North Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

For the constituency alternatively called North Hertfordshire between 1885 and 1918, see Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency).

North Hertfordshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Hertfordshire
Major settlements	Letchworth and Hitchin
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hertfordshire North East, 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 the new seat of North East Hertfordshire.

Boundaries

The main towns in the constituency were Letchworth and Hitchin.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Ian Stewart	Conservative
	1992	Oliver Heald	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Hertfordshire North East and Hitchin and Harpenden

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Hertfordshire North[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	33,679	49.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	RJ Liddle	17,148	25.4	−6.4
	Labour	Miss SJ Bissett-Johnson	16,449	24.3	+5.9
	Natural Law	BJR Irving	339	0.5	N/A
Majority			16,531	24.4	+6.5
Turnout			67,615	84.4	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

Notes and references

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
2. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.