Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Orpington
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Orpington 2023 Constituency.svg
County Greater London
Electorate 71,571 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Orpington and Farnborough
Current constituency
Created 1945
Member of Parliament Gareth Bacon (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Chislehurst
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of Bromley and Biggin Hill

Orpington is a constituency [n 1] created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Gareth Bacon, a Conservative. [n 2] It is the largest constituency in Greater London by area, covering the east and south of the London Borough of Bromley. [2]

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History

Orpington was created in a major boundary review enacted at the 1945 general election, which followed an absence of reviews since 1918. The seats of Dartford and Chislehurst had both seen their electorate grow enormously into newly built houses since the 1918 review and were treated as one and reformed into four seats, creating the additional seats of Bexley and this one in 1945.

Political history

The seat has been won by a Conservative since creation except for the 1962, 1964 and 1966 Liberal Party wins of Eric Lubbock.

The 2015 result made the seat the 43rd safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority. [3]

Role in the Liberal Party revival

The seat is famous for its 1962 by-election when it was taken in a shock result and substantial victory by the Liberal Party candidate Eric Lubbock. [4] He lost the seat in the 1970 general election.

The constituency shared boundaries with the Orpington electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

Boundaries and boundary changes

DatesLocal authorityMaps Wards
1945–1950 Orpington Urban District
Municipal Borough of Beckenham
Municipal Borough of Bromley 		Orpington1945Constituency.svg The urban district of Orpington, and part of the municipal boroughs of Beckenham and Bromley. [5]
1950–1955 Orpington Urban District
Dartford Rural District 		Orpington1950Constituency.svg The urban district of Orpington, and the rural district of Dartford except the parishes of Darenth, Stone, Sutton at Hone, and Wilmington. [6]
1955–1974 Orpington Urban District (before 1965)
London Borough of Bromley (after 1965)
London Borough of Bexley (after 1965)		 Orpington1955Constituency.svg The urban district of Orpington. [7]
1974–1983 London Borough of Bromley Orpington1974Constituency.svg Biggin Hill, Chelsfield, Darwin, Farnborough, Goddington, Petts Wood, and St Mary Cray. [8]
1983–1997 London Borough of Bromley Orpington1983Constituency.svg Chelsfield and Goddington, Crofton, Farnborough, Orpington Central, Petts Wood and Knoll, and St Mary Cray.
1997–2010 London Borough of Bromley OrpingtonConstituency.svg Biggin Hill, Chelsfield and Goddington, Crofton, Darwin, Farnborough, Orpington Central, Petts Wood and Knoll, St Mary Cray, and St Paul's Cray.
2010–2024 London Borough of Bromley Orpington2007Constituency.svg Biggin Hill, Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom, Cray Valley East, Darwin, Farnborough and Crofton, Orpington, and Petts Wood and Knoll.
2024– London Borough of Bromley Orpington 2023 Constituency.svg Chelsfield, Darwin (except polling district DAR1), Farnborough and Crofton, Orpington, Petts Wood and Knoll, Well Hill, Crockenhill, St Mary Cray, St Paul's Cray. [9]
Map showing the wards of the Orpington parliamentary constituency (red) within the London Borough of Bromley (yellow). Cray Valley West (orange) was included in the constituency at the election in 2005 but transferred to Bromley and Chislehurst in 2010. Orpington-P-C.GIF
Map showing the wards of the Orpington parliamentary constituency (red) within the London Borough of Bromley (yellow). Cray Valley West (orange) was included in the constituency at the election in 2005 but transferred to Bromley and Chislehurst in 2010.

