North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North East Hertfordshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hertfordshire |
Electorate | 72,658 (December 2010) |
Major settlements | Letchworth, Baldock and Royston |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Oliver Heald (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hertfordshire North, Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage |
North East Hertfordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Oliver Heald, a Conservative.
Constituency profile
The constituency includes the towns of Letchworth, Baldock and Royston and the undulating rural area, strewn with traditional English villages 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 has been held since its creation for the Conservatives with comfortable majorities by Sir Oliver Heald, who was previously MP for North Hertfordshire.
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.
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.
Minor changes due to revision of local authority wards.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1997 | Sir Oliver Heald | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Oliver Heald | ||||
Reform UK | Steven Adelantado | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Oliver Heald | 28,949 | 55.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Chris York | 9,869 | 18.9 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | William Compton | 6,728 | 12.9 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Jordan | 3,952 | 7.6 | −15.8 | |
Green | Mario May | 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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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.