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Hemel Hempstead — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Hemel Hempstead was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 4,857 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Hemel Hempstead from 1918 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1918–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Gustavus Arthur Talbot (Unionist) 10,070 77.6% Jesse Hawkes (Labour) 7,157 (55.1 pts) 50.4%
1922 John Colin Campbell Davidson (Unionist) 11,847 67.4% John Harper Clynes (Labour) 6,121 (34.8 pts) 66.0%
1923 John Freeman Dunn (Liberal) 8,892 50.0% John Colin Campbell Davidson (Unionist) 17 (0.1 pts) 65.8%
1924 John Colin Campbell Davidson (Unionist) 12,985 57.6% John Freeman Dunn (Liberal) 4,991 (22.1 pts) 80.2%
1929 John Colin Campbell Davidson (Unionist) 15,145 49.8% Charles Thomas Le Quesne (Liberal) 3,514 (11.6 pts) 78.0%
1931 John Colin Campbell Davidson (Conservative) 21,946 67.2% Charles Thomas Le Quesne (Liberal) 13,925 (42.7 pts) 77.2%
1935 John Colin Campbell Davidson (Conservative) 20,074 62.5% Margery Corbett Ashby (Liberal) 12,996 (40.5 pts) 69.4%
1945 Frances Davidson (Conservative) 19,536 44.2% Doris Winifred Mobbs (Labour) 5,110 (11.6 pts) 71.2%
1950 Frances Davidson (Conservative) 22,022 50.2% Reginald Moss (Labour) 6,857 (15.6 pts) 85.0%
1951 Frances Davidson (Conservative) 25,620 58.4% Norman Ian MacKenzie (Labour) 7,400 (16.9 pts) 83.8%
1955 Frances Davidson (Conservative) 25,648 51.0% Norman Ian MacKenzie (Labour) 6,136 (12.2 pts) 83.8%
1959 James Harry Allason (Conservative) 30,189 49.9% Bernard Francis Castle Floud (Labour) 8,235 (13.6 pts) 85.3%
1964 James Harry Allason (Conservative) 31,119 44.9% Gilbert D Hitchcock (Labour) 4,846 (7.0 pts) 84.5%
1966 James Allason (Conservative) 31,742 44.4% Robin Corbett (Labour) 2,038 (2.9 pts) 84.6%
1970 James Allason (Conservative) 40,417 52.0% Peter Fletcher (Labour) 12,350 (15.9 pts) 78.3%
Feb 1974 James Allason (Conservative) 27,572 39.0% Robin Corbett (Labour) 187 (0.3 pts) 85.2%
Oct 1974 Robin Corbett (Labour) 29,223 42.7% James Allason (Conservative) 485 (0.7 pts) 81.7%
1979 Nicholas Lyell (Conservative) 37,953 48.7% Robin Corbett (Labour) 4,989 (6.4 pts) 84.8%
1997 Tony McWalter (Labour) 25,175 45.7% Robert Jones (Conservative) 3,636 (6.6 pts) 77.1%
2001 Tony McWalter (Labour) 21,389 46.6% Paul Ivey (Conservative) 3,742 (8.2 pts) 63.7%
2005 Mike Penning (Conservative) 19,000 40.3% Tony McWalter (Labour) 499 (1.1 pts) 64.4%
2010 Mike Penning (Conservative) 24,721 50.0% Richard Grayson (Liberal Democrat) 13,406 (27.1 pts) 68.1%
2015 Mike Penning (Conservative) 26,245 52.9% Tony Breslin (Labour) 14,420 (29.0 pts) 66.8%
2017 Mike Penning (Conservative) 28,735 55.0% Mandi Tattershall (Labour) 9,445 (18.1 pts) 70.5%
2019 Mike Penning (Conservative) 28,968 56.5% Nabila Ahmed (Labour) 14,563 (28.4 pts) 69.5%
2024 David Taylor (Labour) 16,844 38.2% Andrew Williams (Conservative) 4,857 (11.0 pts) 62.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gustavus Arthur Talbot Unionist 10,07077.6% Yes
Jesse Hawkes Labour 2,91322.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Colin Campbell Davidson Unionist 11,84767.4% Yes
John Harper Clynes Labour 5,72632.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Freeman Dunn Liberal 8,89250.0% Yes
John Colin Campbell Davidson Unionist 8,87550.0% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Colin Campbell Davidson Unionist 12,98557.6% Yes
John Freeman Dunn Liberal 7,99435.5% No
Amy Sayle Labour 1,5536.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Colin Campbell Davidson Unionist 15,14549.8% Yes
Charles Thomas Le Quesne Liberal 11,63138.3% No
Albert Millar Labour 3,62411.9% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Colin Campbell Davidson Conservative 21,94667.2% Yes
Charles Thomas Le Quesne Liberal 8,02124.6% No
Albert Millar Labour 2,6778.2% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Colin Campbell Davidson Conservative 20,07462.5% Yes
Margery Corbett Ashby Liberal 7,07822.0% No
Charles William James Labour 4,95115.4% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frances Davidson Conservative 19,53644.2% Yes
Doris Winifred Mobbs Labour 14,42632.7% No
Thomas Alfred Trotter Liberal 10,21923.1% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frances Davidson Conservative 22,02250.2% Yes
Reginald Moss Labour 15,16534.6% No
Peter Arthur Stevens Liberal 6,69615.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frances Davidson Conservative 25,62058.4% Yes
Norman Ian MacKenzie Labour 18,22041.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frances Davidson Conservative 25,64851.0% Yes
Norman Ian MacKenzie Labour 19,51238.8% No
