Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hertsmere | |
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| County constituency | |
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 Boundary of Hertsmere in Hertfordshire. |
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 Location of Hertfordshire within England. |
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| County | Hertfordshire |
| Electorate | 70,772 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Borehamwood |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | James Clappison (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | South Hertfordshire |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Hertsmere is a county constituency in the Hertsmere district of Hertfordshire, England. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is coterminous with the borough of Hertsmere, in southern Hertfordshire. Hertsmere consists of the major towns and villages of Bushey, Radlett, Potters Bar and Borehamwood. Bushey borders Watford and Harrow on the west and south west ends of the Constituency, while Potters Bar borders Barnet and Broxbourne on the east. Borehamwood sits in the centre, and is the biggest town in the constituency. To the north sits Radlett, bordering St Albans.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hertfordshire the Boundary Commission for England recommended no changes to constituency boundaries for the 2010 general election.
[edit] Constituency Profile
Located just beyond the boundaries of Greater London and with fast railway lines into the capital, Hertsmere is typically middle-class commuter territory, similar to the type of constituency found in Surrey and Buckinghamshire.
The Aldenham East ward, assessed as the least deprived out of 8414 in England in IMD2000, is located in the seat, and although there are some Labour-voting areas in Borehamwood, the seat is solidly Tory, even in Labour landslide years.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This safe Conservative constituency was created in 1983 from the former seat of South Hertfordshire. The former Cabinet minister Cecil Parkinson, who previously represented South Hertfordshire, was the MP from the seat's creation until his retirement in 1992. James Clappison has held the seat since.
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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| 1983 | Cecil Parkinson | Conservative | |
| 1992 | James Clappison | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Hertsmere | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Clappison | 26,476 | 56.0 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | Sam Russell | 8,871 | 18.8 | -8.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Anthony Rowlands | 8,210 | 17.4 | -1.0 | |
| UKIP | David Rutter | 1,712 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| BNP | Daniel Seabrook | 1,397 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Arjuna Krishna-Das | 604 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,605 | 37.2 | |||
| Turnout | 47,270 | 64.7 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 5.6 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Hertsmere | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Clappison | 22,665 | 53.2 | +5.4 | |
| Labour | Kelly Tebb | 11,572 | 27.2 | -8.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Davies | 7,817 | 18.4 | +3.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | James Dry | 518 | 1.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 11,093 | 26.1 | |||
| Turnout | 42,572 | 63.0 | +2.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 7.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Hertsmere | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Clappison | 19,855 | 47.8 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Hilary Broderick | 14,953 | 36.0 | -2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Thompson | 6,300 | 15.2 | +2.3 | |
| Socialist Labour | James Dry | 397 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,902 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 41,505 | 60.3 | -13.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Hertsmere | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Clappison | 22,305 | 44.3 | ||
| Labour | Beth Kelly | 19,230 | 38.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Ann Gray | 6,466 | 12.8 | ||
| Referendum Party | J Marlow | 1,703 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | R Saunders | 453 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | N Kahn | 191 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,075 | 6.1 | |||
| Turnout | 74.0 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Hertsmere[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Clappison | 32,133 | 56.8 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | DN Souter | 13,398 | 23.7 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs Z Gifford | 10,681 | 18.9 | −4.9 | |
| Natural Law | Ms. DM Harding | 373 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 18,735 | 33.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 56,585 | 80.9 | +5.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
[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)
- ^ "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.
