HEMEL HEMPSTEAD (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Hemel Hempstead' 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

Boundaries

Boundary review

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918-1983

MPs 1997-present

Election results

See also

External reference

Boundaries

For the 1997 General Election, the former West Hertfordshire constituency was reduced in area and renamed "Hemel Hempstead". This reflects the growing population around the edge of London and the decision of the Boundary Commission to create an extra constituency within the county of Hertfordshire.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hertfordshire the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of a modified Hemel Hempstead seat for the next United Kingdom general election formed from the following electoral wards from the district of Dacorum:

★ Adeyfield East, Adeyfield West, Apsley, Ashridge, Bennetts End, Boxmoor, Chaulden and Shrubhill, Corner Hall, Gadebridge, Grove Hill, Hemel Hempstead Central, Highfield and St Pauls, Kings Langley, Leverstock Green, Nash Mills, Warners End, Watling, and Woodhall.
With a notional majority of just 250 approaching the next general election, this seat will be hotly contested by both Labour and the Conservatives.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918-1983

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Gustavus Arthur Talbot	Coalition Conservative
	1920	John Colin Campbell Davidson	Coalition Conservative
	1923	John Freeman Dunn	Liberal
	1924	John Colin Campbell Davidson	Conservative
	1937	Frances Joan Davidson	Conservative
	1959	James Harry Allason	Conservative
	1974	Robin Corbett	Labour
	1979	Nicholas Lyell	Conservative

MPs 1997-present

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Tony McWalter	Labour Co-operative
	2001
	2005	Michael Penning	Conservative

Election results

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

External reference

★ Detailed map of Parliamentary Constituencies in Hertfordshire

★ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, , F. W. S., Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, 1983, ISBN 0-900178-06-X

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