Hemel Hempstead (UK Parliament constituency)

Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead
	County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire
	Location of Hertfordshire within England
County	Hertfordshire
Electorate	72,561 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Hemel Hempstead
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Mike Penning (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	West Hertfordshire
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Hertfordshire West and Hertfordshire South West[2]
Created from	Watford and St Albans

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.

History

The constituency was established as a Division of Hertfordshire by the Representation of the People Act 1918, largely created from the northern half of the Watford Division, including Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring. It also included north-western part of the St Albans Division, around Harpenden.

Harpenden was transferred back to St Albans in 1974 and the constituency was temporarily abolished from 1983 to 1997 during which time it was replaced by West Hertfordshire.

Boundaries and boundary changes

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 parishes of Harpenden Rural, Redbourn, and Wheathampstead, and in the Rural District of Watford the parishes of Abbots Langley and Sarratt.[3]

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 parishes of Harpenden Rural and Redbourn.[4]

Parish of Wheathampstead transferred back to St Albans. Parishes of Abbots Langley and Sarratt included in the new County Constituency of South West Hertfordshire.

1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Hemel Hempstead, the Urban Districts of Berkhamsted and Tring, and the Rural Districts of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead.[5]

The Urban District of Harpenden and the part of the Rural District of St Albans (parishes of Harpenden Rural and Redbourn) now transferred back to St Albans.

The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election. Berkhamsted and the area to the south of Hemel Hempstead, including Kings Langley, was transferred to South West Hertfordshire. The remainder, including Hemel Hempstead and Tring, formed the new County Constituency of West Hertfordshire.

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.[6]

Re-established for the 1997 general election from the bulk of the abolished County Constituency of West Hertfordshire (excluding Tring). Kings Langley transferred back from South West Hertfordshire.

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.[7]

Minor loss to South West Hertfordshire following revision of local authority wards.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918-1983

	Member[8]	Party
1918	Gustavus Talbot	Coalition Conservative
1920	J. C. C. Davidson	Coalition Conservative
1923	John Freeman Dunn	Liberal
1924	J. C. C. Davidson	Conservative
1937 by-election	The Viscountess Davidson	Conservative
1959	James Allason	Conservative
Oct 1974	Robin Corbett	Labour
1979	Nicholas Lyell	Conservative

MPs 1997-present

Election		Member[8]	Party
	1997	Tony McWalter	Labour Co-operative
	2005	Sir Mike Penning	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Hemel Hempstead[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Penning	28,968	56.5	+1.5
	Labour	Nabila Ahmed	14,405	28.1	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sammy Barry	6,317	12.3	+6.1
	Green	Sherief Hassan	1,581	3.1	+1.1
Majority			14,563	28.4	+10.3
Turnout			51,271	69.5	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.2

General election 2017: Hemel Hempstead [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Penning	28,735	55.0	+2.1
	Labour	Mandi Tattershall	19,290	36.9	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Symington	3,233	6.2	+1.3
	Green	Sherief Hassan	1,024	2.0	−1.4
Majority			9,445	18.1	−11.0
Turnout			52,282	69.7	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.5

General election 2015: Hemel Hempstead[11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Penning	26,245	52.9	+2.9
	Labour	Tony Breslin	11,825	23.8	+3.0
	UKIP	Howard Koch	7,249	14.6	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rabi Martins	2,402	4.8	−18.0
	Green	Alan Borgars	1,660	3.3	N/A
	Independent	Brian Hall	252	0.5	N/A
Majority			14,420	29.1	+2.0
Turnout			49,633	66.5	-1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2010: Hemel Hempstead[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Penning	24,721	50.0	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Grayson	11,315	22.9	+6.0
	Labour	Ayfer Orhan	10,295	20.8	−18.9
	BNP	Janet Price	1,615	3.3	N/A
	UKIP	David Alexander	1,254	2.5	−0.7
	Independent	Mick Young	271	0.5	N/A
Majority			13,406	27.1	+26.7
Turnout			49,471	68.0	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+14.4

This was the highest swing from Labour to Conservative in the 2010 general election.

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Hemel Hempstead[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Penning	19,000	40.3	+1.8
	Labour Co-op	Tony McWalter	18,501	39.3	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Grayson	8,089	17.2	+4.4
	UKIP	Barry Newton	1,518	3.2	+1.1
Majority			499	1.1
Turnout			47,108	64.4	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+4.6

