Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)

Like all 20th century such seats for geographic zones it elected one Member of Parliament (MP), under first past the post.

This constituency consisted largely of prosperous leafy suburbia and was one of the Conservatives' strongest seats.

In 1945 the sitting member died between the day of the election and the declaration of the result, so the opportunity arose for one of the Conservative former ministers defeated in the general election to return to the House of Commons representing an extremely safe seat.

Future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was selected by the Conservative Party to fight the seat.

He was perhaps the most famous MP for Bromley, serving from the 1945 by-election until his retirement in 1964, when he was succeeded by John Hunt.