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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Orpington</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">Borough constituency</a><br /><span class="category">for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orpington2007Constituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Outline map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Orpington2007Constituency.svg/120px-Orpington2007Constituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Orpington2007Constituency.svg/180px-Orpington2007Constituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Orpington2007Constituency.svg/240px-Orpington2007Constituency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="337" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Boundary of Orpington in Greater London for the 2010 general election</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data label">Greater London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_registration_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Electoral registration in the United Kingdom">Electorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">71,571 (2023) <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Major settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orpington" title="Orpington">Orpington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biggin_Hill" title="Biggin Hill">Biggin Hill</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Current constituency</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">One</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Chislehurst</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dartford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)">Dartford</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Orpington</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">constituency</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> created in 1945 and represented in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a> since <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> by <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the largest constituency in <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a> by area, covering the east and south of the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley">London Borough of Bromley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20190905_BBC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20190905_BBC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Orpington was created in a major boundary review enacted at the <a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945 general election</a>, which followed an absence of reviews since 1918. The seats of <a href="/wiki/Dartford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)">Dartford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Chislehurst</a> had both seen their electorate grow enormously into newly built houses since the 1918 <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918" title="Representation of the People Act 1918">review</a> and were treated as one and reformed into four seats, creating the additional seats of <a href="/wiki/Bexley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bexley (UK Parliament constituency)">Bexley</a> and this one in 1945. </p> <dl><dt>Political history</dt></dl> <p>The seat has been won by a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> since creation except for the 1962, 1964 and 1966 Liberal Party wins of Eric Lubbock. </p><p>The 2015 result made the seat the 43rd safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Role in the Liberal Party revival</dt></dl> <p>The seat is famous for its <a href="/wiki/1962_Orpington_by-election" title="1962 Orpington by-election">1962 by-election</a> when it was taken in a shock result and substantial victory by the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Eric_Lubbock,_4th_Baron_Avebury" title="Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury">Eric Lubbock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lost the seat in the <a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970 general election</a>. </p><p>The constituency shared boundaries with the <a href="/wiki/Orpington_(electoral_division)" title="Orpington (electoral division)">Orpington electoral division</a> for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orpington1955Constiuency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Orpington1955Constiuency.svg/260px-Orpington1955Constiuency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Orpington1955Constiuency.svg/390px-Orpington1955Constiuency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Orpington1955Constiuency.svg/520px-Orpington1955Constiuency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="137" data-file-height="83" /></a><figcaption>Orpington in Kent, boundaries used from 1955 to 1974</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orpington-P-C.GIF" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Orpington-P-C.GIF/260px-Orpington-P-C.GIF" decoding="async" width="260" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Orpington-P-C.GIF/390px-Orpington-P-C.GIF 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Orpington-P-C.GIF/520px-Orpington-P-C.GIF 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="796" /></a><figcaption>Map showing the wards of the Orpington parliamentary constituency (red) within the London Borough of Bromley (yellow). Cray Valley West (orange) was included in the constituency at the election in <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> but transferred to <a href="/wiki/Bromley_and_Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bromley and Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Bromley and Chislehurst</a> in <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic">Historic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>1945–1950</b>: The urban district of Orpington, and part of the municipal boroughs of Beckenham and Bromley.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>1950–1955</b>: The urban district of Orpington, and the rural district of Dartford except the parishes of Darenth, Stone, Sutton at Hone, and Wilmington.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>1955–1974</b>: The urban district of Orpington.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>1974–1983</b>: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Biggin Hill, Chelsfield, <a href="/wiki/Darwin_(ward)" title="Darwin (ward)">Darwin</a>, Farnborough, Goddington, Petts Wood, and St Mary Cray.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>1983–1997</b>: In the same borough: Chelsfield and Goddington, Crofton, Farnborough, Orpington Central, Petts Wood and Knoll, and St Mary Cray. </p><p><b>1997–2010</b>: In the same borough: Biggin Hill, Chelsfield and Goddington, Crofton, Darwin, Farnborough, Orpington Central, Petts Wood and Knoll, St Mary Cray, and St Paul's Cray. </p><p><b>2010–2024</b>: In the same borough: Biggin Hill, Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom, Cray Valley East, Darwin, Farnborough and Crofton, Orpington, and Petts Wood and Knoll. </p> <dl><dt>Boundary changes</dt></dl> <p>The seat has changed a little in subsequent boundary reviews since 1945. For the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a> the <a href="/wiki/Ravensbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ravensbourne (UK Parliament constituency)">Ravensbourne</a> seat which had emerged in the west by Bromley was divided between three constituencies which before then overshot the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley">London Borough of Bromley</a>, adding to Orpington the community of <a href="/wiki/Biggin_Hill" title="Biggin Hill">Biggin Hill</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orpington_2023_Constituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Orpington_2023_Constituency.svg/220px-Orpington_2023_Constituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Orpington_2023_Constituency.svg/330px-Orpington_2023_Constituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Orpington_2023_Constituency.svg/440px-Orpington_2023_Constituency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="847" data-file-height="650" /></a><figcaption>Orpington from 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>Further to the <a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a>, which came into effect for the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, the constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley">London Borough of Bromley</a> as they existed on 1 December 2020: </p> <ul><li>Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom; Cray Valley East; Cray Valley West; Darwin (part<sup>1</sup>); Farnborough and Crofton; Crockenhill ; Well Hill;Hockenden ;Orpington; Petts Wood and Knoll.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><sup>1.</sup>Area marked “4” on the map of the Orpington constituency produced by the Boundary Commission for England<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The boundary with <a href="/wiki/Bromley_and_Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bromley and Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Bromley and Chislehurst</a> (to be renamed <a href="/wiki/Bromley_and_Biggin_Hill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bromley and Biggin Hill (UK Parliament constituency)">Bromley and Biggin Hill</a>) was realigned with Cray Valley West ward being transferred in (thus uniting the two Cray Valley wards), offset by the loss of Biggin Hill.</i> </p><p>Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley from the 2024 general election: </p> <ul><li>Chelsfield; Darwin (except polling district DAR1); Farnborough and Crofton; Orpington; Petts Wood and Knoll; Well Hill; Crockenhill; St Mary Cray; St Paul's Cray.