Constituency profile

South West Hertfordshire

East of England · County constituency

Mr Gagan Mohindra MP
Sitting MP

Mr Gagan Mohindra

Conservative

First elected December 2019

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
46.2% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -5.7pp below mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +0.3pp
Vulnerability score 7/10 (Conservative projected to lose)
SouthernBrexit-marginalGraduate-heavy

About the South West Hertfordshire constituency

South West Hertfordshire is a county constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Mr Gagan Mohindra (Conservative), first elected in December 2019. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 34.1% to 24.9% for the Liberal Democrats, a majority of 4,456 votes on a 67.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 27.2% and the Liberal Democrats on 26.9%, a margin of 0.3 points - a projected change of hands from the Conservatives.

Who lives in South West Hertfordshire? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
46.2%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
42.6%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
13.3%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
71.2%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
28.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
42.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
22.5%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
26.2%
UK average ~28%

How did South West Hertfordshire vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 4,456 votes (9.2pp) · turnout 67.3%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of South West Hertfordshire

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

South West Hertfordshire within Three Rivers and Dacorum

South West Hertfordshire crosses council boundaries: Three Rivers (95%), Dacorum (5%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Three Rivers
55 LSOAs
95%View projection ›
Dacorum
3 LSOAs
5%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Abbots Langley & BedmondLib Dem 30.4%vs Conservative 29.9%May 2026 Conservative 38.2%vs Lib Dem 31.1%
Lib Dem→Conservative
+3.8pp
49.7%
Carpenders ParkConservative 37.8%vs Labour 22.8%May 2026 Conservative 38.3%vs Others 25.6%
Conservative share
+0.5pp
47.9%
Chorleywood North & SarrattConservative 47.0%vs Lib Dem 19.6%May 2026 Conservative 47.2%vs Reform 22.6%
Conservative share
+0.1pp
44.9%
Chorleywood South & Maple CrossConservative 32.8%vs Lib Dem 31.2%May 2026 Lib Dem 37.1%vs Conservative 31.8%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+3.5pp
46.7%
DickinsonsLib Dem 30.4%vs Conservative 28.9%May 2026 Green 50.8%vs Lib Dem 18.7%
Lib Dem→Green
+25.5pp
47.1%
DurrantsLib Dem 33.9%vs Conservative 29.1%May 2026 Lib Dem 52.4%vs Green 18.6%
Lib Dem share
+18.5pp
47.7%
Gade ValleyLib Dem 28.4%vs Conservative 27.0%May 2026 Lib Dem 32.8%vs Conservative 31.9%
Lib Dem share
+4.3pp
42.8%
Kings LangleyConservative 37.6%vs Labour 20.4%2023 Conservative 53.5%vs Labour 18.4%-36.5%
LeavesdenConservative 29.0%vs Lib Dem 28.9%May 2026 Lib Dem 40.5%vs Reform 24.6%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+10.3pp
37.5%
Moor Park & EastburyConservative 49.1%vs Lib Dem 15.5%May 2026 Conservative 58.0%vs Reform 14.8%
Conservative share
+8.9pp
39.8%
Oxhey Hall & HaylingLib Dem 28.6%vs Conservative 27.8%May 2026 Lib Dem 36.8%vs Reform 31.7%
Lib Dem share
+8.2pp
43.5%
Penn & Mill EndConservative 31.7%vs Lib Dem 27.6%May 2026 Conservative 37.5%vs Reform 26.2%
Conservative share
+5.8pp
46.6%
Rickmansworth TownConservative 39.7%vs Lib Dem 21.6%May 2026 Conservative 49.5%vs Lib Dem 23.9%
Conservative share
+9.8pp
49.4%
South OxheyLabour 39.4%vs Conservative 25.5%May 2026 Conservative 35.2%vs Reform 31.5%
Labour→Conservative
+14.2pp
39.8%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for South West Hertfordshire at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won South West Hertfordshire at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdDavid Gauke11.5%54.2%27.9%2.6% UKIP-3.8%14,92072.5%
2015Con holdDavid Gauke16.3%56.9%10.3%11.5% UKIP4.5%0.4%23,26371.9%-0.6
2017Con holdDavid Gauke25.7%57.9%11.7%2.1% UKIP2.6%-19,55074.8%+2.9
2019notionalConservative winnerGagan Mohindra 2019 MP, pre-review boundary16.1%52.2%12.7%-1.5%17.5%17,62371.1%-3.7
2024Con holdGagan Mohindra20.0%34.1%24.9%14.1% Ref5.2%1.7%4,45667.3%-3.8

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like South West Hertfordshire

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to South West Hertfordshire. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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