1945–1950

The constituency was formed entirely from the existing of constituency Chislehurst

1950–1955

The part of the municipal borough of Beckenham included in the seat was transferred to the new constituency of Beckenham, part of the municipal borough of Bromley included in the seat was transferred to the constituency of Bromley while the Dartford Rural District (expect the parishes of Darenth, Stone, Sutton at Hone and Wilmington) was transferred from Chislehurst

1955–1974

The part of the Dartford Rural District included in the seat was transferred to the constituency of Dartford

1974–1983

Knockholt was transferred to the constituency of Sevenoaks

1983–1997

The wards of Biggin Hill and Darwin were transferred to the constituency of Ravensbourne

1997–2010

The wards of Biggin Hill and Darwin were transferred from the abolished constituency of Ravensbourne. The St Paul's Cray ward was transferred from the abolished constituency of Chislehurst

2010–2024

The ward of Cray Valley West was transferred to the constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst

Summary

The seat has changed a little in subsequent boundary reviews since 1955. For the 1997 general election the Ravensbourne seat which had emerged in the west by Bromley was divided between three constituencies which before then overshot the London Borough of Bromley, adding to Orpington the community of Biggin Hill.

Current

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Orpington from 2024

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, 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 “4” on the map of the Orpington constituency produced by the Boundary Commission for England [11]

The boundary with Bromley and Chislehurst (to be renamed Bromley and Biggin Hill) was realigned with Cray Valley West ward being transferred in (thus uniting the two Cray Valley wards), offset by the loss of Biggin Hill.

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022, [12] [13] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley from the 2024 general election:

Constituency profile

The constituency is in the quite uniformly larger-housing dominated London Borough of Bromley, [14] which has low unemployment [15] and forms the southeastern limits of Greater London. It contains the largely buffered settlements of St Mary Cray, parts of St Pauls Cray, Swanley and Ruxley, then ascends through Orpington, Farnborough, and Chelsfield to the uppermost tracts of the North Downs and to the Biggin Hill settlement, which has an airport [16] and retains some of the hill-farming and woodland which dominated the area through the Industrial Revolution until the inter-war period. [17]

The wealth of the Conservative vote comes from Biggin Hill, Biggin Hill Valley, Downe and Orpington. The area mainly comprises detached and semi-detached houses surrounded by winding roads and vast areas of parkland,[ citation needed ] which since the seat's creation have continually returned Conservative candidates, with the exception of 1962, when a Liberal MP was elected.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [18] PartyNotes
1945 Waldron Smithers Conservative Member for Chislehurst (1924–1945), Died in December 1954
1955 by-election Donald Sumner Conservative Seat vacated after Sumner accepted an appointment as a County Court judge
1962 by-election Eric Lubbock Liberal Liberal Chief Whip (1963–1970)
1970 Ivor Stanbrook Conservative
1992 John Horam Conservative Parliamentary Secretary for the Public Service (1995)
Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security (1995–1997)
2010 Jo Johnson Conservative Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (2014–2015)
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (2015–2018, 2019)
Minister of State for Transport (2018)
2019 Gareth Bacon Conservative Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing (2023–2024)
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (2024–)

Elections

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Election results 1945–2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Orpington [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Bacon 17,504 38.0 −23.9
Labour Ju Owens12,38626.9+7.1
Reform UK Mark James8,89619.3New
Liberal Democrats Graeme Casey4,72810.3−4.3
Green Seamus McCauley2,3195.0+1.3
SDP John Bright2400.5New
Majority 5,11811.1−34.8
Turnout 46,07364.7−3.7
Registered electors 71,203
Conservative hold Swing −15.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [20]
PartyVote%
Conservative 30,30861.9
Labour 9,68119.8
Liberal Democrats 7,14514.6
Green 1,8243.7
Turnout48,95868.4
Electorate71,571
General election 2019: Orpington [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Bacon 30,882 63.4 +0.5
Labour Simon Jeal8,50417.5−6.9
Liberal Democrats Allan Tweddle7,55215.5+8.9
Green Karen Wheller1,7833.7+1.6
Majority 22,37845.9+7.4
Turnout 48,72170.7−3.6
Registered electors 68,884
Conservative hold Swing +3.7
General election 2017: Orpington [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jo Johnson 31,762 62.9 +5.5
Labour Nigel de Gruchy 12,30924.4+8.8
Liberal Democrats Alex Feakes3,3156.6−0.2
UKIP Brian Philp2,0234.0−12.7
Green Tamara Galloway1,0602.1−1.4
Majority 19,45338.5−2.2
Turnout 50,46974.3+1.7
Registered electors 67,902
Conservative hold Swing −1.6

By numerical vote share, the 2017 general election saw Orpington become the safest Conservative seat in London.

