Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency)

Hertsmere
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hertsmere in Hertfordshire.
Location of Hertfordshire within England.
County	Hertfordshire
Electorate	70,772 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Borehamwood
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Hertfordshire and South West Hertfordshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Hertsmere is a constituency identical with the area of the Hertsmere Borough of Hertfordshire in England represented since 2015 in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Oliver Dowden of the Conservative Party.

1983-1997: The Borough of Hertsmere, and the City of St Albans ward of London Colney.

1997-present: The Borough of Hertsmere.

Since 1997 the constituency is coterminous with the borough of Hertsmere, in southern Hertfordshire (before then it had also included one electoral ward from the City of St Albans district). Hertsmere consists of the major towns and villages of Bushey, Radlett, Potters Bar and Borehamwood, elevated settlements above the headwaters of the River Colne which forms much of the northern border. Bushey borders Watford and the London Borough of Harrow to the west and south west, while Potters Bar borders Barnet and Broxbourne on the east. Borehamwood is just south-east of the centre, the largest town in the constituency — in the north and centre is Radlett, separated by two large villages and farms from St Albans to the north.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hertfordshire, the Boundary Commission recommended no changes to constituency boundaries for the 2010 general election. The seat has electoral wards: