General election for the constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Hitchin and Harpenden, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Conservative hold by Bim Afolami with a majority of 12,031 - 20.5% - on a turnout of 77.4%.

An electorate of 75,916, having a valid vote count of 58,783 and an invalid vote count of 138.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
AFOLAMI, Bim Con 31,189 53.1% -3.8%
HAYES, John Lab 19,158 32.6% 11.9%
ANNAND, Hugh LD 6,236 10.6% 2.5%
CANO, Richard Green 1,329 2.3% -3.3%
BLAKE, Ray Ind 629 1.1% -
CORDLE, Sid CPA 242 0.4% -

The writ for this election was issued on 3 May 2017.

Result declared at 03:28 on 9 June 2017. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.