Triple victory for Lewisham Labour as Vicky Foxcroft, Jim Dowd and Heidi Alexander elected

Labour has dominated London winning 45 of the 73 available seats, the Tories are down to 27 and Lib Dems left with just one. 

Newcomer Vicky Foxcroft, standing for Lewisham Deptford, generated an extra 6,000 votes for the party compared with the last election in 2010.

Ms Foxcroft, who took a staggering 28,572 votes, replaces retiring Dame Joan Ruddock, who has been MP for the constituency since 1987.

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Jim Dowd was re-elected in Lewisham West and Penge with his highest ever vote tally – 24,347 votes.

And incumbent Heidi Alexander romped to victory for Labour in Lewisham East with 23,907 votes – a 56 per cent share.

Voter turnout was 64.89 per cent in Lewisham Deptford up from 61.5 per cent on 2010, 66.79 per cent up from 65.2 per cent in Lewisham West and Penge and 64.34 per cent in Lewisham East.

LEWISHAM DEPTFORD

Vicky Foxcroft thanks supporters

Ms Foxcroft achieved a mammoth 60.2 per cent share of the vote ahead of Conservative candidate Bim Afolami, who finished second with 7,056 votes – a 14.9 per cent share.

Green Party candidate John Coughlin put on a strong performance, coming in third with 5,932 – a 12.5 per cent share up 5.8 per cent on 2010.

Ms Foxcroft said many of her new constituents were concerned about the bedroom tax, which she branded cruel and regressive.

She said of the voters: "Once again they've had faith in the Labour Party and we won't let them down."

LEWISHAM WEST AND PENGE

Re-elected: Jim Dowd

Mr Dowd returns to his seat with a healthy 50.6 per cent share of the vote, up 9.5 per cent compared to the last election.

Conservative Russell Jackson came second on 11,633 votes with a 24.2 per cent share.

Tom Chance was third for the Greens with 4,077 votes – an 8.5 per cent share.

Mr Dowd said affordable housing was the biggest issue facing his constituents.

He said: "I've never had as many votes as I've accrued today and I think that's a tribute to the Labour Party and what we do in Lewisham and Penge and London generally."

He added: "It’s a remarkable responsibility and it's one I hope I can discharge as I have done previously."

Most pleasingly, only 44 people voted for the far right group Liberty GB.

Martin Powell-Davies, the TUSC candidate for Lewisham West & Penge, thinks he knows where Labour might have gone wrong - they should have been more like the SNP.

TUSC candidate Martin Powell-Davies

He said: "If you look at Scotland, it shows you that actually a party that's got a public profile that appears to be anti-austerity will get massive support.

"If you tell people you're top priority is balancing the books, they're more likely to vote for the party that really looks like they can do it."

LEWISHAM EAST

Heidi Alexander

Lewisham East MP for the last five years, Ms Alexander, bagged 5,000 more votes than she did when she was first elected back in 2010.

Tory Peter Fortune came in a distant second on 9,574 votes – a 24.2 per cent share.

UKIP candidate Anne Marie Waters, who was caught on camera calling for mosques to close, came third in the constituency with 3,886 votes.

The Lib Dems came second in 2010 but finished here with just 2,455 votes.

Afterwards, Ms Alexander said: "I'm very, very proud to represent this constituency in Westminster.

"Lewisham is my home and I think I've worked hard in the past five years to try and be an effective representative for my constituents."

She said her priorities would be "decent jobs, decent wages, affordable homes, better public transport and an NHS fit for the 21st century."