Hertford and Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hertford and Stevenage County constituency |
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| Created: | 1974 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Hertford and Stevenage was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
It was a county constituency which as originally defined consisted of the borough of Hertford, the urban districts of Stevenage and Ware and the rural district of Hertford. Hertford and its rural district had previously been in the Hertford constituency, Stevenage in the Hitchin constituency and Ware in East Hertfordshire. After being used for only three general elections, a further round of boundary changes in 1983 saw Hertford and Stevenage abolished, Hertford and Ware joining Bishop Stortford in Hertford and Stortford while the remainder of the seat formed the basis of the new Stevenage constituency
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| February 1974 | Shirley Williams | Labour | |
| 1979 | Bowen Wells | Conservative | |
| 1983 | Constituency abolished - see Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage | ||
[edit] 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)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
