Bromley and Biggin Hill (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Bromley and Biggin Hill
Parliament:	uk
Map Entity:	Greater London
Year:	2024
Type:	County
Previous:	Bromley and Chislehurst
Electorate:	70,418 (2023)^[1]
Mp:	Peter Fortune
Party:	Conservative
Region:	England
County:	Greater London
Elects Howmany:	One

Bromley and Biggin Hill is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at 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:

• Bickley; Biggin Hill; Bromley Common and Keston; Bromley Town; Darwin (part¹); Hayes and Coney Hall; Plaistow and Sundridge.^[3]

^1.Area marked “5” on the map of the Bromley and Biggin Hill constituency produced by the Boundary Commission for England^[4]

It covers the following areas:^[5]

• 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,^{[6] [7]} 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).^[8]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[9]
Party		Vote	%
		26,710	54.4
		12,330	25.1
		7,838	16.0
		1,806	3.7
	Others	374	0.7
Turnout		49,058	69.7
Electorate		70,418

External links

• Bromley and Biggin Hill UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-26 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
3. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
4. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume three: Maps Boundary Commission for England Page 4 . 2023-12-28 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk . Map 118.
5. Web site: Bulbul . Nuray . 2023-10-30 . What are the London constituencies for the next election? . 2023-12-28 . Evening Standard . en.
6. Web site: LGBCE . Bromley LGBCE . 2024-03-28 . www.lgbce.org.uk . en.
7. Web site: The London Borough of Bromley (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 .
8. Web site: New Seat Details - Bromley and Biggin Hill . 2024-03-28 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
9. 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.