The Green Party has secured a historic outright majority in Lewisham in a huge blow to Labour. The party won a majority by winning 30 of the first 39 results to be announced, with Labour taking just nine.
The successful Green candidates included Liam Shrivastava in Crofton Park Ward, although he will give up his council seat after winning the Lewisham mayoral election on Friday. Labour had 50 seats on the previous council and the Greens only four, and Lewisham became the 12th London council where Sir Keir Starmer’s party lost control, with Hackney and Waltham Forest also being taken by the Greens.
The Conservatives won Westminster, while Barnet, Brent, Enfield, Haringey, Lambeth, Newham, Southwark and Wandsworth all slipped into no overall control.
This shift effectively ends a 55-year era of Labour dominance, marking the first time any party other than Labour has controlled the council since the last Conservative administration concluded in 1971.
Key local wins have driven this transition, including Deptford, which elected Green candidates Hau-Yu Tam, Heather Farnworth, and Daniel Jenkins. In Rushey Green, the party also saw a clean sweep with the election of Daniel Dream, Samantha Gardiner, and Claire Wills.
Search your ward below for the results in Lewisham – this is being updated as resulst come through:
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