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  Lewisham Deptford - History
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Established February 28, 1974
Disbanded July 04, 2024
Last ModifiedRBH May 24, 2024 05:54pm
DescriptionThis is a densely populated, inner-city riverfront constituency in south-east London - one of the most deprived in the UK. Forty-five per cent of the population comes from an ethnic minority; there is a large African-Caribbean community and it has the second highest percentage of Chinese people in the country. Deptford has a proud history. Here Elizabeth I came to knight Sir Walter Raleigh. The Golden Hind was berthed here, and in 1593, Christopher Marlowe was killed in a local pub. The name means "deep ford" which once existed across the river Ravensbourne before it widens out into the Thames at Deptford Creek. An area of high density, council housing, such as on the Pepys Estate, Deptford is now seeing gentrification especially around Hilly Fields, Telegraph Hill, in the St John's conservation area and significant private development down by the river. The Pepys Estate itself is to be remodelled. Presently 60% of housing is non-owner-occupied, with half of that being council rented. Unemployment is twice the national average. This is the northernmost of the three seats in the London Borough of Lewisham - a strongly Labour borough and one of the few with an elected Mayor. The Greens do quite well here: GLA member and Green mayoral candidate, Darren Johnson, represents the Brockley ward on Lewisham Council. The sitting MP is Joan Ruddock, former CND chair and first Minister for Women in the 1997 Labour government.

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Redistricting: Light Green=Added Territory, Red=Removed Territory,
Dark Green=Kept Territory
Date Type Results
Dec 12, 2019 General Election
  Vicky Foxcroft(I)
39,216
70.83%
  Gavin Daniel Haran
6,303
11.38%
  Bobby Dean
5,774
10.43%
  Andrea Carey Fuller
3,085
5.57%
  Moses John Etienne
789
1.43%
  Tan Bui
130
0.23%
  John Robert Lloyd
71
0.13%
Jun 08, 2017 General Election
  Vicky Foxcroft(I)
42,461
77.04%
  Melanie McLean
7,562
13.72%
  Bobby Dean
2,911
5.28%
  John Coughlin
1,640
2.98%
  Malcolm Martin
252
0.46%
  Laura McAnea
225
0.41%
  Jane Lawrence
61
0.11%
May 07, 2015 General Election
  Vicky Foxcroft
28,572
60.25%
  Bim Afolami
7,056
14.88%
  John Coughlin
5,932
12.51%
  Michael Bukola
2,497
5.27%
  Massimo Dimambro
2,013
4.24%
  Helen Mercer
666
1.40%
  Martin Malcolm
300
0.63%
   Chris Flood
286
0.60%
  Phillip Badger
74
0.16%
  David Harvey
30
0.06%
May 06, 2010 General Election
  Joan Ruddock(I)
22,132
53.69%
  Tamora Langley
9,633
23.37%
  Gemma Townsend
5,551
13.47%
  Darren Johnson
2,772
6.72%
  Ian Page
645
1.56%
  Malcolm Martin
487
1.18%
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Date Type Results
May 05, 2005 General Election
  Joan Ruddock(I)
16,902
55.61%
  Columba Blango
5,091
16.75%
  James Cartlidge
3,773
12.41%
  Darren Johnson
3,367
11.08%
  Ian Page
742
2.44%
  David Holland
518
1.70%
Jun 07, 2001 General Election
  Joan Ruddock(I)
18,915
64.98%
  Cordelia McCartney
3,622
12.44%
  Andrew Wiseman
3,409
11.71%
  Darren Johnson
1,901
6.53%
  Ian Page
1,260
4.33%
May 01, 1997 General Election
  Joan Ruddock(I)
23,827
70.82%
  Irene Kimm
4,949
14.71%
  Kofi Appiah
3,004
8.93%
  John Mulrenan
996
2.96%
  Shelagh Shepherd
868
2.58%
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
  Joan Ruddock(I)
22,574
60.86%
  Teresa O'Neill
10,336
27.87%
  Johanna C. Brightwell
4,181
11.27%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
  Joan Ruddock
18,724
50.35%
  Martyn Punyer
11,953
32.14%
  Anne-Marie Braun
6,513
17.51%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
  John Silkin(I)
17,360
48.34%
  Robin J.P. Wheatley
11,328
31.54%
  Denise Abbott
6,734
18.75%
  P. Wilson
317
0.88%
  S.B. Housego
173
0.48%
May 03, 1979 General Election
  John Silkin(I)
19,391
54.22%
  D. D. Grant
11,638
32.54%
  N. J. Rowden
2,774
7.76%
  R. G. Mitchell
1,490
4.17%
  J. M. Maguire
274
0.77%
  Gilbert C. Dacres
198
0.55%
Oct 10, 1974 General Election
  John Silkin(I)
21,145
58.87%
  C. Hugh Cross
8,111
22.58%
  Michael M. Steele
4,931
13.73%
  Richard Edmonds
1,731
4.82%
Feb 28, 1974 General Election
  John Silkin(I)
22,699
54.11%
  C. Hugh Cross
11,070
26.39%
  Michael M. Steele
8,181
19.50%

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