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Bromley — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bromley was won by Conservative at the 1970 general election, with a majority of 13,036 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Bromley from 1918 to 1970.

Full Election History, 1918–1970

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Henry William Forster (Unionist) 16,840 79.5% George Wilfrid Holford Knight (Liberal) 12,501 (59.0 pts) 52.0%
1922 Cuthbert James (Unionist) 16,803 54.8% Frank Kingsley Griffith (Liberal) 7,675 (25.0 pts) 66.3%
1923 Cuthbert James (Unionist) 13,495 44.8% Frank Kingsley Griffith (Liberal) 883 (2.9 pts) 64.1%
1924 Cuthbert James (Unionist) 20,272 53.7% Frank Kingsley Griffith (Liberal) 8,692 (23.0 pts) 78.6%
1929 Cuthbert James (Unionist) 25,449 47.2% Wilfred Gurney Fordham (Liberal) 7,077 (13.1 pts) 73.1%
1931 Edward Taswell Campbell (Conservative) 47,077 83.6% Bernard Benjamin Gillis (Labour) 37,812 (67.1 pts) 70.0%
1935 Edward Taswell Campbell (Conservative) 39,741 67.5% Charles Wye Kendall (Labour) 27,941 (47.4 pts) 65.1%
1945 Edward Taswell Campbell (Conservative) 26,108 44.9% Alexander Bain (Labour) 6,259 (10.8 pts) 70.9%
1950 Maurice Harold Macmillan (Conservative) 23,042 57.3% Janet Robb Elliott (Labour) 10,688 (26.6 pts) 85.0%
1951 Maurice Harold Macmillan (Conservative) 25,710 65.4% Thomas McKitterick (Labour) 12,125 (30.9 pts) 81.0%
1955 Maurice Harold Macmillan (Conservative) 24,612 68.2% Gerald Bernard Kaufman (Labour) 13,139 (36.4 pts) 75.2%
1959 Maurice Harold Macmillan (Conservative) 27,055 70.0% Albert James Murray (Labour) 15,452 (40.0 pts) 79.0%
1964 John Leonard Hunt (Conservative) 20,417 52.6% Joseph Binns (Labour) 11,327 (29.1 pts) 77.8%
1966 John Hunt (Conservative) 20,117 52.3% Donald Speakman (Labour) 9,827 (25.6 pts) 77.7%
1970 John Hunt (Conservative) 22,364 59.4% John Spellar (Labour) 13,036 (34.6 pts) 69.4%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Forster Unionist 16,84079.5% Yes
George Wilfrid Holford Knight Liberal 4,33920.5% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cuthbert James Unionist 16,80354.8% Yes
Frank Kingsley Griffith Liberal 9,12829.8% No
Francis Percy Hodes Labour 4,73515.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cuthbert James Unionist 13,49544.8% Yes
Frank Kingsley Griffith Liberal 12,61241.9% No
William George Glenvil Hall Labour 3,99213.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cuthbert James Unionist 20,27253.7% Yes
Frank Kingsley Griffith Liberal 11,58030.7% No
Hubert Joseph Wallington Labour 5,87615.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cuthbert James Unionist 25,44947.2% Yes
Wilfred Gurney Fordham Liberal 18,37234.1% No
Albert Edwin Ashworth Labour 10,10518.7% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Taswell Campbell Conservative 47,07783.6% Yes
Bernard Benjamin Gillis Labour 9,26516.4% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Taswell Campbell Conservative 39,74167.5% Yes
Charles Wye Kendall Labour 11,80020.0% No
Henry Cecil Banting Liberal 7,37012.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Taswell Campbell Conservative 26,10844.9% Yes
Alexander Bain Labour 19,84934.1% No
Jaspar Carlisle Sayer Liberal 12,17720.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Harold Macmillan Conservative 23,04257.3% Yes
Janet Robb Elliott Labour 12,35430.7% No
Peter Witheridge Grafton Liberal 4,84712.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Harold Macmillan Conservative 25,71065.4% Yes
Thomas McKitterick Labour 13,58534.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Harold Macmillan Conservative 24,61268.2% Yes
Gerald Bernard Kaufman Labour 11,47331.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Harold Macmillan Conservative 27,05570.0% Yes
Albert James Murray Labour 11,60330.0% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Leonard Hunt Conservative 20,41752.6% Yes
Joseph Binns Labour 9,09023.4% No
W Ivor Shipley Liberal 8,65022.3% No
A James W Haigh Independent Nuclear Disarmament Committee 4611.2% No
Edmund Grant Socialist (GB) 2340.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hunt Conservative 20,11752.3% Yes
Donald Speakman Labour 10,29026.8% No
Peter Billenness Liberal 8,06021.0% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hunt Conservative 22,36459.4% Yes
John Spellar Labour 9,32824.8% No
David Crowe Liberal 5,98215.9% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 59.0 pts 1922: Unionist margin 25.0 pts 1923: Unionist margin 2.9 pts 1924: Unionist margin 23.0 pts 1929: Unionist margin 13.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 67.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 47.4 pts 1945: Conservative margin 10.8 pts 1950: Conservative margin 26.6 pts 1951: Conservative margin 30.9 pts 1955: Conservative margin 36.4 pts 1959: Conservative margin 40.0 pts 1964: Conservative margin 29.1 pts 1966: Conservative margin 25.6 pts 1970: Conservative margin 34.6 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970

Trend

Bromley has been contested at 15 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bromley in the 1970 general election?

Conservative won Bromley in 1970 with 22,364 votes (59.4%), a majority of 13,036 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Bromley since 1918?

Since 1918, Bromley has been won by: Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Bromley?

The closest result on record for Bromley was 1923, when Unionist beat Liberal by just 883 votes (2.9 percentage points).

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