North East Hertfordshire

North East Hertfordshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Hertfordshire in Hertfordshire.
Location of Hertfordshire within England.
County	Hertfordshire
Electorate	72,658 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Letchworth, Baldock and Royston
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hertfordshire North, Hertford and Stortford, Stevenage
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

North East Hertfordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Oliver Heald, a Conservative.

This seat was created in 1997 since which it has had the same member serving it in Westminster.

1997-2010: The District of North Hertfordshire wards of Arbury, Baldock, Grange, Letchworth East, Letchworth South East, Letchworth South West, Newsells, Royston East, Royston West, Sandon, Weston, and Wilbury, and the District of East Hertfordshire wards of Braughing, Buntingford, Cottered, Little Hadham, Munden, Standon St Mary, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, and Watton-at-Stone.

2010-present: The District of North Hertfordshire wards of Arbury, Baldock East, Baldock Town, Ermine, Letchworth East, Letchworth Grange, Letchworth South East, Letchworth South West, Letchworth Wilbury, Royston Heath, Royston Meridian, Royston Palace, and Weston and Sandon, and the District of East Hertfordshire wards of Braughing, Buntingford, Hertford Rural North, Hertford Rural South, Little Hadham, Mundens and Cottered, Puckeridge, Thundridge and Standon, Walkern, and Watton-at-Stone.

The constituency includes the towns of Letchworth, Baldock and Royston and the undulating rural area, strewn with traditional English villages primarily to their south, most of which are within the more accessible parts of the London Commuter Belt and west of London Stansted Airport.

Coordinates: 51°55′N 0°02′W / 51.917°N 0.033°W / 51.917; -0.033