Hitchin and Harpenden

Hitchin and Harpenden is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East of England region of England. The seat was last held by Bim Afolami (Conservative) between 8 June 2017 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
12,031
Electorate
75,916
Turnout
77.4%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Bim Afolami
Conservative
31,189 53.1% -3.8%
John Hayes
Labour
19,158 32.6% 11.9%
Hugh Annand
Liberal Democrat
6,236 10.6% 2.5%
Richard Cano
Green Party
1,329 2.3% -3.3%
Ray Blake
Independent
629 1.1% 1.1%
Sid Cordle
Christian Peoples Alliance
242 0.4% 0.4%