Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in the London Borough of Bromley, historically part of Kent, known for its suburban character and occasional high-profile by-elections.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
administrativeBorough Bromley ⓘ
boundaryAuthority Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1945 ⓘ
Parliamentary constituencies in London ⓘ
Politics of the London Borough of Bromley ⓘ
character suburban ⓘ
containsArea Biggin Hill ⓘ
Chelsfield ⓘ
Farnborough, London ⓘ
Petts Wood ⓘ
St Mary Cray ⓘ
St Paul’s Cray ⓘ
containsTown Orpington ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1945 ⓘ
currentMP Gareth Bacon ⓘ
currentMPParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
electorateProfile commuter population ⓘ
largely owner-occupied housing ⓘ
electorateType borough constituency ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
hasElectionType first-past-the-post voting system ⓘ
historicalCounty Kent ⓘ
knownFor 1962 Liberal by-election victory ⓘ
suburban commuter-belt demographics ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

London Borough of Bromley ⓘ
notableByElection Orpington by-election, 1962 ⓘ
notablePoliticalEvent rise of Liberal Party support in early 1960s ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
previousConstituency Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
region London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
representedBy Donald Sumner ⓘ
Eric Lubbock ⓘ
Gareth Bacon ⓘ
Garthorne Hardy (first MP) ⓘ
Ivor Stanbrook ⓘ
Jo Johnson ⓘ
John Horam ⓘ
startOfRepresentationInCommons 1945 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Downe, Kent, England → parliamentaryConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Cudham → hasConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Farnborough, London → parliamentaryConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Orpington, Kent, England → electoralConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) → notableByElection → Orpington by-election, 1962 ⓘ
linked to: Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)
Pratts Bottom → electoralConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
St Mary Cray → withinConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Ravensbourne (UK Parliament constituency) → previouslyPartOf → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Locksbottom → hasConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Crofton, London → constituencyWestminster → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Orpington → partOfConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: Orpington town
Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) → borderingConstituency → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Garthorne Hardy (first MP) → officeContested → Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