Beckenham and Penge (UK Parliament constituency) explained
| Beckenham and Penge |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map1: | Beckenham and Penge 2023 |
| Map Entity: | Greater London |
| Map Year: | 2024 |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Type: | County |
| Region: | England |
| Electorate: | 76,625 (2023)[1] |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
Beckenham and Penge is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
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 Penge and Cator, transferred from Lewisham West and Penge (now abolished).[3]
Following a local government boundary review of Bromley, which became effective in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following wards from the 2024 general election:
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[5] |
|---|
| Party | Vote | % |
|---|
| | 24,118 | 40.1 |
| | 23,487 | 39.1 |
| | 9,657 | 16.1 |
| | 2,416 | 4.0 |
| | 464 | 0.8 |
|
| Turnout | 60,142 | 78.5 |
| Electorate | 76,625 | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London . Boundary Commission for England . 19 June 2024 . dmy .
- Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London Boundary Commission for England . 2 August 2023 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
- Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- Web site: New Seat Details - Beckenham and Penge . 2024-03-28 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
- Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.
