UK Explained

South West Hertfordshire

Represented in Parliament by Mr Gagan Mohindra (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Gagan Mohindra, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How South West 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 95 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £888£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 224 areas and lower than 424.

UK 3.9%This area 2.7%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
South West Hertfordshire£8882.7%
Chelmsford£8942.9%
Tunbridge Wells£8942.5%
Reading West and Mid Berkshire£9012.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in South West 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 people99,05759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher43%34%9 points higher
Households that own their home72%62%9 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
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
Gagan Mohindra

Conservative

MAJORITY
4,456

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Gagan Mohindra won with 34% of the votes, and Sally Symington (Liberal Democrat) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Conservative34% · 16,458
Liberal Democrat25% · 12,002
Labour20% · 9,637
Reform UK14% · 6,790
Green Party5% · 2,532
Party of Women1% · 295
Everyone else1% · 540
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gagan MohindraConservative16,45834.1%
Sally SymingtonLiberal Democrat12,00224.9%
Alex SufitLabour9,63720.0%
Keith SteersReform UK6,79014.1%
Narinder SianGreen Party2,5325.2%
Bernadette O'MalleyParty of Women2950.6%
Victor SilkinRejoin EU2320.5%
Michael McGetrickSocial Democratic Party1580.3%
Ketankumar PipaliyaUK Voice1500.3%

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
£888 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
2.7%
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