Hertford and Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)
| Hertford and Stevenage | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Stevenage, Hertford & Stortford and Broxbourne[1] |
| Created from | Hertford, Stevenage and Hertfordshire East |
Hertford and Stevenage was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Hertford, the Urban Districts of Stevenage and Ware, and the Rural District of Hertford (the civil parishes of Aston, Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bengeo Urban, Benington, Bramfield, Brickendon Liberty, Brickendon Rural, Datchworth, Hertingfordbury, Little Amwell, Little Berkhamsted, St Andrew Rural, St John Rural, Sacombe, Stapleford, Tewin, Walkern, and Watton-at-Stone).
Hertford and its rural district had previously been in the Hertford constituency, Stevenage in Hitchin and Ware in Hertfordshire East. After being used for only three general elections, a further round of boundary changes in 1983 saw Hertford and Stevenage abolished, with Hertford and Ware joining Bishop's Stortford in Hertford and Stortford while the remainder of the seat formed the basis of the new Stevenage constituency.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Shirley Williams | Labour | |
| 1979 | Bowen Wells | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
| General Election 1979: Hertford and Stevenage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bowen Wells | 31,739 | 45.07 | ||
| Labour | Shirley Williams | 30,443 | 43.23 | ||
| Liberal | B Rigby | 7,660 | 10.88 | ||
| National Front | J Pell | 581 | 0.83 | ||
| Majority | 1,296 | 1.84 | |||
| Turnout | 80.37 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Hertford and Stevenage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Shirley Williams | 29,548 | 47.13 | ||
| Conservative | Vivian Bendall | 20,502 | 32.70 | ||
| Liberal | TN Willis | 11,419 | 18.21 | ||
| National Front | K Taylor | 1,232 | 1.96 | ||
| Majority | 9,046 | 14.43 | |||
| Turnout | 76.26 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election February 1974: Hertford and Stevenage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Shirley Williams | 30,343 | 44.65 | ||
| Conservative | Vivian Bendall | 22,167 | 32.62 | ||
| Liberal | TN Willis | 15,444 | 22.73 | ||
| Majority | 8,176 | 12.03 | |||
| Turnout | 83.58 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Hertford and Stevenage', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- Robert Waller, The Almanac of British Politics (1st edition, London: Croom Helm, 1983)
- Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)