Editing London Borough of Lewisham (section)

==Governance==
{{main|Lewisham London Borough Council}}
[[File:Lewisham Town Hall (9175916169).jpg|thumb|[[Lewisham Town Hall]], completed in 1932]]
The local authority is Lewisham Council, based at [[Lewisham Town Hall]] and the adjoining Laurence House in the Catford area of the borough. Since 2002 the council has been led by the directly elected [[Mayor of Lewisham]]. A [[speaker (politics)|speaker]] fulfils the civic and ceremonial roles previously undertaken by the (non-political) mayor prior to 2002. The current mayor, [[Brenda Dacres]], was the first black woman [[Directly elected mayors in England|directly elected mayor in England]] when elected in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-08 |title=First black woman wins directly elected mayoralty |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68509180 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Greater London representation===
Since 2000, for elections to the [[London Assembly]], the borough forms part of the [[Greenwich and Lewisham (London Assembly constituency)|Greenwich and Lewisham]] constituency.

=== Westminster Parliament ===
The borough includes the constituencies of [[Lewisham Deptford]], [[Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham West and Penge]] and [[Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham East]].

These are the MPs who have represented constituencies covered by the borough since its formation in 1964. Constituencies change their boundaries over time, even where names remain the same.

{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#efefef;"
! MP
! Party
! Represented
! Dates
|-  
| [[Heidi Alexander]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham East
| 2010–2018
|-  
| [[Christopher Chataway]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham North 
| 1964–66
|-  
| [[Janet Daby]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham East
| 2018–present
|-
| [[James Dickens (UK politician)|James Dickens]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham West
| 1966–70
|-  
| [[Jim Dowd (politician)|Jim Dowd]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham West
| 1992–2017
|-  
| [[Vicky Foxcroft]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham, Deptford 
| 2015–present
|-  
| [[John Selwyn Gummer]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham West
| 1970–74 (Feb)
|-  
| [[Carol Johnson (British politician)|Carol Johnson]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham South 
| 1964–74 (Feb)
|-  
| [[Patrick McNair-Wilson]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham West 
| 1964–66
|-  
| [[John Maples]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham West
| 1983–92
|-
| [[Roland Moyle]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham North <br /> Lewisham East 
| 1966–74 (Feb) <br /> 1974 (Feb)-79
|-  
| [[Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan|Colin Moynihan]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham East
| 1983–92
|-  
| [[Bridget Prentice]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham East
| 1992–2010
|-  
| [[Christopher Price (UK politician)|Christopher Price]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham West
| 1974 (Feb)-79

|-
| [[Ellie Reeves]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham West
| 2017–present
|-  
| [[John Silkin]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Deptford <br /> Lewisham, Deptford
| 1964–74 (Feb) <br /> 1974 (Feb)-87
|}