Old Bexley and Sidcup is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1983 creation. Its first Member of Parliament (MP) was former Prime Minister Edward Heath,who previously represented Bexley (1950–1974) and Sidcup (1974–1983). The seat has been held since a 2021 by-election by Louie French of the Conservative Party,following the death of incumbent James Brokenshire.
Orpington is a constituency created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Gareth Bacon,a Conservative. It is the largest constituency in Greater London by area,covering the east and south of the London Borough of Bromley.
Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp is a British politician who has served as Shadow Home Secretary since November 2024. He held the post of Minister of State for Crime,Policing and Fire from October 2022 to July 2024. He was previously appointed to Liz Truss's cabinet from September to October 2022 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and then as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General. A member of the Conservative Party,he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon South following his election in 2015.
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.
Cllr Nicholas Jerome Bennett JP is a British politician and a former Mayor of the London Borough of Bromley. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as a member of parliament (MP) from 1987 to 1992 representing the constituency of Pembrokeshire,and was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office from 1990 to 1992. In that role he had responsibility for the Welsh Health Service,Social Services,Housing and Local Government,Water and Sport.
Andrew Boff is a British politician who has been Chair of the London Assembly since 2023,and previously from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as a London-wide Assembly Member (AM) since the 2008 election. Boff served as Leader of the Conservatives in the London Assembly from June 2012 to October 2015.
Sir Alec Edward Shelbrooke is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Wetherby and Easingwold since 2024 and for Elmet and Rothwell between 2010 and 2024. He previously served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the Truss ministry from September to October 2022.
Gareth Alan Johnson is a British politician and former lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative party,he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022 in the Truss ministry. Johnson previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from February to September 2022 and Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022.
Andrew Iain Lewer is a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament for Northampton South from 2017 to 2024,and as Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands from 2014 to 2017.
Scott Leslie Mann is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall from 2015 to 2024. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs from September to October 2022 and a Government Whip. Between 2009 and 2016 he represented the Wadebridge West ward on Cornwall Council.
The London Conservativesare the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.
The 2021 London Assembly election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the members of the London Assembly,alongside the 2021 London mayoral election. The mayoral and Assembly elections were originally to be held on 7 May 2020,but on 13 March 2020 it was announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the sixth election since the Assembly was established in 2000. Due to the previous term being extended to 5 years,those elected would only serve a three-year term until the next election in 2024. The election was held on the same day in 2021 as other elections in the UK;the UK local elections,Scottish Parliament election,and Welsh Senedd election.
The 2018 Bexley Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Joyce Rebekah "Joy" Morrissey is an American-born British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield since 2019. She was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from November 2023 until July 2024. She has been Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons since November 2024,serving alongside Gagan Mohindra.
Gagan Mohindra is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons since November 2024,serving alongside Joy Morrissey.
Paul John Holmes is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamble Valley since 2024. He was the Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from 2019 to 2024. Holmes currently serves as Shadow Minister for Housing,Communities and Local Government having been appointed by Kemi Badenoch.
Peter Timothy Fortune is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromley and Biggin Hill since the 2024 general election. He previously served as the member of the London Assembly (AM) for Bexley and Bromley from 2021 to 2024.
The 2022 Bexley London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. 45 members of Bexley London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup on 2 December 2021,following the death of the sitting member of parliament,James Brokenshire,who had been the Conservative MP for the constituency since 2010. The by-election was the fifth of the 58th Parliament,which was elected in 2019.
Louie Thomas French is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Bexley and Sidcup since the 2021 by-election. He was a councillor on Bexley London Borough Council from 2014 until 2022.
