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Elections 2005

Parlimentary Election 2005 – North East Hertfordshire Constituency Results

On Thursday 5 May 2005, North Hertfordshire District Council administered the count for the parliamentary constituency of North East Hertfordshire in the general election.

Polling stations were open from 7am to 10pm on the day. Ballot papers were collected from polling stations across the constituency once the polling stations had closed, and delivered to the count centre at North Herts Leisure Centre. The final boxes of ballots were received by midnight. 

A team of over 60 counting staff began the process of verifying both the parliamentary and the county election ballots as they were received at the leisure centre. At 3am, the Returning Officer announced the start of the count for the parliamentary election. At 5.15am, the result was declared, as follows:

The Returning Officer declared Oliver Heald duly elected to the seat of North East Hertfordshire. 

The electorate for North East Hertfordshire for the 2005 parliamentary election was 71,420. A total of 47,492 ballot papers were received, 118 of which were declared spoiled. The turnout for the election was 66.5% The turnout in 2001 was 65.27%

North Hertfordshire District Council sent out a total of 8,530 postal votes, 6,566 of which were returned.

Hertfordshire County Council Elections 2005 – Results for North Hertfordshire

The County Council elections held on 5 May 2005 have produced the following results

Hitchin North

Electorate:   10,918
Turnout:  7,064 (64.7%)

Hitchin Rural

Electorate:  9,031  
Turnout:  5,775 (63.9%)

Hitchin South

Electorate:  9,666
Turnout:  6,874 (71.1%)

Knebworth and Codicote

Electorate:  10,794
Turnout:  7,352 (68.1%)

Letchworth East and Baldock

Electorate:  11,206
Turnout:  6,839 (61%)

Letchworth North West

Electorate:  9,256
Turnout:  5,618 (60.7%)

Letchworth South

Electorate.  11,041
Turnout.  7,478 (67.7%)

Royston

Electorate  12,168
Turnout  8,035 (66%)

North Herts Rural

Electorate:  10,236
Turnout  7,286 (71.2%)

Polling stations opened for voting at 7am on Thursday 5 May 2005 and closed at 10pm later that day. Ballot boxes were then transported to North Herts Leisure Centre where the votes were verified. Owing to the count for the parliamentary elections, counting for the county council elections was postponed until 10.15am on Friday 6 May.

The total electorate for North Hertfordshire for the Hertfordshire County Council elections was 94,316. 264 ballot papers were spoiled.