Bromley and Biggin Hill

The Bromley and Biggin Hill constituency is located in the Borough of Bromley on the outskirts of Greater London. It includes most of the large town of Bromley, the small outlying town of Biggin Hill and the rural area between them. The area was predominantly rural until the arrival of rail transport in 1858, after which the population grew rapidly.^[3] The area is suburban and affluent; most parts of the constituency are in the top 10% least-deprived areas in the country.^[4]

Residents of the constituency are considerably wealthier and more likely to work in professional jobs compared to national averages.^[5] White people make up 78% of the population with Asians being the largest ethnic minority group at 8%.^[6] At the local borough council, most of the constituency is represented by Conservative councillors, although some Liberal Democrats were elected in Bromley, and Biggin Hill is represented by independents. At the 2016 referendum on European Union membership, voters in Bromley and Biggin Hill were evenly split with an estimated 50% voting for each option.^[5]

Map of boundaries from 2024

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:

• Bickley; Biggin Hill; Bromley Common and Keston; Bromley Town; Darwin (part¹); Hayes and Coney Hall; Plaistow and Sundridge.^[7]

^1.Area marked “5” on the map of the Bromley and Biggin Hill constituency produced by the Boundary Commission for England^[8]

It covers the following areas:^[9]

• Just over half the electorate, comprising Bickley, Bromley, Plaistow and Sundridge, previously part of the abolished constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst
• Bromley Common, Keston, Hayes and Coney Hall, transferred from Beckenham (renamed Beckenham and Penge)
• Biggin Hill, transferred from Orpington

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,^[10][11] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley from the 2024 general election:

• Bickley and Sundridge; Biggin Hill; Bromley Common and Holwood; Bromley Town; Darwin (polling district DAR1); Hayes and Coney Hall; Plaistow; Shortlands and Park Langley (polling district SHP5X).^[12]