West Lewisham Constituency Jim Dowd
MP
Sydenham is part of the Lewisham West Parliamentary
Constituency. Sydenham has been represented at Westminster since 1992 by Jim
Dowd for the Labour Party. Jim gained the seat from Conservative replacing
Junior Treasury Minister John Maples.
Jim Dowd is a former Councillor and Mayor of Lewisham.
Jim may be described as a Tony Blair loyalist and a strong supporter of the war
in Iraq.
Jim Dowd Biography |
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- Born 03/05/51, Bad Eilsen, Germany
- Educated at Sedgehill School & London Nautical
School
- Single, no children
- Career: Apprentice Telephone Engineer, Petrol Station
Manager & Telecommunications Engineer
- Parliament: Health Select Committee
Jim Dowd Links
Jim Dowd Surgeries - no appointment
necessary
- Sydenham 6pm-7.30pm, second Friday of the month
Naborhood Centre, Sydenham Road, SE26
- Forest Hill 10am-Noon, second Saturday of the
month Labour Party Office, 43 Sunderland Road, SE23
- Catford 6pm-7.30pm, fourth Friday of the month
Lewisham Town Hall, Catford, SE6
- Bellingham 10am-Noon, fourth Saturday of the
month Bellingham Neighbourhood Office, Randlesdown Road, SE6
Jim Dowd Contacts
- Constituency Office 43 Sunderland Road, Forest
Hill, London, SE23 2PS Tel/Fax: 020 8699 2001
- Parliament House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4617 Fax: 020 7219 2686
General Election 07/06/01 |
James P Dowd |
Labour |
18816 |
Gareth A Johnson |
Conservative |
6896 |
Richard K Thomas |
Liberal Democrats |
4146 |
Frederick Pearson |
UK Independence Party |
485 |
Nicholas Long |
Independent |
472 |
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50.56% turnout |
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General Election 01/05/97 |
James P Dowd |
Labour |
23273 |
Claire Whelan |
Conservative |
8936 |
Kathy McGrath |
Liberal Democrats |
3672 |
Anthony Leese |
Referendum Party |
1098 |
Nicholas Long |
Socialist Labour Party |
398 |
Liz Oram |
Liberal |
167 |
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64.00% turnout |
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General Election 09/04/92 |
James P Dowd |
Labour |
20378 |
John Maples |
Conservative |
18569 |
Eileen Neale |
Liberal Democrats |
4295 |
P Coulam |
Anti-Federalist League |
125 |
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73.10% turnout |
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