North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North East Hertfordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2010
East of England - North East Hertfordshire constituency.svg
Boundary of North East Hertfordshire in the East of England
County Hertfordshire
Electorate 76,849 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Letchworth, Baldock and Royston
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Chris Hinchliff (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Hertfordshire North, Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage

North East Hertfordshire is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Hinchliff of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

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.

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 had been held since its creation for the Conservative Party with comfortable majorities by Sir Oliver Heald, who was previously MP for North Hertfordshire.

In the 2024 general election, the seat was lost to Labour candidate Chris Hinchliff, a councillor for the North Herts District Council.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1997–2010

2010–present

Minor changes due to revision of local authority wards.

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [5] [6] the part in the District of East Hertfordshire now comprises the wards of: Aston, Datchworth & Walkern (Bennington and Walkern parishes); Braughing & Standon; Buntingford; Hertford Rural; Little Hadham & The Pelhams; The Mundens; Ware Rural (Thundridge parish); Watton-at-Stone. [7]

Subject to a minor adjustment, the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged. [8]

Members of Parliament

Hertfordshire North, Hertford & Stortford and Stevenage prior to 1997

ElectionMember [9] Party
1997 Sir Oliver Heald Conservative
2024 Chris Hinchliff Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North East Hertfordshire [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Hinchliff [12] 18,358 35.0 +11.3
Conservative Nikki da Costa [13] 16,43531.3−25.3
Reform UK Steven Adelantado [14] 8,46216.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Ruth Brown [15] 5,46310.4−5.1
Green Vicky Burt [16] 3,8027.2+2.9
Majority1,9233.7N/A
Turnout 52,52067.6−5.1
Registered electors 77,090
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg18.3

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North East Hertfordshire [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 31,293 56.6 –2.0
Labour Kelley Green13,10423.7–4.6
Liberal Democrats Amy Finch8,56315.5+7.8
Green Tim Lee2,3674.3–1.0
Majority18,18932.9+2.6
Turnout 55,32772.7–0.7
Conservative hold Swing +1.3
General election 2017: North East Hertfordshire [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 32,587 58.6 +3.2
Labour Doug Swanney15,75228.3+9.4
Liberal Democrats Nicky Shepard4,2767.7+0.1
Green Tim Lee2,9655.3+0.1
Majority16,83530.3–6.2
Turnout 55,76473.4+2.7
Conservative hold Swing –3.1
General election 2015: North East Hertfordshire [21] [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 28,949 55.4 +1.9
Labour Chris York [24] 9,86918.9+2.5
UKIP William Compton [25] 6,72812.9+8.8
Liberal Democrats Joe Jordan [26] 3,9527.6−15.8
Green Mario May [27] [28] 2,7895.2+3.5
Majority19,08036.5+6.4
Turnout 52,50070.7+0.9
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
General election 2010: North East Hertfordshire [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 26,995 53.5 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Hugh Annand11,80123.4+2.0
Labour David Kirkman8,29116.4−11.6
UKIP Adrianne Smyth2,0754.1+0.8
Green Rosemary Bland8751.7New
Independent Richard Campbell2090.4New
Your Right To Democracy Party LimitedDavid Ralph1430.3New
Independent Philip Reichardt360.1New
Majority15,19430.1+10.8
Turnout 50,42569.8+3.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North East Hertfordshire [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 22,402 47.3 +3.2
Labour Andy Harrop13,26428.0−8.4
Liberal Democrats Iain Coleman10,14721.4+4.2
UKIP David Hitchman1,5613.3+1.0
Majority9,13819.3+11.6
Turnout 47,37465.6+0.6
Conservative hold Swing +5.8
General election 2001: North East Hertfordshire [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 19,695 44.1 +2.4
Labour Ivan Gibbons16,25136.4+0.6
Liberal Democrats Alison Kingman7,68617.2−1.0
UKIP Malcolm Virgo1,0132.3New
Majority3,4447.7+1.8
Turnout 44,64565.0−12.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North East Hertfordshire [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 21,712 41.7
Labour Ivan Gibbons18,62435.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Jarvis9,49318.2
Referendum Jonathan Grose2,1664.2
Majority3,0885.9
Turnout 51,99577.1
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.

See also

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.

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