South West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South West Hertfordshire
County constituency

South West Hertfordshire shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England
Created: 1950
MP: David Gauke
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Hertfordshire
EP constituency: East of England

South West Hertfordshire 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.

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[edit] Boundaries

This seat forms a thin strip along the south-west border of Hertfordshire from Oxhey (near Watford) in the south, through the countryside areas of Bovingdon and Berkhamsted to Tring in the north. Other towns in the constituency include Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Moor Park, and Rickmansworth.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1950 Sir Gilbert Longden Conservative
February 1974 Geoffrey Dodsworth Conservative
1979 Richard Page Conservative
2005 David Gauke Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: South West Hertfordshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Gauke 23,494 46.9 +2.6
Liberal Democrat Ed Featherstone 15,021 30.0 +3.7
Labour Kerron Cross 10,466 20.9 -6.1
UK Independence Colin Rodden 1,107 2.2 +0.4
Majority 8,473 16.9 -0.4
Turnout 50,088 68.5 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing -0.5%
General Election 2001: South West Hertfordshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Page 20,933 44.3 -1.7
Labour Graham Dale 12,752 27.0 -0.9
Liberal Democrat Ed Featherstone 12,431 26.3 +4.0
UK Independence Colin Dale-Mills 847 1.8 N/A
ProLife Alliance Julia Goffin 306 0.6 N/A
Majority 8,181 17.3
Turnout 47,269 64.5 -12.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1997: South West Hertfordshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Page 25,462 46.0 -11.0
Labour M Wilson 15,441 27.9 +8.5
Liberal Democrat Ann Shaw 12,381 22.3 -0.8
Referendum Party T Millward 1,853 3.3 N/A
Natural Law C Adamson 274 0.5 0.0
Majority 10,021 18.1
Turnout 55,411 77.3 -6.5
Conservative hold Swing -9.8

[edit] See also

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)
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