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constituency_profile">Constituency profile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Constituency profile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constituency is in the quite uniformly larger-housing dominated <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley">London Borough of Bromley</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has low unemployment<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and forms the southeastern limits of <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>. It contains the largely <a href="/wiki/Buffer_zone" title="Buffer zone">buffered</a> settlements of <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Cray" title="St Mary Cray">St Mary Cray</a>, parts of <a href="/wiki/St_Pauls_Cray" class="mw-redirect" title="St Pauls Cray">St Pauls Cray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swanley" title="Swanley">Swanley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruxley" title="Ruxley">Ruxley</a>, then ascends through <a href="/wiki/Orpington" title="Orpington">Orpington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farnborough,_London" title="Farnborough, London">Farnborough</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chelsfield" title="Chelsfield">Chelsfield</a> to the uppermost tracts of the <a href="/wiki/North_Downs" title="North Downs">North Downs</a> and to the <a href="/wiki/Biggin_Hill" title="Biggin Hill">Biggin Hill</a> settlement, which has an <a href="/wiki/Biggin_Hill_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Biggin Hill Airport">airport</a><sup id="cite_ref-os_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-os-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and retains some of the hill-farming and woodland which dominated the area through the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> until the <a href="/wiki/Inter-war_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter-war period">inter-war period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The wealth of the Conservative vote comes from Biggin Hill, Biggin Hill Valley, Downe and Orpington. The area mainly comprises detached and semi-detached houses surrounded by winding roads and vast areas of parkland,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> which since the seat's creation have continually returned Conservative candidates, with the exception of 1962, when a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> MP was elected. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Member<sup id="cite_ref-rayment_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rayment-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waldron_Smithers" title="Waldron Smithers">Sir Waldron Smithers</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1955_Orpington_by-election" title="1955 Orpington by-election">1955 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Sumner" title="Donald Sumner">Donald Sumner</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Orpington_by-election" title="1962 Orpington by-election">1962 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Lubbock,_4th_Baron_Avebury" title="Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury">Eric Lubbock</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Stanbrook" title="Ivor Stanbrook">Ivor Stanbrook</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Horam" title="John Horam">John Horam</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2020s">Elections in the 2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">General election 2024</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,504 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>38.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−23.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ju Owens </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,386 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark James </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,896 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Graeme Casey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,728 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Seamus McCauley </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,319 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D25469; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK,_1990%E2%80%93present)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)">SDP</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Bright </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">240 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,118 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−34.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,073 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">71,203 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–15.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2010s">Elections in the 2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> <a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">notional result</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2">Party </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px">Vote </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">30,308</td> <td align="right">61.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E4003B; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">9,681</td> <td align="right">19.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">7,145</td> <td align="right">14.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#02A95B; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a></td> <td align="right">1,824</td> <td align="right">3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Turnout</b> </td> <td align="right">48,958 </td> <td align="right">68.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Electorate</b> </td> <td align="right">71,571 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election"> General election 2019</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBP-8749_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBP-8749-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,882 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Simon Jeal </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,504 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Allan Tweddle </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,552 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Karen Wheller </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,783 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,378 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48,721 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">68,884 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">General election 2017</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBP-7979_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBP-7979-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,762 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_de_Gruchy" title="Nigel de Gruchy">Nigel de Gruchy</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,309 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alex Feakes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,315 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brian Philp </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,023 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tamara Galloway </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,060 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,453 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50,469 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">67,902 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>By numerical vote share, the 2017 general election saw Orpington become the safest Conservative seat in London. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">General election 2015</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>28,152 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Idham Ramadi<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,173 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_de_Gruchy" title="Nigel de Gruchy">Nigel de Gruchy</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,645 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Brooks </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,330 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−17.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tamara Galloway<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,732 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,979 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49,032 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">68,129 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-8.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">General election 2010</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>29,200 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+8.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">David McBride </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,000 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−15.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Stephen Morgan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,400 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mick Greenhough </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,360 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2e3b74; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tess Culnane </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,241 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tamara Galloway </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">511 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #915F6D; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrat</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Snape </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">199 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,200 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+26.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48,911 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">67,732 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2000s">Elections in the 2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">General election 2005</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Horam" title="John Horam">John Horam</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>26,718 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Maines </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,771 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Emily Bird </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,914 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mick Greenhough </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,331 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,947 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">54,734 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">78,240 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">General election 2001</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2001_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2001-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Horam" title="John Horam">John Horam</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,334 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>43.