<page_title> Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency) </page_title> <section_title> Members of Parliament </section_title> <table> <cell> Assheton Pownall <col_header> Member </col_header> </cell> <cell> Conservative <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1945 <col_header> Election </col_header> </cell> <cell> Herbert Morrison <col_header> Member </col_header> </cell> <cell> Labour <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1950 <col_header> Election </col_header> </cell> </table>
From 1945 to 1950 the seat was represented by Herbert Morrison of the Labour Party, who took the seat from its first MP, Conservative Assheton Pownall.