Harpenden and Berkhamsted (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Parliament:	uk
Year:	2024
Type:	County
Electorate:	71,635 (2023)^[1]
Region:	England
Elects Howmany:	One
Towns:	Harpenden and Berkhamsted

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.

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Dacorum wards of: Aldbury and Wigginton; Ashridge; Berkhamsted Castle; Berkhamsted East; Berkhamsted West; Northchurch; Tring Central; Tring East; Tring West and Rural; Watling.
• The City of St. Albans wards of: Harpenden East; Harpenden North; Harpenden South; Harpenden West; Redbourn; Sandridge; Wheathampstead.^[4]

It comprises the following areas:

• Harpenden, Redbourn, Sandridge and Wheathampstead, transferred from the abolished constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden
• Berkhamsted and Tring, transferred from South West Hertfordshire
• A sparsely populated rural area connecting the above two areas, transferred from Hemel Hempstead^[5]

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:

• Harpenden East; Harpenden North & Rural; Harpenden South; Harpenden West; Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm (part); Redbourn; Sandridge & Wheathampstead; and very small parts of the Marshalswick West, St Stephen and Verulam wards.^[8]

Members of Parliament

Hitchin & Harpenden and South West Hertfordshire prior to 2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[9]
Party		Vote	%
		29,136	52.3
		14,092	25.3
		5,908	10.6
	Others	5,695	10.2
		907	1.6
Turnout		55,738	77.8
Electorate		71,635

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)

External links

• Harpenden and Berkhamsted UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern . Boundary Commission for England . 26 June 2024 . dmy .
2. Web site: 2023-06-30 . Hitchin and Harpenden set for shake-up after boundary review . 2024-02-10 . The Comet . en.
3. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-14 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
4. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
5. Web site: New Seat Details - Harpenden and Berkhamsted . 2024-02-10 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
6. Web site: LGBCE . St Albans LGBCE . 2024-04-07 . www.lgbce.org.uk . en.
7. Web site: The St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 .
8. Web site: New Seat Details - Harpenden and Berkhamsted . 2024-04-07 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
9. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.