Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Orpington
|parliament = uk
|image = 200px
|map2 =
|map_entity = Greater London
|map_year = 2024
|year = 1945
|abolished =
|type = Borough
|previous = Chislehurst
|next =
|next5 = Bromley and Biggin Hill
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=22 June 2024
|df=dmy
}}
|elects_howmany = One
|mp = Gareth Bacon
|party = Conservative
|towns = Orpington and Farnborough
|region = England
|county = Greater London
|european = London
}}
Orpington is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Gareth Bacon, a Conservative.{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, Orpington elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.|group= n}} It is the largest constituency in Greater London by area, covering the east and south of the London Borough of Bromley.{{cite news |title=PM's brother quits as MP and minister |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49594793 |access-date=5 September 2019 |work=BBC |date=5 September 2019 |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905103314/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49594793 |url-status=live }}
History
Orpington was created in a major boundary review enacted at the 1945 general election, which followed an absence of reviews since 1918. The seats of Dartford and Chislehurst had both seen their electorate grow enormously into newly built houses since the 1918 review and were treated as one and reformed into four seats, creating the additional seats of Bexley and this one in 1945.
;Political history
The seat has been won by a Conservative since creation except for the 1962, 1964 and 1966 Liberal Party wins of Eric Lubbock.
The 2015 result made the seat the 43rd safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/conservative-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Conservative Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |access-date=2017-02-12 |archive-date=2017-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608170823/http://www.ukpolitical.info/conservative-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}}
;Role in the Liberal Party revival
The seat is famous for its 1962 by-election when it was taken in a shock result and substantial victory by the Liberal Party candidate Eric Lubbock.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15/newsid_2543000/2543507.stm On This Day - "1962: Liberals seize Orpington"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023151125/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15/newsid_2543000/2543507.stm |date=2012-10-23 }} BBC News He lost the seat in the 1970 general election.
The constituency shared boundaries with the Orpington electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
Boundaries and boundary changes
File:Orpington-P-C.GIF but transferred to Bromley and Chislehurst in 2010.]]
=1945–1950=
The constituency was formed entirely from the existing of constituency Chislehurst
=1950–1955=
The part of the municipal borough of Beckenham included in the seat was transferred to the new constituency of Beckenham, part of the municipal borough of Bromley included in the seat was transferred to the constituency of Bromley while the Dartford Rural District (expect the parishes of Darenth, Stone, Sutton at Hone and Wilmington) was transferred from Chislehurst
=1955–1974=
The part of the Dartford Rural District included in the seat was transferred to the constituency of Dartford
=1974–1983=
=1983–1997=
The wards of Biggin Hill and Darwin were transferred to the constituency of Ravensbourne
=1997–2010=
The wards of Biggin Hill and Darwin were transferred from the abolished constituency of Ravensbourne. The St Paul's Cray ward was transferred from the abolished constituency of Chislehurst
=2010–2024=
The ward of Cray Valley West was transferred to the constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst
=Summary=
The seat has changed a little in subsequent boundary reviews since 1955. For the 1997 general election the Ravensbourne seat which had emerged in the west by Bromley was divided between three constituencies which before then overshot the London Borough of Bromley, adding to Orpington the community of Biggin Hill.
=Current=
File:Orpington 2023 Constituency.svg
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley as they existed on 1 December 2020:
- Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom; Cray Valley East; Cray Valley West; Darwin (part1); Farnborough and Crofton; Crockenhill ; Well Hill;Hockenden ;Orpington; Petts Wood and Knoll.{{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}}
1.Area marked “4” on the map of the Orpington constituency produced by the Boundary Commission for England{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume three: Maps {{!}} Boundary Commission for England {{!}} Page 4 |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-three-maps/page/4/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk |at=Map 164}}
The boundary with Bromley and Chislehurst (to be renamed Bromley and Biggin Hill) was realigned with Cray Valley West ward being transferred in (thus uniting the two Cray Valley wards), offset by the loss of Biggin Hill.
