Hertford and Stevenage was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Hertford and Stevenage | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Hertford and Stevenage in Hertfordshire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
February 1974–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Stevenage, Hertford & Stortford and Broxbourne[1] |
Created from | Hertford, Hitchin and Hertfordshire East |
The Municipal Borough of Hertford, the Urban Districts of Stevenage and Ware, and the Rural District of Hertford.
Hertford and its rural district had previously been in the Hertford constituency, Stevenage in Hitchin and Ware in Hertfordshire East. After being used for only three general elections, a further round of boundary changes in 1983 saw Hertford and Stevenage abolished, with Hertford and Ware joining Bishop's Stortford in Hertford and Stortford while the remainder of the seat formed the basis of the new Stevenage constituency.
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Shirley Williams | Labour | |
1979 | Bowen Wells | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bowen Wells | 31,739 | 45.1 | +12.4 | |
Labour | Shirley Williams | 30,443 | 43.2 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | B Rigby | 7,660 | 10.9 | −7.3 | |
National Front | J Pell | 581 | 0.8 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 1,296 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 70,423 | 80.4 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shirley Williams | 29,548 | 47.13 | ||
Conservative | Vivian Bendall | 20,502 | 32.70 | ||
Liberal | TN Willis | 11,419 | 18.21 | ||
National Front | K Taylor | 1,232 | 1.96 | New | |
Majority | 9,046 | 14.43 | |||
Turnout | 62,701 | 76.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shirley Williams | 30,343 | 44.65 | ||
Conservative | Vivian Bendall | 22,167 | 32.62 | ||
Liberal | TN Willis | 15,444 | 22.73 | ||
Majority | 8,176 | 12.03 | |||
Turnout | 67,954 | 83.58 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |