Vicky Foxcroft is our new MP. The Labour candidate increased her party's share of the vote from 53.7% in 2010 to 60.3% in 2015.The LibDem vote fell from 23.4% and second-place last time to a tiny 5.3%, putting the party in fourth place behind the Conservatives (14.9%, a slight increase since 2010) and the Green ...

On the eve of the general election, here is the list of candidates for the Lewisham Deptford constituency. Pro-tip: If you want to know what the corresponding candidates in neighbouring constituencies are all about, simply swap their names in to the list below.This election, the unifying theme is housing. Proposed solutions differ, but everyone is ...

@brockleycentral Choosing those tricky marginals then MT @winstonwes Coogan and @tom_watson campaigning in Brockley pic.twitter.com/XS5RVTokuN— Peter T (@Chimpman) May 4, 2015Last night, Steve Coogan starred in a brilliantly effective party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party, asserting his values and asking those who shared them to vote Labour. During the day, he hit ...

Phil Badger is the Parliamentary candidate for Lewisham Deptford, standing on behalf of the Democratic Reform party. Campaign team member Robert wrote this article explaining why he's on team Badger, and since Brock is of course the olde-Englishe word for badger, we're happy to provide a platform for him to share his thoughts. Here you ...

6-8.30pm St Catherine’s Church, Pepys Road, New Cross Gate, SE14 5SG.Candidates attending:Bim Afolami (Conservatives) Michael Bukola (Liberal Democrats) John Coughlin (Green Party) Massimo Dimambro (UKIP) Chris Flood (TUSC) Vicky Foxcroft (Labour) Malcolm Martin (Christian People’s Alliance) Helen Mercer (People before Profit)

Too many leaflet canvassers at Brockley station this morning— Claire Moran (@clairewheeldon1) April 10, 2015 Campaign group the Electoral Reform Society has named the winners of the constituency elections in Lewisham East, Lewisham West and Lewisham Deptford, declaring Heidi Alexander, Jim Dowd and Vicky Foxcroft the victors respectively.The seats are among 364 across the country ...

Across the nation, from Brighton Beach to Brighton Pavilion, the Greens are back as a political force, sweeping all before them and separating their enemies into food waste and recyclables. They are surging in the polls, growing their revenue base at a rate that would make a turbo-capitalist blush and they are ready for prime time.In the ...

Brockley, famous for the hard-headed pragmatism of its fringe party activists, has been revealed as the registered home of the mysterious Realists Party, which has come into conflict with the former Happy Mondays hype man Bez, who is attempting to stand as a Parliamentary candidate for the soundalike Reality Party.The Independent, reports that the Electoral Commission ...

Part 1 covered the costs of independence, Part 2 covered the main debate battlegrounds. Time for predictions.Nobody knows anything. The pollsters are already offering all kinds of disclaimers. There are no precedents or models. Turnout will be through the roof (the Scots deserve no lollipops for that - if they can't turn up to vote ...