Sir Oliver Dowden

The Rt Hon Sir Oliver Dowden is the Conservative MP for Hertsmere, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Hertsmere when Sir Oliver Dowden was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
7,992
Electorate
73,465
Turnout
65.3%

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

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

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
Oliver Dowden
Conservative
21,451 44.7% -20.2%
Josh Tapper
Labour
13,459 28.0% 6.9%
Darren Selkus
Reform UK
6,584 13.7% 13.7%
Emma Matanle
Liberal Democrat
3,710 7.7% -3.2%
John Humphries
Green Party
2,267 4.7% 1.6%
Ray Bolster
Independent
536 1.1% 1.1%