Watford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Watford shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Claire Ward |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hertfordshire |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Watford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the whole of Watford Borough Council, together with five wards from Three Rivers District. Two of the Three Rivers wards, Carpenders Park and Oxhey Hall, are to the south of Watford town and include mostly prosperous commuter villages. The remaining three, Abbots Langley, Langleybury and Leavesden, are to the north of Watford and include the large village of Abbots Langley which is more mixed in character. There was a considerable Lib-Dem advance into second place in 2005, taking many votes off Labour with the Tories not too far behind; it is now a genuine three-way marginal seat.Members of Parliament
- 1885 - 1906: Rt. Hon. Thomas Halsey (Conservative)
- 1906 - 1910: Nathaniel Micklem (Liberal)
- 1910 - 1918: Arnold Ward (Conservative)
- 1918 - 1943: Sir Dennis Herbert (Conservative)
- 1943 - 1945: Air Commodore William Helmore (Conservative)
- 1945 - 1955: Major John Freeman (Labour)
- 1955 - 1964: Frederick Fairey-Jones (Conservative)
- 1964 - 1979: Raphael Tuck (Labour)
- 1979 - 1997: Tristan Garel-Jones (Conservative)
- 1997 – present: Claire Ward, Labour
Election results
See also
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