Your area

This page lists all the parts of government that look after your area. Each of these organisations have different responsibilities and representatives.

Lewisham East parliamentary constituency

Member of Parliament

Janet Daby

Labour Party

Members of Parliament (MPs) represent your interests and concerns in the House of Commons.

MPs consider and can propose new laws as well as raising issues that matter to you in the House. This includes asking government ministers questions about current issues including those which affect local constituents.

MPs split their time between working in Parliament itself, working in the constituency that elected them and working for their political party.

Find out more about MPs

Mayor of London Borough of Lewisham

Mayor of Lewisham

Brenda Dacres

Labour and Co-operative Party

The Mayor is directly elected and appoints a Cabinet to lead on decision-making across the Council. Their responsibilities include:

overall budget, strategy and policy responsibility
trade unions
service transformation
Bakerloo line extension
inward investment
London Councils, Local Government Association and key stakeholder relationships
Lewisham Strategic Partnership (LSP)
communications
Young Mayor's programme

Find more about the mayor's role

London Borough of Lewisham: Downham ward

Local Councillors

There are three local Councillors representing you.

Andre Bourne

Labour Party
Coral Howard

Labour Party
Oana Olaru-Holmes

Labour Party

London Assembly

Mayor of London

Sadiq Khan

Labour Party

The Mayor sets an overall vision for London. He has a duty to create plans and policies for the capital covering:

Arts & Culture
Business & Economy
Environment
Fire
Health
Housing and Land
Planning
Policing & Crime
Regeneration
Sport
Transport
Young People

Assembly Member for Greenwich and Lewisham

Len Duvall

Labour and Co-operative Party

The Assembly holds the Mayor and Mayoral advisers to account by publicly examining policies and programmes through committee meetings, plenary sessions, site visits and investigations.

Eleven Assembly Members represent the whole capital and 14 are elected by constituencies