- South West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
UK constituency infobox
Name = South West Hertfordshire
Map1 = SouthWestHertfordshire
Map2 = Hertfordshire
Type = County
Year =1950
Entity = Hertfordshire
County = Hertfordshire
EP = East of England
MP =David Gauke
Party = ConservativeSouth West Hertfordshire is a
constituency represented in the House of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom . It elects oneMember of Parliament (MP) by thefirst past the post system of election.Boundaries
This seat forms a thin strip along the south-west border of
Hertfordshire fromOxhey (nearWatford ) in the south, through the countryside areas ofBovingdon andBerkhamsted toTring in the north. Other towns in the constituency includeChipperfield ,Chorleywood ,Croxley Green , Moor Park, andRickmansworth .Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: South West Hertfordshire Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =David Gauke
votes = 23,494
percentage = 46.9
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Featherstone
votes = 15,021
percentage = 30.0
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =Kerron Cross
votes = 10,466
percentage = 20.9
change = -6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Colin Rodden
votes = 1,107
percentage = 2.2
change = +0.4Election box majority
votes = 8,473
percentage = 16.9
change = -0.4Election box turnout
votes = 50,088
percentage = 68.5
change = +4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -0.5%Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: South West Hertfordshire Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =Richard Page
votes = 20,933
percentage = 44.3
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Dale
votes = 12,752
percentage = 27.0
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Featherstone
votes = 12,431
percentage = 26.3
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Colin Dale-Mills
votes = 847
percentage = 1.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = Julia Goffin
votes = 306
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 8,181
percentage = 17.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 47,269
percentage = 64.5
change = -12.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Elections of the 1990s
Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: South West Hertfordshire Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =Richard Page
votes = 25,462
percentage = 46.0
change = -11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Wilson
votes = 15,441
percentage = 27.9
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Shaw
votes = 12,381
percentage = 22.3
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Timothy Millward
votes = 1,853
percentage = 3.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Christopher Adamson
votes = 274
percentage = 0.5
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 10,021
percentage = 18.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 55,411
percentage = 77.3
change = -6.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -9.8Elections of the 1970s
Election box begin
title=By-Election 13 December 1979: South West Hertfordshire Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =Richard Page
votes = 17,031
percentage = 45.9
change = -8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Reeves
votes = 10,259
percentage = 27.7
change = ...Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Dane Clouston
votes = 8,752
percentage = 23.6
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Ecology Party
candidate = Nigel Jeskins
votes = 602
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party
candidate = David Bundy
votes = 288
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politics)
candidate = Nigel Ffooks
votes = 143
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,772
percentage = 18.2
change = -8.8Election box turnout
votes = 37,075
percentage = 48.3
change = -31.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 76,776
* "Note": ACMFT stands for the Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party.* Resignation of Dodsworth
24 October 1979 See also
*
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
*South West Hertfordshire by-election, 1979
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