North East Hertfordshire is a

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represented in the

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of the

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since 1997 by

Oliver Heald Sir Oliver Heald (born 15 December 1954) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire, formerly North Hertfordshire, since 1992. Background Heald was born ...

, a

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Constituency profile

The constituency includes the towns of Letchworth, Baldock and

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and the undulating rural area, strewn with traditional English villages primarily to their south, most of which are within the more accessible parts of the

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and west of

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History

The constituency was created in for the 1997 general election largely from parts of the abolished County Constituency of

North Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Letchworth. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the amalgamation of the urban districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth, and Roysto ...

, including Letchworth, Baldock and Royston. It also included rural areas of the District of East Hertfordshire transferred from the constituencies of Hertford and Stortford and

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Boundaries

1997–2010: The District of North Hertfordshire wards of Arbury, Baldock, Grange, Letchworth East, Letchworth South East, Letchworth South West, Newsells, Royston East, Royston West, Sandon, Weston, and Wilbury, and the District of East Hertfordshire wards of Braughing, Buntingford, Cottered, Little Hadham, Munden, Standon St Mary, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, and Watton-at-Stone. 2010–present: The District of North Hertfordshire wards of 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, and the District of East Hertfordshire wards of Braughing, Buntingford, Hertford Rural North, Hertford Rural South, Little Hadham, Mundens and Cottered, Puckeridge, Thundridge and Standon, Walkern, and Watton-at-Stone. Minor changes due to revision of local authority wards.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Note: Although a Conservative win due to the seat being newly created, the winning candidate was the previous MP for

, which was abolished and largely reformed as North East Hertfordshire.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hertfordshire North East Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997 Politics of East Hertfordshire District Politics of North Hertfordshire District