The Conservatives won their seats with landslide victories across the three Bromley constituencies in a predictable night for the borough.

Bob Neill was re-elected for Bromley and Chislehurst with 23,343 votes after nearly 10 years as MP for the constituency.

Bizarrely, the results were read out by returning officer Julian Benington without the presence of Ukip candidate Emmett Jenner, as it appeared he was nowhere to be found.

Colonel Bob Stewart, who has previously threatened to resign over defence budget cuts, held his seat in Beckenham with a comfortable 18,471 lead ahead of Labour’s Marina Ahmad.

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And unsurprisingly, Jo Johnson won back his seat with 28,152 votes - a 57.4 per cent share of the vote but down 2.3 per cent on 2010.

The election turnout stood at 72.55 per cent for Beckenham, 67.56 for Bromley and Chislehurst and 71.91 per cent for Orpington, broadly unchanged from 2010.

ORPINGTON

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Re-elected: Jo Johnson

It was a family affair on election night for brothers Jo and Boris Johnson, who enjoyed comfortable wins in their London constituencies.

Accompanied by their father, Jo Johnson clinched his Orpington seat with a 19,979 margin.

Boris bagged himself a second job as MP for Uxbridge and Ruislip South as he will serve as London Mayor for another year.

In his speech, Mr Johnson said: "It's a tremendous result for the Conservatives.

"I want to thank the people of Orpington for having confidence in me for another five years."

Ukip saw a surge in votes in Orpington compared with the last election with its candidate Idham Ramadi winning 8,173 votes - 16.7 per cent of the vote, up 13.9 per cent on 2010.

Mr Ramadi overtook Labour party candidate Nigel de Gruchy by 528 votes pushing him into third place.

Labour took a 15.6% share up 6.6 per cent on five years ago with 7,645 votes.

Mr De Gruchy, aged 72, said: "We did manage to increase our vote by 3,000.

"Obviously Ukip provides a new challenge but you have to look on the bright side.”

When asked whether he would run in another five years, he said: "I think I can claim to be the oldest candidate here. Running this campaign has made me appreciate retirement."

BROMLEY AND CHISLEHURST

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Bob Neill eagerly awaiting the results

Bob Neill was re-elected with more than double that of his rival Labour’s John Courtneidge, who walked away with 9,779 votes.

Mr Neill, whose win was met with the loudest cheers and applause, said: "I'm delighted to win.

“Obviously it's great and I'm looking forward to carrying on my work for the constituency.”

But why did Ukip’s Emmett Jenner, who came in third with 6,285 votes – a 14.3 per cent share, fail to materialise on stage when the results were read out?

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Emmett Jenner

He told News Shopper: "They didn't call me, they didn't send someone out. I was sitting right outside."

Mr Jenner, who also stood in the 2010 election, added: "I completely don't care I wasn't on the stage. If I had won it would be important.

"What I really wanted was second place.”

BECKENHAM

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Bob Stewart thanks his supporters

Colonel Bob Stewart won his seat with a mammoth 27,995 votes – a 57.3 per cent share of the vote.

Labour’s Marina Ahmad earned 9,484 votes – a 19.4 per cent share up five per cent on 2010.

Ukip’s Rob Bryant came in third with 6,108, a 12.5 per cent share up 9.3 per cent.

Mr Bryant caused a stir last week after allegedly making a racist remark in an answer to a question at an election hustings.

Mr Stewart told News Shopper: "There's always a worry for every MP.

"[Winning] means that all the hard work that people put in, not me, to re-elect me has worked.

"I think it's very nice to think the people believe in me but people vote on party loyalty.

"The purpose of me being in politics is to help sort the country out.”