Chamber MD congratulates new Herts MPs

Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce CEO Donna Schultz has urged the county’s new set of MPs to put business interests high on their agendas during the next parliament.

Donna congratulated all the county’s 12 newly elected MPs and said she was looking forward to working with them.

There were seven Labour, three Conservative and two Liberal Democrats in Hertfordshire as Keir Starmer led his party to victory.

Donna said: “With so many challenges ahead, I look forward to engaging with all our new MPs to put Hertfordshire’s business community first. Small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of our economy, and their growth will be key to our economic recovery.

“The pandemic lockdowns may now be a few years behind us, but there is a still a long way to go to get us back to where we should be. Global factors such as the war in Ukraine don’t make things any easier. But the Chamber is there all the way to help our Hertfordshire businesses do all they can in our communities and beyond.

“I’m excited to get to know our new MPs and work with them to that end. I would also like to congratulate them for being elected, and wish them the very best of luck.”

The constituency boundaries changed for this election, with some seats being renamed, and some constituencies being newly created – for example the new seat of Harpenden and Berkhamsted.

Hertfordshire’s new MPs

• Hitchin: Alistair Strathern (Lab)

• St Albans: Daisy Cooper (LibDem)

• Hertsmere: Oliver Dowden (Con)

• North East Hertfordshire: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)

• Hertford and Stortford: Josh Dean (Lab)

• Stevenage: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)

• South West Hertfordshire: Gagan Mohindra (Con)

• Hemel Hempstead: David Taylor (Lab)

• Watford: Matt Turmaine (Lab)

• Welwyn Hatfield: Andrew Lewis (Lab)

• Broxbourne: Lewis Cocking (Con)

• Harpenden and Berkhamsted: Victoria Collins (LibDem)