County Hertfordshire Major settlements Hemel Hempstead Number of members One | Electorate 72,561 (December 2010) Created 1997 | |
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Member of parliament Mike Penning (Conservative) | ||
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.
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Boundaries
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Hemel Hempstead, the Urban Districts of Berkhamsted, Harpenden, and Tring, the Rural Districts of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead, in the Rural District of St Albans the civil parishes of Harpenden Rural, Redbourn, and Wheathampstead, and in the Rural District of Watford the civil parishes of Abbots Langley and Sarratt.
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Hemel Hempstead, the Urban Districts of Berkhamsted, Harpenden, and Tring, the Rural Districts of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead, and in the Rural District of St Albans the civil parishes of Harpenden Rural and Redbourn.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Hemel Hempstead, the Urban Districts of Berkhamsted and Tring, and the Rural Districts of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead.
1997-2010: The District of Dacorum wards of Adeyfield East, Adeyfield West, Ashridge, Bennetts End, Boxmoor, Central, Chaulden, Crabtree, Cupid Green, Flamstead and Markyate, Gadebridge, Grove Hill, Highfield, Kings Langley, Leverstock Green, Nash Mills, South, and Warners End.
2010-present: The District of Dacorum wards of Adeyfield East, Adeyfield West, Apsley, Ashridge, Bennetts End, Boxmoor, Chaulden and Shrubhill, Corner Hall, Gadebridge, Grove Hill, Hemel Hempstead Central, Highfield and St Paul's, Kings Langley, Leverstock Green, Nash Mills, Warners End, Watling, and Woodhall.
For the 1997 general election, the former Hertfordshire West constituency was reduced in area and renamed "Hemel Hempstead". This reflected the growing population around the edge of London and the decision of the Boundary Commission for England to create an extra seat in the county of Hertfordshire.
Elections in the 2010s
This was the highest swing from Labour to Conservative in the 2010 general election.
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939/40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;