South Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Hertfordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Hertfordshire
1974 (1974)–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hertsmere
Created from	Barnet and Enfield West

South Hertfordshire was a constituency in Hertfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the February 1974 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election when it was partly replaced by the new Hertsmere constituency.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Potters Bar, the Rural District of Elstree (the civil parishes of Elstree, Ridge, and Shenley), in the Rural District of St Albans the civil parishes of Colney Heath, London Colney, and St Stephen, and in the Rural District of Watford the civil parish of Aldenham.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Cecil Parkinson	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Hertsmere

Election results

General Election February 1974: South Hertfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecil Parkinson	21,190	40.25
	Labour	Alf Dubs	18,104	34.39
	Liberal	J Henchley	13,356	25.37
Majority			3,086	5.86
Turnout				82.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: South Hertfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecil Parkinson	21,018	42.72
	Labour	Alf Dubs	18,790	38.19
	Liberal	J Henchley	9,393	19.09
Majority			2,228	4.53
Turnout				76.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: South Hertfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecil Parkinson	27,857	54.07
	Labour	NG Male	16,059	31.17
	Liberal	G Sattin	7,001	13.59
	National Front	S Fenn	605	1.17
Majority			11,798	22.90
Turnout				79.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)