North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hertfordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons

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Boundary of North East Hertfordshire in Hertfordshire.

Outline map

Location of Hertfordshire within England.
County Hertfordshire
Electorate 72,658 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Letchworth, Baldock and Royston
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Hertfordshire North, Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

North East Hertfordshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Oliver Heald, a Conservative.[n 2]

History

This seat was created in 1997 since which it has had the same member serving it in Westminster.

Boundaries

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.

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.

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[3] Party
1997 Sir Oliver Heald Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North East Hertfordshire[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 28,949 55.4 +1.8
Labour Chris York[7] 9,869 18.9 +2.4
UKIP William Compton[8] 6,728 12.9 +8.8
Liberal Democrat Joe Jordan[9] 3,952 7.6 −15.8
Green Mario May[10][11] 2,789 5.3 +3.6
Majority 19,080 36.5 −4.3
Turnout 52,500 70.7 +0.9
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
General Election 2010: North East Hertfordshire[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 26,995 53.5 +6.2
Liberal Democrat 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 +1.7
Independent Richard Campbell 209 0.4 +0.4
Your Right To Democracy Party Limited David Ralph 143 0.3 +0.3
Independent Philip Reichardt 36 0.1 +0.1
Majority 15,194 30.1
Turnout 50,425 69.8 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North East Hertfordshire[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 22,402 47.3 +3.2
Labour Andy Harrop 13,264 28.0 −8.4
Liberal Democrat Iain Coleman 10,147 21.4 +4.2
UKIP David Hitchman 1,561 3.3 +1.0
Majority 9,138 19.3
Turnout 47,374 65.6 +0.6
Conservative hold Swing +5.8
General Election 2001: North East Hertfordshire[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 19,695 44.1 +2.4
Labour Ivan Anthony Gibbons 16,251 36.4 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Mrs. Alison Elaine Kingman 7,686 17.2 −1.0
UKIP Malcolm Joseph Virgo 1,013 2.3 N/A
Majority 3,444 7.7
Turnout 44,645 65.0 −12.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North East Hertfordshire[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 21,712 41.7 N/A
Labour Ivan Anthony Gibbons 18,624 35.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Steve K. Jarvis 9,493 18.2 N/A
Referendum Jonathan J. Grose 2,166 4.2 N/A
Majority 3,088 6.0 N/A
Turnout 51,995 77.1 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Ordnance survey website
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
  4. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/parliamentary-constituencies/north-east-hertfordshire/
  6. ↑ http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/GENERAL-ELECTION-2015-North-East-Hertfordshire/story-26463030-detail/story.html
  7. ↑ http://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/chris-york
  8. ↑ Dickinson, Eleanor (26 January 2015). "UKIP candidate chosen to take on Royston MP Sir Oliver Heald in the 2015 General Election". Cambridge News. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/joe-jordan
  10. ↑ http://eastern.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2015/01/08/green-party-selects-its-general-election-candidates-for-seats-in-the-north-herts/
  11. ↑ http://northherts.greenparty.org.uk/candidates.html
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 51°55′N 0°02′W / 51.917°N 0.033°W / 51.917; -0.033

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