Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Welwyn Hatfield County constituency

Welwyn Hatfield shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England
Created:	1974
MP:	Grant Shapps
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hertfordshire
EP constituency:	East of England

Welwyn Hatfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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

[edit] Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency match those of the Welwyn Hatfield local government district, with the exception of the ward of Northaw which is in the Broxbourne constituency.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Feb 1974 – Oct 1974: Lord Balniel, Conservative
Oct 1974 – 1979: Hélène Hayman, Labour
1979 – 1987: Christopher Murphy, Conservative
1987 – 1997: David Evans, Conservative
1997 – 2005: Melanie Johnson, Labour
2005 – present: Grant Shapps, Conservative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Hobday
	Conservative	Grant Shapps
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Zukowskyj

General Election 2005: Welwyn Hatfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Grant Shapps	22,172	49.6	+9.2
	Labour	Melanie Johnson	16,226	36.3	−6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sara Bedford	6,318	14.1	0.0
Majority			5,946	13.3
Turnout			44,716	68.1	+4.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.05

General Election 2001: Welwyn Hatfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melanie Johnson	18,484	43.2	−3.9
	Conservative	Grant Shapps	17,288	40.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Cooke	6,021	14.1	+0.5
	UK Independence	Malcolm Biggs	798	1.9	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Fiona Pinto	230	0.5	+0.0
Majority			1,196	2.8
Turnout			42,821	63.9	−14.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.90

General Election 1997: Welwyn Hatfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melanie Johnson	24,936	47.1	+11.1
	Conservative	David Evans	19,341	36.5	−11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney S. Schwartz	7,161	13.5	−2.5
	Residents Association	V. Ernest Cox	1,263	2.4	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Helen T. Harrold	267	0.5	N/A
Majority			5,595	10.6
Turnout				78.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.05

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

[edit] References

^ Welwyn Hatfield, UKPollingReport

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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