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Bromley & Biggin Hill.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Peter Fortune holds the seat on 34.0% of the vote.

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Member of ParliamentPeter Fortune · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilBromley
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001137
Electorate · 2024
70.7k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
34.0%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +0.6pp over Lab
Settlements
2
Largest: Bromley
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
20.3
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
7 Jun 2026

One-town Bromley seat, Conservative-held but finely balanced

Bromley and Biggin Hill sits on the south-eastern edge of Greater London, anchored almost entirely by the town of Bromley, which accounts for the great majority of the seat's roughly 90,000 residents. Beyond the built-up core lies a thinner band of rural and dispersed settlement towards Biggin Hill, but this is overwhelmingly a one-town constituency rather than a network of competing centres. It is a comparatively settled, suburban place: a median age of 41, around four in ten residents degree-educated, and a population that is four-fifths White at the last census. Local services are run by a single authority, the London Borough of Bromley, which administers the six wards that fall within these boundaries.

The local political picture is mixed beneath a Conservative surface. Across the sixteen most recent ward contests in May 2026, the Conservatives took eleven, the Liberal Democrats three and Reform UK two, the latter centred on Biggin Hill, while the Liberal Democrats appear strongest around Bromley Town. The party retained its majority on the borough council. The parliamentary contest tells a tighter story: in 2024, the first General Election on these boundaries, the Conservatives held the seat on 34 per cent against Labour's 33.4 -- a margin of well under a single point. Peter Fortune, the Conservative elected that year, has registered no whipped dissent in recent months and speaks most often on the economy and local government.

The direction of travel, then, is towards a seat that looks safe on the council map but is plainly contested at Westminster, with a fragmenting opposition splitting between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and a rising Reform vote. Recent local coverage has leaned heavily on planning and development -- housing pressure on green-belt land and contested schemes in the town centre -- alongside the steady administrative business of a council under continuing Conservative control. Vehicle crime appears to run well above the local average, though the seat's wider profile remains that of a quiet outer-London suburb. On the figures available, the council majority looks comfortable; the constituency itself is finely balanced.

34.0%
Con vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
6
Wards · 16 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.6 wards · 16 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bickley & Sundridge(3 seats)Smith · Lymer · Brock10,704Bromley ConMay 2026
Biggin Hill(2 seats)James · Allitt4,241Bromley ConMay 2026
Bromley Town(3 seats)Casey · Ireland · Webber5,568Bromley ConMay 2026
Hayes & Coney Hall(3 seats)Michael · Smith · Coldspring-White10,683Bromley ConMay 2026
Plaistow(2 seats)Puthenpurakal · Papayannakos2,476Bromley ConMay 2026
Shortlands & Park Langley(3 seats)Grant · Turrell · Gupta9,142Bromley ConMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.2 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Bromley (92,464), with Rural & dispersed (5,086) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 97,550.

city 92,464town 5,086

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Bromley92,464city
Rural & dispersed5,086town
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate61.2%57.1%+7%
Owner-occupied74.8%63.1%+18%
Private rented15.6%20.0%-22%
Social rented9.7%16.8%-43%

Ethnicity.

White80.0%
Asian7.2%
Black5.7%
Mixed5.0%
Other2.1%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.0% Female 52.0% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£37,100
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£55,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,850
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
34
18 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
74.7%
Attainment 8: 49.2

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£638m
Taxpayers52,000
Median per taxpayer£4,260
Mean per taxpayer£12,200

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
20.3
-2% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
6.8
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
25% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.1
Anti-social behaviour4.5
Vehicle crime2.7
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Public order1.3
Other theft1.3
Shoplifting1.1

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Peter FortuneWONCon15,92934.0
Oana Olaru-HolmesLab15,62733.4
Alan CookRef8,20317.5
Julie IrelandLD4,3529.3
Caroline SandesGrn2,5835.5
Karen MillerInd940.2

Turnout 46,788

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission