Beckenham and Penge

The Beckenham and Penge constituency is located in south London on the outskirts of the city and covers the north-western part of the Borough of Bromley. It is suburban in character and contains the areas of Beckenham, Penge and West Wickham.

The area was rural but experienced rapid population growth after the arrival of a railway in 1857.^[3] Residents of the constituency are generally wealthier and more likely to work in professional jobs than the London and national averages.^[4] Beckenham and Penge is more ethnically diverse than the country as a whole but less so than the rest of London; 73% of the population are White, 11% are Black and 7% are Asian.^[5] At the most recent borough council election in 2022, the seats in Penge and the west of Beckenham were won by Labour Party candidates whilst the seats in West Wickham and the east of the constituency were won by Conservatives. In the 2016 referendum on European Union membership, 58% of the constituency's voters are estimated to have supported remaining in the EU.^[4]

Under the 2023 boundary review, 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 (now abolished).
• Clock House, Crystal Palace and Anerley, and Penge and Cator, transferred from Lewisham West and Penge (now abolished).^[6]

Following a local government boundary review of Bromley, which became effective in May 2022,^[7] it now comprises the following wards from the 2024 general election:

• Beckenham Town and Copers Cope; Clock House; Crystal Palace and Anerley; Kelsey and Eden Park; Penge and Cator; Shortlands and Park Langley (except polling district SHP5X); and West Wickham.^[8]