Lewisham East

Current MP

Janet Daby

Labour

Efficiency 9.2/108 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Lewisham East

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,856 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,176 local · 3,084,713 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act748 local · 550,136 total
• Call an immediate general election709 local · 1,059,229 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza672 local · 198,966 total
• Add Sickle Cell Disease to NHS Prescription Charge Exemption List528 local · 34,448 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants453 local · 720,772 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders391 local · 244,450 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations372 local · 144,783 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders322 local · 188,125 total
• Reduce the school week to four days a week311 local · 126,014 total
• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies295 local · 158,421 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers291 local · 427,447 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners290 local · 114,026 total
• Raise statutory maternity/paternity pay to match the National Living Wage285 local · 107,966 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.283 local · 128,749 total
• Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis283 local · 109,025 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy276 local · 118,874 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold271 local · 189,887 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 233 local · 281,794 total

About Lewisham East

Lewisham East is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in England and has a registered electorate of 73,380 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.