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Peter Fortune
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Bromley and Biggin Hill
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority302 (0.6%)
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
in the London Assembly
In office
10 May 2021 – 2 May 2023
Preceded byAndrew Boff
Succeeded byEmma Best
Member of the London Assembly
for Bexley and Bromley
In office
6 May 2021 – 6 May 2024
Preceded byGareth Bacon
Succeeded byThomas Turrell
Personal details
BornAugust 1978 (age 46)
Lambeth, London, England
Political partyConservative

Peter Timothy Fortune (born August 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromley and Biggin Hill since the 2024 general election. He previously served as the member of the London Assembly (AM) for Bexley and Bromley from 2021 to 2024.[1]

He was a councillor for Hayes and Coney Hall ward from 2016 to 2022 and Deputy Leader of the London Borough of Bromley.[2] He had previously served as a ward councillor for Cray Valley East from 2010 to 2014.[citation needed]

Background

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He was born and raised in Lambeth. In 2017, he became Deputy Leader of Bromley Council.[3]

At the national level, Fortune contested two Labour safe seats for the Conservatives: at the 2017 United Kingdom general election, he stood in the constituency of Lewisham East, receiving 23.0% of the vote and placing second behind Labour's Heidi Alexander;[4] he fared slightly worse in Leeds Central in 2019, receiving 22.6% of the vote and finishing second behind long-term incumbent Hilary Benn.[5]

Fortune was elected as Deputy Leader of the London Assembly Conservative Group in May 2021.[6]

In March 2024, Fortune was named the prospective parliamentary candidate for the newly-established constituency of Bromley and Biggin Hill for the 2024 General Election.[7] He was elected with a small majority of 302 votes (0.6%), narrowly edging the Labour candidate, Oana Olaru-Holmes. [8]

Electoral history

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General election 2024: Bromley and Biggin Hill[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Fortune 15,929 34.0 −20.4
Labour Oana Olaru-Holmes 15,627 33.4 +8.3
Reform UK Alan Cook 8,203 17.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Julie Ireland 4,352 9.3 −6.7
Green Caroline Sandes 2,583 5.5 +1.8
Climate Karen Miller 94 0.2 N/A
Majority 302 0.6 −28.7
Turnout 46,788 66.2 −3.5
Registered electors 70,713
Conservative hold Swing −14.4

References

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  1. ^ "London Assembly Election: Conservatives win Bexley and Bromley". News Shopper. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Peter Fortune". Beckenham Conservatives. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Peter Fortune". London City Hall. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ "UK Parliament election results: Election for the constituency of Lewisham East on 8 June 2017". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ "UK Parliament election results: Election for the constituency of Leeds Central on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Peter Fortune AM elected as City Hall Tories' Deputy Leader". 10 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Bromley & Biggin Hill Parliamentary Selection". Bromley and Biggin Hill. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ "'We need to reflect on what we lacked': Conservatives wins Bromley & Biggin Hill". News Shopper. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Bromley and Biggin Hill Constituency". Bromley Council. 7 June 2024.
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