Bexley and Bromley (London Assembly constituency)

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Bexley and Bromley
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Bexley and Bromley shown within London.PNG
Bexley and Bromley shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
Member Thomas Turrell
Party Conservative
Last election 2024
Next election2028

Bexley and Bromley is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. It consists of the combined areas of the London Borough of Bexley and the London Borough of Bromley. The constituency is represented by Thomas Turrell, a Conservative, first elected in the 2024 election.

Contents

Overlapping constituencies

In elections to Westminster it includes mostly, although not exclusively, Conservative-voting areas. The equivalent Westminster seats after the 2024 general election are:

Assembly members

ElectionMemberParty
2000 Bob Neill Conservative
2008 James Cleverly Conservative
2016 Gareth Bacon Conservative
2021 Peter Fortune Conservative
2024 Thomas Turrell Conservative

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate who received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

YearCandidateParty
2000 Steven Norris Conservative
2004 Steven Norris Conservative
2008 Boris Johnson Conservative
2012 Boris Johnson Conservative
2016 Zac Goldsmith Conservative
2021 Shaun Bailey Conservative
2024 Susan Hall Conservative

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: Bexley and Bromley [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Thomas Turrell 90,10344.2Decrease2.svg 8.485,28941.8
Labour Kevin McKenna 50,17424.6Decrease2.svg 0.948,96624.0
Reform UK Alan Cook27,60313.5Increase2.svg 10.422,40111.0
Liberal Democrats Gita Bapat18,7309.2Increase2.svg 2.113,8386.8
Green Marley Cornelia King15,8137.8Decrease2.svg 3.814,7567.2
Britain First 3,8981.9
Animal Welfare 3,3511.6
Rejoin EU 3,3291.6
SDP 1,9631.0
CPA 1,9240.9
Independent Laurence Fox 1,6010.8
Communist 5400.3
Heritage 3880.2
Independent Farah London 3230.2
Independent Gabe Romualdo 660.0
Majority39,92919.6Decrease2.svg 7.5
Valid Votes202,423202,633
Invalid Votes1,4811,268
Turnout 203,90448.3Increase2.svg 4.3203,90148.3
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 3.8
2021 London Assembly election: Bexley and Bromley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Fortune 97,966 52.6 Increase2.svg6.5
Labour Stef Borella47,38925.5Increase2.svg1.4
Green Mary Ion21,60011.6Increase2.svg4.9
Liberal Democrats Allan Tweddle13,3057.1Increase2.svg0.7
Reform UK Michael Pastor5,8613.1New
Majority50,57727.1Increase2.svg5.1
Total formal votes186,121
Informal votes3,213
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout 189,334
2016 London Assembly election: Bexley and Bromley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Bacon 87,460 46.1 Decrease2.svg6.5
Labour Sam Russell45,79124.1Decrease2.svg0.1
UKIP Frank Gould30,48516.1Increase2.svg9.7
Green Roisin Robertson12,6856.7Increase2.svg1.2
Liberal Democrats Julie Ireland12,1456.4Decrease2.svg0.4
All People's Party Veronica Obadara1,2430.7New
Majority41,66922.0Decrease2.svg6.4
Total formal votes189,80999.1Increase2.svg0.4
Informal votes1,6930.9Decrease2.svg0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout 191,50247.0Increase2.svg9.0
2012 London Assembly election: Bexley and Bromley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cleverly 88,482 52.6 0.0
Labour Josie Channer40,71424.2+9.7
Liberal Democrats Sam Webber11,3966.8−3.8
UKIP David Coburn 10,7716.4+2.4
Green Jonathan Rooks9,2095.5+0.9
BNP Donna Treanor7,5634.5New
Majority47,76828.4−9.7
Total formal votes168,13598.7
Informal votes2,2401.3
Turnout 170,37538.0−11.1
Conservative hold Swing -4.6
2008 London Assembly election: Bexley and Bromley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cleverly 105,162 52.6 +12.2
Labour Alex Heslop29,92514.5−1.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Papworth21,24410.6–8.3
National Front Paul Winnett11,2885.6New
Green Ann Garrett9,2614.6–0.5
UKIP Mick Greenhough8,0214.0–12.8
Independents to Save Queen Mary's Hospital John Hemming-Clark6,6843.3New
Christian (CPA)Miranda Suit4,4082.2–0.1
English Democrat Steven Uncles2,9071.5New
Left List David Davis1,0500.5New
Majority75,23738.1+16.6
Turnout 199,95049.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
2004 London Assembly election: Bexley and Bromley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Neill 64,246 40.4 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Duncan Borrowman29,99218.9−2.7
UKIP Heather Bennett26,70316.8New
Labour Charlie Mansell24,84815.6−6.5
Green Ann Garrett8,0695.1−3.0
CPA Miranda Suit3,3972.1New
Respect Alun Morinan1,6731.1New
Majority32,25421.5−3.6
Turnout 158,928
Conservative hold Swing
2000 London Assembly election: Bexley and Bromley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Neill 64,879 47.2 N/A
Labour Charlie Mansell30,32022.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Duncan Borrowman29,71021.6N/A
Green Ian Jardin11,1248.1N/A
London Socialist Jean Kysow1,4031.0N/A
Majority34,55925.1N/A
Turnout 137,43635.3N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

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