Bromley and Biggin Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

Bromley and Biggin Hill is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Created as a result of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been represented by Peter Fortune of the Conservative Party.

Bromley and Biggin Hill
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bromley and Biggin Hill in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	70,418 (March 2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Peter Fortune (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Bromley and Chislehurst, Beckenham, Orpington

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

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:

• Bickley; Biggin Hill; Bromley Common and Keston; Bromley Town; Darwin (part¹); Hayes and Coney Hall; Plaistow and Sundridge.^[4]

^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]

• Just over half the electorate, comprising Bickley, Bromley, Plaistow and Sundridge, previously part of the abolished constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst
• Bromley Common, Keston, Hayes and Coney Hall, transferred from Beckenham (renamed Beckenham and Penge)
• Biggin Hill, transferred from Orpington

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:

• Bickley and Sundridge; Biggin Hill; Bromley Common and Holwood; Bromley Town; Darwin (polling district DAR1); Hayes and Coney Hall; Plaistow; Shortlands and Park Langley (polling district SHP5X).^[9]

Elections

Election results 2019-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bromley and Biggin Hill^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fortune	15,929	34.0	−20.4
	Labour	Oana Olaru-Holmes	15,627	33.4	+8.3
	Reform UK	Alan Cook	8,203	17.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Ireland	4,352	9.3	−6.7
	Green	Caroline Sandes	2,583	5.5	+1.8
	Climate	Karen Miller	94	0.2	N/A
Majority			302	0.6	−28.7
Turnout			46,788	66.2	−3.5
Registered electors			70,713
	Conservative hold		Swing	−14.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,710	54.4
	Labour	12,330	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	7,838	16.0
	Green	1,806	3.7
	Others	374	0.7
Majority		14,380	29.3
Turnout		49,058	69.7
Electorate		70,418

Notes

1. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place