Broxbourne is a constituency in Hertfordshire currently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Lewis Cocking of the Conservative Party since 2024.

Constituency profile

Broxbourne is one of three constituencies in Hertfordshire to be held by the Conservative Party after the 2024 general election. Just beyond the outer limits of Greater London, the constituency consists almost exclusively of low-unemployment census output areas, with walks, golf courses and leisure facilities, and (compared to Greater London) a relatively high proportion of the retired and the high-income self-employed. Broxbourne's economy is also supported by good railway links to the City of London.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1983–1997

Formed as a borough constituency primarily from parts of the abolished county constituency of East Hertfordshire, mainly consisting of the former Urban Districts of Cheshunt and Hoddesdon which had been combined to form the District of Broxbourne under the local government reorganisation of 1974 and also including the villages of Stanstead Abbotts and Great Amwell to the north and Northaw (transferred from Welwyn Hatfield) to the west.

1997–2024

The three District of East Hertfordshire wards were transferred to Hertford and Stortford.

2024–present

Following to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following: The three District of Hertfordshire wards were transferred from Hertford and Stortford, offset by the transfer of the orphan Northaw ward to Hertsmere.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s