Bromley and Chislehurst
Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons
Boundary of Bromley and Chislehurst in Greater London
County	Greater London
Population	88,633 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	65,508 (December 2010)[2]
Borough	London Borough of Bromley
1997–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Ravensbourne,Chislehurst
Replaced by	Bromley and Biggin Hill,Eltham and Chislehurst

Bromley and Chislehurst was aconstituency inGreater London represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament from2006 until its abolition for the2024 general election^[3] byBob Neill, aConservative.^{[n 1]}

The Bromley and Chislehurst constituency is relatively prosperous in terms of income and has low unemployment; it is largely suburban with significant parkland and sports areas.^[4][5] Most of the housing is owner-occupied although there are significant proportions ofsocial housing in parts ofMottingham andBromley Common. The2011 census shows that the borough is 84.3% White European/British, lower than the national average (86%) and higher than then London average (59%).^[6]

Until 2006 it was one of theConservative Party'ssafest seats; the by-election of that year saw the party's electoral majority fall steeply from over 13,000 (in the2005 election) to just over 600 votes. The party has since rebuilt its majority, which currently stands at just under 11,000.^[7]

TheBromley parliamentary constituency was created in 1918.^{[n 2]} In 1974 Bromley becameRavensbourne.

Before the 1997 election western wards ofChislehurst merged with eastern wards in Ravensbourne to formBromley and Chislehurst.^{[n 3]}

The earlier Bromley seat, later Ravensbourne, was markedly prosperous in regional terms and did not electLabourMembers of Parliament (MPs) during its 1918 to 1974 existence. However, one of the Ravensbourne wards,Plaistow and Sundridge, had a communist councillor in the 1940s. Prime Minister (1957–1963)Harold Macmillan was the MP forBromley from 1945 until his retirement in 1964, when he was succeeded byJohn Hunt. Hunt, on the left of the Conservative Party, held the seat (renamedRavensbourne in 1974) until 1997.

The Chislehurst seat had aLabour Party MP from1966 until1970.

Aby-election was held on 29 June 2006, upon the death of the previous MPEric Forth the month before, which returnedLondon Assembly memberBob Neill as the new Conservative MP with an electoral majority of just over 600 votes – compared to the previous Conservative majority of over 13,000 in the 2005 general election. Turnout was down by a significant margin. In 2010 Bob Neill was re-elected with a Conservative majority greater than that achieved in 2005.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Bromley Common and Keston, Chislehurst, Hayes, Martins Hill and Town, Mottingham, and Plaistow and Sundridge.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Bromley Town, Chislehurst, Cray Valley West, Mottingham and Chislehurst North, and Plaistow and Sundridge.

Bromley and Chislehurst constituency covered the northern part of theLondon Borough of Bromley including the east of Bromley, its town centre, and Chislehurst.

Further to the completion of the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways:^[3]

• The majority of the electorate, comprisingBickley,Bromley,Plaistow andSundridge, to form the basis of the new constituency ofBromley and Biggin Hill
• Chislehurst andMottingham to be included in the new constituency ofEltham and Chislehurst
• The Cray Valley West ward (St Paul's Cray) to be reunited with Cray Valley East (St Mary's Cray) in theOrpington constituency

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

• Cook, Chris and Ramsden, John.By-elections in British politics (Routledge, 2003)

• nomis Constituency Profile for Bromley and Chislehurst — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• Bromley and Chislehurst UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) atMapIt UK
• Bromley and Chislehurst UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) atMapIt UK

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• Politics of the London Borough of Bromley
• Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024

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