Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hertsmere County constituency
Hertsmere shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	James Clappison
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hertfordshire
EP constituency:	East of England

Hertsmere 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is coterminous with the borough of Hertsmere, in southern Hertfordshire. Hertsmere consists of the major towns and villages of Bushey, Radlett, Potters Bar and Borehamwood. Bushey borders Watford and Harrow on the west and south west ends of the Constituency, while Potters Bar borders Barnet and Broxbourne on the east. Borehamwood sits in the centre, and is the biggest town in the constituency. To the north sits Radlett, bordering St Albans.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hertfordshire the Boundary Commission for England have recommended for the next United Kingdom general election the constituency of Hertsmere continue to be coterminous with the borough.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 1992: Cecil Parkinson, Conservative
• 1992 – present: James Clappison, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Hertsmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Clappison	22,665	53.2%	+5.4%
	Labour	Kelly Tebb	11,572	27.2%	-8.8%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Davies	7,817	18.4%	+3.2%
	Socialist Labour	James Dry	518	1.2%	+0.2%
Majority			11,093	26.1%
Turnout			42,572	63.0%	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.1%

General Election 2001: Hertsmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Clappison	19,855	47.8	+3.5
	Labour	Hilary Broderick	14,953	36.0	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Thompson	6,300	15.2	+2.3
	Socialist Labour	James Dry	397	1.0	N/A
Majority			4,902	11.8
Turnout			41,505	60.3	-13.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

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)