North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North East Hertfordshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2010 | |
![]() Boundary of North East Hertfordshire in the East of England | |
County | Hertfordshire |
Electorate | 76,849 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Letchworth, Baldock and Royston |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Chris Hinchliff (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hertfordshire North, Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage |
North East Hertfordshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Hinchliff of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Constituency profile
The constituency includes the towns of Letchworth, Baldock and Royston and the undulating rural area, strewn with traditional English villages[2] primarily to their south, most of which are within the more accessible parts of the London Commuter Belt and west of London Stansted Airport.
History
The constituency was created for the 1997 general election largely from parts of the abolished constituency of North Hertfordshire, including Letchworth, Baldock and Royston. It also included rural areas of the District of East Hertfordshire transferred from Hertford and Stortford and Stevenage.
The seat had been held since its creation for the Conservative Party with comfortable majorities by Sir Oliver Heald, who was previously MP for North Hertfordshire.
In the 2024 general election, the seat was lost to Labour candidate Chris Hinchliff, a councillor for the North Herts District Council.
Boundaries and boundary changes
1997–2010
- The District of North Hertfordshire wards of Arbury, Baldock, Grange, Letchworth East, Letchworth South East, Letchworth South West, Newsells, Royston East, Royston West, Sandon, Weston, and Wilbury; and
- The District of East Hertfordshire wards of Braughing, Buntingford, Cottered, Little Hadham, Munden, Standon St Mary, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, and Watton-at-Stone.[3]
2010–present
- The District of North Hertfordshire wards of Arbury, Baldock East, Baldock Town, Ermine, Letchworth East, Letchworth Grange, Letchworth South East, Letchworth South West, Letchworth Wilbury, Royston Heath, Royston Meridian, Royston Palace, and Weston and Sandon; and
- The District of East Hertfordshire wards of Braughing, Buntingford, Hertford Rural North, Hertford Rural South, Little Hadham, Mundens and Cottered, Puckeridge, Thundridge and Standon, Walkern, and Watton-at-Stone.[4]
Minor changes due to revision of local authority wards.
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the part in the District of East Hertfordshire now comprise the wards of: Aston, Datchworth & Walkern (Bennington and Walkern parishes); Braughing & Standon; Buntingford; Hertford Rural; Little Hadham & The Pelhams; The Mundens; Ware Rural (Thundridge parish); Watton-at-Stone.[7]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency (as defined on 1 December 2020) was unchanged.[8]
Members of Parliament
Hertfordshire North, Hertford & Stortford and Stevenage prior to 1997
Election | Member[9] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Sir Oliver Heald | Conservative | |
2024 | Chris Hinchliff | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Hinchliff[12] | 18,358 | 35.0 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Nikki da Costa[13] | 16,435 | 31.3 | −25.3 | |
Reform UK | Steven Adelantado[14] | 8,462 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Brown[15] | 5,463 | 10.4 | −5.1 | |
Green | Vicky Burt[16] | 3,802 | 7.2 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,923 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,520 | 67.6 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 77,090 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Heald | 31,293 | 56.6 | –2.0 | |
Labour | Kelley Green | 13,104 | 23.7 | –4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amy Finch | 8,563 | 15.5 | +7.8 | |
Green | Tim Lee | 2,367 | 4.3 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 18,189 | 32.9 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 55,327 | 72.7 | –0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Heald | 32,587 | 58.6 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Doug Swanney | 15,752 | 28.3 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicky Shepard | 4,276 | 7.7 | +0.1 | |
Green | Tim Lee | 2,965 | 5.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 16,835 | 30.3 | –6.2 | ||
Turnout | 55,764 | 73.4 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Heald | 28,949 | 55.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Chris York[24] | 9,869 | 18.9 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | William Compton[25] | 6,728 | 12.9 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Jordan[26] | 3,952 | 7.6 | −15.8 | |
Green | Mario May[27][28] | 2,789 | 5.2 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 19,080 | 36.5 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,500 | 70.7 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Heald | 26,995 | 53.5 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Annand | 11,801 | 23.4 | +2.0 | |
Labour | David Kirkman | 8,291 | 16.4 | −11.6 | |
UKIP | Adrianne Smyth | 2,075 | 4.1 | +0.8 | |
Green | Rosemary Bland | 875 | 1.7 | New | |
Independent | Richard Campbell | 209 | 0.4 | New | |
Your Right To Democracy Party Limited | David Ralph | 143 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Philip Reichardt | 36 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 15,194 | 30.1 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,425 | 69.8 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Heald | 22,402 | 47.3 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Andy Harrop | 13,264 | 28.0 | −8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain Coleman | 10,147 | 21.4 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | David Hitchman | 1,561 | 3.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 9,138 | 19.3 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,374 | 65.6 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Heald | 19,695 | 44.1 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Ivan Gibbons | 16,251 | 36.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Kingman | 7,686 | 17.2 | −1.0 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Virgo | 1,013 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,444 | 7.7 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,645 | 65.0 | −12.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Heald | 21,712 | 41.7 | ||
Labour | Ivan Gibbons | 18,624 | 35.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jarvis | 9,493 | 18.2 | ||
Referendum | Jonathan Grose | 2,166 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 3,088 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 51,995 | 77.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Note: Although a Conservative win due to the seat being newly created, the winning candidate was the previous MP for North Hertfordshire, which was abolished and largely reformed as North East Hertfordshire.
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
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- ^ LGBCE. "East Hertfordshire | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Election Results 2017". 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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- ^ http://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/chris-york [dead link]
- ^ Dickinson, Eleanor (26 January 2015). "UKIP candidate chosen to take on Royston MP Sir Oliver Heald in the 2015 general election". Cambridge News. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Joe Jordan". Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Eastern Region Green Party | Green Party Selects its General Election candidates for seats in the North Herts". eastern.greenparty.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "North Hertfordshire Green Party | Candidates 2012". Archived from the original on 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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External links
- North East Hertfordshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- North East Hertfordshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- North East Hertfordshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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