Mayoral result any time now:
Lewisham 2018 Mayoral election result:
Damien Egan (Labour) elected: 39,951 votes - 54.30%
Turnout: 37.38%
An increase from 51% for Steve Bulloch in 2014. Amazing result.
Labour 54%
Conservatives 13%
Green 11%
Lib Dems 8%
Duwayne Brooks 7%
People Before Profit 6%
Democrats and Veterans 1%
change on 2014:
Labour - up 2%
Conservatives - up 2%
Green - up 1%
Lib Dems - down 2%
Duwayne Brooks - up 7% (or down 3% depending on how you look at it)
People Before Profit - down 2%
Democrats and Veterans - up 1%
UKIP - down 8% (did not stand)
TUSC - down 2% (did not stand)
Implying (to me at least) that the Tories are our go-to party of opposition in Lewisham as a whole, having increased their lead over the other parties since 2014.
Makes no odds for now, but may help swing future results between non-Labour parties.
Does anyone know why we start counting on Friday morning when other areas do it Thursday night?
I presume it’s cheaper but then why doesn’t everywhere do that?
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It is Lewisham, cannot expect better than that.
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Did any other than Labour Councillors get seats in Lewisham Council?
Ok, thank you Chris👍
This is not a fair comment.
Ballot papers are counted by people who are not connected to any of the parties. Doing the job after manning the polling stations can be exhaustive and if votes are close, there may be a need for recounts. (certainly there will be some who will do the both jobs)
As most wards will elect 3 people counting of the ballot papers is a bit more complicated than it is the case in a general election. Ballots where someone voted for the same party will be put on the party pile to be counted, but where a vote is split on the party lines, every ballot paper will be manually entered in a book before it is counted. (Last elections this was the process i.e. No robots or scanners). If your job is to do this task for hours in a fairly noisy place, in the middle of the night, where there are several watchers (representatives of all the candidates) you need concentration. At the last election Forest Hill ward was the last one to be counted and our result was declared probably about 4am.
So doing the count the following day is actually sensible approach IMHO.
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I agree Maja, much more sensible approach, odd that others don’t do it.
You said 4am does that mean when Lewisham does the general election it is done overnight? Is that something central government mandates?
Rumours on Twitter that Heidi Alexander will announce her resignation as an MP after the count is complete (it could be nonsense).
Surely it is reasonable to ask why Lewisham is much later than many other Boroughs?
Come on folks - Maja has provided a very detailed explanation. Let’s move on.
Evelyn, Downham and Whitefoot wards in. Labour sweep.
Ditto Crofton Park, which at least had a 42% turnout - 10-12% more than anywhere else that’s declared so far.
Edit: Ladywell: 3 reds and 45% turnout
