Beckenham
2010 Results:
Conservative: 27597 (57.87%)
Labour: 6893 (14.45%)
Liberal Democrat: 9813 (20.58%)
BNP: 1001 (2.1%)
UKIP: 1551 (3.25%)
Green: 608 (1.28%)
English Democrat: 223 (0.47%)
Majority: 17784 (37.29%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 22982 (54.4%)
Labour: 8737 (20.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 8490 (20.1%)
Other: 2016 (4.8%)
Majority: 14245 (33.7%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 22183 (45.3%)
Labour: 13782 (28.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 10862 (22.2%)
UKIP: 1301 (2.7%)
Other: 836 (1.7%)
Majority: 8401 (17.2%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 20618 (45.3%)
Labour: 15659 (34.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 7308 (16%)
UKIP: 782 (1.7%)
Green: 961 (2.1%)
Other: 234 (0.5%)
Majority: 4959 (10.9%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 23084 (42.5%)
Labour: 18131 (33.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 9858 (18.1%)
Referendum: 1663 (3.1%)
Other: 1614 (3%)
Majority: 4953 (9.1%)
Boundary changes: Major. Due to the new cross-borough seat with Lewisham there are major changes to the Beckenham seat, which loses Penge & Cator, Crystal Palace and Clock House to Lewisham West and Penge. At the same time it gains Bromley Common and Keston, most of Hayes and Coney Hall ward and part of Shortlands.
Profile: A south-east London suburban seat covering Hayes, West Wickham, Shortlands, Coney Hall, Keston, Bromley Common and Beckenham itself.Beckenham was already a safe Conservative seat before boundary changes, with the swathe of affluent, leafy, middle-class Bromley suburbia outweighing the more inner-city Penge and Crystal Palace part of the seat. With the removal of the northern part of the seat to form the new cross-brough Lewisham West and Penge seat, and the addition of strongly Conservative wards to the south the remainder of Beckenham becomes a Conservative stronghold – in fact on Rallings and Thrasher`s notional figures it is now the safest Conservative seat in the country.
The seat has always returned a Conservative MP, their majority even surviving the by-election following Piers Merchant`s resignation over a relationship with a teenage researcher in 1997. Jacqui Lait won the by-election with a majority a little over a thousand, but has built up a substantial majority since then. The boundary changes will make it unsurmountable.
Current MP: Bob Stewart (Conservative) Educated at Sandhurst. Retired Colonel. He commanded the Cheshire Regiment in Northern Ireland, and was the commanding officer of UN forces in Bosnia from 1992-1993.
Bob Stewart (Conservative) Educated at Sandhurst. Retired Colonel. He commanded the Cheshire Regiment in Northern Ireland, and was the commanding officer of UN forces in Bosnia from 1992-1993.
Damian Egan (Labour) born 1982. Educated at Hanham High School, Bristol and St Mary`s College, Twickenham. IT training consultant. Contested Weston-super-Mare 2005.
Stephen Jenkins (Liberal Democrat)
Ann Garrett (Green) born 1942. Educated at Central School of Speech and Drama. Teacher and lecturer. Contested Bexley and Bromley in London assembly elections 2004. Contested Bromley and Chislehurst 2005, 2006 by-election.Owen Brolly (UKIP)Roger Tonks (BNP)Dan Eastgate (English Democrat) 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 81653
Male: 48%
Female: 52%
Under 18: 21.3%
Over 60: 23.1%
Born outside UK: 9.7%
White: 93.2%
Black: 1.7%
Asian: 2.5%
Mixed: 1.7%
Other: 1%
Christian: 73.9%
Hindu: 1.3%
Muslim: 1.4%
Full time students: 2.7%
Graduates 16-74: 25.1%
No Qualifications 16-74: 19.2%
Owner-Occupied: 81.3%
Social Housing: 8.7% (Council: 0.8%, Housing Ass.: 7.9%)
Privately Rented: 8.1%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 4.5%
A comment from HH from January.
“Quite a lot of the reason for this is the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bugs due to the persistent over-prescribing of antibiotics. This is something the government must get to grips with otherwise in 10 years’ time many antibiotics will be useless and deadly diseases which died out long ago will be back with a vengeance.
January 10th, 2013 at 10:40 am ”
Here I strongly agree with you – I get the impression people are on far far too much medication generally, and expensive inflating busting drugs and pills are also prescribed far too easily.
I posted elsewhere that whereas my Dad had excellent treatment after a fall in the snow, they delivered a massive pile of stuff for him to take when he was discharged, when all he really needs is some vitamin c and d boost.
With regard to your specific point, anti biotics should definitely only be saved until they are really needed.
It really must consume huge amounts of cost and be inefficient at getting people onto healthier life styles.
I agree. Whenever I get a cold or a bug I try to get through it with the minimum of medication because I don’t think it’s a good idea to get accustomed to taking things. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the approach of most people these days.