General election 2015: Orpington [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jo Johnson 28,152 57.4 −2.3
UKIP Idham Ramadi [27] 8,17316.7+13.9
Labour Nigel de Gruchy 7,64515.6+6.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Brooks3,3306.8−17.7
Green Tamara Galloway [28] 1,7323.5+2.5
Majority 19,97940.7+5.6
Turnout 49,03272.6−0.2
Registered electors 68,129
Conservative hold Swing −8.1
General election 2010: Orpington [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jo Johnson 29,200 59.7 +7.2
Liberal Democrats David McBride12,00024.5−16.1
Labour Stephen Morgan4,4009.0+3.2
UKIP Mick Greenhough1,3602.8+1.6
BNP Tess Culnane1,2412.5New
Green Tamara Galloway5111.0New
English Democrat Chris Snape1990.4New
Majority 17,20035.2+26.2
Turnout 48,91172.2+2.3
Registered electors 67,732
Conservative hold Swing +11.7

Elections in the 2000s

2005 notional result
PartyVote%
Conservative 24,37052.5
Liberal Democrats 18,85940.6
Labour 2,6745.8
UKIP 5591.2
Turnout46,46269.9
Electorate66,448
General election 2005: Orpington [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Horam 26,718 48.8 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Maines21,77139.8−3.6
Labour Emily Bird4,9149.0−1.9
UKIP Mick Greenhough1,3312.4+0.5
Majority 4,9479.0+8.5
Turnout 54,73470.0+5.4
Registered electors 78,240
Conservative hold Swing +4.2
General election 2001: Orpington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Horam 22,334 43.9 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Maines22,06543.3+7.7
Labour Chris Purnell5,51710.8−7.0
UKIP John Youles9962.0+1.1
Majority 2690.5−4.4
Turnout 50,91264.6−11.8
Registered electors 78,853
Conservative hold Swing −2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Orpington [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Horam 24,417 40.6 −14.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Maines21,46535.7+7.4
Labour Sue Polydorou10,75317.9+3.1
Referendum David Clark2,3163.8New
UKIP James Carver 5260.9New
Liberal Robin Almond4940.8−0.3
ProLife Alliance Nicholas Wilton1910.3New
Majority 2,9524.8−22.1
Turnout 60,16276.3−4.8
Registered electors 78,831
Conservative hold Swing −11.0
1992 notional result
PartyVote%
Conservative 36,77055.3
Liberal Democrats 18,84028.3
Labour 9,83714.8
Others1,0851.6
Turnout66,53281.1
Electorate82,032
General election 1992: Orpington [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Horam 27,421 57.2 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Maines14,48630.2−0.8
Labour Stephen Cowan5,51211.5+0.8
Liberal Robin Almond5391.1New
Majority 12,93527.0−0.2
Turnout 47,95883.7+5.1
Registered electors 57,318
Conservative hold Swing −0.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Orpington [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor Stanbrook 27,261 58.2 +1.0
Liberal Jonathan Fryer 14,52931.0−3.5
Labour Steven Cowan5,02010.7+3.0
Majority 12,73227.2+4.5
Turnout 46,81078.5+2.6
Registered electors 59,608
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
General election 1983: Orpington [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor Stanbrook 25,569 57.3 +0.0
Liberal John Cook15,41834.5+5.2
Labour David Bean3,4397.7−4.5
BNP L.T. Taylor2150.5New
Majority 10,15122.8−5.2
Turnout 44,64176.0−5.7
Registered electors 58,759
Conservative hold Swing −2.6

