Bromley and Biggin Hill: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Bromley and Biggin Hill is Peter Fortune (Conservative), returned on 4 July 2024. Peter Fortune took the seat for Conservative in July 2024 with 15,929 votes (34.0%), ahead of Oana Olaru-Holmes (Labour) on 15,627. 46,788 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 70,713, 66.2% of those registered. The majority was 302.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set Bromley and Biggin Hill apart: the 9th highest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£54,912 a year), and the 35th highest median full-time pay for jobs based here of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£45,271 a year).
Full-time employees living in Bromley and Biggin Hill had median pay of £54,912 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £45,271. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £48,021. The residents' figure ranks 9th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The median price paid for a home was £530,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £375,500. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 43rd highest of 575 constituencies. 1,009 sales were registered in the period, against 1,457 in the year to March 2025.
2,740 children in Bromley and Biggin Hill were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 14.2% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 7.6% in 2021/22 to 7.3% in 2024/25.
Bromley and Biggin Hill counted 39,279 households on Census day 2021; 20.7% of adults were retired and 45.7% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The ONS estimates 99,266 people lived in Bromley and Biggin Hill in mid-2024, up 5.5% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 19,334; people aged 65 and over, 18,136.
Workplaces in Bromley and Biggin Hill accounted for 41,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 5,580 local units for March 2026.
78.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±7.9 points). 17.6% were economically inactive.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,970, or 3.2% of the working-age population. That is up from 1,940 twelve months before.
MP
Peter Fortune, Conservative
- MP for Bromley and Biggin Hill since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Peter Fortune on this site
In Parliament
What Peter Fortune said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 14 October 2026 to 22 October 2026). Hansard search returns 166 spoken contributions by Peter Fortune since 4 July 2024.
I recently visited the Demelza hospice, which cares for children with life-limiting conditions and supports families across Bromley and elsewhere. It is simply extraordinary.
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse—I think for the first time. I congratulate the hon. Member for Jarrow and Gateshead East (Kate Osborne) on securing this debate to recognise the 90th anniversary of the Jarrow march.
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—the renationalisation of the railways is not working.
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The hon. Gentleman is being too generous: he plays cricket; I sort of stand there and get hit by the ball.
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right: you tax something to stop it happening, and if you tax jobs, they stop being created.
Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Fortune | Conservative | 15,929 | 34.0% | −20.4 |
| Oana Olaru-Holmes | Labour | 15,627 | 33.4% | +8.3 |
| Alan Cook | Reform UK | 8,203 | 17.5% | |
| Julie Ireland | Liberal Democrat | 4,352 | 9.3% | −6.7 |
| Caroline Sandes | Green Party | 2,583 | 5.5% | +1.8 |
| Karen Miller | Climate Party | 94 | 0.2% |
Result summary as published: Con hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Conservative 34.1% | Labour 33.4% | 302 | 66.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 54.5% | Labour 25.1% | 14,380 | 69.7% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Bromley and Biggin Hill lies within Bromley.
- Bromley E09000006
Who has power over Bromley and Biggin Hill
Every body that makes decisions for Bromley and Biggin Hill, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Greater London Authority Greater London Authority
- Metropolitan Police Service police force
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- NHS South East London Integrated Care Board NHS
- London in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bromley and Biggin Hill this page: Peter Fortune (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Bromley and Biggin Hill?
Peter Fortune (Conservative), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Bromley and Biggin Hill?
The House of Commons Library records 15,929 votes for Peter Fortune of Conservative and a majority of 302; 66.2% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Bromley and Biggin Hill?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,970, 3.2% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Bromley and Biggin Hill?
£530,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Bromley and Biggin Hill?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £54,912 (April 2025).
How many children in Bromley and Biggin Hill live in low income families?
2,740 children under 16, 14.2%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Bromley and Biggin Hill?
99,266 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.