Election 97

Hertfordshire South West


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Richard Page
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 25,462 (46.0%)
Labour 97 15,441 (27.9%)
LibDem 97 12,381 (22.3%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 2,127 ( 3.8%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 71,671
Turnout 97 55,411 (77.3%)



1992 MP Richard Page
Old constituency name Hertfordshire South West
Majority 92 21,155 (36.6%)
Conservative 92 34,189 (59.2%)
Labour 92 10,062 (17.4%)
LibDem 92 13,034 (22.6%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 462 ( 0.8%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 68,566
Turnout 92 57,747 (84.2%)
Hertfordshire South West



Tory change -13.3%
Labour change +10.4%
Lib Dem change -0.2%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +3.0%
Electorate change +4.5%
Turnout Change -6.9%
Robert Waller wrote

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.


Super Profiles

11,993 30.11 9.03 333
5,289 13.28 11.17 119
4,539 11.40 11.25 101
7,512 18.86 14.70 128
2,200 5.52 10.45 53
239 0.60 2.81 21
2,515 6.31 8.01 79
5,126 12.87 15.25 84
143 0.36 7.13 5
0 0.00 10.17 0