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Maines </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,065 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris A. Purnell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,517 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">John B. Youles </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">996 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">269 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50,912 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">78,853 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1990s">Elections in the 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">General election 1997</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Horam" title="John Horam">John Horam</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,417 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>40.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−16.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Maines </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,465 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sue Polydorou </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,753 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #bf475c; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Clark </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,316 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Carver" title="James Carver">James Carver</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">526 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #EB7A43; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robin Almond </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">494 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #333333; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ProLife_Alliance" title="ProLife Alliance">ProLife Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nicholas Wilton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">191 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,952 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−22.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60,162 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">78,831 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-11.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">General election 1992</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1992_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1992-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Horam" title="John Horam">John Horam</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,421 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Maines </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,486 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Stephen J. Cowan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,512 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #EB7A43; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robin Almond </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">539 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,935 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47,958 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">83.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">57,318 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1980s">Elections in the 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">General election 1987</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1987_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1987-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Stanbrook" title="Ivor Stanbrook">Ivor Stanbrook</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,261 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td class="org" style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SDP%E2%80%93Liberal_Alliance" title="SDP–Liberal Alliance">Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a>) </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Fryer" title="Jonathan Fryer">Jonathan Fryer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,529 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">31.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven Cowan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,020 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,732 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,810 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">59,608 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">General election 1983</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1983_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1983-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Stanbrook" title="Ivor Stanbrook">Ivor Stanbrook</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>25,569 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−0.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td class="org" style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SDP%E2%80%93Liberal_Alliance" title="SDP–Liberal Alliance">Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a>) </td> <td class="fn">John Cook </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,418 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">34.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Bean </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,439 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2e3b74; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">L.T. Taylor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">215 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,151 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44,641 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">58,759 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-3.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1970s">Elections in the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">General election 1979</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Stanbrook" title="Ivor Stanbrook">Ivor Stanbrook</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>32,150 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+11.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Cook<sup id="cite_ref-ee79_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ee79-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,074 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Weyman" title="Anne Weyman">Anne Weyman</a><sup id="cite_ref-ee79_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ee79-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,581 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: MidnightBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frank Hitches<sup id="cite_ref-ee79_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ee79-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">516 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Homeland Party </td> <td class="fn">Ian MacKillian<sup id="cite_ref-ee79_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ee79-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">146 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,076 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+19.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55,467 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">67,917 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election October 1974</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Stanbrook" title="Ivor Stanbrook">Ivor Stanbrook</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,394 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−0.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lady Avebury </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,384 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">C. Spillane </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,121 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,010 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51,899 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">65,686 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election February 1974</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Stanbrook" title="Ivor Stanbrook">Ivor Stanbrook</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>26,435 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−0.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robin Young </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,771 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Grant </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,752 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,664 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55,598 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">64,967 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Stanbrook" title="Ivor Stanbrook">Ivor Stanbrook</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,385 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Lubbock,_4th_Baron_Avebury" title="Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury">Eric Lubbock</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,063 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Grant </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,098 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,322 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51,546 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">65,191 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1960s">Elections in the 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Lubbock,_4th_Baron_Avebury" title="Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury">Eric Lubbock</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,615 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Norris_McWhirter" title="Norris McWhirter">Norris McWhirter</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,993 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Jonathan Sleigh </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,870 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,622 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48,478 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">55,776 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Lubbock,_4th_Baron_Avebury" title="Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury">Eric Lubbock</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,637 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+27.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Norris_McWhirter" title="Norris McWhirter">Norris McWhirter</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,565 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−14.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter A W Merriton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,609 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,072 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,811 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">54,846 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1962_Orpington_by-election" title="1962 Orpington by-election">1962 Orpington by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Lubbock,_4th_Baron_Avebury" title="Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury">Eric Lubbock</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,846 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+31.