West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

West Hertfordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Hertfordshire
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hemel Hempstead and South West Hertfordshire^[1]
Created from	Hemel Hempstead^[1]

West 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.

History

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was held by the Conservatives for the entire period of its existence.

Boundaries

The District of Dacorum wards of Adeyfield East, Adeyfield West, Aldbury and Wigginton, Ashridge, Bennetts End, Boxmoor, Central, Chaulden, Crabtree, Cupid Green, Flamstead and Markyate, Gadebridge, Grove Hill, Highfield, Leverstock Green, Nash Mills, South, Tring Central, Tring East, Tring West, and Warners End.

The main settlements in the constituency were Hemel Hempstead and Tring.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	1983	Robert Jones	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Hemel Hempstead & South West Hertfordshire

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Hertfordshire West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Brannock Jones	28,436	46.6	N/A
	Social Democratic	Nicholas Arnold Hollinghurst	18,860	31.0	N/A
	Labour	Paul Boateng	13,583	22.3	N/A
Majority			9,486	15.6	N/A
Turnout				79.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Hertfordshire West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Brannock Jones	31,760	49.7	+3.1
	Social Democratic	Nicholas Arnold Hollinghurst	16,836	26.3	−4.7
	Labour	Tony McBrearty	15,317	24.0	+1.7
Majority			14,924	23.4
Turnout				80.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Hertfordshire West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Brannock Jones	33,340	51.5	+1.8
	Labour	Mrs Eryl McNally	19,400	30.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Martin J. Trevett	10,464	16.2	−10.2
	Green	James Hannaway	674	1.0	N/A
	National Front	John McAuley	665	1.0	N/A
	Natural Law	Guy G. Harvey	175	0.3	N/A
Majority			13,940	21.5	−1.8
Turnout			64,718	82.4	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.1

Notes and references

1 2 "'Hertfordshire West', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

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