Labour holds as Matthew Pennycook, Clive Efford and Teresa Pearce elected

Newcomer Matthew Pennycook held the Greenwich and Woolwich seat for Labour with 24,383 votes – a staggering 11,946 majority.

Mr Pennycook replaces outgoing MP Nick Raynsford, who has held this safe as houses seat since 1992.

Clive Efford was re-elected in Eltham with 18,393 votes – a 42.6 per cent share of the vote.

And Teresa Pearce earned herself another landslide victory in Erith and Thamesmead with 21,209 votes – a majority of 9,525.

ELTHAM

Labour’s Clive Efford beat the Tory candidate by 2,693 votes and managed to increase his majority by 1,030.

Mr Efford held the smallest majority in south east London and north Kent last time around, winning by just 1,663 votes in 2010.

Clive Efford delivers his speech after winning his seat (Photo: Youtube/Sky)

In his speech, Mr Efford criticised candidates, who had used war memorials in the area as part of their campaign.

He said: “It is extraordinarily unfortunate that war memorials and commemoration of our war dead was used as a political argument in this election.

“There are some things that are sacred in my mind that should not be used for that purpose. I feel let down by it. I’m angered by it.

“And I just cannot let this moment go without comment that I hope we’ll never see it again.”

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Conservative candidate Spencer Drury earned 15,700 votes – a 36 per cent share.

Spencer Drury

Before the results were announced, Mr Drury said: "I feel positive about the campaigns we've ran with the cleaning of the war memorials, the Grabadoc and the damp in houses.

"They're really good campaigns.”

Eltham Ukippers saw a 12.6 per cent surge in votes compared with the last election in 2010 as candidate Peter Whittle earned 6,481 – a 15 per cent share.

Voter turnout in Eltham was 67.4 per cent.

GREENWICH AND WOOLWICH

Former councillor Matthew Pennycook predictably earned a 52.2 per cent share of the vote in what is considered one of the safest Labour seats across south east London and north Kent.

Matthew Pennycook

Tory candidate Matt Hartley came in second with 12,438 votes – a 26.6 per cent share followed by Ukip’s Ryan Acty in third place with 3,888 votes.

Greenwich and Woolwich Conservative candidate Matt Hartley

Before the results, Mr Hartley told News Shopper he had no idea how the result would go but was delighted with his campaign.

He said: "It's been terrific, I've enjoyed every minute.

"I got selected a year ago and I've spoken to thousands of people and we've had 10 hustings."

Speaking to News Shopper, Greenwich Council deputy leader John Fahy said he was extremely confident of a Labour victory in Woolwich and Greenwich.

Councillor Fahy also revealed that he had made a full recovery following a dog attack while he was out campaigning.

He said: "The injury is fine now, and the dog's dead as well."

Voter turnout was 63.7 per cent.

ERITH AND THAMESMEAD

Teresa Pearce, whose seat was announced at the count in Bexley, will go on to represent Erith & Thamesmead for another term after securing a win with 49.8 per cent of the vote.

Teresa Pearce delivering her speech

Voter turnout was 61.1 per cent for the seat, which has been held by Labour since it was first created in 1997.

Ms Pearce beat the Conservative candidate Anna Firth who received 11,684 and 27.4 per cent of the votes.

Ukip candidate Ronie Johnson beat the Lib Dems to third place with a 17 per cent share.

After her win, Ms Pearce said: "Five years ago I stood here and thanked all the people who cared enough about Erith & Thamesmead to run and I do that again now.

"It has been a privilege and an honour to represent the place I live in and the place I care about."