South West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South West Hertfordshire | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of South West Hertfordshire in Hertfordshire. |
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 Location of Hertfordshire within England. |
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| County | Hertfordshire |
| Electorate | 78,269 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Berkhamsted, Rickmansworth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1950 |
| Member of Parliament | David Gauke (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
South West Hertfordshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
This seat forms a thin strip along the south-west border of Hertfordshire from South Oxhey (near Watford) in the south, through the countryside areas of Bovingdon and Berkhamsted to Tring in the north. Other towns in the constituency include Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Moor Park, and Rickmansworth.
[edit] Constituency Profile
Bordering Greater London and Buckinghamshire, this corner of Hertfordshire is mostly middle-class surburbia, and is a haven for commuters who travel in daily from the outer reaches of London Underground's Metropolitan Line.
Further from London, in the North of the seat, the brewing town of Tring is the most glamorous part, while Chorleywood is extremely affluent - its West ward was rated 8413 out of 8414 for deprivation in IMD2000.
Following the 2010 election, every seat in Hertfordshire had a Conservative MP, and South West Herts was the third safest of these.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Sir Gilbert Longden | Conservative | |
| Feb 1974 | Geoffrey Dodsworth | Conservative | |
| 1979 | Richard Page | Conservative | |
| 2005 | David Gauke | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: South West Hertfordshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Gauke | 30,773 | 54.2 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Townsend | 15,853 | 27.9 | -2.1 | |
| Labour | Harry Mann | 6,526 | 11.5 | -9.3 | |
| UKIP | Mark Benson | 1,450 | 2.6 | +0.4 | |
| BNP | Deirdre Gates | 1,302 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | James Hannaway | 846 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: South West Hertfordshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Gauke | 23,494 | 46.9 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Edward Featherstone | 15,021 | 30.0 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | Kerron Cross | 10,466 | 20.9 | -6.1 | |
| UKIP | Colin Rodden | 1,107 | 2.2 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 8,473 | 16.9 | -0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 50,088 | 68.5 | +4.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5% | |||
| General Election 2001: South West Hertfordshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Page | 20,933 | 44.3 | -1.7 | |
| Labour | Graham Dale | 12,752 | 27.0 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Edward Featherstone | 12,431 | 26.3 | +4.0 | |
| UKIP | Colin Dale-Mills | 847 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | Julia Goffin | 306 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,181 | 17.3 | |||
| Turnout | 47,269 | 64.5 | -12.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: South West Hertfordshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Page | 25,462 | 46.0 | -11.0 | |
| Labour | Mark Wilson | 15,441 | 27.9 | +8.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ann Shaw | 12,381 | 22.3 | -0.8 | |
| Referendum Party | Timothy Millward | 1,853 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | Christopher Adamson | 274 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 10,021 | 18.1 | |||
| Turnout | 55,411 | 77.3 | -6.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -9.8 | |||
| General Election 1992: South West Hertfordshire[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Page | 33,825 | 57.0 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs A Shaw | 13,718 | 23.1 | −5.8 | |
| Labour | AP Gale | 11,512 | 19.4 | +4.1 | |
| Natural Law | CJ Adamson | 281 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 20,107 | 33.9 | +7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 59,336 | 83.7 | +6.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1970s
| By-Election 13 December 1979: South West Hertfordshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Page | 17,031 | 45.9 | -8.8 | |
| Labour | Susan Reeves | 10,259 | 27.7 | ... | |
| Liberal | Dane Clouston | 8,752 | 23.6 | +7.4 | |
| Ecology | Nigel Jeskins | 602 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| ACMFT | David Bundy | 288 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Nigel Ffooks | 143 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,772 | 18.2 | -8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 37,075 | 48.3 | -31.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Registered electors | 76,776 | ||||
- Note: ACMFT stands for the Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party.
- Resignation of Dodsworth 24 October 1979
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i11.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
