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'Orpington' is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

See also

External links

Reference

Boundaries

The constituency is located in the London Borough of Bromley, forming the southeastern limits of Greater London and including the urban areas of Orpington, St Mary Cray, most of St Paul's Cray, Farnborough, and Chelsfield and extending through the countryside to Biggin Hill.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the existing constituency of Orpington. The electoral wards used in the creation of the modified seat are:

★ Biggin Hill, Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom, Cray Valley East, Darwin, Farnborough and Crofton, Orpington, Petts Wood and Knoll.

History

Orpington was created in a mini boundary review enacted at the 1945 general election. The seats of Dartford and Chislehurst had both seen their electorate grow enormously since the last review and as an interim measure were divided into four, creating the additional seats of Bexley and Orpington. The seat has changed a little in subsequent boundary reviews since 1945, most recently at the 1997 general election, when the Ravensbourne seat was divided between the three Bromley constituencies, moving Biggin Hill into the existing Orpington seat.
The seat is famous for its 1962 by-election. A shock win by Eric Lubbock of the Liberal Party spelt the beginning of the end for the Conservative Macmillan government. [1].
The current MP is John Horam first elected in the 1992 General Election.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1945	Sir Waldron Smithers	Conservative
	1955	Donald Sumner	Conservative
	1962	Eric Lubbock	Liberal
	1970	Ivor Stanbrook	Conservative
	1992	John Horam	Conservative

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

External links

★ UK Constituency Maps

★ BBC Vote 2001 Includes 1997 and 2001 results

★ BBC Election 2005

★ Political Science Resources

Reference

★ ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)