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England · Constituency

Orpington

Represented by Gareth Bacon (Conservative)

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Your member of parliament

Gareth Bacon

Conservative

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Conservative finished ahead of Labour by 5,118 votes.

Majority

5,118

11.1% of votes cast.

Turnout

64.6%

46,073 of 71,284 on the register.

Candidates

6

46,073 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gareth BaconElectedConservative17,50438.0%
Ju OwensLabour12,38626.9%
Mark JamesReform UK8,89619.3%
Graeme CaseyLiberal Democrat4,72810.3%
Seamus McCauleyGreen Party2,3195.0%
John BrightSocial Democratic Party2400.5%

Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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