COUNCIL

On Thursday 3 May 2018, you can vote for the person you want to be YOUR mayor of until 2022. ✖ In this booklet you will fi nd information on how to vote, and election statements from all of the mayoral candidates who chose to submit one.

The candidates are responsible for the information in their statements, provided they comply with legal requirements. The views COMMUNITY COMMUNITY expressed are their own. Candidate’s names and details appear in random order, which is decided by drawing lots. YOUR

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Key dates 4

Election information 5

List of candidates 6

Sample ballot paper 7

Candidate information 8–21

Voting information 22

How the mayor is elected 23

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COUNCIL dates

Voter registration deadline Tuesday 17 April 2018 at midnight YOUR Postal vote application deadline ✖ Wednesday 18 April 2018 at 5pm

Proxy vote application deadline Wednesday 25 April 2018 at 5pm

Postal votes will arrive Thursday 19 April–Tuesday 24 April 2018

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY Election day Thursday 3 May 2018, polling stations open 7am–10pm

Counting the votes

YOUR Thursday 3 May from 10pm and Friday 4 May 2018

✖ Results announced on Lewisham Council’s website Friday 4 May 2018 evening VOTE VOTE YOUR

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On Thursday 3 May 2018, you will be able to vote for the directly-elected and for your local councillors.

On election day, you will be given two ballot papers at the polling station. You will get a pink one for the mayor and a yellow one for your local councillors.

Your ward and polling station are shown on the front of your poll card. Some polling stations have changed, so check the map on your poll card.

You can also find where your polling station is by visiting www.lewisham.gov.uk/elections or calling 020 8314 6086.

Who can vote You can vote in this election if you: l are registered to vote in Lewisham l are a British, Commonwealth, Irish or European Union citizen l turned 18 on or before Thursday 3 May 2018.

British overseas electors cannot vote in this election.

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Ross Kenneth Archer The Conservative Party Candidate

Duwayne Brooks Independent

John Leo Coughlin The Green Party

Will Donnelly Democrats and Veterans Party

Damien Egan Labour and Co-operative Party

John Nicholas Hamilton Lewisham People Before Profit

Chris Maines Liberal Democrats Sample ballot paper

SAMPLE

The Mayoral ballot paper will be pink.

The ballot paper illustrated on this page is a guide only and may be subject to change.

Ross has been campaigning to have Grove Park, Lower Sydenham and Beckenham Hill Ross will scrap the compulsory railway stations rezoned to Zone 3. purchase order at Millwall and ensure the club’s future is in Lewisham.

Ross will cut the Mayoral salary by 20% as part of his mission to Ross will take a zero tolerance approach to fly- cut the cost of politics. tipping and reintroduce weekly bin collections. Dear Resident, Lewisham needs change. We have been let down by the Labour- dominated council. Lewisham has the worst secondary schools in the Capital, £500,000 has been wasted on an unneeded Millwall CPO inquiry, not enough genuinely affordable homes have been built and for all this we get charged the highest council tax in Inner . On May 3rd you have the opportunity to vote for a real fresh start for Lewisham. Only Lewisham Conservatives can deliver that change and the fresh start Lewisham deserves. Vote for Conservative - Elect Ross Archer on May 3rd. Ross Archer | Conservative Candidate for Mayor of Lewisham

Prepared by Brian Chipps of 77 Dartmouth Road, SE23 3HT, election agent for candidate Ross Archer of 92 Sydenham Park Road, SE26 4LH.

Mayoral bookletA5 Final.indd 22 22 YOUR VOTE ✖ YOUR COMMUNITY ✖ YOUR COUNCIL Why wehavesentabooklet to voter every inyourhousehold visiting www.lewisham.gov.uk/elections orcalling02083146086. staff there willhelpyou. You can find where youpollingstation isby lose yourpollcard, goto thepollingstationonelectiondayand there isanelectionandexplain where yourpollingstationis.Ifyou You don’t needapollcard to vote. We usepollcards to tell you that What to doifyou lose yourpollcard card oronlineatwww.lewisham.gov.uk/elections. 2018. You canfi nd thelocationofyourpollingstationonpoll The pollingstationsare openfrom 7amto 10pmon Thursday 3May When thepollingstationswillbeopen for yourfirst choice andan X incolumn twofor yoursecond choice. want to vote for twocandidates, youneedto putan X incolumn one Your vote willnotbecounted ifyoumake twofirst choices. Ifyou for more thanonecandidate What happensifyoumarkan X inthefirst choice column a first choice. Your second choice vote willnotbecounted ifyoudon’t make choice column What happensifyouonlymarkan X inthesecond be counted. You don’t haveto make asecond choice. Your first choice willstill What happensifyoudon’t make asecond choice the top twoafter thefirst round ofcounting. is ifyourfirst choice doesn’t winoutrightanddoesn’t make itinto new mayor. Itmeansyoucansaywhoyoursecond choice for mayor Legally, wehaveto votingsystem usethesupplementary to electa Why yougettwovotes for onemayor Voting information the candidates are. voter intheborough. This meanstheywillgetachance to seewho Legally, wehaveto send acopy ofthisbookletto registered every 09/02/2018 14:50 How the mayor is elected

The mayor is elected using the supplementary voting system. This means you have two votes – one for your first choice candidate and one for your second choice.

How to vote To vote for your first choice, mark an X in the first column. To vote for your second choice, mark an X in the second column. You do not have to mark a second choice if you don’t want to. If you vote for the same candidate twice, your second vote will not be counted.

The vote count The votes will be counted from 10pm on Thursday 3 May and throughout Friday 4 May 2018.

If a candidate gets more than 50% of the votes l After the first choice votes are counted, if one candidate has got more than 50% of the votes, they will be elected the mayor of Lewisham.

If no candidate gets more than 50% of the votes l If no candidate gets more than 50% of the votes, the two candidates with the most first choice votes will stay in the election and all the other candidates will be eliminated.

l The ballot papers for all the eliminated candidates will be counted and the second choice votes for the two remaining candidates will be added to their first round totals. The candidate with the most first and second round votes is elected mayor of Lewisham.

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