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Peter Fortune
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.
Fortune was raised on a council estate in Lambeth and went to Bishop Thomas Grant School in Streatham. After school, he worked in the UK and abroad before moving to Bromley in 2006 to start a family. He then worked at the News Shopper and other Newsquest local press titles while his wife was a teacher at local primary schools.
Fortune was elected to Bromley Council as a councillor for Cray Valley East from 2010 to 2014.[citation needed] He was a councillor for Hayes and Coney Hall ward from 2014 to 2022. From 2017 to 2021, he was Deputy Leader of Bromley Council.
He was the member of the London Assembly (AM) for Bexley and Bromley from 2021 to 2024.
Fortune was elected as Deputy Leader of the London Assembly Conservative Group in May 2021.
Fortune stood as the Conservative candidate for Lewisham East in the 2015 general election and the 2017 general election receiving 22.3% and 23.0% of the vote respectively and placing second both times behind Labour's Heidi Alexander.
He was the Conservative candidate for Leeds Central in the 2019 general election, receiving 22.6% of the vote and finishing second behind long-term incumbent Hilary Benn.
In March 2024, Fortune was selected as the Conservative candidate for the newly-created constituency of Bromley and Biggin Hill for the 2024 General Election. He was elected with a small majority of 302 votes (0.6%), narrowly edging out the Labour candidate, Oana Olaru-Holmes.
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Peter Fortune
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.
Fortune was raised on a council estate in Lambeth and went to Bishop Thomas Grant School in Streatham. After school, he worked in the UK and abroad before moving to Bromley in 2006 to start a family. He then worked at the News Shopper and other Newsquest local press titles while his wife was a teacher at local primary schools.
Fortune was elected to Bromley Council as a councillor for Cray Valley East from 2010 to 2014.[citation needed] He was a councillor for Hayes and Coney Hall ward from 2014 to 2022. From 2017 to 2021, he was Deputy Leader of Bromley Council.
He was the member of the London Assembly (AM) for Bexley and Bromley from 2021 to 2024.
Fortune was elected as Deputy Leader of the London Assembly Conservative Group in May 2021.
Fortune stood as the Conservative candidate for Lewisham East in the 2015 general election and the 2017 general election receiving 22.3% and 23.0% of the vote respectively and placing second both times behind Labour's Heidi Alexander.
He was the Conservative candidate for Leeds Central in the 2019 general election, receiving 22.6% of the vote and finishing second behind long-term incumbent Hilary Benn.
In March 2024, Fortune was selected as the Conservative candidate for the newly-created constituency of Bromley and Biggin Hill for the 2024 General Election. He was elected with a small majority of 302 votes (0.6%), narrowly edging out the Labour candidate, Oana Olaru-Holmes.
