Election 97

Hertfordshire South West

Current MP Richard Page
Conservative 97 25,462
Labour 97 15,441
LibDem 97 12,381
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 274
Elected party
Hertfordshire South West

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Hertfordshire South West
Conservative 92 34,189
Labour 92 10,062
LibDem 92 13,034
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 462
Elected party Conservative

Some of the most affluent residential areas in the Home Counties are to be found in Hertfordshire South West - it includes well-heeled Tory-voting communities like Berkhamsted, Rickmansworth and Chorleywood. In 1971, Chorleywood was listed as the most middle-class town in England, with 78 per cent working in non-manual occupations - the figure will be higher now. The large (ex-Greater London Council) estate at South Oxhey sticks out as a Labour-voting anomaly that does little to challenge Tory MP Richard Page's massive majority.


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