Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.
Lewisham local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2010.
Election result
The Green Party won all three seats in the Brockley and Ladywell wards and the Socialist Alternative won two seats in the Telegraph Hill ward.
Election for Mayor
Lewisham Mayoral Election Results 2006 Name Party 1st Preference Votes % 2nd Preference Votes¹ % Final %² Steve Bullock Labour 22,155 37.7 2,974 ? 25,129 57.1 Christopher Maines Liberal Democrats 12,398 21.1 6,491 ? 18,889 42.9 James Cleverly Conservative 10,790 18.4 ? ? N/A Michael Keogh Green 7,168 12.2 ? ? N/A John Hamilton Independent 4,823 8.2 ? ? N/A Sinna Mani Lewisham Peoples Alliance 1,366 2.3 ? ? N/A
¹Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first.
²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.
Ward results
Bellingham
Blackheath
Brockley
Catford South
Crofton Park
Downham
Evelyn
Forest Hill
Grove Park
Ladywell
Lee Green
Lewisham Central
New Cross
Perry Vale
Rushey Green
Sydenham
Telegraph Hill
Whitefoot
References