- East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
:"For the constituency alternatively called East Hertfordshire between 1885 and 1918, see Hertford"
UK former constituency infobox
Name = East Hertfordshire
Type = Borough
Year = 1955
Abolition = 1983
members = oneEast Hertfordshire was a parliamentary constituency in the county of
Hertfordshire . It returned oneMember of Parliament to the House of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom .History
The constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. As originally defined, it consisted of the urban districts of
Cheshunt ,Hoddesdon ,Sawbridgeworth ,Bishop's Stortford andWare together withWare Rural District , all of which had previously been included in the Hertford constituency), and theBraughing Rural District which had previously been split between Hertford and Hitchin.Boundary changes implemented at the February 1974 election reduced the size of the constituency by moving the town of Ware (though not its rural district) into the new Hertford and Stevenage seat, but leaving the constituency otherwise unchanged.
On its abolition in 1983, most of the East Hertfordshire seat (including Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth) was amalgamated with the Hertford and Ware half of Hertford and Stevenage to form a Hertford and Stortford constituency, while Cheshunt and Hoddesdon were carved off the make the heart of the new Broxbourne.
Members of Parliament
References
* Robert Waller, "The Almanac of British Politics" (1st edition, London: Croom Helm, 1983)
* Frederic A Youngs, jr, "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I" (London:Royal Historical Society , 1979)
*Rayment
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