Hertford and Stortford is centred on the Hertfordshire towns of Hertford and Bishop’s Stortford. Both are substantial commuter and service centres with historic cores, strong rail connections and extensive residential neighbourhoods. Between and around them lie smaller towns, villages and open countryside across the Lea and Stort valleys. Hertford sits close to the River Lea and provides an important county administrative focus, while Bishop’s Stortford lies farther east near the Essex boundary and Stansted corridor. The constituency therefore combines two distinct towns with a broad rural and village hinterland rather than forming one continuous urban area.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Hertford and Stortford, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population111,685
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationEast of England
Age profile
0 to 1722.1% · 24,731 people
18 to 245.9% · 6,547 people
25 to 3413.3% · 14,873 people
35 to 4921.3% · 23,781 people
50 to 6419.9% · 22,255 people
65 and over17.5% · 19,498 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
44,213 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners67.8% · 29,994 households
Private renters17.6% · 7,786 households
Social renters12.9% · 5,717 households
Other tenure1.6% · 716 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
44,216 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households28.6% · 12,638 households
Families with dependent children30.7% · 13,582 households
Other single-family households36.9% · 16,327 households
Other household types3.8% · 1,669 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
105,699 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot4.9% · 5,168 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little8.7% · 9,188 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act86.4% · 91,343 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 30 January 2027
Legislate to protect ILR applicants from retrospective changes
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded36
Total awarded£702,246
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 24 June 2026
Ware to Get Active
Community Initiative Charity
£14,521
Sport England · Sport
About this award
This project will deliver 3 sessions of activity per week for a period of 26 weeks. There will be Fellas Fitness (1 hour), Badminton (2 hours) and Pickleball (2 hours), alongside two 8-week Introduction to Exercise courses. The project will focus on older adults (60+), particularly men.
National Lottery grantAwarded 18 June 2026
Active Minds (Physical Activity for People Living)
All Sorts Dementia Group CIO
£15,000
Sport England · Sport
About this award
This project will deliver 48 adapted movement sessions to support people living with dementia across Hertfordshire and West Essex. Weekly 90-minute sessions will include seated exercise, gentle sport-based games and movement to music. Sessions will benefit 150 participants with funding to cover coaching, facility hire, delivery staff, equipment and promotion costs.
National Lottery grantAwarded 11 June 2026
Empowering Young People with Hope for the Future
Futurehope Hertford and Ware
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Futurehope Hertford and Ware - Children & Young People - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 15 May 2026
Creative Communities at SMart Cafe
Ware Arts Centre Limited
£18,745
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Ware Arts Centre Limited - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 14 May 2026
Unlocking our Digital Heritage
Archives of IT
£97,571
The National Lottery Heritage Fund · Heritage
About this award
Archives of IT is a unique living archive of oral history interviews with Britain's computing pioneers and tech leaders — the people who built the UK's digital economy from the 1950s onwards. Many are now in their 80s and 90s; their stories risk being lost forever. Through Unlocking Our Digital Heritage, we will transform how people discover and engage with this irreplaceable archive. A new AI-powered portal will allow anyone to search and explore over 300 interviews, while a new podcast channel will bring these remarkable stories to new audiences. Improved digital infrastructure will ensure the archive is preserved securely for generations to come. The legacy of this project will be a more accessible, more resilient and more impactful archive — one that inspires the next generation of tech talent, supports researchers and educators, and ensures the UK's pioneering computing heritage is never forgotten.
31 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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