North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hertfordshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Oliver Heald, a Conservative.[n 2]

North East Hertfordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Hertfordshire in Hertfordshire
Location of Hertfordshire within England
CountyHertfordshire
Electorate72,658 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsLetchworth, Baldock and Royston
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentOliver Heald (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created fromHertfordshire North, Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage

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 in for the 1997 general election largely from parts of the abolished County Constituency of North Hertfordshire, including Letchworth, Baldock and Royston.  It also included rural areas of the District of East Hertfordshire transferred from the constituencies of Hertford and Stortford and Stevenage.

It has had the same member serving it in Westminster.

Boundaries

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.[3]

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.[4]

Minor changes due to revision of local authority wards.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[5] Party
1997 Sir Oliver Heald Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: North East Hertfordshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 31,293 56.6 -2.1
Labour Kelley Green 13,104 23.7 -4.7
Liberal Democrats Amy Finch 8,563 15.5 +7.8
Green Tim Lee 2,367 4.3 -1.1
Majority 18,189 32.9 +2.6
Turnout 55,327 72.7 -0.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.3
General election 2017: North East Hertfordshire[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 32,587 58.6 3.3
Labour Doug Swanney 15,752 28.3 9.5
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
General election 2015: North East Hertfordshire[8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 28,949 55.4 +1.8
Labour Chris York[11] 9,869 18.9 +2.4
UKIP William Compton[12] 6,728 12.9 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Joe Jordan[13] 3,952 7.6 −15.8
Green Mario May[14][15] 2,789 5.2 +3.7
Majority 19,080 36.5 +6.4
Turnout 52,500 70.7 +0.9
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
General election 2010: North East Hertfordshire[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 +1.7
Independent Richard Campbell 209 0.4 +0.4
Your Right To Democracy Party Limited David Ralph 143 0.3 +0.3
Independent Philip Reichardt 36 0.1 +0.1
Majority 15,194 30.1 +10.8
Turnout 50,425 69.8 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2005: North East Hertfordshire[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Turnout 47,374 65.6 +0.6
Conservative hold Swing +5.8
General election 2001: North East Hertfordshire[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 N/A
Majority 3,444 7.7
Turnout 44,645 65.0 −12.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1997: North East Hertfordshire[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Heald 21,712 41.7 N/A
Labour Ivan Gibbons 18,624 35.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Jarvis 9,493 18.2 N/A
Referendum Jonathan Grose 2,166 4.2 N/A
Majority 3,088 6.0 N/A
Turnout 51,995 77.1 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references
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.
References
  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. Ordnance survey website
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
  6. "Hertfordshire North East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  7. "Election Results 2017". 9 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  8. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. "North East Hertfordshire - Telegraph". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  10. http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/GENERAL-ELECTION-2015-North-East-Hertfordshire/story-26463030-detail/story.html
  11. http://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/chris-york
  12. Dickinson, Eleanor (26 January 2015). "UKIP candidate chosen to take on Royston MP Sir Oliver Heald in the 2015 general election". Cambridge News. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  13. http://www.libdems.org.uk/joe-jordan
  14. "Eastern Region Green Party | Green Party Selects its General Election candidates for seats in the North Herts". eastern.greenparty.org.uk.
  15. http://northherts.greenparty.org.uk/candidates.html
  16. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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