Boundaries
The seat covers the Bexley and Sidcup areas, it formerly included Welling and Danson Park which moved to Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency at the 2010 election.
It is made up of eight electoral wards from the London Borough of Bexley:
- Blackfen and Lamorbey, Blendon and Penhill, Cray Meadows, East Wickham, Falconwood and Welling, Longlands, St Mary’s, Sidcup
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that part of Danson Park ward be transferred from Old Bexley and Sidcup to the constituency of Bexleyheath and Crayford.
Read more about this topic: Old Bexley And Sidcup (UK Parliament Constituency)
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