UK Explained

North East Hertfordshire

Represented in Parliament by Chris Hinchliff (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Chris Hinchliff, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How North East Hertfordshire compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 19 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £989£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 130 areas and lower than 518.

UK 3.9%This area 2.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
North East Hertfordshire£9892.3%
Old Bexley and Sidcup£9932.6%
Hitchin£9672.2%
Esher and Walton£9632.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in North East Hertfordshire

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people102,78059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home68%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association19%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately13%20%7 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Chris Hinchliff

Labour

MAJORITY
1,923

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Chris Hinchliff won with 35% of the votes, and Nikki Da Costa (Conservative) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Labour35% · 18,358
Conservative31% · 16,435
Reform UK16% · 8,462
Liberal Democrat10% · 5,463
Green Party7% · 3,802
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chris HinchliffLabour18,35835.0%
Nikki Da CostaConservative16,43531.3%
Steve AdelantadoReform UK8,46216.1%
Ruth BrownLiberal Democrat5,46310.4%
Vicky BurtGreen Party3,8027.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£989 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026