Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Welwyn Hatfield
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire.
Location of Hertfordshire within England.
County	Hertfordshire
Electorate	71,766 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Welwyn Hatfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1974 as 'Welwyn and Hatfield'.

Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency match those of the Welwyn Hatfield local government district, with the exception of the ward of Northaw which is in the Broxbourne constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Lord Balniel	Conservative
	Oct 1974	Hélène Hayman	Labour
	1979	Christopher Murphy	Conservative
	1987	David Evans	Conservative
	1997	Melanie Johnson	Labour
	2005	Grant Shapps	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Welwyn Hatfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Grant Shapps	27,894	57.0	+7.4
	Labour	Mike Hobday	10,471	21.4	-14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Zukowskyj	8,010	16.4	+2.2
	UKIP	David Platt	1,643	3.4	N/A
	Green	Jill Weston	796	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Nigel Parker	158	0.3	N/A
Majority			17,423	35.6
Turnout			48,972	68.0	−0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Welwyn Hatfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Grant Shapps	22,172	49.6	+9.2
	Labour	Melanie Johnson	16,226	36.3	−6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sara Bedford	6,318	14.1	0.0
Majority			5,946	13.3
Turnout			44,716	68.1	+4.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.05

General Election 2001: Welwyn Hatfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melanie Johnson	18,484	43.2	−3.9
	Conservative	Grant Shapps	17,288	40.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Cooke	6,021	14.1	+0.5
	UKIP	Malcolm Biggs	798	1.9	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Fiona Pinto	230	0.5	+0.0
Majority			1,196	2.8
Turnout			42,821	63.9	−14.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.90

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Welwyn Hatfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melanie Johnson	24,936	47.1	+11.1
	Conservative	David Evans	19,341	36.5	−11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney S. Schwartz	7,161	13.5	−2.5
	Residents Association	V. Ernest Cox	1,263	2.4	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Helen T. Harrold	267	0.5	N/A
Majority			5,595	10.6
Turnout			52,968	78.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.05

General Election 1992: Welwyn Hatfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Evans	29,447	48.4	+2.7
	Labour	RA Little	20,982	34.5	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	RG Parker	10,196	16.7	−10.6
	Natural Law	Ms. ET Lucas	264	0.4	N/A
Majority			8,465	13.9	−4.4
Turnout			60,889	84.3	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.7

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire