentage = 54.22

|change = −4.65

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Grant{{cite book|title=Election Expenses|date=1980|isbn=0102374805|page=18|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}|votes=11,638|percentage=32.54|change=+9.96}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Nicholas Rowden|votes=2,774|percentage=7.76|change=-5.97}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Front (United Kingdom)|candidate=Dr Robert Mitchel|votes=1,490|percentage=4.17|change=−0.65}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Unity (UK)|candidate=Janet Maguire|votes=274|percentage=0.77|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)|candidate=Gilbert Dacres|votes=198|percentage=0.55|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=7,753|percentage=21.68|change=−15.63}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=35,765|percentage=63.76|change=+5.12}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 56,096

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election October 1974: Deptford

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Silkin

|votes = 21,145

|percentage = 58.87

|change = +4.76

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=C. H. Cross|votes=8,111|percentage=22.58|change=−3.81}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=M. Steele|votes=4,931|percentage=13.73|change=−5.77}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Front (United Kingdom)|candidate=Richard Edmonds|votes=1,731|percentage=4.82|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=13,034|percentage=36.31|change=+8.59}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=35,918|percentage=58.68|change=-10.43}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 61,210

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election February 1974: Deptford

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Silkin

|votes = 22,699

|percentage = 54.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = C. H. Cross

|votes = 11,070

|percentage = 26.39

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = M. Steele

|votes = 8,181

|percentage = 19.50

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,629

|percentage = 27.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,950

|percentage = 69.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 60,703

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (election results from 1922 onwards)
• [http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (election results from 1955 onwards)
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13193.html Lewisham, Deptford UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66041.html Lewisham, Deptford UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

{{Historic constituencies in London

| 1832 = n

| 1868 = n

| 1885 = n

| 1918 = n

| 1950 = n

| 1955 = n

| 1974 = y

| 1983 = y

| 1997 = y

| 2010 = y

}}

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Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1974

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Category:Deptford