- North Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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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 1983–1997 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.
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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
Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997
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