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
Bellingham Ward. Labour, Labour, Labour.
Forest Hill. Labour x 3. 42% turnout!
In 2014, in Crofton Park, the Conservatives won a total of 10.3% of the votes.
In 2018, in Crofton Park, with Karen Sunderland, the Conservatives won a total of 10.4% of the votes.
Also note not every borough has elected Mayor. Therefore there are 2 counts for us.
Not to my knowledge. It is up to election officer to set up when the count will be done. I guess it is done overnight as it is possible to do it all because you only vote for one candidate. That is much easier to count.
I forgot to mention, last time the mayoral vote was done the following day, so even after the most night work not all results were in.
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Waiting to see the Brockley result to see if we have any opposition councillors in Lewisham!
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In 2014, the Conservatives candidates did not rank in the bottom three places in Crofton Park.
In 2018, the two Conservative candidates ranked in the bottom three, with suspended Conservative candidate Sunderland.
Nope. 
Labour sweep in Perry Vale.
