Welwyn Hatfield

Welwyn Hatfield 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 Grant Shapps (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2010 General Election

The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
17,423
Electorate
72,058
Turnout
68%

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
Shapps, Grant
Conservative
27,894 57.0% 7.4%
Hobday, Mike
Labour
10,471 21.4% -14.9%
Zukowskyj, Paul
Liberal Democrat
8,010 16.4% 2.2%
Platt, David
UK Independence Party
1,643 3.4% 3.4%
Weston, Jill
Green Party
796 1.6% 1.6%
Parker, Nigel
Independent
158 0.3% 0.3%