Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham West and Penge
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Lewisham West and Penge in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	69,399 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Jim Dowd (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Lewisham West Beckenham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Lewisham West and Penge is a constituency in Greater London created in 2010 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation by Jim Dowd of the Labour Party.

Following the adoption of the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies this constituency was created for the 2010 general election with electoral wards from the London Boroughs of Bromley and Lewisham. The greater electorate and area of the constituency is in the London Borough of Lewisham.

At the 2010 general election a strong Liberal Democrat challenge edged the Conservative candidate narrowly into third. The 2015 Liberal Democrat candidate moved into fifth position on results night. The 2015 result made the seat the 106th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.

The seat comprises the south-western portion of Lewisham borough with the northwestern tip of Bromley borough. At the heart of the seat is Sydenham, with most of Forest Hill in the north. Its ambit also includes some of the Crystal Palace and Sydenham hill (the park and site of the palace itself is on the intersection of five boroughs) and the nearby areas of Anerley and Penge. The parts of Beckenham around Clock House and Kent House railway stations are also included.The Guardian summarised it in 2010 as "suburban south-east London, with a large Afro-Caribbean population."