Lib Dems only 633 votes behind in Bromley & Chislehurst - Labour 4th

At the Bromley & Chislehurst parliamentary by-election on 29 June 2006, Liberal Democrat candidate Ben Abbotts caused a sensation when he reduced the Conservative majority, in what was previously the Conservative's 17th safest seat in the country, from over 13,000 to a wafer thin 633. Labour came a poor fourth behind UKIP. The decrease in the Conservative majority percentage was the worst by-election result for the Conservative party in a Tory held seat since Wirral South in February 1997 - the last days of the John Major premiership. The BBC called it "a stunning result", "a very bad night for David Cameron" and a "very, very good night for the Liberal Democrats".

View the result in detail.

At the next General Election Bromley & Chislehurst constituency boundaries will be changed to consist of the following wards:

Bickley, Bromley Town, Chislehurst, Cray Valley West, Mottingham and Chislehurst North, Plaistow and Sundridge.

Local Liberal Democrat teams work all year round for local residents.

If you have an issue you wish to raise, please contact your local team (if you are unsure of your ward email info@bromleylibdems.org.uk )

To contact your local Liberal Democrat team please email:

Bickley bickley@bromleylibdems.org.uk

Bromley Town bromley.town@bromleylibdems.org.uk

Chislehurst chislehurst@bromleylibdems.org.uk

Cray Valley West cvw@bromleylibdems.org.uk

Mottingham & Chislehurst North mcn@bromleylibdems.org.uk

Plaistow & Sundridge plaistow.sundridge@bromleylibdems.org.uk