Hitchin 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 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983
This article is about the pre-1983 constituency. For the post-1997 constituency, see Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency).
Hitchin
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Hitchin in Hertfordshire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Aldbury (except the parishes of Great Hadham and Little Hadham), Buntingford, Hitchin, Odsey, Stevenage, and Welwyn, and the parish of Braughing.[2]
The constituency was established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (which followed on from the Third Reform Act) as one of four Divisions of the abolished three-member Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, and was formally named as the Northern or Hitchin Division of Hertfordshire. It included the towns/villages of Hitchin, Stevenage, Welwyn, Baldock and Royston.
1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Royston, and Stevenage, the Rural Districts of Ashwell, Buntingford, Hitchin, and Welwyn, and in the Rural District of Hertford the parishes of Aston, Bennington, Datchworth, Sacombe, Walkern, and Watton-at-Stone.[3]
Minor changes.
1945–1950: The Urban Districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth, Royston, and Stevenage, the Rural Districts of Hitchin, and Welwyn, and parts of the Rural Districts of Braughing and Hertford.[4]
The constituency included a part of the Urban District of Welwyn Garden City, which had been formed as a separate local authority, and this was now transferred to St Albans. Other nominal changes as a result of changes to local authority boundaries.
1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth, Royston, and Stevenage, the Rural District of Hitchin, in the Rural District of Braughing the parishes of Anstey, Ardeley, Aspenden, Broadfield, Buckland, Buntingford, Cottered, Hormead, Meesden, Throcking, Westmilll, and Wyddiall, and in the Rural District of Hertford the parishes of Aston, Bennington, Datchworth, Sacombe, Walkern, and Watton-at-Stone.[5]
The Rural District of Welwyn transferred to St Albans.
1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth, Royston, and Stevenage, and the Rural District of Hitchin.[6]
The part of the Rural District of Braughing transferred to the new County Constituency of East Hertfordshire and the part of the Rural District of Hertford transferred to Hertford.
1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth, and Royston, and the Rural District of Hitchin.[4]
The Urban District of Stevenage formed the majority of the new County Constituency of Hertford and Stevenage.
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election and was replaced by the new County Constituency of North Hertfordshire, with the exception of a small part in the south-east which was included in the new County Constituency of Stevenage (Codicote and Knebworth).
Members of Parliament
Election
Member
Party
1885
Baron Robert Dimsdale a
Conservative
1892
George Hudson
Conservative
1906
Julius Bertram
Liberal
Jan 1910
Alfred Hillier
Conservative
1911 by-election
Lord Robert Cecil b
Conservative
1918
Coalition Conservative
1922
Conservative
1923
Guy Kindersley
Conservative
1931
Viscount Knebworth
Conservative
1933 by-election
Sir Arnold Wilson
Conservative
1941 by-election
Seymour Berry
Conservative
1945
Philip Asterley Jones
Labour
1950
Nigel Fisher
Conservative
1955
Martin Maddan
Conservative
1964
Shirley Williams
Labour
Feb 1974
Ian Stewart
Conservative
1983
constituency abolished
Notes:-
a Dimsdale was a Baron of the Russian Empire.
b Cecil associated himself with the non-coalition wing of the Conservative Party, at some point in the 1918-1922 Parliament.
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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;
Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. The public general acts. unknown library. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884.
S., Craig, Fred W. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885–1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN0900178094. OCLC539011.
S., Craig, Fred W. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885–1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN0900178094. OCLC539011.
British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
The Liberal Year Book, 1907
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 (Craig)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
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