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=Bromley {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/bromley |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/424/contents/made|title=The London Borough of Bromley (Electoral Changes) Order 2021}} the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Bromley from the 2024 general election:
- Chelsfield; Darwin (except polling district DAR1); Farnborough and Crofton; Orpington; Petts Wood and Knoll; Well Hill; Crockenhill; St Mary Cray; St Paul's Cray.{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Orpington |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Orpington |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}
Constituency profile
The constituency is in the quite uniformly larger-housing dominated London Borough of Bromley,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129132219/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html|url-status=dead|title=2011 census interactive maps|archivedate=29 January 2016}} which has low unemployment[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802131558/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics |date=2017-08-02 }} The Guardian and forms the southeastern limits of Greater London. It contains the largely buffered settlements of St Mary Cray, parts of St Pauls Cray, Swanley and Ruxley, then ascends through Orpington, Farnborough, and Chelsfield to the uppermost tracts of the North Downs and to the Biggin Hill settlement, which has an airport{{cite web|url=http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ08|title=OS Maps - online and App mapping system - Ordnance Survey Shop|website=getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|access-date=2013-01-22|archive-date=2013-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219002446/http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ08|url-status=live}} and retains some of the hill-farming and woodland which dominated the area through the Industrial Revolution until the inter-war period.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51195 |title=Orpington - Osgoodby |author=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1848 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |access-date=22 January 2013 |archive-date=4 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104225739/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51195 |url-status=live }} A
The wealth of the Conservative vote comes from Biggin Hill, Biggin Hill Valley, Downe and Orpington. The area mainly comprises detached and semi-detached houses surrounded by winding roads and vast areas of parkland,{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} which since the seat's creation have continually returned Conservative candidates, with the exception of 1962, when a Liberal MP was elected.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" |
| Election
! Member{{Rayment-hc|o|date=March 2012}} !colspan=2|Party !Notes |
|---|
| 1945
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | Member for Chislehurst (1924–1945), Died in December 1954 |
| 1955 by-election
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | Seat vacated after Sumner accepted an appointment as a County Court judge |
| 1962 by-election
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}} | Liberal Chief Whip (1963–1970) |
| 1970
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | |
| 1992
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | Parliamentary Secretary for the Public Service (1995) |
| 2010
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (2014–2015) |
| 2019
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing (2023–2024) |
Elections
=Elections in the 2020s=
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 2024: Orpington{{cite web|url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/orpington-448 |title=Orpington Constituency |publisher=Sky News|date=5 July 2024}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Bacon
|votes = 17,504
|percentage = 38.0
|change = −23.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ju Owens
|votes = 12,386
|percentage = 26.9
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Mark James
|votes = 8,896
|percentage = 19.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Graeme Casey
|votes = 4,728
|percentage = 10.3
|change = −4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Seamus McCauley
|votes = 2,319
|percentage = 5.0
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|candidate = John Bright
|votes = 240
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,118
|percentage = 11.1
|change = −34.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,073
|percentage = 64.7
|change = −3.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
| reg. electors = 71,203
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −15.5
}}
{{election box end}}
=Elections in the 2010s=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2019 notional result{{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}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 30,308 | align=right| 61.9 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 9,681 | align=right| 19.8 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 7,145 | align=right| 14.6 |
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| Green | align=right| 1,824 | align=right| 3.7 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|48,958 |align=right|68.4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|71,571 |
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 2019: Orpington{{Cite web |url=https://www.bromley.gov.uk/downloads/file/5219/statement_of_persons_nominated_general_election_2019_-_orpington_constituency |title=Statement of Persons Nominated General Election 2019 - Orpington constituency |website=London Borough of Bromley |language=en |access-date=2019-11-19 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |date=28 January 2020 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis |publisher=House of Commons Library |location=London |access-date=19 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118043715/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Bacon
|votes = 30,882
|percentage = 63.4
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Jeal
|votes = 8,504
|percentage = 17.5
|change = −6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Allan Tweddle
|votes = 7,552
|percentage = 15.5
|change = +8.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Karen Wheller
|votes = 1,783
|percentage = 3.7
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22,378
|percentage = 45.9
|change = +7.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,721
|percentage = 70.7
|change = −3.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 68,884
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 2017: Orpington{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000872|title=Orpington parliamentary constituency|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-06-22|archive-date=2017-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610041515/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000872|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |edition=Second |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |publisher=House of Commons Library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jo Johnson
|votes = 31,762
|percentage = 62.9
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel de Gruchy
|votes = 12,309
|percentage = 24.4
|change = +8.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alex Feakes
|votes = 3,315
|percentage = 6.6
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Brian Philp
|votes = 2,023
|percentage = 4.0
|change = −12.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tamara Galloway
|votes = 1,060
|percentage = 2.1
|change = −1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,453
|percentage = 38.5
|change = −2.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 50,469
|percentage = 74.3
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 67,902
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −1.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
By numerical vote share, the 2017 general election saw Orpington become the safest Conservative seat in London.
