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Hertfordshire (European Parliament constituency)

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Former European Parliament constituency

Hertfordshire
European Parliament constituency
Boundary within the East of England (1979-1984)
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
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Hertfordshire was aconstituency of theEuropean Parliament located in theUnited Kingdom, electing oneMember of the European Parliament by thefirst-past-the-post electoral system. Created in1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption ofproportional representation forEuropean elections in Great Britain. It was succeeded by theEast of England region.

Boundary within the East of England (1984-1994)
Boundary within the East of England (1994-1999)

Boundaries

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On its creation in 1979, it consisted of theparliamentary constituencies ofHertford and Stevenage,Hertfordshire East,Hertfordshire South,Hertfordshire South West,St Albans,Watford andWelwyn and Hatfield.[1]

After the 1984 boundary changes based on the new UK parliamentary constituencies created in 1983, it consisted of the constituencies ofBroxbourne,Hertford and Stortford,Hertsmere, St. Albans, South West Hertfordshire, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield.[2] Stevenage was transferred toBedfordshire South.

1994 saw further boundary changes and the constituency now consisted of Hertsmere,North Hertfordshire, St. Albans, South West Hertfordshire, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield andWest Hertfordshire.[3] Broxbourne as well as Hertford and Stortford were now part ofEssex West and Hertfordshire East. North Hertfordshire and West Hertfordshire had previously been part ofBedfordshire South.

The entire area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999.

MEPs

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ElectionMemberParty
1979Derek PragConservative
1994Peter TruscottLabour
1999constituency abolished, part ofEast of England from 1999

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1994: Hertfordshire[4][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPeter Derek Truscott81,82139.1+15.7
ConservativePhilip Jenkinson71,51734.1−12.6
Liberal DemocratsDavid Griffiths38,99518.6+11.4
GreenLydia Howitt7,7413.7−16.3
New BritainMalcolm Biggs6,5553.1New
National FrontJohn McAuley1,7550.8New
Natural LawDavid Lucas7340.4New
21st Century PartyJohn Laine3690.2New
Majority10,3045.0N/A
Turnout209,48740.1+4.1
Labourgain fromConservativeSwing+14.2
European Parliament election, 1989: Hertfordshire[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDerek Prag86,89846.7−4.8
LabourVidya S Anand43,55623.4−1.1
GreenMark F Ames37,27720.0New
SLDMichael D Phelan13,4567.2−16.8
SDPCatherine Treves-Brown5,0482.7New
Majority43,34223.3−3.7
Turnout186,23536.0+2.3
ConservativeholdSwing−1.9
European Parliament election, 1984: Hertfordshire[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDerek Prag87,60351.5+1.3
LabourTony McWalter41,67124.5−1.1
LiberalFiona M Beckett40,87724.0−0.2
Majority45,93227.0+2.4
Turnout170,15133.7−3.2
ConservativeholdSwing+1.2
European Parliament election, 1979: Hertfordshire[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDerek Prag97,17450.2
LabourJ Dore49,61925.6
LiberalD A F Lytton Cobbold46,75724.2
Majority47,55524.6
Turnout193,55036.9
Conservativewin (new seat)

References

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  1. ^Boundary Commission for England,European Assembly Constituencies, December 1978.
  2. ^European Parliament Information Office,MEPs and their constituencies, December 1988
  3. ^The European Parliament 1994–1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
  4. ^Europe elections 1994 : results and elected members, Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations, Luxembourg: European Parliament, 15 June 1994.
  5. ^"Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1".Election Demon. Archived fromthe original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved19 August 2009.
  6. ^Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
  7. ^Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979–1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.
  8. ^European Parliament election 1979 : United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland : results of the European election on 7 June 1979, Luxembourg: European Parliament, October 1983

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