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{{Short description|Proposed United Kingdom parliamentary constituency}}
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
'''Beckenham and Penge''' is a proposed [[List of UK Parliament constituencies|constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-london/ |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref> Further to the completion of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], it will first be contested at the [[Next United Kingdom general election|next general election]].
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|county=[[Greater London]]
|electorate=76,625 (2023)<ref>{{cite web
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|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
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|borough=[[London Borough of Bromley|Bromley]]
|year=2024
|mp=[[Liam Conlon]]
|party= Labour Party (UK)
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|previous=[[Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Beckenham]], & [[Lewisham West and Penge]]
|next=
}}


'''Beckenham and Penge''' is a [[List of UK Parliament constituencies|constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in the [[UK Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-london/ |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref> Further to the completion of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], it was first contested in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].
== Contents ==
The constituency will comprise the following areas:


==Constituency profile==
* The wards of [[West Wickham]], the majority of [[Shortlands]] and [[Park Langley]], Kelsey and [[Eden Park]], and Beckenham Town and [[Copers Cope]] in the [[London Borough of Bromley]]. Transferred from [[Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Beckenham]] (to be abolished).
The main settlements are Anerley, Beckenham, Penge and West Wickham with a large amount of interwar housing. Levels of education and employment are above average for Great Britain.<ref>Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Beckenham%20and%20Penge</ref>
* The wards of [[Penge]] and Cator, Clock House, and [[Crystal Palace (ward)|Crystal Palace]] and [[Anerley]] in the [[London Borough of Bromley]]. Transferred from [[Lewisham West and Penge]] (to be abolished).

== Boundaries ==
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Beckenham and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}}
The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the [[London Borough of Bromley]] as they existed on 1 December 2020:

* Copers Cope, Kelsey and Eden Park, Shortlands, and West Wickham, transferred from [[Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Beckenham]] (now abolished).
* Clock House, [[Crystal Palace and Anerley (ward)|Crystal Palace & Anerley]], and Penge and Cator, transferred from [[Lewisham West and Penge]] (now abolished).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 3 London region}}</ref>

Following a local government boundary review of Bromley, which became effective in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following wards from the 2024 general election:

* [[Beckenham]] Town and Copers Cope, Clock House, [[Crystal Palace (ward)|Crystal Palace]] and [[Anerley]], Kelsey and [[Eden Park, London|Eden Park]], [[Penge]] and Cator, [[Shortlands]] and [[Park Langley]] (except polling district SHP5X), and [[West Wickham]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details – Beckenham and Penge |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Beckenham+and+Penge |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref>


==Election results==
==Election results==
===Elections in the 2020s===
===Elections in the 2020s===


{{Election box begin|title=[[Next United Kingdom general election|Next general election]]: Beckenham and Penge
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Beckenham and Penge<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bromley.gov.uk/downloads/file/2472/statement-of-persons-nominated-beckenham-and-penge-constituency|title=Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Beckenham and Penge Constituency |publisher=Bromley Council|date=7 June 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = TBC<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Stewart MP to stand down after racial abuse conviction |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67467950 |access-date=19 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Liam Conlon<ref>{{cite news |title=Sue Gray’s son to run for winnable Labour seat |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/29/sue-gray-son-liam-conlon-to-run-for-winnable-labour-seat |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>
}}
}}


{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Liam Conlon]]|votes=25,738|percentage=49.3|change=+9.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Hannah Gray|votes=12,848|percentage=24.6|change=–14.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reform UK|candidate=Edward Apostolides|votes=5,355|percentage=10.3|change=+9.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Chloe-Jane Ross|votes=4,436|percentage=8.5|change=–7.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Ruth Fabricant|votes=3,830|percentage=7.3|change=+3.3}}


{{Election box majority|votes=12,905|percentage=24.7|change=+23.7}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=52,207|percentage=67.6|change=–10.9}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 77,194
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing={{increase}}11.9}}
{{election box end}}
{{election box end}}

===Elections in the 2010s===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|notional result]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 24,118 ||align=right| 40.1
|-
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] ||align=right| 23,487 ||align=right| 39.1
|-
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 9,657 ||align=right| 16.1
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] ||align=right| 2,416 ||align=right| 4.0
|-
| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}}
| [[Brexit Party]] ||align=right| 464 ||align=right| 0.8
|-
|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Turnout'''
|align=right|60,142
|align=right|78.5
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Electorate'''
|align=right|76,625
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168549.html Beckenham and Penge UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

{{Constituencies in London}}

[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in London]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024]]
[[Category:Politics of the London Borough of Bromley]]

Latest revision as of 07:59, 12 October 2024

Beckenham and Penge
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Beckenham and Penge in Greater London for the 2024 general election
CountyGreater London
Electorate76,625 (2023)[1]
BoroughBromley
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentLiam Conlon (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromBeckenham, & Lewisham West and Penge

Beckenham and Penge is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.

Constituency profile

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The main settlements are Anerley, Beckenham, Penge and West Wickham with a large amount of interwar housing. Levels of education and employment are above average for Great Britain.[3]

Boundaries

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Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following a local government boundary review of Bromley, which became effective in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following wards from the 2024 general election:

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Beckenham and Penge[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Conlon 25,738 49.3 +9.2
Conservative Hannah Gray 12,848 24.6 –14.5
Reform UK Edward Apostolides 5,355 10.3 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Chloe-Jane Ross 4,436 8.5 –7.6
Green Ruth Fabricant 3,830 7.3 +3.3
Majority 12,905 24.7 +23.7
Turnout 52,207 67.6 –10.9
Registered electors 77,194
Labour hold Swing Increase11.9

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[7]
Party Vote %
Labour 24,118 40.1
Conservative 23,487 39.1
Liberal Democrats 9,657 16.1
Green 2,416 4.0
Brexit Party 464 0.8
Turnout 60,142 78.5
Electorate 76,625

References

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Beckenham%20and%20Penge
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  5. ^ "New Seat Details – Beckenham and Penge". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  6. ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Beckenham and Penge Constituency". Bromley Council. 7 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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