Following its abolition in 2024, the contents of the constituency were distributed to the new seats of Hitchin and Harpenden and Berkhamsted.

The seat's first MP was Peter Lilley, a former Secretary of State for various government departments in the Major ministry in the 1990s, who had previously represented St Albans from 1983 to 1997.

[3] He was succeeded in 2017 by Bim Afolami of the Conservatives, who retained it at the 2019 general election, albeit with a reduced majority.

Afolami attempted to seek re-election in Hitchin, but was defeated by the Labour candidate Alistair Strathern.

Minor gain from North East Hertfordshire due to revision of local authority wards.