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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harpenden and Berkhamsted is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[3] The current MP is Victoria Collins of the Liberal Democrats.
| Harpenden and Berkhamsted | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
Boundary of Harpenden and Berkhamsted in the East of England | |
| County | Hertfordshire |
| Electorate | 71,635 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Harpenden, Berkhamsted and Tring |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrats) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Hitchin and Harpenden & South West Hertfordshire |
The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the following areas:
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,[6][7] the parts in the City of St Albans now comprise the following wards from the 2024 general election:
Hitchin & Harpenden and South West Hertfordshire prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Victoria Collins | Liberal Democrats | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria Collins | 27,282 | 50.2 | +24.9 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Gardner | 16,574 | 30.5 | −21.8 | |
| Reform UK | Saba Poursaeedi | 4,245 | 7.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Zara Layne | 4,061 | 7.5 | −3.1 | |
| Green | Paul de Hoest | 1,951 | 3.6 | +2.0 | |
| SDP | Mark Patten | 223 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,708 | 19.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 54,336 | 75.2 | –2.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,242 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.4 | |||
| 2019 notional result[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 29,136 | 52.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 14,092 | 25.3 | |
| Labour | 5,908 | 10.6 | |
| Others | 5,695 | 10.2 | |
| Green | 907 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | 55,738 | 77.8 | |
| Electorate | 71,635 | ||
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