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 2015: Orpington{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/downloads/file/2227/orpington_constituency_result_of_poll_may_2015|title=Orpington Constituency result of poll May 2015 - London Borough of Bromley|first=London Borough of|last=Bromley|website=www.bromley.gov.uk|access-date=2015-08-22|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194744/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/downloads/file/2227/orpington_constituency_result_of_poll_may_2015|url-status=live}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jo Johnson
|votes = 28,152
|percentage = 57.4
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|votes = 8,173
|percentage = 16.7
|change = +13.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel de Gruchy
|votes = 7,645
|percentage = 15.6
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Brooks
|votes = 3,330
|percentage = 6.8
|change = −17.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tamara Gallowaylondon.greenparty.org.uk/elections/2015-general-election.html
|votes = 1,732
|percentage = 3.5
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,979
|percentage = 40.7
|change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 49,032
|percentage = 72.6
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 68,129
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −8.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 2010: Orpington{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jo Johnson
|votes = 29,200
|percentage = 59.7
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David McBride
|votes = 12,000
|percentage = 24.5
|change = −16.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Morgan
|votes = 4,400
|percentage = 9.0
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mick Greenhough
|votes = 1,360
|percentage = 2.8
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Tess Culnane
|votes = 1,241
|percentage = 2.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tamara Galloway
|votes = 511
|percentage = 1.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = English Democrats
|candidate = Chris Snape
|votes = 199
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,200
|percentage = 35.2
|change = +26.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,911
|percentage = 72.2
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 67,732
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +11.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2005 notional result | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 24,370 | align=right| 52.5 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 18,859 | align=right| 40.6 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 2,674 | align=right| 5.8 |
| {{party color cell|UK Independence Party}}
| UKIP | align=right| 559 | align=right| 1.2 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|46,462 |align=right|69.9 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|66,448 |
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 2005: Orpington{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Horam
|votes = 26,718
|percentage = 48.8
|change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Maines
|votes = 21,771
|percentage = 39.8
|change = −3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Emily Bird
|votes = 4,914
|percentage = 9.0
|change = −1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mick Greenhough
|votes = 1,331
|percentage = 2.4
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,947
|percentage = 9.0
|change = +8.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 54,734
|percentage = 70.0
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 78,240
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 2001: Orpington{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Horam
|votes = 22,334
|percentage = 43.9
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Maines
|votes = 22,065
|percentage = 43.3
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Chris Purnell
|votes = 5,517
|percentage = 10.8
|change = −7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = John Youles
|votes = 996
|percentage = 2.0
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 269
|percentage = 0.5
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 50,912
|percentage = 64.6
|change = −11.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 78,853
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 1997: Orpington{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Horam
|votes = 24,417
|percentage = 40.6
|change = −14.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Maines
|votes = 21,465
|percentage = 35.7
|change = +7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sue Polydorou
|votes = 10,753
|percentage = 17.9
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = David Clark
|votes = 2,316
|percentage = 3.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = James Carver
|votes = 526
|percentage = 0.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Robin Almond
|votes = 494
|percentage = 0.8
|change = −0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = ProLife Alliance
|candidate = Nicholas Wilton
|votes = 191
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,952
|percentage = 4.8
|change = −22.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 60,162
|percentage = 76.3
|change = −4.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 78,831
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −11.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 1992 notional result | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 36,770 | align=right| 55.3 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 18,840 | align=right| 28.3 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 9,837 | align=right| 14.8 |
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Others | align=right| 1,085 | align=right| 1.6 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|66,532 |align=right|81.1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|82,032 |
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 1992: Orpington{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Horam
|votes = 27,421
|percentage = 57.2
|change = −1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Maines
|votes = 14,486
|percentage = 30.2
|change = −0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Cowan
|votes = 5,512
|percentage = 11.5
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Robin Almond
|votes = 539
|percentage = 1.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,935
|percentage = 27.0
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,958
|percentage = 83.7
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 57,318
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1980s=
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 1987: Orpington{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ivor Stanbrook
|votes = 27,261
|percentage = 58.2
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan Fryer
|votes = 14,529
|percentage = 31.0