General election 2001: Hemel Hempstead[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tony McWalter	21,389	46.6	+0.9
	Conservative	Paul Ivey	17,647	38.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Stuart	5,877	12.8	+0.5
	UKIP	Barry Newton	970	2.1	N/A
Majority			3,742	8.1
Turnout			45,883	62.3	−14.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Hemel Hempstead[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Tony McWalter	25,175	45.7
	Conservative	Robert Jones	21,539	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Lindsley	6,789	12.3
	Referendum	Peter Such	1,327	2.4
	Natural Law	Diana M. Harding	262	0.5
Majority			3,636	6.6
Turnout			55,092	76.6
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Lyell	37,953	48.73
	Labour	Robin Corbett	32,964	42.33
	Liberal	D Penwarden	6,314	8.11
	National Front	T Walters	649	0.83
Majority			4,989	6.41
Turnout				84.80	+3.10
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election October 1974: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Corbett	29,223	42.69
	Conservative	James Allason	28,738	41.98
	Liberal	CAM Baron	10,497	15.33
Majority			485	0.71
Turnout				81.70	-3.53
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election February 1974: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Allason	27,572	39.03
	Labour	Robin Corbett	27,385	38.77
	Liberal	CAM Baron	15,682	22.20
Majority			187	0.26
Turnout				85.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Allason	40,417	51.98
	Labour	Peter A. Fletcher	28,067	36.10
	Liberal	A. John Wilson	9,274	11.93
Majority			12,350	15.88
Turnout				78.10	-6.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Allason	31,742	44.45
	Labour	Robin Corbett	29,704	41.59
	Liberal	A. John Whiteside	9,970	13.96
Majority			2,038	2.85
Turnout				84.71	+0.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Allason	31,119	44.85
	Labour	Gilbert D. Hitchcock	26,273	37.87
	Liberal	A. John Whiteside	11,986	17.28
Majority			4,846	6.98
Turnout				84.52
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Allason	30,189	49.90
	Labour	Bernard Floud	21,954	36.29
	Liberal	Margaret Neilson	8,358	13.81
Majority			8,235	13.61
Turnout				85.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frances Davidson	25,648	51.02
	Labour	Norman MacKenzie	19,512	38.81
	Liberal	Edwin Saich	5,111	10.17
Majority			6,136	12.21
Turnout				83.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frances Davidson	25,620	58.44
	Labour	Norman MacKenzie	18,220	41.56
Majority			7,400	16.88
Turnout				83.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frances Davidson	22,022	50.18
	Labour	Reg Moss	15,165	34.56
	Liberal	Peter Arthur Stevens	6,696	15.26
Majority			6,857	15.63
Turnout				85.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Hemel Hempstead[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Davidson	19,536	44.2	-13.5
	Labour	DW Mobbs	14,426	32.6	+18.6
	Liberal	Thomas Alfred Trotter	10,219	23.1	-5.2
Majority			5,110	11.6	-17.8
Turnout				71.0	+16.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-16.0

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;

Conservative: Frances Davidson
Liberal: Ian Davidson[18]
Labour: A W Harper[19]

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Hemel Hempstead by-election[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Davidson	14,992	57.7	-4.8
	Liberal	Margery Corbett Ashby	7,347	28.3	+6.3
	Labour	Charles William James	3,651	14.0	-1.4
Majority			7,645	29.4	-11.2
Turnout				55.0	-14.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.6

General election 1935: Hemel Hempstead[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. C. C. Davidson	20,074	62.5	-4.7
	Liberal	Margery Corbett Ashby	7,078	22.0	-2.6
	Labour	Charles William James	4,951	15.4	+7.2
Majority			12,996	40.5	-1.9
Turnout				69.3	-7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.1

General election 1931: Hemel Hempstead[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. C. C. Davidson	21,946	67.2	+
	Liberal	Charles Thomas Le Quesne	8,021	24.6
	Labour	Albert E.R. Millar	2,677	8.2
Majority			13,925	42.7
Turnout				77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Hemel Hempstead[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	J. C. C. Davidson	15,145	49.8	−7.8
	Liberal	Charles Thomas Le Quesne	11,631	38.3	+2.8
	Labour	Albert E.R. Millar	3,624	11.9	+5.0
Majority			3,514	11.5	−10.6
Turnout			30,400	78.0	−2.2
Registered electors			38,957
	Unionist hold		Swing	−5.3

General election 1924: Hemel Hempstead[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	J. C. C. Davidson	12,985	57.6	+27.6
	Liberal	John Freeman Dunn	7,994	35.5	−14.5
	Labour	Amy Sayle	1,553	6.9	N/A
Majority			4,991	22.1	N/A
Turnout			22,532	80.2	+14.4
Registered electors			28,106
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+21.1

General election 1923: Hemel Hempstead[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Freeman Dunn	8,892	50.0	N/A
	Unionist	J. C. C. Davidson	8,875	50.0	−17.4
Majority			17	0.0	N/A
Turnout			17,767	65.8	−0.2
Registered electors			26,990
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Hemel Hempstead[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	J. C. C, Davidson	11,847	67.4	−10.2
	Labour	John Harper Clynes	5,726	32.6	+10.2
Majority			6,121	34.8	−20.4
Turnout			17,573	66.0	+15.6
Registered electors			26,627
	Unionist hold		Swing	−10.2

1920 Hemel Hempstead by-election[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes
C	Unionist	J. C. C. Davidson	Unopposed
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Hemel Hempstead[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Gustavus Arthur Talbot	10,070	77.6	N/A
	Labour	Jesse Hawkes	2,913	22.4	N/A
Majority			7,157	55.2	N/A
Turnout			12,983	50.4	N/A
Registered electors			25,752
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Notes and references

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

"Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
"'Hemel Hempstead', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes. University of California Libraries. London : Sweet and Maxwell.
"Representation of the People Act, 1948". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
"Hemel Hempstead Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
"Hemel Hempstead Parliamentary Consitituency - Election 2017". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
"Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
"Statement Of Persons Nominated And Notice Of Poll" (PDF). Acting Returning Officer. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
"Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
"Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
"Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
"Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
The Liberal Magazine, 1939

Sources

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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[6] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-24.

[7] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-24.

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