Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Harpenden. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Harpenden UD
Harpenden LabMkt
Harpenden SubD
Harpenden EP
Harpenden Urban CP
Harpenden Rural CP
Harpenden St John the Baptist EP
Harpenden CP/Ch

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Harpenden.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Harpenden.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Hitchin and Harpenden CCon	1997

Additional constituencies that covered Harpenden may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Harpenden:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Harpenden CP/Ch
Harpenden Urban CP
Harpenden UD
St Albans District
Hertfordshire County O41area
St Albans RegD/PLU
Hertfordshire AdmC
Hertfordshire AncC
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire RegC
the East GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Harpenden.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Hertfordshire PCon	1832	1884
Hertfordshire Mid Or St Albans PDivCon	1885	1917
Hertfordshire Hemel Hempstead PDivCon	1918	1948
Hemel Hempstead CCon	1949	1973
St Albans CCon	1974	1996
Hitchin and Harpenden CCon	1997	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Harpenden. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.