Election Results
General Election 2010: Hitchin and Harpenden | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Lilley | 29,869 | 54.6 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Quinton | 14,598 | 26.7 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Oliver de Botton | 7,413 | 13.6 | -8.8 | |
UKIP | Graham Wilkinson | 1,633 | 3.0 | +1.3 | |
Green | Richard Wise | 807 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Margaret Henderson | 109 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality | Simon Byron | 108 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Your Right to Democracy | Eric Hannah | 90 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Peter Rigby | 50 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 15,271 | 27.9 | |||
Turnout | 54,707 | 74.1 | +5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.5 |
General Election 2005: Hitchin and Harpenden | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Lilley | 23,627 | 49.9 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Hannah Hedges | 12,234 | 25.8 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Paul Orrett | 10,499 | 22.2 | -10.3 | |
UKIP | John Saunders | 828 | 1.7 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Edward Rigby | 199 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 11,393 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 47,387 | 70.5 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.6 |
General Election 2001: Hitchin and Harpenden | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Lilley | 21,271 | 47.3 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Alan Amos | 14,608 | 32.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Murphy | 8,076 | 18.0 | -2.1 | |
UKIP | John Saunders | 606 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Rigby | 363 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,663 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 44,924 | 66.9 | -11.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0 |
General Election 1997: Hitchin and Harpenden | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Lilley | 24,038 | 45.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Rosemary Sanderson | 17,367 | 33.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris White | 10,515 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Natural Law | D. Cooke | 290 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Socialist Alternative | Jim Horton | 217 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,671 | 12.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,427 | 78.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
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