2018 Lewisham East by-election

2018 Lewisham East by-election

14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)

Lewisham East constituency
Turnout33.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
LD
Con
Candidate Janet Daby Lucy Salek Ross Archer
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Popular vote 11,033 5,404 3,168
Percentage 50.2% 24.6% 14.4%
Swing 17.7 pp 20.2 pp 8.6 pp

MP before election

Heidi Alexander
Labour

Elected MP

Janet Daby
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Lewisham East was held on 14 June 2018, following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party MP Heidi Alexander. It won by Janet Daby of the Labour with 50.2% of the vote, on a significantly reduced majority for her party.