North Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

For the constituency alternatively called North Hertfordshire between 1885 and 1918, see Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency).

North Hertfordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Hertfordshire
Major settlements	Letchworth and Hitchin
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	North East Hertfordshire, Hitchin and Harpenden
Created from	Hitchin

North Hertfordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first-past-the-post system.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

This was a safe Conservative seat for its entire existence. Its first MP, Ian Stewart, previously held the old marginal seat of Hitchin, and its last, Oliver Heald, currently represents North East Hertfordshire.

Boundaries

The District of North Hertfordshire wards of Arbury, Ashbrook, Baldock, Bearton, Cadwell, Grange, Highbury, Hitchwood, Hoo, Kimpton, Letchworth East, Letchworth South East, Letchworth South West, Newsells, Offa, Oughton, Priory, Royston East, Royston West, Sandon, Walsworth, Weston, and Wilbury.

The two main towns in the constituency were Hitchin and Letchworth.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1983	Ian Stewart	Conservative
1992	Oliver Heald	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished: see North East Hertfordshire & Hitchin and Harpenden

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Hertfordshire North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	33,679	49.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Liddle	17,148	25.4	−6.4
	Labour	Miss SJ Bissett-Johnson	16,449	24.3	+5.9
	Natural Law	BJR Irving	339	0.5	N/A
Majority			16,531	24.4	+6.5
Turnout			67,615	84.4	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hertfordshire North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Stewart	31,750	49.73
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	G Binney	20,308	31.81
	Labour	A Gorst	11,782	18.46
Majority			11,442	17.92
Turnout				81.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hertfordshire North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Stewart	29,302	49.03
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	G Binney	19,359	32.39
	Labour	J Reilly	11,104	18.58
Majority			9,943	16.64
Turnout				79.22
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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