List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
The
Constituencies
Limits of the seats were amended by the
[1] Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
Name[nb 1] | Electorate[2] | Majority[3][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[3] | Nearest opposition[3] | Map | ||
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Broxbourne BC | 73,182 | 19,807 | Charles Walker †[4] | Sean Waters ‡ | |||
Hemel Hempstead CC | 74,035 | 14,563 | Michael Penning †
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Nabila Ahmed ‡ | |||
Hertford and Stortford CC | 81,765 | 19,620 | Julie Marson † | Chris Vince ‡ | |||
Hertsmere CC | 73,971 | 21,313 | Oliver Dowden † | Holly Kal-Weiss ‡ | |||
Hitchin and Harpenden CC | 76,323 | 6,895 | Bim Afolami † | Sam Collins ¤ | |||
North East Hertfordshire CC | 76,123 | 18,189 | Oliver Heald † | Kelley Green ‡ | |||
South West Hertfordshire CC | 80,499 | 14,408 | Gagan Mohindra † | David Gauke | |||
St Albans CC | 73,727 | 6,293 | Daisy Cooper ¤ | Anne Main † | |||
Stevenage CC | 71,562 | 8,562 | Stephen McPartland † | Jill Borcherds ‡ | |||
Watford BC | 83,359 | 4,433 | Dean Russell † | Chris Ostrowski ‡
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Welwyn Hatfield CC | 74,892 | 10,955 | Grant Shapps † | Rosie Newbigging ‡ |
2010 boundary changes
The
Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010–present | |
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1 | Broxbourne BC | ||
2 | Hemel Hempstead CC | ||
3 | Hertford and Stortford CC | ||
4 | Hertsmere CC | ||
5 | Hitchin and Harpenden CC | ||
6 | North East Hertfordshire CC | ||
7 | South West Hertfordshire CC | ||
8 | St Albans CC | ||
9 | Stevenage CC | ||
10 | Watford BC | ||
11 | Welwyn Hatfield CC |
Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the
The commission has proposed that Hertfordshire be combined with Bedfordshire as a sub-region of the Eastern Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Hitchin. As a result of the changes, Hitchin and Harpenden would be abolished and replaced by a new constituency named Harpenden and Berkhamsted.[8][9][10]
The following seats are proposed:
Containing electoral wards in Broxbourne
- Broxbourne (part)
Containing electoral wards in Dacorum
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted (part)
- Hemel Hempstead
- South West Hertfordshire (part)
Containing electoral wards in East Hertfordshire
- Broxbourne (part)
- Hertford and Stortford
- North East Hertfordshire (part)
- Stevenage (part)
Containing electoral wards in Hertsmere
Containing electoral wards in North Hertfordshire
- Hitchin (part also in Central Bedfordshire)
- North East Hertfordshire (part)
- Stevenage (part)
Containing electoral wards in St Albans
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted (part)
- St Albans
Containing electoral wards in Stevenage
- Stevenage (part)
Containing electoral wards in Three Rivers
- South West Hertfordshire (part)
Containing electoral wards in Watford
- Watford (part)
Containing electoral wards in Welwyn Hatfield
- Hertsmere (part)
- Welwyn Hatfield
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[11]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hertfordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 317,018 | 52.7% | 1.6% | 10 | 1 |
Labour | 141,143 | 23.5% | 8.6% | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 110,006 | 18.3% | 8.4% | 1 | 1 |
Greens | 15,132 | 2.5% | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 17,764 | 3.0% | 1.6% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 601,063 | 100.0 | 11 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 40.4 | 41.3 | 51.1 | 50.3 | 52.0 | 53.3 | 40.6 | 41.8 | 44.8 | 50.4 | 52.6 | 54.3 | 52.7 |
Labour | 35.0 | 38.5 | 34.4 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 25.5 | 39.7 | 38.9 | 30.2 | 19.0 | 22.4 | 32.1 | 23.5 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 24.4 | 19.8 | 13.2 | 30.2 | 27.8 | 20.3 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 21.4 | 24.0 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 18.3 |
Green Party | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.3 | 12.5 | 1.2 | * |
Other | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 7 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Labour | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885-1910
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1885
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1886
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1892
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1895
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1900
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1906
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Jan 1910
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Dec 1910
1918-1945
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1918
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1922
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1923
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1924
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1929
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1931
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1935
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1945
1950-1970
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1950
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1951
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1955
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1959
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1964
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1966
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1970
1974-present
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Feb 1974
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Oct 1974
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1979
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1983
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1987
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1992
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1997
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2001
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2005
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2010
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2015
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2019
Timeline
- Former constituency
- * Constituency for the 2017 United Kingdom general election
Constituency | Years | |||||||||||
