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Eastern
71,552 electors
Active Seat

South West Hertfordshire

Current MP
Mr Gagan Mohindra
Mr Gagan Mohindra

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
72.5%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Gagan Mohindra Hold
Majority 4,456
Turnout 67.3% ↓8.7pp
Total Votes 48,254
Winner Swing ↓15.5pp
✓ Gagan Mohindra
Conservative
16,458 34.1%
↓18.1pp
Sally Symington
Liberal Democrats
12,002 24.9%
↑12.2pp
Alex Sufit
Labour
9,637 20.0%
↑3.9pp
Keith Steers
Reform UK
6,790 14.1%
—
Narinder Sian
Green Party
2,532 5.3%
↑3.8pp
Bernadette O'Malley
—
295 0.6%
—
Victor Silkin
—
232 0.5%
—
Michael McGetrick
Social Democratic Party
158 0.3%
—
Ketankumar Pipaliya
—
150 0.3%
—
Conservative Gagan Mohindra Hold
Majority 14,408
Turnout 76.0% ↑1.2pp
Total Votes 61,191
Winner Swing ↓8.4pp
✓ Gagan Mohindra
Conservative
30,327 49.6%
↓8.4pp
David Gauke
—
15,919 26.0%
—
Ali Aklakul
Labour
7,228 11.8%
↓13.9pp
Sally Symington
Liberal Democrats
6,251 10.2%
↓1.5pp
Tom Pashby
Green Party
1,466 2.4%
↓0.2pp
Conservative David Gauke Hold
Majority 19,550
Turnout 74.8% ↑2.9pp
Total Votes 60,653
Winner Swing ↑1.0pp
✓ David Gauke
Conservative
35,128 57.9%
↑1.0pp
Rob Wakely
Labour
15,578 25.7%
↑9.4pp
Christopher Townsend
Liberal Democrats
7,078 11.7%
↑1.4pp
Paul De Hoest
Green Party
1,576 2.6%
↓1.9pp
Mark Anderson
—
1,293 2.1%
↓9.4pp
Conservative David Gauke Hold
Majority 23,263
Turnout 71.9% ↓0.7pp
Total Votes 57,267
Winner Swing ↑2.7pp
✓ David Gauke
Conservative
32,608 56.9%
↑2.7pp
Simon Diggins
Labour
9,345 16.3%
↑4.8pp
Mark Anderson
—
6,603 11.5%
↑9.0pp
Nigel Quinton
Liberal Democrats
5,872 10.3%
↓17.7pp
Charlotte Pardy
Green Party
2,583 4.5%
—
Graham Cartmell
—
256 0.5%
—
Conservative David Gauke Hold
Majority 14,920
Turnout 72.5%
Total Votes 56,750
✓ David Gauke
Conservative
30,773 54.2%
↑7.2pp
Colin Townsend
Liberal Democrats
15,853 27.9%
↓2.1pp
Harinder Mann
Labour
6,526 11.5%
↓9.3pp
Mark Benson
—
1,450 2.6%
↑0.3pp
Deirdre Gates
—
1,302 2.3%
—
James Hannaway
—
846 1.5%
—

Turnout Trend

72.5%
'10
71.9%
'15
74.8%
'17
76.0%
'19
67.3%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
22.1%
35 to 49
21.3%
50 to 64
20.3%
65 and over
18.7% ▲1.7pp
25 to 34
10.9%
18 to 24
6.7%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
77.9%
Asian or Asian British
14.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.6%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
2.3%
Other
1.6%
📊 Age
Under 18
22.1%
30 to 44
21.3%
45 to 64
20.3%
65 and over
18.7%
18 to 29
17.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
47.7%
No religion
31.2%
Hindu
7.9%
Not answered
5.7%
Muslim
3.6%
Jewish
1.5%
Other religion
0.9%
Sikh
0.9%
Buddhist
0.5%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
89.6%
Asian or Asian British
6.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.3%
Other ethnic group
0.4%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.5%
Under 18
22.8%
30 to 44
21.0%
65 and over
17.1%
18 to 29
11.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
59.9%
No religion
25.2%
Religion not stated
7.3%
Hindu
3.1%
Muslim
1.7%
Jewish
1.3%
Other religion
0.6%
Sikh
0.4%
Buddhist
0.4%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Mr David Gauke Independent 2005-05-05 2019-11-06
Mr Richard Page Conservative 1979-12-13 2005-05-05
Geoffrey Dodsworth Conservative 1974-02-28 1979-10-24