Elections in the 1970s

1979 notional result [36]
PartyVote%
Conservative 26,73557.2
Liberal 13,69229.3
Labour 5,71912.2
Others5581.2
Turnout46,704
Electorate
General election 1979: Orpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor Stanbrook 32,150 58.0 +11.0
Liberal John Cook [37] 16,07429.0−8.4
Labour Anne Weyman [37] 6,58111.9−3.8
National Front Frank Hitches [37] 5160.9New
Homeland PartyIan MacKillian [37] 1460.3New
Majority 16,07629.0+19.3
Turnout 55,46781.7+2.7
Registered electors 67,917
Conservative hold Swing +9.7
General election October 1974: Orpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor Stanbrook 24,394 47.0 −0.2
Liberal Kina-Maria Lubbock [38] 19,38437.3−3.3
Labour C. Spillane8,12115.6+3.6
Majority 5,0109.7+3.1
Turnout 51,89979.0−7.1
Registered electors 65,686
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
General election February 1974: Orpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor Stanbrook 26,435 47.2 −0.1
Liberal Robin Young22,77140.7−4.0
Labour David Grant6,75212.1+4.1
Majority 3,6646.6+4.0
Turnout 55,59886.1+7.0
Registered electors 64,967
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
1970 notional result [39]
PartyVote%
Conservative 23,90047.3
Liberal 22,60044.8
Labour 4,0007.9
Turnout50,50078.9
Electorate64,041
General election 1970: Orpington [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor Stanbrook 24,385 47.3 +4.0
Liberal Eric Lubbock 23,06344.7−1.9
Labour David Grant4,0988.0−2.1
Majority 1,3222.6N/A
Turnout 51,54679.1−7.8
Registered electors 65,191
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Orpington [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eric Lubbock 22,615 46.7 −1.7
Conservative Norris McWhirter 20,99343.3+1.5
Labour David Sleigh4,87010.0+0.2
Majority 1,6223.4−3.2
Turnout 48,47886.9+1.6
Registered electors 55,776
Liberal hold Swing −1.6
General election 1964: Orpington [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eric Lubbock 22,637 48.4 +27.2
Conservative Norris McWhirter 19,56541.8−14.8
Labour Peter Merriton4,6099.8−12.4
Majority 3,0726.6N/A
Turnout 46,81185.3+2.6
Registered electors 54,846
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +20.1
1962 Orpington by-election [40] [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eric Lubbock 22,846 52.9 +31.7
Conservative Peter Goldman14,99134.7−21.9
Labour Alan Jinkinson 5,35012.4−9.8
Majority 7,85518.2N/A
Turnout 43,18780.3−2.5
Registered electors 53,779
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +26.8

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Orpington [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Sumner 24,303 56.6 −3.3
Labour Norman Hart9,54322.2−5.4
Liberal Jack Galloway9,09221.2+8.7
Majority 14,76034.4+2.1
Turnout 42,93882.8+3.3
Registered electors 51,872
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
General election 1955: Orpington [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Donald Sumner 22,166 59.9
Labour Norman Hart10,23027.6
Liberal Alfred Howard4,61012.5
Majority11,93632.3
Turnout 37,00679.4
Registered electors 46,581
Conservative win (new boundaries)
1955 Orpington by-election [40] [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Sumner 20,082 65.8 +3.2
Labour R. David Vaughan Williams10,42634.2−3.2
Majority 9,65631.6+6.3
Turnout 30,50855.4−26.6
Registered electors 55,069
Conservative hold Swing +3.2
General election 1951: Orpington [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Waldron Smithers 27,244 62.7 +6.0
Labour R. David Vaughan Williams16,24137.3+4.5
Majority 11,00325.3+1.4
Turnout 43,48582.0−3.1
Registered electors 53,023
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 1950: Orpington [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Waldron Smithers 24,450 56.7 +8.0
Labour George Vaughan14,16132.8−5.0
Liberal Ruth Abrahams 4,52310.5−1.8
Majority 10,28923.9+13.0
Turnout 43,13485.1+12.4
Registered electors 50,704
Conservative hold Swing +6.5

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Orpington [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Waldron Smithers 20,388 48.7
Labour Alan Mais15,84637.8
Liberal Edward Goodfellow5,14012.3
Independent Guy Milner5281.3
Majority4,54210.8
Turnout 41,90272.7
Registered electors 57,625
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, Orpington elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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