Bromley and Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bromley and Chislehurst
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Bromley and Chislehurst in Greater London
County Greater London
Population88,633 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 65,508 (December 2010) [2]
Borough London Borough of Bromley
1997–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Ravensbourne, Chislehurst
Replaced by Bromley and Biggin Hill, Eltham and Chislehurst

Bromley and Chislehurst was a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2006 until its abolition for the 2024 general election [3] by Bob Neill, a Conservative. [n 1]

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Constituency profile

The Bromley and Chislehurst constituency is relatively prosperous in terms of income and has low unemployment; it is largely suburban with significant parkland and sports areas. [4] [5] Most of the housing is owner-occupied although there are significant proportions of social housing in parts of Mottingham and Bromley Common. The 2011 census shows that the borough is 84.3% White European/British, lower than the national average (86%) and higher than then London average (59%). [6]

Until 2006 it was one of the Conservative Party's safest seats; the by-election of that year saw the party's electoral majority fall steeply from over 13,000 (in the 2005 election) to just over 600 votes. The party has since rebuilt its majority, which currently stands at just under 11,000. [7]

History

The Bromley parliamentary constituency was created in 1918. [n 2] In 1974 Bromley became Ravensbourne.

Before the 1997 election western wards of Chislehurst merged with eastern wards in Ravensbourne to form Bromley and Chislehurst. [n 3]

Bromley/Ravensbourne/Chislehurst summary

The earlier Bromley seat, later Ravensbourne, was markedly prosperous in regional terms and did not elect Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) during its 1918 to 1974 existence. However, one of the Ravensbourne wards, Plaistow and Sundridge, had a communist councillor in the 1940s. Prime Minister (1957–1963) Harold Macmillan was the MP for Bromley from 1945 until his retirement in 1964, when he was succeeded by John Hunt. Hunt, on the left of the Conservative Party, held the seat (renamed Ravensbourne in 1974) until 1997.

The Chislehurst seat had a Labour Party MP from 1966 until 1970.

A by-election was held on 29 June 2006, upon the death of the previous MP Eric Forth the month before, which returned London Assembly member Bob Neill as the new Conservative MP with an electoral majority of just over 600 votes – compared to the previous Conservative majority of over 13,000 in the 2005 general election. Turnout was down by a significant margin. In 2010 Bob Neill was re-elected with a Conservative majority greater than that achieved in 2005.

Boundaries

1997–2010: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Bromley Common and Keston, Chislehurst, Hayes, Martins Hill and Town, Mottingham, and Plaistow and Sundridge.

The wards and boundaries for the Bromley and Chislehurst Parliament constituency (red) as first used in the 2010 general election, shown within the London Borough of Bromley (yellow) Bromley&Chislehurst.GIF
The wards and boundaries for the Bromley and Chislehurst Parliament constituency (red) as first used in the 2010 general election, shown within the London Borough of Bromley (yellow)

2010–2024: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Bromley Town, Chislehurst, Cray Valley West, Mottingham and Chislehurst North, and Plaistow and Sundridge.

Bromley and Chislehurst constituency covered the northern part of the London Borough of Bromley including the east of Bromley, its town centre, and Chislehurst.

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways: [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] [9] Party
1997 Eric Forth Conservative
2006 by-election Bob Neill

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Bromley and Chislehurst [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Neill 23,958 52.6 −1.4
Labour Angela Wilkins13,06728.7−4.7
Liberal Democrats Julie Ireland6,62114.5+7.3
Green Mary Ion1,5463.4+0.9
CPA Zion Amodu2550.6New
Renew Jyoti Dialani1190.3New
Majority10,89123.9+3.3
Turnout 45,56668.3−3.4
Registered electors 66,711
Conservative hold Swing +1.7
General election 2017: Bromley and Chislehurst [10] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Neill 25,175 54.0 +1.0
Labour Sara Hyde15,58533.4+11.2
Liberal Democrats Sam Webber3,3697.2+0.8
UKIP Emmett Jenner1,3833.0−11.3
Green Roisin Robertson1,1502.5−1.6
Majority9,59020.6−10.2
Turnout 46,66271.7+3.3
Registered electors 65,117
Conservative hold Swing -5.1
General election 2015: Bromley and Chislehurst [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Neill 23,343 53.0 −0.5
Labour John Courtneidge [15] 9,77922.2+5.6
UKIP Emmett Jenner6,28514.3+11.0
Liberal Democrats Sam Webber [16] 2,8366.4−15.6
Green Roisin Robertson [17] 1,8234.1+2.6
Majority13,56430.8−0.8
Turnout 44,06668.4+1.1
Registered electors 65,477
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
General election 2010: Bromley and Chislehurst [18] [6] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Bob Neill 23,569 53.5
Liberal Democrats Sam Webber9,66922.0
Labour Chris Kirby7,29516.6
UKIP Emmett Jenner1,4513.3
BNP Rowena Savage1,0702.4
Green Roisin Robertson6071.5
English Democrat Jon Cheeseman3760.9
Majority13,90031.6
Turnout 44,03767.3
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Bromley and Chislehurst by-election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Neill 11,621 40.1 –11.0
Liberal Democrats Ben Abbotts10,98837.9+17.6
UKIP Nigel Farage 2,3078.0+4.8
Labour Rachel Reeves 1,9256.6–15.6
Green Ann Garrett8112.8–0.4
National Front Paul Winnett4761.6New
Independent John Hemming-Clark4421.5New
English Democrat Steven Uncles2120.7New
Monster Raving Loony John Cartwright1320.5New
Independent Nick Hadziannis650.2New
Money Reform Anne Belsey330.1New
Majority6332.2–26.7
Turnout 29,01240.2–24.6
Registered electors 71,798
Conservative hold Swing –13.8
General election 2005: Bromley and Chislehurst [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Forth 23,583 51.1 +1.6
Labour Rachel Reeves 10,24122.2–6.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Brooks9,36820.3+1.4
UKIP David Hooper1,4753.2+0.3
Green Ann Garrett1,4703.2New
Majority13,34228.9+8.0
Turnout 46,13764.8+0.5
Registered electors 71,137
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
General election 2001: Bromley and Chislehurst [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Forth 21,412 49.5 +3.2
Labour Sue Polydorou12,37528.6+3.4
Liberal Democrats Geoff Payne8,18018.9–4.9
UKIP Rob Bryant1,2642.9+0.7
Majority9,03720.9−0.2
Turnout 43,23164.3–9.8
Registered electors 67,183
Conservative hold Swing –0.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Bromley and Chislehurst [24] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Eric Forth 24,428 46.3
Labour Rob Yeldham13,31025.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Booth12,53023.8
UKIP Rob Bryant1,1762.2
Green Frances Speed6401.2
National Front Michael Stoneman3690.7
Liberal Gabriel Aitman2850.5
Majority11,11821.1
Turnout 52,73874.1
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  2. ↑ Before 1918 the area was part of the larger Sevenoaks constituency
  3. ↑ Outlying parts of predecessor constituencies joined Beckenham, Lewisham West and Penge and Orpington

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