Beckenham and Penge

Beckenham and Penge is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been represented by Liam Conlon of the Labour Party.

Beckenham and Penge
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Beckenham and Penge in Greater London for the 2024 general election
County	Greater London
Electorate	76,625 (March 2020)[1]
Borough	Bromley
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Liam Conlon (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Beckenham & Lewisham West and Penge

Constituency profile

The Beckenham and Penge constituency is located in south London on the outskirts of the city and covers the north-western part of the Borough of Bromley. It is suburban in character and contains the areas of Beckenham, Penge and West Wickham.

The area was rural but experienced rapid population growth after the arrival of a railway in 1857.^[3] Residents of the constituency are generally wealthier and more likely to work in professional jobs than the London and national averages.^[4] Beckenham and Penge is more ethnically diverse than the country as a whole but less so than the rest of London; 73% of the population are White, 11% are Black and 7% are Asian.^[5] At the most recent borough council election in 2022, the seats in Penge and the west of Beckenham were won by Labour Party candidates whilst the seats in West Wickham and the east of the constituency were won by Conservatives. In the 2016 referendum on European Union membership, 58% of the constituency's voters are estimated to have supported remaining in the EU.^[4]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

Under the 2023 boundary review, the constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley as they existed on 1 December 2020:

• Copers Cope, Kelsey and Eden Park, Shortlands, and West Wickham, transferred from Beckenham (now abolished).
• Clock House, Crystal Palace and Anerley, and Penge and Cator, transferred from Lewisham West and Penge (now abolished).^[6]

Following a local government boundary review of Bromley, which became effective in May 2022,^[7] it now comprises the following wards from the 2024 general election:

• Beckenham Town and Copers Cope; Clock House; Crystal Palace and Anerley; Kelsey and Eden Park; Penge and Cator; Shortlands and Park Langley (except polling district SHP5X); and West Wickham.^[8]

Election results

Election results 2019–2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Beckenham and Penge^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Conlon	25,738	49.3	9.2
	Conservative	Hannah Gray	12,848	24.6	14.5
	Reform	Edward Apostolides	5,355	10.3	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chloe-Jane Ross	4,436	8.5	7.6
	Green	Ruth Fabricant	3,830	7.3	3.3
Majority			12,905	24.7	23.7
Turnout			52,207	67.6	10.9
Registered electors			77,194
	Labour hold		Swing	11.9

2019 notional result

2019 notional result[n 1][10]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	24,118	40.1
	Conservative	23,487	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	9,657	16.1
	Green	2,416	4.0
	Brexit Party	464	0.8
Majority		631	1.0
Turnout		60,142	78.5
Electorate		76,625