Edwin Saich Liberal 5,11110.2% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Harry Allason Conservative 30,18949.9% Yes
Bernard Francis Castle Floud Labour 21,95436.3% No
Margaret Neilson Liberal 8,35813.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Harry Allason Conservative 31,11944.9% Yes
Gilbert D Hitchcock Labour 26,27337.9% No
A John Whiteside Liberal 11,98617.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Allason Conservative 31,74244.4% Yes
Robin Corbett Labour 29,70441.6% No
John Whiteside Liberal 9,97014.0% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Allason Conservative 40,41752.0% Yes
Peter Fletcher Labour 28,06736.1% No
A John Wilson Liberal 9,27411.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Allason Conservative 27,57239.0% Yes
Robin Corbett Labour 27,38538.8% No
Christina Ann Murray Baron Liberal 15,68222.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robin Corbett Labour 29,22342.7% Yes
James Allason Conservative 28,73842.0% No
Christina Ann Murray Baron Liberal 10,49715.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Lyell Conservative 37,95348.7% Yes
Robin Corbett Labour 32,96442.3% No
David John Howard Penwarden Liberal 6,3148.1% No
Terence Richard Walters National Front 6490.8% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony McWalter Labour 25,17545.7% Yes
Robert Jones Conservative 21,53939.1% No
Patricia Lindsley Liberal Democrat 6,78912.3% No
Peter Such Referendum Party 1,3272.4% No
Diana Harding Natural Law 2620.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony McWalter Labour 21,38946.6% Yes
Paul Ivey Conservative 17,64738.5% No
Neil Stuart Liberal Democrat 5,87712.8% No
Barry Newton UKIP 9702.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mike Penning Conservative 19,00040.3% Yes
Tony McWalter Labour 18,50139.3% No
Richard Grayson Liberal Democrat 8,08917.2% No
Barry Newton UKIP 1,5183.2% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mike Penning Conservative 24,72150.0% Yes
Richard Grayson Liberal Democrat 11,31522.9% No
Ayfer Orhan Labour 10,29520.8% No
Janet Price BNP 1,6153.3% No
David Alexander UKIP 1,2542.5% No
Mick Young Independent 2710.5% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mike Penning Conservative 26,24552.9% Yes
Tony Breslin Labour 11,82523.8% No
Howard Koch UKIP 7,24914.6% No
Rabi Martins Liberal Democrat 2,4024.8% No
Alan Borgars Green 1,6603.3% No
Brian Hall Independent 2520.5% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mike Penning Conservative 28,73555.0% Yes
Mandi Tattershall Labour 19,29036.9% No
Sally Symington Liberal Democrat 3,2336.2% No
Sherief Hassan Green 1,0242.0% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mike Penning Conservative 28,96856.5% Yes
Nabila Ahmed Labour 14,40528.1% No
Sammy Barry Liberal Democrat 6,31712.3% No
Sherief Hassan Green 1,5813.1% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Taylor Labour 16,84438.2% Yes
Andrew Williams Conservative 11,98727.2% No
Noel Willcox Reform UK 7,68917.4% No
Sammy Barry-Mears Liberal Democrat 5,09611.6% No
Sherief Hassan Green 2,4925.6% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 55.1 pts 1922: Unionist margin 34.8 pts 1923: Liberal margin 0.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 22.1 pts 1929: Unionist margin 11.6 pts 1931: Conservative margin 42.7 pts 1935: Conservative margin 40.5 pts 1945: Conservative margin 11.6 pts 1950: Conservative margin 15.6 pts 1951: Conservative margin 16.9 pts 1955: Conservative margin 12.2 pts 1959: Conservative margin 13.6 pts 1964: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1966: Conservative margin 2.9 pts 1970: Conservative margin 15.9 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 0.3 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 0.7 pts 1979: Conservative margin 6.4 pts 1997: Labour margin 6.6 pts 2001: Labour margin 8.2 pts 2005: Conservative margin 1.1 pts 2010: Conservative margin 27.1 pts 2015: Conservative margin 29.0 pts 2017: Conservative margin 18.1 pts 2019: Conservative margin 28.4 pts 2024: Labour margin 11.0 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Hemel Hempstead has been contested at 26 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Liberal, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Hemel Hempstead in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Hemel Hempstead in 2024 with 16,844 votes (38.2%), a majority of 4,857 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Hemel Hempstead since 1918?

Since 1918, Hemel Hempstead has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Hemel Hempstead?

The closest result on record for Hemel Hempstead was 1923, when Liberal beat Unionist by just 17 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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