Harpenden and Berkhamsted | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Hertfordshire |
Electorate | 71,635 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Harpenden, Berkhamsted and Tring |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hitchin and Harpenden & South West Hertfordshire |
Harpenden and Berkhamsted is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It was established by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] It is represented by Victoria Collins of the Liberal Democrats.
This is a generally affluent seat with low deprivation and high incomes, [4] facilitated by two railway lines to Central London.
The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards: [5] [6]
It covers the following areas: [7]
Hitchin & Harpenden and South West Hertfordshire prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Victoria Collins | Liberal Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Victoria Collins | 27,282 | 50.2 | +24.9 | |
Conservative | Nigel Gardner | 16,574 | 30.5 | −21.8 | |
Reform UK | Saba Poursaeedi | 4,245 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Zara Layne | 4,061 | 7.5 | −3.1 | |
Green | Paul de Hoest | 1,951 | 3.6 | +2.0 | |
SDP | Mark Patten | 223 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,708 | 19.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,336 | 75.2 | –2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 72,242 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.4 |
2019 notional result [9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 29,136 | 52.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 14,092 | 25.3 | |
Labour | 5,908 | 10.6 | |
Others | 5,695 | 10.2 | |
Green | 907 | 1.6 | |
Turnout | 55,738 | 77.8 | |
Electorate | 71,635 |
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