South West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = South West Hertfordshire
Map1 = SouthWestHertfordshire
Map2 = Hertfordshire
Type = County
Year = 1950
Entity = Hertfordshire
County = Hertfordshire
EP = East of England
MP = David Gauke
Party = Conservative

South West Hertfordshire 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.

Boundaries

This seat forms a thin strip along the south-west border of Hertfordshire from Oxhey (near Watford) in the south, through the countryside areas of Bovingdon and Berkhamsted to Tring in the north. Other towns in the constituency include Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Moor Park, and Rickmansworth.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: South West Hertfordshire Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Gauke
votes = 23,494
percentage = 46.9
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Featherstone
votes = 15,021
percentage = 30.0
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kerron Cross
votes = 10,466
percentage = 20.9
change = -6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Colin Rodden
votes = 1,107
percentage = 2.2
change = +0.4Election box majority
votes = 8,473
percentage = 16.9
change = -0.4Election box turnout
votes = 50,088
percentage = 68.5
change = +4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -0.5%

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: South West Hertfordshire Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Page
votes = 20,933
percentage = 44.3
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Dale
votes = 12,752
percentage = 27.0
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Featherstone
votes = 12,431
percentage = 26.3
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Colin Dale-Mills
votes = 847
percentage = 1.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = Julia Goffin
votes = 306
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 8,181
percentage = 17.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 47,269
percentage = 64.5
change = -12.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections of the 1990s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: South West Hertfordshire Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Page
votes = 25,462
percentage = 46.0
change = -11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Wilson
votes = 15,441
percentage = 27.9
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Shaw
votes = 12,381
percentage = 22.3
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Timothy Millward
votes = 1,853
percentage = 3.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Christopher Adamson
votes = 274
percentage = 0.5
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 10,021
percentage = 18.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 55,411
percentage = 77.3
change = -6.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -9.8

Elections of the 1970s

Election box begin
title=By-Election 13 December 1979: South West Hertfordshire Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Page
votes = 17,031
percentage = 45.9
change = -8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Reeves
votes = 10,259
percentage = 27.7
change = ...Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Dane Clouston
votes = 8,752
percentage = 23.6
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Ecology Party
candidate = Nigel Jeskins
votes = 602
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party
candidate = David Bundy
votes = 288
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politics)
candidate = Nigel Ffooks
votes = 143
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,772
percentage = 18.2
change = -8.8Election box turnout
votes = 37,075
percentage = 48.3
change = -31.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 76,776
* "Note": ACMFT stands for the Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party.

* Resignation of Dodsworth 24 October 1979

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
* South West Hertfordshire by-election, 1979