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词条 West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
释义

  1. History

  2. Boundaries

  3. Members of Parliament

  4. Election results

     Elections in the 1980s  Elections in the 1990s 

  5. See also

  6. Notes and references

{{For|the constituency alternatively called West Hertfordshire between 1885 and 1918|Watford (UK Parliament constituency)}}{{Infobox UK constituency main
| name = West Hertfordshire
| type = County
| year = 1983
| abolished = 1997
| elects_howmany = One
| next = Hemel Hempstead and South West Hertfordshire[1]
| previous = Hemel Hempstead[1]
|region = England
|county = 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.

History

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election from the majority of the abolished County Constituency of Hemel Hempstead constituency. It was abolished for the 1997 general election, with Tring being transferred to South West Hertfordshire and the remaining areas forming the re-established constituency of Hemel Hempstead.

It was held by the Conservatives for the entire period of its existence.

Boundaries

The District of Dacorum wards of Adeyfield East, Adeyfield West, Aldbury and Wigginton, Ashridge, Bennetts End, Berkhamsted, Boxmoor, Central, Chaulden, Crabtree, Cupid Green, Flamstead and Markyate, Gadebridge, Grove Hill, Highfield, Leverstock Green, Nash Mills, South, Tring Central, Tring East, Tring West, and Warners End.[2]

The main settlements in the constituency were Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[3]Party
1983 Robert Jones Conservative
1997constituency abolished: see Hemel Hempstead & South West Hertfordshire

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1983: Hertfordshire West[4]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Jones
|votes = 28,436
|percentage = 46.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Hollinghurst
|votes = 18,860
|percentage = 31.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Boateng
|votes = 13,583
|percentage = 22.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,486
|percentage = 15.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 79.4
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1987: Hertfordshire West[5]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Jones
|votes = 31,760
|percentage = 49.7
|change = +3.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Hollinghurst
|votes = 16,836
|percentage = 26.3
|change = −4.7
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony McBrearty
|votes = 15,317
|percentage = 24.0
|change = +1.7
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,924
|percentage = 23.4
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 80.9
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1990s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1992: Hertfordshire West[6][7]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Jones
|votes = 33,340
|percentage = 51.5
|change = +1.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eryl McNally
|votes = 19,400
|percentage = 30.0
|change = +6.0
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin J. Trevett
|votes = 10,464
|percentage = 16.2
|change = −10.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = James Hannaway
|votes = 674
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = John McAuley
|votes = 665
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Guy G. Harvey
|votes = 175
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,940
|percentage = 21.5
|change = −1.8
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 64,718
|percentage = 82.4
|change = +1.4
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.1
}}{{Election box end}}

See also

  • Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

Notes and references

1. ^{{cite web|title='Hertfordshire West', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83311.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|accessdate=11 March 2016}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-25}}
3. ^{{rayment-hc|h|3|date=March 2012}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|accessdate=6 Dec 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2011}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hertfordshire West}}

3 : Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire (historic)|United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983|United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997

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