Bromley and Biggin Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bromley and Biggin Hill
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Bromley and Biggin Hill 2023 Constituency.svg
Boundary of Bromley and Biggin Hill in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 70,418 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Peter Fortune (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Bromley and Chislehurst, Beckenham, Orpington

Bromley and Biggin Hill is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.

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Constituency profile

The seat comprises the prosperous town of Bromley and its surrounding leafy suburbs, the free-standing town of Biggin Hill, and a rural area between the two. Levels of education and employment are higher than national averages. [3] It is a marginal Conservative-Labour seat.

Boundaries

Bromley and Biggin Hill (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley as they existed on 1 December 2020:

1.Area marked “5” on the map of the Bromley and Biggin Hill constituency produced by the Boundary Commission for England [5]

It covers the following areas: [6]

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022, [7] [8] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley from the 2024 general election:

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bromley and Biggin Hill [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Fortune 15,929 34.0 –20.4
Labour Oana Olaru-Holmes15,62733.4+8.3
Reform UK Alan Cook8,20317.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Julie Ireland4,3529.3–6.7
Green Caroline Sandes2,5835.5+1.8
Climate Karen Miller940.2N/A
Majority3020.6–28.7
Turnout 46,78866.2–3.5
Registered electors 70,713
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg14.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [11]
PartyVote %
Conservative 26,71054.4
Labour 12,33025.1
Liberal Democrats 7,83816.0
Green 1,8063.7
Others3740.7
Turnout49,05869.7
Electorate70,418

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