South Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency) explained

South Hertfordshire
Parliament:	uk
Year:	1974
Abolished:	1983
Type:	County
Elects Howmany:	One
Next:	Hertsmere, Watford and St Albans^[1]
Region:	England

South Hertfordshire was a constituency in Hertfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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 mainly replaced by the new Hertsmere constituency.

Boundaries

Statutory definition

• The Urban District of Potters Bar;
• the Rural District of Elstree;
• in the Rural District of St Albans the parishes of Colney Heath, London Colney, and St Stephen; and
• in the Rural District of Watford the parish of Aldenham.^[2]

Components' immediate predecessor seats

• The land of the Urban District of Potters Bar in local government administration-abolished Middlesex has been in Hertfordshire since the creation of Greater London in 1965. It now moved into this new seat from the abolished Enfield West seat. 
• The Rural District of Elstree was in the abolished Barnet seat. 
• The three St Albans district parishes came from the very long-lived St Albans seat and Aldenham came from South West Hertfordshire.

Components' immediate successors

• Colney Heath went back to the St Albans seat and St Stephen transferred to the Watford seat. 
• The rest formed most of the new constituency of Hertsmere.

Members of Parliament

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Hertfordshire South', Feb 1974 - May 1983. ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. 22 March 2016.
2. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970. www.legislation.gov.uk. 2019-02-25.