History
Orpington was created in a minor boundary review enacted at the 1945 general election. The seats of Dartford and Chislehurst had both seen their electorate grow enormously since the last review and as an interim measure were divided into four, creating the additional seats of Bexley and Orpington. The seat has changed a little in subsequent boundary reviews since 1945, most recently at the 1997 general election, when the Ravensbourne seat was divided between the three Bromley constituencies, moving Biggin Hill into the existing Orpington seat.
The seat is famous for its 1962 by-election when it was taken in a shock win by the Liberal Party candidate Eric Lubbock..
The current MP is Jo Johnson, first elected in the 2010 general election.
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