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.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
12,153
Electorate
73,247
Turnout
68.5%

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
Grant Shapps
Conservative
25,281 50.4% -6.6%
Anawar Miah
Labour
13,128 26.1% 4.8%
Arthur Stevens
UK Independence Party
6,556 13.1% 9.7%
Hugh Annand
Liberal Democrat
3,140 6.3% -10.1%
Marc Scheimann
Green Party
1,742 3.5% 1.8%
Michael Green
Independent
216 0.4% 0.4%
Richard Shattock
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
142 0.3% 0.3%