North Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Hertfordshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hertfordshire |
Major settlements | Letchworth and Hitchin |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hitchin |
Replaced by | North East Hertfordshire, Hitchin and Harpenden |
North Hertfordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first-past-the-post system.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History
This was a safe Conservative seat for its entire existence. Its first MP, Ian Stewart, previously held the old marginal seat of Hitchin, and its last, Oliver Heald, currently represents North East Hertfordshire.
Boundaries
The District of North Hertfordshire wards of Arbury, Ashbrook, Baldock, Bearton, Cadwell, Grange, Highbury, Hitchwood, Hoo, Kimpton, Letchworth East, Letchworth South East, Letchworth South West, Newsells, Offa, Oughton, Priory, Royston East, Royston West, Sandon, Walsworth, Weston, and Wilbury.
The two main towns in the constituency were Hitchin and Letchworth.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Ian Stewart | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1992 | Oliver Heald | Conservative |
1997 | constituency abolished: see North East Hertfordshire & Hitchin and Harpenden
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Election results
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Stewart | 29,302 | 49.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Binney | 19,359 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Labour | James Reilly | 11,104 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,943 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 79.2 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Stewart | 31,750 | 49.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | George Binney | 20,308 | 31.8 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Alan Gorst | 11,782 | 18.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 11,442 | 17.9 | |||
Turnout | 81.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Oliver Heald | 33,679 | 49.8 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Liddle | 17,148 | 25.4 | −6.4 | |
Labour | Sarah Bissett-Johnson | 16,449 | 24.3 | +5.9 | |
Natural Law | Bryan Irving | 339 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,531 | 24.4 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 67,615 | 84.4 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.