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Goldman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,991 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−21.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jinkinson" title="Alan Jinkinson">Alan Jinkinson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,350 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,855 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43,187 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">53,779 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+26.8 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1950s">Elections in the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_Sumner" title="Donald Sumner">Donald Sumner</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,303 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Norman John Hart </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,543 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jack Omar Galloway </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,092 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,760 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42,938 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">82.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">51,872 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_Sumner" title="Donald Sumner">Donald Sumner</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,166 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Norman John Hart </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,230 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alfred Baldock Howard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,610 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">new </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,936 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,006 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">46,581 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_Orpington_by-election" title="1955 Orpington by-election">1955 Orpington by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_Sumner" title="Donald Sumner">Donald Sumner</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,082 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">R. David Vaughan Williams </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,426 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,656 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30,508 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−26.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">55,069 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Waldron_Smithers" title="Waldron Smithers">Waldron Smithers</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,244 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+6.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">R. David Vaughan Williams </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,241 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,003 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43,485 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">82.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">53,023 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Orpington </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Waldron_Smithers" title="Waldron Smithers">Waldron Smithers</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,450 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+8.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">George H. C. Vaughan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,161 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_George_Bowman#Ruth_Abrahams" title="Laurence George Bowman">Ruth Abrahams</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,523 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,289 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43,134 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+12.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">50,704 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1940s">Elections in the 1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">General election 1945</a>: Orpington<sup id="cite_ref-bper_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bper-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Waldron_Smithers" title="Waldron Smithers">Waldron Smithers</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,388 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alan Raymond Mais </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,846 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.8 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edward Rogers Goodfellow </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,140 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.3 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Guy Chandler Milner </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">528 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.3 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,542 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41,902 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">57,625 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="List of parliamentary constituencies in London">List of parliamentary constituencies in London</a></li></ul> <div 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href="/wiki/Chelsea_and_Fulham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea and Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)">Chipping Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Cities of London and Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_and_Brixton_Hill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clapham and Brixton Hill (UK Parliament constituency)">Clapham and Brixton Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon West (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_and_Rainham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dagenham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)">Dagenham and Rainham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_and_West_Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich and West Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_Central_and_Acton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing Central and Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_Southall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Ham (UK Parliament constituency)">East Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_and_Winchmore_Hill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edmonton and Winchmore Hill (UK Parliament constituency)">Edmonton and Winchmore Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_and_Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eltham and Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Eltham and Chislehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith_and_Thamesmead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Erith and Thamesmead (UK Parliament constituency)">Erith and Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltham_and_Heston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)">Feltham and Heston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_and_Golders_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Finchley and Golders Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_and_Woolwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich and Woolwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_and_Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney North and Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_and_Shoreditch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South and Shoreditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_and_Chiswick_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith and Chiswick (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith and Chiswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_and_Highgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead and Highgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn and St. Pancras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornsey_and_Friern_Barnet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornsey and Friern Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornsey and Friern Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_and_Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South and Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_and_Bayswater_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington and Bayswater (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington and Bayswater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_and_East_Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West and East Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West and East Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_and_Wanstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Leyton and Wanstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham_and_Morden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mitcham and Morden (UK Parliament constituency)">Mitcham and Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_and_Maida_Vale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Queen's Park and Maida Vale (UK Parliament constituency)">Queen's Park and Maida Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southgate_and_Wood_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southgate and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Southgate and Wood Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford_and_Bow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stratford and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)">Stratford and Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_and_Croydon_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham and Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham and Croydon North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooting_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)">Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Tottenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_and_South_Ruislip_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uxbridge and South Ruislip (UK Parliament constituency)">Uxbridge and South Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_and_Camberwell_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Vauxhall and Camberwell Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)">Walthamstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_and_Beckton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Ham