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Lewisham London Borough Council, also known as Lewisham Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Lewisham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2010. It has been led by a directly elected mayor since 2002.
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 fulfils the civic and ceremonial roles previously undertaken by the (non-political) mayor prior to 2002.
London Borough of Lewisham: Status: Metropolitan borough: Government: Lewisham Borough Council • HQ: Town Hall, Catford • Motto: Salus Populi Suprema Lex (The welfare of the people is the highest law) Coat of arms of the borough council: Map of borough boundary
Lewisham Town Hall is a municipal building in Catford Road, Lewisham, London. The oldest part of the facility, the curved former municipal offices and adjoining concert hall of 1932, is a Grade II listed building. [1] The complex also includes newer wings from the 1950s to 1970s; those serve as the headquarters of Lewisham London Borough Council.
Deptford was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council.The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.
Alexander served as a member of Lewisham London Borough Council for Evelyn from a by-election in 2004 until 2010. She was Deputy Mayor of Lewisham and Cabinet Member for Regeneration from 2006 to 2010. Alexander was selected as the Labour candidate for Lewisham East in October 2009, and elected to Parliament at the 2010 general election. [8]
Lewisham London Borough Council, created in 1965; Lewisham Metropolitan Borough Council, 1900 to 1965; Lewisham District Board of Works, 1855 to 1900
The 2022 Lewisham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Lewisham London Borough Council were up for election. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom .