Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Orpington. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

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Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Orpington.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Orpington.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Kent Orpington PDivCon 1945 1948
Orpington CCon 1949 1973
Bromley Orpington BCon 1974 1982
Orpington BCon 1983

Additional constituencies that covered Orpington may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Orpington:

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Kent RegCticktickticktick tick   
Kent AncCtick tick ticktick  tick
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Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Orpington.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Kent Western PDivCon18321867
West Kent West Kent PDivCon18681884
Kent North Western Or Dartford PDivCon18851917
Kent Chislehurst PDivCon19181944
Kent Orpington PDivCon19451948
Orpington CCon19491973
Bromley Orpington BCon19741982
Orpington BCon19832009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Orpington. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.