and Beckton (UK Parliament constituency)">West Ham and Beckton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bromley_and_Biggin_Hill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bromley and Biggin Hill (UK Parliament constituency)">Bromley and Biggin Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford_and_Woodford_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Chingford and Woodford Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_and_Upminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch and Upminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bexley_and_Sidcup_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)">Old Bexley and Sidcup</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip,_Northwood_and_Pinner_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (UK Parliament constituency)">Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton_and_Wallington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)">Carshalton and Wallington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_and_Surbiton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)">Kingston and Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Park_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)">Richmond Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_and_Cheam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)">Sutton and Cheam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)">Wimbledon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hayes and Harlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_and_Limehouse_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar and Limehouse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Historic_constituencies_in_London" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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constituency)">Bexley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_and_Chiswick_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brentford and Chiswick (UK Parliament constituency)">Brentford and Chiswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)">Carshalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chingford (UK Parliament constituency)">Chingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Chislehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing South (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)">East Ham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)">East Ham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield East (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield West (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith_and_Crayford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Erith and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)">Erith and Crayford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Feltham (UK Parliament constituency)">Feltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)">Finchley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hayes and Harlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heston_and_Isleworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Heston and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Heston and Isleworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston-upon-Thames_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)">Kingston-upon-Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)">Leyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merton_and_Morden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merton and Morden (UK Parliament constituency)">Merton and Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency)">Mitcham</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_(Surrey)_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency)">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip-Northwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Ruislip-Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southall (UK Parliament constituency)">Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Southgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)">Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surbiton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)">Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_and_Cheam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)">Sutton and Cheam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Tottenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walthamstow East (UK Parliament constituency)">Walthamstow East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walthamstow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Walthamstow West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanstead_and_Woodford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wanstead and Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)">Wanstead and Woodford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wembley North (UK Parliament constituency)">Wembley North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wembley South (UK Parliament constituency)">Wembley South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)">West Ham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)">West Ham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)">Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willesden_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Willesden East (UK Parliament constituency)">Willeseden East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willesden_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Willesden West (UK Parliament constituency)">Willeseden West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Wood Green</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1974</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Acton (UK Parliament constituency)">Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barking_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barking (UK Parliament constituency)">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Beckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_and_Bow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green and Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bexleyheath (UK Parliament constituency)">Bexleyheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent South (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_and_Isleworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Brentford and Isleworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)">Carshalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chingford (UK Parliament constituency)">Chingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)">Chipping Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Chislehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">City of London and Westminster South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Southgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith_and_Crayford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Erith and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)">Erith and Crayford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltham_and_Heston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)">Feltham and Heston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)">Finchley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_and_Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney North and Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_and_Shoreditch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South and Shoreditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hayes and Harlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn and St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn and St Pancras South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_and_Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South and Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston-upon-Thames_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)">Kingston-upon-Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lambeth Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Lambeth Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)">Leyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham_and_Morden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mitcham and Morden (UK Parliament constituency)">Mitcham and Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newham North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Newham North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newham North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Newham North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newham South (UK Parliament constituency)">Newham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravensbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ravensbourne (UK Parliament constituency)">Ravensbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_(Surrey)_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency)">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip-Northwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Ruislip-Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Marylebone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)">St Marylebone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidcup_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)">Sidcup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southall (UK Parliament constituency)">Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepney_and_Poplar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stepney and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)">Stepney and Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surbiton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)">Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_and_Cheam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)">Sutton and Cheam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooting_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)">Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Tottenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Upminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)">Walthamstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanstead_and_Woodford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wanstead and Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)">Wanstead and Woodford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)">Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Wood Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich West (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich West</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barking_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barking (UK Parliament