The mayor of Lewisham is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Lewisham London Borough Council in London.
Damien Egan resigned the post on 10 January 2024 in order to contest the 2024 Kingswood by election.
[1] In the resulting by-election, Brenda Dacres was elected as Egan's successor.
It was the first election run under first past the post rather than the prior use of supplementary vote.
The winning candidate, Brenda Dacres, is the first black woman to serve as a directly elected mayor in the UK.