Harpenden and Berkhamsted (UK Parliament constituency)

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Harpenden and Berkhamsted
County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hertfordshire
Major settlements Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from Hitchin and Harpenden & South West Hertfordshire

Harpenden and Berkhamstead is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. [2]

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Boundaries

Harpenden and Berkhamsted (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It will comprise the following areas:

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022, [5] [6] the parts in the City of St Albans will now comprise the following wards from the 2024 general election:

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Harpenden and Berkhamsted
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Victoria Collins [8]
Green Paul de Hoest [9]
Conservative Nigel Gardner [10]
Workers Party Sina Gharib [11]
Labour Zara Layne [12]
Reform UK Saba Poursaeedi [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hitchin and Harpenden set for shake-up after boundary review". The Comet. 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  4. ↑ "New Seat Details - Harpenden and Berkhamsted". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  5. ↑ LGBCE. "St Albans | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  6. ↑ "The St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  7. ↑ "New Seat Details - Harpenden and Berkhamsted". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  8. ↑ "Environmental campaigner is fighting to win Harpenden". St Albans Times. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dacorum Green Parliamentary Candidates". Green Party of England and Wales. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Just Who Is Nigel Gardner, The New Tory Candidate For Harpenden". St Albans Times. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Elections 2024". Workers Party of Britain . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. ↑ Labour East [@EofELabour] (May 15, 2024). "Congratulations, Zara Layne, Labour's Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamsted!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "Find My PPC (Eastern England)" (PDF). Reform UK . Retrieved 15 December 2023.


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