constituency)">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Beckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_and_Stepney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green and Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green and Stepney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bexleyheath (UK Parliament constituency)">Bexleyheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_and_Poplar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bow and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)">Bow and Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent South (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_and_Isleworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Brentford and Isleworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton_and_Wallington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)">Carshalton and Wallington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chingford (UK Parliament constituency)">Chingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)">Chipping Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Chislehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">City of London and Westminster South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_Acton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing Acton (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_Southall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eltham (UK Parliament constituency)">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Southgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith_and_Crayford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Erith and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)">Erith and Crayford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltham_and_Heston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)">Feltham and Heston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)">Finchley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_and_Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney North and Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_and_Shoreditch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South and Shoreditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_and_Highgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead and Highgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hayes and Harlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn and St Pancras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornsey_and_Wood_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornsey and Wood Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_and_Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South and Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston-upon-Thames_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)">Kingston-upon-Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)">Leyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham_and_Morden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mitcham and Morden (UK Parliament constituency)">Mitcham and Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newham North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Newham North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newham North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Newham North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newham South (UK Parliament constituency)">Newham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bexley_and_Sidcup_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)">Old Bexley and Sidcup</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravensbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ravensbourne (UK Parliament constituency)">Ravensbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_and_Barnes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Richmond and Barnes (UK Parliament constituency)">Richmond and Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip-Northwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Ruislip-Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_and_Bermondsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark and Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark and Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surbiton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)">Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_and_Cheam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)">Sutton and Cheam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooting_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)">Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Tottenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Upminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)">Walthamstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanstead_and_Woodford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wanstead and Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)">Wanstead and Woodford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster North (UK Parliament constituency)">Westminster North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)">Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barking_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barking (UK Parliament constituency)">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Beckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_and_Bow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green and Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath_and_Crayford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bexleyheath and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)">Bexleyheath and Crayford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brent South (UK Parliament constituency)">Brent South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_and_Isleworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Brentford and Isleworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromley_and_Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bromley and Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Bromley and Chislehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_and_Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Camberwell and Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Camberwell and Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton_and_Wallington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)">Carshalton and Wallington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford_and_Woodford_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Chingford and Woodford Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)">Chipping Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Cities of London and Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_and_West_Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich and West Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing,_Acton_and_Shepherd%27s_Bush_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_Southall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)">Ealing Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Ham (UK Parliament constituency)">East Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eltham (UK Parliament constituency)">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Southgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)">Enfield Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith_and_Thamesmead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Erith and Thamesmead (UK Parliament constituency)">Erith and Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltham_and_Heston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)">Feltham and Heston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_and_Golders_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Finchley and Golders Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_and_Woolwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich and Woolwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_and_Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney North and Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_and_Shoreditch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South and Shoreditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_and_Fulham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith and Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_and_Highgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead and Highgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hayes and Harlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn and St Pancras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornsey_and_Wood_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornsey and Wood Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilford South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_and_Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South and Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_and_Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington and Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_and_Surbiton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)">Kingston and Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_and_Wanstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Leyton and Wanstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham_and_Morden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mitcham and Morden (UK Parliament constituency)">Mitcham and Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Southwark_and_Bermondsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Southwark and Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)">North Southwark and Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bexley_and_Sidcup_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)">Old Bexley and Sidcup</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_and_Canning_Town_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar and Canning Town (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar and Canning Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_Park_and_Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Regent's Park and Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Regent's Park and Kensington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Park_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)">Richmond Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip-Northwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Ruislip-Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_and_Cheam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)">Sutton and Cheam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooting_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)">Tooting</a></li> <li><a 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