Hertford and Stortford (UK Parliament constituency)

Hertford and Stortford County constituency

Hertford and Stortford shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Mark Prisk
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hertfordshire
EP constituency:	East of England

Hertford and Stortford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

[edit] Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hertfordshire the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of a modified Hertford and Stortford seat for the next United Kingdom general election. The electoral wards are taken from the district of East Hertfordshire:

Bishop’s Stortford All Saints, Bishop’s Stortford Central, Bishop’s Stortford Meads, Bishop’s Stortford Silverleys, Bishop’s Stortford South, Great Amwell, Hertford Bengeo, Hertford Castle, Hertford Heath, Hertford Kingsmead, Hertford Sele, Hunsdon, Much Hadham, Sawbridgeworth, Stanstead Abbots, Ware Chadwell, Ware Christchurch, Ware St Mary’s, and Ware Trinity.

General Election 2005: Hertford and Stortford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Prisk	25,074	50.5	+5.8
	Labour	Richard Henry	11,977	24.1	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Lucas	9,129	18.4	−1.5
	Green	Peter Hart	1,914	3.9	N/A
	UK Independence	David Sodey	1,026	2.1	−0.5
	Veritas	Debbie Le May	572	1.2	N/A
Majority			13,097	26.4
Turnout			49,692	67.7	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.2

General Election 2001: Hertford and Stortford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Prisk	21,074	44.7	+0.6
	Labour	Simon Spellar	15,471	32.8	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mione Goldspink	9,388	19.9	+2.2
	UK Independence	Stuart Rising	1,243	2.6	+0.4
Majority			5,603	11.9
Turnout			47,176	62.2	-13.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay \| Braintree \| Brentwood and Ongar \| Broxbourne \| Bury St Edmunds \| Castle Point \| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich \| Epping Forest \| Harwich \| Hemel Hempstead \| Hertford and Stortford \| Hertsmere \| Hitchin and Harpenden \| Huntingdon \| Maldon and East Chelmsford \| Mid Bedfordshire \| Mid Norfolk \| North Essex \| North East Bedfordshire \| North East Cambridgeshire \| North East Hertfordshire \| North West Cambridgeshire \| North West Norfolk \| Peterborough \| Rayleigh \| Rochford and Southend East \| Saffron Walden \| Southend West \| South Cambridgeshire \| South East Cambridgeshire \| South Norfolk \| South Suffolk \| South West Bedfordshire \| South West Hertfordshire \| South West Norfolk \| St Albans \| Suffolk Coastal \| Welwyn Hatfield \| West Chelmsford \| West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon \| Bedford \| Great Yarmouth \| Harlow \| Ipswich \| Luton North \| Luton South \| Norwich North \| Norwich South \| Stevenage \| Thurrock \| Watford \| Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge \| Colchester \| North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) \| UKIP (2) \| Labour (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)