Hertfordshire was a constituency

European Parliament constituency

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 of the European Parliament

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 located in the United Kingdom

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, electing one Member of the European Parliament

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 by the first-past-the-post

First-past-the-post

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 electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation

Proportional representation

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 for European elections

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 in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region

East of England (European Parliament constituency)

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Boundaries

On its creation in 1979, it consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Hertford and Stevenage

Hertford and Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)

Hertford and Stevenage was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election....

, Hertfordshire East, Hertfordshire South

Hertfordshire South (UK Parliament constituency)

South Hertfordshire was a constituency in Hertfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament 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 partly replaced by the new...

, Hertfordshire South West, St Albans

St Albans (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Watford

Watford (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Welwyn and Hatfield.

After the 1984 boundary changes based on the new UK parliamentary constituencies created in 1983, it consisted of the constituencies of Broxbourne

Broxbourne (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Hertford and Stortford, Hertsmere

Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency)

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, St. Albans, South West Hertfordshire, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield. Stevenage was transferred to Bedfordshire South

Bedfordshire South (European Parliament constituency)

Bedfordshire South was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system...

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1994 saw further boundary changes and the constituency now consisted of Hertsmere, North Hertfordshire

North Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Hertfordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first-past-the-post system....

, St. Albans, South West Hertfordshire, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield and West Hertfordshire

West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. Broxbourne as well as Hertford and Stortford were now part of Essex West and Hertfordshire East

Essex West and Hertfordshire East (European Parliament constituency)

Essex West and Hertfordshire East was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1994 from parts of Hertfordshire and Essex South West, it was abolished in 1999 on...

. North Hertfordshire and West Hertfordshire had previously been part of Bedfordshire South

Bedfordshire South (European Parliament constituency)

Bedfordshire South was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system...

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The entire area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999.

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
	1979	Derek Prag Derek Prag Derek Prag is a former British Member of the European Parliament for Hertfordshire. He represented the European People's Party....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1994	Peter Derek Truscott Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott Peter Derek Truscott, Baron Truscott is a British petroleum and mining consultant, independent member of the House of Lords and writer. He was a Labour Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999 and was elevated to the peerage in 2004...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1999		constituency abolished, part of East of England East of England (European Parliament constituency) East of England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :...  from 1999

Election results

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results