The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 74,205 · 2023 boundaries

Lewisham North.

Labour Party MP Vicky Foxcroft holds the seat on 57.7% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentVicky Foxcroft · Labour Party
CouncilLewisham
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001332
Electorate · 2024
74.2k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
57.7%
Labour Party · +35.7pp over Grn
Settlements
1
Largest: Lewisham
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
28.7
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Foxcroft's most notable recent move was backing a backbench push to ban under-16s from social media -- siding with a rebellion pressing the government to act on child protection. She also broke with her party five times during the Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in June 2025, voting for tighter safeguards: she backed amendments to block voluntary starvation as a route to eligibility and supported procedural moves to ensure continuity of medical assessments. Her deviations cluster around caution rather than opposition -- she scores notably above Labour's average on assisted-dying safeguards and end-of-life autonomy metrics.

Outside those flashpoints, she is a 97% party-line voter with an 87% participation rate, slightly above the Commons average. Her speeches lean heavily on economy and jobs, social care, and health -- topics that align with her previous role as Shadow Minister for Disabled People. She scores near the top of her party on workers' rights and progressive taxation, and close to zero on pro-business and tough-on-crime measures, placing her firmly on Labour's left.

She sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which helps explain her engagement with the social media age-restriction debate. Her constituency news coverage over the past 90 days is dominated by crime and local government stories in which she does not feature directly; her average news score is close to zero, suggesting limited local press profile. Her deviations from party norms on pension protection and parliamentary scrutiny are statistically notable but not yet tied to specific high-profile votes in the available data.

57.7%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
8
Wards · 18 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.8 wards · 18 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Blackheath Pauline Dall2,959Lewisham LabJul 2024
Brockley(3 seats)Lahai-Taylor · Eiles · Penfold6,691Lewisham LabMay 2022
Deptford David Walker2,642Lewisham LabMay 2024
Evelyn(3 seats)Tam · Schmidt · Cooper3,981Lewisham LabMay 2022
Ladywell(3 seats)Brown · Cunningham · Johnston-Franklin6,031Lewisham LabMay 2022
Lewisham Central(2 seats)Sheikh · Huynh1,667Lewisham LabMay 2022
New Cross Gate(2 seats)Malik-Smith · Shrivastava2,300Lewisham LabMay 2022
Telegraph Hill(3 seats)Millbank · Sorba · Bell7,457Lewisham LabMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.1 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Lewisham (117,126). Total population across named built-up areas: 117,126.

city 117,126

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Lewisham117,126city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate65.7%57.1%+15%
Owner-occupied34.9%63.1%-45%
Private rented31.6%20.0%+58%
Social rented33.3%16.8%+98%

Ethnicity.

White49.9%
Asian9.9%
Black27.1%
Mixed7.9%
Other5.2%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 47.6% Female 52.4% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£34,600
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£50,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,035
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
37
23 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
67.2%
Attainment 8: 48.2

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£677m
Taxpayers64,000
Median per taxpayer£4,010
Mean per taxpayer£10,600

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
28.7
+39% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
9.6
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
29% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences8.4
Anti-social behaviour5.3
Other theft2.3
Shoplifting2.3
Public order1.9
Theft from the person1.6
Burglary1.3

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Vicky FoxcroftWONLab25,46757.7
Adam PughGrn9,68521.9
Jean BranchLD3,2847.4
Nupur MajumdarCon2,7016.1
Edward PowellRef2,0004.5
Mian AkbarInd4571.0
Julia TilfordInd2430.6
Oliver SnellingInd2110.5
John LloydInd1190.3

Turnout 44,167

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission