Editing Crofton Park (section)

==Local government==
Crofton Park electoral ward includes part of the Honor Oak Park area and is one of 18 wards in the [[London Borough of Lewisham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |title=Lewisham Council – Your Councillors |publisher=Councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk |accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref> It is currently represented by two Labour councillors and one Liberal Democrat who were elected on 6 May 2010 when the general election and London Borough elections took place on the same day.

Across Lewisham, Labour gained heavily from the other parties, taking the council from no overall control to a Labour majority of 24 seats. The Liberal Democrats lost a net of five seats, Crofton Park ward being the party's only gain from Labour anywhere in London. This change was put down to the rapid [[gentrification]] of the local area.

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!colspan="6" | Local election results for Crofton Park Ward, Lewisham Borough Council 2002,<ref>[http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/93FF44F2-1ECF-4746-8263-17503BDF454A/0/LocalResults2002.pdf Lewisham Borough Council Election results 2 May 2002] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608215515/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/93FF44F2-1ECF-4746-8263-17503BDF454A/0/LocalResults2002.pdf |date=8 June 2011 }}</ref> 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/DemocracyAndElections/Elections/ElectionCountsAndResults/CroftonPark.htm |title=Lewisham Borough Council Election results 4 May 2006 |publisher=Lewisham.gov.uk |date=20 October 2010 |accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref> and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/DemocracyAndElections/LocalGovernment/CroftonParkResults6May2010.htm |title=Lewisham Borough Council Election results 6 May 2010 |publisher=Lewisham.gov.uk |date=20 October 2010 |accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref>
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!% 2002
!Votes 2006
!% 2006
!Votes 2010
!% 2010
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|'''TURNOUT'''
|align="right"|25.56%
|
|align="right"|30.05%
|
|align="right"|64.8%
|-
|Candidates for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
|align="right"|49.46%
|align="right"|2,897
|align="right"|35.00%
|align="right"|6,404
|align="right"|35.77%
|-
|Candidates for the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
|align="right"|15.78%
|align="right"|1,670
|align="right"|20.18%
|align="right"|5,833
|align="right"|32.58%
|-
|Candidates for the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]]
|align="right"|13.31%
|align="right"|2,062
|align="right"|24.92%
|align="right"|2,793
|align="right"|15.60%
|-
|Candidates for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
|align="right"|15.81%
|align="right"|1,647
|align="right"|19.90%
|align="right"|2,589
|align="right"|14.46%
|-
|Candidate for Lewisham For People Not Profit
|align="right"|n/a
|align="right"|n/a
|align="right"|n/a
|align="right"|282
|align="right"|1.58%
|-
|Candidate for Local Education Action by Parents
|align="right"|5.60%
|align="right"|n/a
|align="right"|n/a
|align="right"|n/a
|align="right"|n/a
|}