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Eastern
74,535 electors
Active Seat

Welwyn Hatfield

Current MP
Andrew Lewin
Andrew Lewin

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
68.3%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Andrew Lewin Gain from Conservative
Majority 3,799
Turnout 64.4% ↓5.1pp
Total Votes 48,455
Winner Swing ↓11.6pp
✓ Andrew Lewin
Labour
19,877 41.0%
↑9.3pp
Grant Shapps
Conservative
16,078 33.2%
↓19.3pp
Jack Aaron
Reform UK
6,397 13.2%
—
John Munro
Liberal Democrats
3,117 6.4%
↓6.3pp
Sarah Butcher
Green Party
2,986 6.2%
↑3.1pp
Conservative Grant Shapps Hold
Majority 10,955
Turnout 69.5% ↓1.4pp
Total Votes 52,053
Winner Swing ↑1.6pp
✓ Grant Shapps
Conservative
27,394 52.6%
↑1.6pp
Rosie Newbigging
Labour
16,439 31.6%
↓5.2pp
Paul Zukowskyj
Liberal Democrats
6,602 12.7%
↑5.3pp
Oliver Sayers
Green Party
1,618 3.1%
↑1.5pp
Conservative Grant Shapps Hold
Majority 7,369
Turnout 70.9% ↑2.3pp
Total Votes 51,669
Winner Swing ↑0.7pp
✓ Grant Shapps
Conservative
26,374 51.0%
↑0.7pp
Anawar Miah
Labour
19,005 36.8%
↑10.6pp
Nigel Quinton
Liberal Democrats
3,836 7.4%
↑1.2pp
Dean Milliken
—
1,441 2.8%
↓10.3pp
Christianne Sayers
Green Party
835 1.6%
↓1.9pp
Melvyn Jones
—
178 0.3%
—
Conservative Grant Shapps Hold
Majority 12,153
Turnout 68.5% ↑0.6pp
Total Votes 50,205
Winner Swing ↓6.6pp
✓ Grant Shapps
Conservative
25,281 50.4%
↓6.6pp
Anawar Miah
Labour
13,128 26.2%
↑4.8pp
Arthur Stevens
—
6,556 13.1%
↑9.7pp
Hugh Annand
Liberal Democrats
3,140 6.3%
↓10.1pp
Marc Scheimann
Green Party
1,742 3.5%
↑1.8pp
Michael Green
—
216 0.4%
—
Richard Shattock
—
142 0.3%
—
Conservative Grant Shapps Hold
Majority 17,423
Turnout 68.0%
Total Votes 48,972
✓ Grant Shapps
Conservative
27,894 57.0%
↑7.4pp
Mike Hobday
Labour
10,471 21.4%
↓14.9pp
Paul Zukowskyj
Liberal Democrats
8,010 16.4%
↑2.2pp
David Platt
—
1,643 3.4%
—
Jill Weston
Green Party
796 1.6%
—
Nigel Parker
—
158 0.3%
—

Turnout Trend

68.0%
'10
68.5%
'15
70.9%
'17
69.5%
'19
64.4%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
21.2%
35 to 49
21.0%
50 to 64
17.5%
65 and over
15.7% ▲0.8pp
25 to 34
14.1%
18 to 24
10.5%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
78.4%
Asian or Asian British
9.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
6.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
4.2%
Other
2.2%
📊 Age
18 to 29
24.6%
Under 18
21.2%
30 to 44
21.0%
45 to 64
17.5%
65 and over
15.7%
⛪ Religion
Christian
46.6%
No religion
37.5%
Not answered
6.7%
Muslim
3.3%
Hindu
3.2%
Jewish
0.9%
Buddhist
0.8%
Other religion
0.7%
Sikh
0.4%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
83.7%
Asian or Asian British
8.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
4.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.6%
Other ethnic group
1.0%
📊 Age
45 to 64
23.0%
18 to 29
21.8%
Under 18
20.7%
30 to 44
19.6%
65 and over
14.9%
⛪ Religion
Christian
56.9%
No religion
28.4%
Religion not stated
7.1%
Muslim
2.6%
Hindu
2.6%
Buddhist
0.8%
Jewish
0.7%
Other religion
0.5%
Sikh
0.3%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Grant Shapps Conservative 2005-05-05 2024-05-30
Miss Melanie Johnson Labour 1997-05-01 2005-05-05
David Evans Conservative 1987-06-11 1997-05-01
Christopher Murphy Conservative 1979-05-03 1987-06-11