- Source: List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
The county of Hertfordshire in England is divided into twelve parliamentary constituencies. Each of the twelve elects a Member of Parliament (MP) to represent it at the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament in Westminster. As of the 2024 general election, seven of Hertfordshire's MPs are from the Labour Party, three are Conservatives, and two are Liberal Democrats. The county currently has one urban borough constituency (BC) – Watford - while the other eleven are classed as more rural county constituencies (CC).
Constituencies
Boundaries of the seats were amended by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies carried out by the Boundary Commission for England, which came into effect from the 2024 general election. Each constituency is made up of whole or partial local government wards, which elect councillors at English local elections. Eleven are designated as county constituencies (in which candidates can spend more per head than their borough counterparts). One is a borough constituency.
Conservative †
Labour ‡
Liberal Democrat ¤
Boundary changes
= 2024
=For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Hertfordshire with Bedfordshire as a sub-region of the East of England region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Hitchin. As a result, Hitchin and Harpenden was abolished, with Harpenden being included in a new constituency named Harpenden and Berkhamsted, along with the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring, previously part of South West Hertfordshire - which in turn gained areas of Three Rivers District, primarily form Watford. These changes had knock-on effects in the rest of the county, with most of the rest of the constituencies undergoing relatively minor boundary changes, the only exceptions being North East Hertfordshire and Stevenage, which remained effectively unchanged (save minor realignments with new ward boundaries).
= 2010
=For the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect ahead of the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England retained the same eleven Hertfordshire constituencies that had existed previously. It did however make slight boundary changes to reduce electoral disparity. The recommendations, which became law with the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, also ensured that local government wards in Hertfordshire would no longer be split between two Parliamentary constituencies.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
= 2024
=The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hertfordshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
= Percentage votes
=11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
= Seats
=11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
= Maps
=1885-1910
1918-1945
1950-1970
1974-present
Timeline
Former constituency
* Constituency for the 2024 United Kingdom general election
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
= 1885 to 1918
=Conservative
Independent
Liberal
= 1918 to 1955
=Anti-Waste League
Conservative
Independent
Labour
Liberal
Silver Badge
= 1955 to 1983
=Conservative
Labour
= 1983 to present
=Conservative
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
1includes an area of Bedfordshire
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Hertfordshire
East of England (European Parliament constituency)
Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire local elections
Footnotes
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
- North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
- South West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire
- Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency)
- Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)
- St Albans (UK Parliament constituency)
- Hemel Hempstead (UK Parliament constituency)
- Parliamentary constituencies in London
- Hertford and Stortford (UK Parliament constituency)
