Brockley (2002 ward)

Brockley
Electoral ward
for the Lewisham London Borough Council
Brockley ward boundaries since 2022
BoroughLewisham
CountyGreater London
Population17,498 (2021)[a][1]
Major settlements
Area1.654 square kilometres (0.639 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Stephen Penfold
  •   Sian Eiles
  •   Ayesha Lahai-Taylor
ONS code00AZGF (2002–2022)
GSS code
  • E05000439 (2002–2022)
  • E05013716 (2022–present)

Brockley is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections and elects three councillors to Lewisham London Borough Council.

List of councillors

Seat Councillor Took office Left office Party Election
1Darren Johnson2002 (2002)2014 (2014) Green2002, 2006, 2010
2Jimi Adefiranye2002 (2002)2006 (2006) Labour2002
3Terrence Scott2002 (2002)2006 (2006) Labour2002
2Romayne Phoenix2006 (2006)2010 (2010) Green2006
3Dean Walton2006 (2006)2010 (2010) Green2006
2Vicky Foxcroft2010 (2010)2014 (2014) Labour2010
3Jimi Adefiranye2010 (2010)2022 (2022) Labour2010, 2014, 2018
1Alicia Kennedy2014 (2014)2016 (2016) Labour2014
2John Coughlin2014 (2014)2018 (2018) Green2014
1Sophie McGeevor2016 (2016)2022 (2022) Labour2016, 2018
2Stephen Penfold2018 (2018)Incumbent Labour2018
1Sian Eiles2022 (2022)Incumbent Labour2022
3Ayesha Lahai-Taylor2022 (2022)Incumbent Labour2022

Summary

Councillors elected by party at each general borough election.

0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
  •   Green
  •   Labour

Lewisham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lewisham in 2022.[2]

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.[3]

2022 Lewisham London Borough Council election: Brockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sian Eiles 2,478 62.4
Labour Ayesha Lahai-Taylor 2,276 57.4
Labour Stephen Penfold 1,937 48.8
Green Deborah Le'Cand-Hardwood 1,153 29.1
Green Peter ap Seisyllt 1,041 26.2
Green Mike Keogh 1,025 25.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Elliott 346 8.7
Liberal Democrats Karen Pratt 283 7.1
Conservative Ulric Almqvist 267 6.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Morris 257 6.5
Conservative Julie Killip 254 6.4
Conservative John-Joe O'Connor 221 5.6
Independent Ray Barron-Woolford 154 3.9
Independent Toni-Ann Gurdon 125 3.1
Independent Stewart Lendor 88 2.2
Turnout 34.4
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Lewisham council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lewisham in 2002. The new Brockley ward was created without any overlap of territory with the earlier 1965 Brockley ward.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.[4]

2018 Lewisham London Borough Council election: Brockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sophie McGeevor 2,606 55.3 +14.4
Labour Jimi Adefiranye 2,448 51.9 +6.0
Labour Stephen Penfold 2,040 43.3 +11.1
Green John Coughlin 1,457 30.9 −2.4
Green Clare Lorraine 1,260 26.7 −0.8
Green Harvir Sangha 911 19.3 −6.3
Women's Equality Kate Vang 542 11.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Marcus Mayers 322 6.8 +0.6
Conservative Fraser Archer 318 6.7 −2.0
Conservative John O'Connor 302 6.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Brenda Murray 295 6.3 +2.4
Conservative Christopher Wilford 242 5.1 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Passande 202 4.3 +0.8
TUSC Ellen Peers 74 1.6 −2.4
Majority
Turnout 38
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Green Swing

2016 by-election

The by-election took place on 13 October 2016, following the resignation of Alicia Kennedy.[4]

2016 Brockley by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sophie McGeevor 1,190 48.0 +9.5
Green Clare Phipps 631 25.4 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Bobby Dean 259 10.4 +5.2
Conservative Andrew Hughes 195 7.9 +0.6
Women's Equality Rebecca Jones 173 7.0 +7.0
UKIP Hugh Waine 33 1.3 −3.6
Majority 559 22.5
Turnout 2,481
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.[5]

2014 Lewisham London Borough Council election: Brockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimi Adefiranye 2,052 45.9 +10.0
Labour Alicia Kennedy 1,828 40.9 +2.3
Green John Coughlin 1,495 33.4 −0.5
Labour Jonathan Watts 1,442 32.2 +1.3
Green Violeta Vajda 1,228 27.5 +2.4
Green Matthew Hawkins 1,144 25.6 +1.0
People Before Profit Tobias Abse 677 15.1 +9.2
Conservative Julie Kiston 387 8.7 −1.8
Conservative John Cope 363 8.1 −0.9
Conservative Roger Lewis 336 7.5 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Emily Frith 279 6.2 −12.8
UKIP Ken Webb 260 5.8 N/A
TUSC Roger Shrives 181 4.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Brenda Murray 173 3.9 −10.7
Liberal Democrats James Rebbeck 157 3.5 −11.0
Turnout 4,473 35.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Green hold Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[6]

2010 Lewisham London Borough Council election: Brockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vicky Foxcroft 2,632 38.6
Labour Jimi Adefiranye 2,449 35.9
Green Darren Johnson 2,313 33.9
Labour Paul Newing 2,105 30.9
Green Dean Walton 1,707 25.1
Green Romayne Phoenix 1,676 24.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Adderley 1,293 19.0
Liberal Democrats Nancy Sarre 995 14.6
Liberal Democrats David Morpurgo 990 14.5
Conservative Carolyn Freeman 713 10.5
Conservative Ardian Preci 611 9.0
Conservative Orde Solomons 563 8.3
People Before Profit Patrick McGinley 410 6.0
People Before Profit Toby Abse 403 5.9
Turnout 6,814 59.0
Labour gain from Green Swing
Labour gain from Green Swing
Green hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.[7]

2006 Lewisham London Borough Council election: Brockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Darren Johnson 1,583 50.0
Green Romayne Phoenix 1,223
Green Dean Walton 1,153
Labour Jimi Adefiranye 928 29.3
Labour Rosemary Fooks 907
Labour Terence Scott 870
Liberal Democrats Keith Adderley 300 9.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Timson 291
Liberal Democrats David Cloke 250
Conservative Carolyn Freeman 247 7.8
Conservative Darren Larking 240
Conservative Maureen Wayling 170
Alliance for Green Socialism Tobias Abse 111 3.5
Turnout 28.5
Green hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.[8]

2002 Lewisham London Borough Council election: Brockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Darren Johnson 1,026
Labour Jimi Adefiranye 1,019
Labour Terrence Scott 906
Labour Jarman Parmar 903
Green Sinna Mani 882
Green Dean Walton 832
Liberal Democrats Juliet Johnson 286
Liberal Democrats Keith Adderley 264
Liberal Democrats Charles Hedges 246
Conservative Carolyn Freeman 214
Conservative Jonathon Hayes-Bates 209
Conservative Colin Ockendon 159
London Socialist Ian Crosson 125
London Socialist Duncan Morrison 105
London Socialist Tobias Abse 91
Turnout
Green win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

  1. ^ "Brockley". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  2. ^ "The London Borough of Lewisham (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. ^ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  8. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.