Lewisham local elections: Who are your councillor candidates?
Lewisham’s mayoral and councillor candidates for the May elections were announced today. Find your candidates in our table.
Local Elections 2026
Deptford: Greens launch campaign to topple Labour across London
In a sign of the Green Party's hopes for Lewisham, they chose Deptford for the launch of their local elections campaign, promising to topple Labour and hold off Reform.
'Should we be marching on the lot?': A new book charts Deptford’s decades-long resistance
Author Roger Green uses his work alongside housing campaigners Voice for Deptford to suggest strategies for communities fighting regeneration which excludes them.
London’s temporary accommodation crisis - Lewisham pledges 'five basics’
With 76,000 households now in temporary accommodation across London, councils have been asked to commit to provide the 'five basics' covering cooking facilities, laundry, Wi-Fi, storage and clear information.
Independent Kayode Damali launches bid for Mayor of Lewisham
Damali, the candidate who calls himself the 'tiktok mayor', launched his campaign to become mayor in the local elections on 7 May.
'One-party state'? When did Labour take over Lewisham?
Later than you think .. we take you on a whistlestop tour of the council's recent history.
Lewisham councillors Tauseef Anwar and Rudi Schmidt defect to Greens
Two more Lewisham Labour Party councillors defected to the Green Party, bringing the total in the opposition group to four.