North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hertfordshire is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Oliver Heald, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

This seat was created in 1997 since which it has had the same member serving it in Westminster.

Boundaries

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the 2010 general election since which it has electoral wards:

• Braughing, Buntingford, Hertford Rural North, Hertford Rural South, Little Hadham, Mundens and Cottered, Puckeridge, Thundridge and Standon, Walkern, and Watton-at-Stone in East Hertfordshire
• Arbury, Baldock East, Baldock Town, Ermine, Letchworth East, Letchworth Grange, Letchworth South East, Letchworth South West, Letchworth Wilbury, Royston Heath, Royston Meridian, Royston Palace, and Weston and Sandon. in North Hertfordshire

Constituency profile

The constituency includes the towns of Letchworth, Baldock and Royston and the undulating rural area, strewn with traditional English villages^[2] primarily to their south, most of which are within the more accessible parts of the London Commuter Belt and west of London Stansted Airport.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

Notes and references

Notes

References

Coordinates: 51°55′N 0°02′W / 51.917°N 0.033°W / 51.917; -0.033