|change = −3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Steven Cowan
|votes = 5,020
|percentage = 10.7
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,732
|percentage = 27.2
|change = +4.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,810
|percentage = 78.5
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 59,608
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 1983: Orpington{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ivor Stanbrook
|votes = 25,569
|percentage = 57.3
|change = +0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Cook
|votes = 15,418
|percentage = 34.5
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Bean
|votes = 3,439
|percentage = 7.7
|change = −4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = L.T. Taylor
|votes = 215
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,151
|percentage = 22.8
|change = −5.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 44,641
|percentage = 76.0
|change = −5.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 58,759
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1970s=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 1979 notional result{{cite web |title=BBC/ITN NOTIONAL ELECTION 1979 |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/notional79.html |website=election.demon.co.uk |publisher=BBC/ITN |access-date=7 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040528085747/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/notional79.html |archive-date=28 May 2004}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 26,735 | align=right| 57.2 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Party (UK)}}
| Liberal | align=right| 13,692 | align=right| 29.3 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 5,719 | align=right| 12.2 |
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Others | align=right| 558 | align=right| 1.2 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|46,704 |align=right| | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right| |
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1979: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ivor Stanbrook
|votes = 32,150
|percentage = 58.0
|change = +11.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Cook{{cite book|title=Election Expenses|date=1980|isbn=0102374805|page=10|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
|votes = 16,074
|percentage = 29.0
|change = −8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne Weyman
|votes = 6,581
|percentage = 11.9
|change = −3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|votes = 516
|percentage = 0.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Homeland Party
|votes = 146
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,076
|percentage = 29.0
|change = +19.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 55,467
|percentage = 81.7
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 67,917
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +9.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election October 1974: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ivor Stanbrook
|votes = 24,394
|percentage = 47.0
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Kina-Maria Lubbock{{cite web |title=LIBERAL/LIBERAL DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES in the GREATER LONDON REGION 1945-2019 |url=https://liberalhistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CANDIDATES-GREATER-LONDON-1945-2019.pdf |website=liberalhistory.org.uk |publisher=Liberal Democrat History Group |access-date=29 April 2025 |pages=6-98}}
|votes = 19,384
|percentage = 37.3
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = C. Spillane
|votes = 8,121
|percentage = 15.6
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,010
|percentage = 9.7
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 51,899
|percentage = 79.0
|change = −7.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 65,686
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title = General election February 1974: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ivor Stanbrook
|votes = 26,435
|percentage = 47.2
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robin Young
|votes = 22,771
|percentage = 40.7
|change = −4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Grant
|votes = 6,752
|percentage = 12.1
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,664
|percentage = 6.6
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 55,598
|percentage = 86.1
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 64,967
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 1970 notional result{{cite web |title=1970 notional general election & February 1974 general election |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dX47DuTxmFg6SXaizeo3TQwvlEEOKPdCWQCTABWyN40/edit?gid=0#gid=0 |author1=Michael Stead |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 March 2025 }} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 23,900 | align=right| 47.3 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Party (UK)}}
| Liberal | align=right| 22,600 | align=right| 44.8 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 4,000 | align=right| 7.9 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|50,500 |align=right|78.9 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|64,041 |
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1970: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ivor Stanbrook
|votes = 24,385
|percentage = 47.3
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Lubbock
|votes = 23,063
|percentage = 44.7
|change = −1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Grant
|votes = 4,098
|percentage = 8.0
|change = −2.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,322
|percentage = 2.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 51,546
|percentage = 79.1
|change = −7.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 65,191
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +3.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1960s=
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1966: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Lubbock
|votes = 22,615
|percentage = 46.7
|change = −1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Norris McWhirter
|votes = 20,993
|percentage = 43.3
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Sleigh
|votes = 4,870
|percentage = 10.0
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,622
|percentage = 3.4
|change = −3.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,478
|percentage = 86.9
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 55,776
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −1.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title = General election 1964: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Lubbock
|votes = 22,637
|percentage = 48.4
|change = +27.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Norris McWhirter
|votes = 19,565
|percentage = 41.8
|change = −14.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Merriton
|votes = 4,609
|percentage = 9.8
|change = −12.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,072