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1290–1298 | 1298–1307 | 1307–1852 | 1852–1885 | 1885–1918 | 1918–1945 | 1945–1950 | 1950–1955 | 1955–1974 | 1974–1983 | 1983–1997 | 1997–* | |
Hertfordshire[12] | 1290–1885 | |||||||||||
Hertford[12][13] | 1298–1974 | |||||||||||
St Albans[nb 3][12][13] | 1307–1852 | 1885–* | ||||||||||
Watford[13] | 1885–* | |||||||||||
Hitchin[13] | 1885–1983 | |||||||||||
Hemel Hempstead[14] | 1918–1983 | 1997–* | ||||||||||
Barnet | 1945–1974 | Part of Greater London from 1965 | ||||||||||
South West Hertfordshire[15][16] | 1950–* | |||||||||||
East Hertfordshire[17] | 1955–1983 | |||||||||||
Hertford and Stevenage | 1974–1983 | |||||||||||
South Hertfordshire | 1974–1983 | |||||||||||
Welwyn Hatfield | 1974–* | |||||||||||
North Hertfordshire | 1983–1997 | |||||||||||
West Hertfordshire | 1983–1997 | |||||||||||
Broxbourne | 1983–* | |||||||||||
Hertford and Stortford | 1983–* | |||||||||||
Hertsmere | 1983–* | |||||||||||
Stevenage | 1983–* | |||||||||||
Hitchin and Harpenden | 1997–* | |||||||||||
North East Hertfordshire | 1997–* |
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Conservative
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 1895 | 98 | 1900 | 04 | 1906 | Jan 10 | Dec 10 | 11 | 16 |
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Hertford | A. Smith
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E. Cecil | A. H. Smith | Rolleston | Billing | |||||||
Hitchin | Dimsdale | Hudson | Bertram | Hillier | R. Cecil | |||||||
St Albans | J. W. Grimston | Gibbs | Slack | Carlile
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Watford | Halsey | Micklem | Ward
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1918 to 1955
Anti-Waste League
Conservative
Constituency | 1918 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 33 | 1935 | 37 | 41 | 43 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 |
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Hertford | Billing | Sueter | → | Walker-Smith
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Hitchin | R. Cecil | Kindersley
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Knebworth | Wilson | Berry | Jones | Fisher | ||||||||||
St Albans | Carlile
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Fremantle
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J. Grimston | Dumpleton | J. Grimston | ||||||||||||
Watford | Herbert | Freeman | |||||||||||||||
Hemel Hempstead | Talbot
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J. Davidson
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Dunn | J. Davidson
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F. Davidson | ||||||||||||
Barnet | Taylor | Maudling | |||||||||||||||
Hertfordshire SW | Longden |
1955 to present
Conservative
Constituency | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 79 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 |
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Barnet | Maudling | Transferred to Greater London | ||||||||||||||||||
Hemel Hempstead (1945–83, 97-) / W Herts (1983) | Davidson | Allason
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Corbett | Lyell
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Jones | McWalter | Penning
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Hertford / & Stevenage (1974) / H & Stortford (1983) | Lindsay | Williams | Wells | Prisk | Marson | |||||||||||||||
Hitchin / North Herts (1983) / NE Herts (1997) | Maddan | Williams
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Stewart | Heald | ||||||||||||||||
St Albans | Grimston | Goodhew | Lilley | Pollard | Main | Cooper | ||||||||||||||
Watford | Farey-Jones | Tuck | Garel-Jones
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Ward | Harrington
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Russell | ||||||||||||||
Hertfordshire SW | Longden | Dodsworth | Page | Gauke | → | Mohindra | ||||||||||||||
Hertfordshire E / Broxbourne (1983) | Walker-Smith
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Roe | Walker | |||||||||||||||||
Hertfordshire South / Hertsmere (1983)
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Parkinson | Clappison | Dowden | |||||||||||||||||
Welwyn and Hatfield
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Lindsay | Hayman | Murphy | Evans | Johnson | Shapps | ||||||||||||||
Stevenage | Wood | Follett | McPartland | |||||||||||||||||
Hitchin and Harpenden | Lilley | Afolami |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
- History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Hertfordshire
- East of England (European Parliament constituency)
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Hertfordshire local elections
Footnotes
References
- General
- "Boundary Commission for England: Fifth Periodical Report" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Crown Copyright. 2007. Archived from the original(PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- Robinson, Gwennah (1978). Barracuda Guide to County History, Vol III: Hertfordshire. Barracuda Books. ISBN 0-86023-030-9.
- Richard Hacker (13 February 2001). "Report on a local inquiry into the Parliamentary constituency boundaries for the county of Hertfordshire" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- Specific
- ^ "Variation of election expenses limits for candidates at UK Parliamentary and local government elections" (PDF). The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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(help) - ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Constituency:Broxbourne". BBC News. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- Boundary Commission for Englandpp. 346–350.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Boundary proposals reveal brand new constituency - so is your MP changing?". Watford Observer. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Adams, Matt (8 June 2021). "Harpenden constituency to go under proposed boundary changes". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 207-234. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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(help) - ^ a b c David Boothroyd. "Parliamentary Constituencies in the unreformed House". David Boothroyd. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Historic maps". David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Full text of "The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes"". Internet Archive. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "UK General Election results July 1945". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
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