LIB DEMS GAIN 13 SEATS AS LABOUR LOSE MAJORITY

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Fri 5th May 2006

Lewisham's 17 Liberal Democrat councillors elected on 4th May

The Liberal Democrats have made spectacular gains on Lewisham Council and come second in the race for Mayor. Labour saw their 2002 majority of 36 seats wiped out while the Lib Dems were up 13 seats on their 2002 total of four. Lewisham's Lib Dems now have a record 17 councillors across the borough.

Following the 2002 elections, Lewisham's Lib Dem councillors rose to seven during a spate of by-election successes. On 4th May the Lib Dems built upon these successes to make a further ten gains in Blackheath, Forest Hill, Lewisham Central, Lee Green and Whitefoot wards.

The Lib Dems have firmly established themselves as the main opposition in Lewisham with the Conservatives collapsing into fourth place on the council.

TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILLORS

• Labour: 26 -19 (45 in 2002)

• Liberal Democrats: 17 +13 (4 in 2002) - full list below

• Greens: 6 +5 (1 in 2002)

• Conservatives: 3 +1 (2 in 2002)

• Socialists: 2 +1 (1 in 2002)

• Others/Ind: 0 -1 (1 in 2002)

LIST OF LIBERAL DEMOCRAT COUNCILLORS

• Mark Bennett - Blackheath

• Paul Bentley - Lee Green

• Simon Carter - Downham

• Dave Edgerton - Lewisham Central

• Alex Feakes - Forest Hill

• Julia Fletcher - Downham

• Sven Griesenbeck - Lee Green

• Godfried Gyechie - Blackheath

• Dan Houghton - Whitefoot

• Sera Kentman - Whitefoot

• Chris Maines - Blackheath

• Andrew Milton - Lewisham Central

• Mark Morris - Downham

• Philip Peake - Forest Hill

• Cathy Priddey - Whitefoot

• Brian Robson - Lee Green

• John Russell - Forest Hill

MAYORAL ELECTION

Final result after other candidates eliminated:

• Steve Bullock (LAB) 25,129

• Chris Maines (LIB DEM) 18,889

Full results for the wards and the Mayoral election are available on the Lewisham Council Results Page.