Hertfordshire (European Parliament constituency)

Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
	European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
	[1]

Hertfordshire was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region.

Boundaries

On its creation in 1979, it consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Hertford and Stevenage, Hertfordshire East, Hertfordshire South, Hertfordshire South West, St Albans, Watford and Welwyn and Hatfield.^[1]

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

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

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

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
	1979	Derek Prag	Conservative
	1994	Peter Truscott	Labour
1999		constituency abolished, part of East of England from 1999

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994 (United Kingdom): Hertfordshire^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Derek Truscott	81,821	39.1	+15.7
	Conservative	Philip Jenkinson	71,517	34.1	−12.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Griffiths	38,995	18.6	+11.4
	Green	Lydia Howitt	7,741	3.7	−16.3
	New Britain	Malcolm Biggs	6,555	3.1	N/A
	National Front	John McAuley	1,755	0.8	N/A
	Natural Law	David Lucas	734	0.4	N/A
	21st Century Party	John Laine	369	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,304	4.9
Turnout			209,487	40.1	+4.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.2

European Parliament election, 1989 (United Kingdom): Hertfordshire^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Prag	86,898	46.7	−4.8
	Labour	V S Anand	43,556	23.4	−1.1
	Green	M F Ames	37,277	20.0	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	M D Phelan	13,456	7.2	−16.8
	Social Democrat	C Treves-Brown	5,048	2.7	N/A
Majority			43,342	23.3
Turnout				36.0	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.9

European Parliament election, 1984 (United Kingdom): Hertfordshire^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Prag	87,603	51.5	+1.3
	Labour	T McWalter	41,671	24.5	−1.1
	Liberal	F M Beckett	40,877	24.0	−0.2
Majority			45,932	27.0
Turnout				33.7	−3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

European Parliament election, 1979 (United Kingdom): Hertfordshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Prag	97,174	50.2	N/A
	Labour	J Dore	49,619	25.6	N/A
	Liberal	D A F Lytton Cobbold	46,757	24.2	N/A
Majority			47,555	24.6
Turnout				36.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ Boundary Commission for England, European Assembly Constituencies, December 1978.
↑ European Parliament Information Office, MEPs and their constituencies, December 1988
↑ The European Parliament 1994-1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
↑ Europe elections 1994 : results and elected members, Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations, Luxembourg: European Parliament, 15 June 1994.
↑ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epe1.html
↑ Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
↑ Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979-1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.
↑ 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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[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] ttp://www.election.demon.co.uk/epe1.html

[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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