Beckenham and Penge | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 76,625 (2023) [1] |
Borough | Bromley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Liam Conlon (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Beckenham, & Lewisham West and Penge |
Beckenham and Penge is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.
The main settlements are Anerley, Beckenham, Penge and West Wickham with a large amount of interwar housing. Levels of education and employment are above average for Great Britain. [3]
The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley as they existed on 1 December 2020:
Following a local government boundary review of Bromley, which became effective in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following wards from the 2024 general election:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liam Conlon | 25,738 | 49.3 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Hannah Gray | 12,848 | 24.6 | –14.5 | |
Reform UK | Edward Apostolides | 5,355 | 10.3 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chloe-Jane Ross | 4,436 | 8.5 | –7.6 | |
Green | Ruth Fabricant | 3,830 | 7.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 12,905 | 24.7 | +23.7 | ||
Turnout | 52,207 | 67.6 | –10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 77,194 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 11.9 |
2019 notional result [7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 24,118 | 40.1 | |
Conservative | 23,487 | 39.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9,657 | 16.1 | |
Green | 2,416 | 4.0 | |
Brexit Party | 464 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 60,142 | 78.5 | |
Electorate | 76,625 |
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