South Hertfordshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hertfordshire |
1974–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Barnet, Enfield West and St Albans |
Replaced by | Hertsmere, Watford and St Albans [1] |
South Hertfordshire was a constituency in Hertfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the February 1974 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election when it was mainly replaced by the new Hertsmere constituency.
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Cecil Parkinson | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Hertsmere |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cecil Parkinson | 21,190 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Alf Dubs | 18,104 | 34.4 | ||
Liberal | John Henchley | 13,356 | 25.4 | ||
Majority | 3,086 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 52,650 | 82.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cecil Parkinson | 21,018 | 42.7 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Alf Dubs | 18,790 | 38.2 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | John Henchley | 9,393 | 19.1 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 2,228 | 4.5 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,201 | 76.1 | −6.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cecil Parkinson | 27,857 | 54.1 | +11.4 | |
Labour | NG Male | 16,059 | 31.2 | −7.0 | |
Liberal | Gerald Sattin | 7,001 | 13.6 | −5.5 | |
National Front | S Fenn | 605 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 11,798 | 22.9 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,522 | 79.0 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.2 |
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