|percentage = 6.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,811
|percentage = 85.3
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 54,846
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +20.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title = 1962 Orpington by-election{{cite web|url=http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205100601/http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html|title=1962 By Election Results|archive-date=2012-02-05|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-08-15}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Lubbock
|votes = 22,846
|percentage = 52.9
|change = +31.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Goldman
|votes = 14,991
|percentage = 34.7
|change = −21.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Jinkinson
|votes = 5,350
|percentage = 12.4
|change = −9.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,855
|percentage = 18.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,187
|percentage = 80.3
|change = −2.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 53,779
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +26.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1950s=
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 1959: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Donald Sumner
|votes = 24,303
|percentage = 56.6
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Norman Hart
|votes = 9,543
|percentage = 22.2
|change = −5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Jack Galloway
|votes = 9,092
|percentage = 21.2
|change = +8.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,760
|percentage = 34.4
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 42,938
|percentage = 82.8
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 51,872
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|
|title = General election 1955: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Donald Sumner
|votes = 22,166
|percentage = 59.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Norman Hart
|votes = 10,230
|percentage = 27.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Howard
|votes = 4,610
|percentage = 12.5
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 11,936
|percentage = 32.3
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 37,006
|percentage = 79.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 46,581
}}
{{Election box new boundary win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title = 1955 Orpington by-election{{Cite web|url=http://geocities.com/by_elections/55a.html|title=1955 By Elections - part 1|date=31 August 2009|access-date=28 June 2022|archive-date=31 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831055341/http://geocities.com/by_elections/55a.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Donald Sumner
|votes = 20,082
|percentage = 65.8
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. David Vaughan Williams
|votes = 10,426
|percentage = 34.2
|change = −3.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,656
|percentage = 31.6
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 30,508
|percentage = 55.4
|change = −26.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 55,069
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 1951: Orpington
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Waldron Smithers
|votes = 27,244
|percentage = 62.7
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. David Vaughan Williams
|votes = 16,241
|percentage = 37.3
|change = +4.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,003
|percentage = 25.3
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,485
|percentage = 82.0
|change = −3.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
| reg. electors = 53,023
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin
|title = General election 1950: Orpington{{cite book |last1=Craig |first1=Fred W. S |title=British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 |date=1983 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |isbn=0900178078 |edition=2nd |url=https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai_z6z6/page/4/mode/1up |access-date=5 April 2025}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Waldron Smithers
|votes = 24,450
|percentage = 56.7
|change = +8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Vaughan
|votes = 14,161
|percentage = 32.8
|change = −5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Ruth Abrahams
|votes = 4,523
|percentage = 10.5
|change = −1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,289
|percentage = 23.9
|change = +13.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,134
|percentage = 85.1
|change = +12.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 50,704
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +6.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1940s=
{{Election box begin no change|
|title = General election 1945: Orpington{{cite book |last1=Craig |first1=Fred W. S |title=British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 |url=https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai/ |publisher=Political Reference Publications |isbn=0900178019 |access-date=5 April 2025 |date=1969}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Waldron Smithers
|votes = 20,388
|percentage = 48.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Mais
|votes = 15,846
|percentage = 37.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Goodfellow
|votes = 5,140
|percentage = 12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Guy Milner
|votes = 528
|percentage = 1.3
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 4,542
|percentage = 10.8
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 41,902
|percentage = 72.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
| reg. electors = 57,625
}}
{{Election box new seat win no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
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See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- [http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080307072911/http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ UK Constituency Maps]
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/448.stm BBC Vote 2001] Includes 1997 and 2001 results
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/448.stm BBC Election 2005]
- [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk Political Science Resources] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702081222/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ |date=2 July 2009 }}
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13291.html Orpington UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65682.html Orpington UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168571.html Orpington UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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Category:Politics of the London Borough of Bromley
Category:Parliamentary constituencies in London
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1945