North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hertfordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Hertfordshire in Hertfordshire.
Location of Hertfordshire within England.
County	Hertfordshire
Electorate	72,658 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hertfordshire North, Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

North East 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.

Boundaries

The constituency includes the towns of Letchworth, Baldock and Royston and the rural area to their south.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hertfordshire the Boundary Commission for England has recommended minor changes to the North East Hertfordshire constituency for the 2010 general election. It is currently made up of the following electoral wards from East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire districts:

• From East Hertfordshire: Braughing, Buntingford, Hertford Rural North, Hertford Rural South, Little Hadham, Mundens and Cottered, Puckeridge, Thundridge and Standon, Walkern, and Watton-at-Stone
• From North Hertfordshire: 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Oliver Heald	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North East Hertfordshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	26,995	53.5	+8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Annand	11,801	23.4	+2.0
	Labour	David Kirkman	8,291	16.4	-6.6
	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
Turnout			50,425	69.8	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North East Hertfordshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	22,402	47.3	+3.2
	Labour	Andy Harrop	13,264	28.0	−8.4
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	19,695	44.1	+2.4
	Labour	Ivan Gibbons	16,251	36.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	21,712	41.7
	Labour	Ivan Gibbons	18,624	35.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Jarvis	9,493	18.2
	Referendum Party	Jonathan Grose	2,166	4.2
Majority			3,088	6.0
Turnout			51,995	77.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire