West Hertfordshire | |
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Former County constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
County | Hertfordshire |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Hemel Hempstead, South West Hertfordshire |
West Hertfordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.
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The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was held by the Conservatives for the entire period of its existence.
The constituency was based around the Hertfordshire town of Hemel Hempstead.
Year | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Robert Jones | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Hemel Hempstead and South West Hertfordshire |
General Election 1992: Hertfordshire West[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Jones | 33,340 | 51.5 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Mrs ME McNally | 19,400 | 30.0 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | MJ Trevett | 10,464 | 16.2 | −10.2 | |
Green | J Hannaway | 674 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
National Front | JC McAuley | 665 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Natural Law | GG Harvey | 175 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 13,940 | 21.5 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 64,718 | 82.4 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 |