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 (MP) 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. It was formed from the bulk of the abolished constituency of Hitchin. On abolition, western areas, including Hitchin, formed part of the new constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden. Remaining parts, including Letchworth, Baldock and Royston, formed the majority of the new constituency of North East Hertfordshire.
It was a safe Conservative seat for its entire existence. Its first MP, Ian Stewart, previously held the old marginal seat of Hitchin, and its second and last, Oliver Heald, currently represents North East Hertfordshire.
The three main towns in the constituency were Hitchin, Letchworth, and Royston.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1983 | Ian Stewart | Conservative | |
1992 | Oliver Heald | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see North East Hertfordshire & Hitchin and Harpenden |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Stewart | 29,302 | 49.0 | ||
Liberal | George Binney | 19,359 | 32.4 | ||
Labour | James Reilly | 11,104 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | 9,943 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 59,765 | 79.2 | |||
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 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 63,840 | 81.1 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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 | New | |
Majority | 16,531 | 24.4 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 67,615 | 84.4 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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