Constituency

Hitchin

ONS code: E14001289
Lookup slug: hitchin

Our Recommendation

TBD

Confidence

High

Strong likelihood of
beating the left

Last reviewed

15 May 2024

Updated daily

Local recommendation

Candidate recommendation pending

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Election Maps nowcast

Lean Labour hold

Source updated 10/05/2026

LAB HOLD

Labour forecast to win in Hitchin, East of England

Winner: Labour
Margin: 9.7% (5,076 votes)
Turnout / electorate: 69.2% / 75,877
Second place: Conservative 26.7%

LABLabour

36.4%-7.5 pts

CONConservative

26.7%-1.8 pts

RFMReform UK

20.6%+7.8 pts

LDMLiberal Democrat

9.4%0.0 pts

GRNGreen Party

6.6%+1.5 pts

MINMinor parties and independents

0.4%0.0 pts

SNPScottish National Party

0.0%change not recorded

OthOther

0.0%0.0 pts

PLCPlaid Cymru

Not recordedchange not recorded

WPBWorkers Party of Britain

Not recordedchange not recorded

Labour 248 seatsConservative 137 seatsReform UK 114 seatsLiberal Democrat 71 seatsGreen Party 5 seats

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House of Commons results

General election results

Only real Westminster general elections since 2010 are shown. The rows below are linked by exact Parliament constituency code or exact Parliament constituency name.

2024 general election

HitchinE14001289Electorate 75,877Valid votes 52,510Invalid votes 179Majority 8,109

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Alistair Strathern	Labour	23,067	43.9%	Elected
2	Bim Afolami	Conservative	14,958	28.5%
3	Charles Bunker	Reform UK	6,760	12.9%
4	Chris Lucas	Liberal Democrat	4,913	9.4%
5	Will Lavin	Green Party	2,631	5.0%
6	Sid Cordle	Christian Peoples Alliance	181	0.3%

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