North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hertfordshire
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)
Major settlements	Letchworth, Baldock and Royston
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Hertfordshire North, Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage

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]}

History

This seat was created in 1997 since which 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.

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.

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Sir Oliver Heald	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North East Hertfordshire^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	28,949	55.4	+1.8
	Labour	Chris York^[7]	9,869	18.9	+2.4
	UKIP	William Compton^[8]	6,728	12.9	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Jordan^[9]	3,952	7.6	−15.8
	Green	Mario May^[10]^[11]	2,789	5.3	+3.6
Majority			19,080	36.5	−4.3
Turnout			52,500	70.7	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.3

General Election 2010: North East Hertfordshire^[12]
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
Turnout			50,425	69.8	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North East Hertfordshire^[13]
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^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	19,695	44.1	+2.4
	Labour	Ivan Anthony Gibbons	16,251	36.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs. Alison Elaine Kingman	7,686	17.2	−1.0
	UKIP	Malcolm Joseph 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^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	21,712	41.7	N/A
	Labour	Ivan Anthony Gibbons	18,624	35.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Kenneth Jarvis	9,493	18.2	N/A
	Referendum	Jonathan James 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)

Notes and references

Notes

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ 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

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Ordnance survey website
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/parliamentary-constituencies/north-east-hertfordshire/
^ http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/GENERAL-ELECTION-2015-North-East-Hertfordshire/story-26463030-detail/story.html
^ http://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/chris-york
^ 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.
^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/joe-jordan
^ http://eastern.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2015/01/08/green-party-selects-its-general-election-candidates-for-seats-in-the-north-herts/
^ http://northherts.greenparty.org.uk/candidates.html
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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[2] A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[os-4] Ordnance survey website

[rayment-5] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)

[electoralcalculus-6] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[7] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/parliamentary-constituencies/north-east-hertfordshire/

[8] ttp://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/GENERAL-ELECTION-2015-North-East-Hertfordshire/story-26463030-detail/story.html

[9] ttp://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/chris-york

[10] 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.

[11] ttp://www.libdems.org.uk/joe-jordan

[12] ttp://eastern.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2015/01/08/green-party-selects-its-general-election-candidates-for-seats-in-the-north-herts/

[13] ttp://northherts.greenparty.org.uk/candidates.html

[electoralcalculus2010-14] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)

[electoralcalculus2005-15] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-16] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-17] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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