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Hitchin and Harpenden

🗳️ Election History

4
Elections
74.4%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Bim Afolami Hold
Majority 6,895
Turnout 77.1% ↓0.3pp
Total Votes 58,871
Winner Swing ↓6.0pp
✓ Bim Afolami
Conservative
27,719 47.1%
↓6.0pp
Sam Collins
Liberal Democrats
20,824 35.4%
↑24.8pp
Kay Tart
Labour
9,959 16.9%
↓15.7pp
Sid Cordle
—
268 0.5%
↑0.0pp
Peter Marshall
—
101 0.2%
—
Conservative Bim Afolami Hold
Majority 12,031
Turnout 77.4% ↑8.5pp
Total Votes 58,783
Winner Swing ↓3.8pp
✓ Bim Afolami
Conservative
31,189 53.1%
↓3.8pp
John Hayes
Labour
19,158 32.6%
↑11.9pp
Hugh Annand
Liberal Democrats
6,236 10.6%
↑2.5pp
Richard Cano
Green Party
1,329 2.3%
↓3.3pp
Ray Blake
—
629 1.1%
—
Sid Cordle
—
242 0.4%
—
Conservative Peter Lilley Hold
Majority 20,055
Turnout 68.9% ↓5.1pp
Total Votes 55,375
Winner Swing ↑2.3pp
✓ Peter Lilley
Conservative
31,488 56.9%
↑2.3pp
Rachel Burgin
Labour
11,433 20.7%
↑7.1pp
John Stocker
—
4,917 8.9%
↑5.8pp
Pauline Pearce
Liberal Democrats
4,484 8.1%
↓18.6pp
Richard Wise
Green Party
3,053 5.5%
↑4.0pp
Conservative Peter Lilley Hold
Majority 15,271
Turnout 74.1%
Total Votes 54,707
✓ Peter Lilley
Conservative
29,869 54.6%
↑5.2pp
Nigel Quinton
Liberal Democrats
14,598 26.7%
↑0.2pp
Oliver de Botton
Labour
7,413 13.6%
↓8.4pp
Graham Wilkinson
—
1,663 3.0%
↑1.3pp
Richard Wise
Green Party
807 1.5%
—
Margaret Henderson
—
109 0.2%
—
Simon Byron
—
108 0.2%
—
Eric Hannah
—
90 0.2%
—
Peter Rigby
—
50 0.1%
—

Turnout Trend

74.1%
'10
68.9%
'15
77.4%
'17
77.1%
'19

👥 Demographics

🌍 Ethnicity
White
90.4%
Asian or Asian British
4.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.6%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.8%
Other ethnic group
0.5%
📊 Age
45 to 64
26.4%
Under 18
23.7%
30 to 44
22.2%
65 and over
16.4%
18 to 29
11.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
60.1%
No religion
27.8%
Religion not stated
7.4%
Muslim
1.4%
Sikh
1.2%
Hindu
1.0%
Jewish
0.4%
Buddhist
0.4%
Other religion
0.4%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Bim Afolami Conservative 2017-06-08 2024-05-30