2018 Lewisham East by-election

2018 Lewisham East by-election

14 June 2018

Lewisham East constituency
Turnout33.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
LIB
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% 20.2% 8.6%

MP before election

Heidi Alexander
Labour

Elected MP

Janet Daby
Labour

A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Lewisham East on 14 June 2018, following the resignation of Labour MP Heidi Alexander. It was the second by-election held during the 57th UK Parliament, which was elected in June 2017.

The election was won by Janet Daby of the Labour Party with 50.2% of the vote, on a significantly reduced majority for her party.