Herefordshire Council elections

Herefordshire Council elections are held every four years. Herefordshire Council is the local authority for the unitary authority and ceremonial county of Herefordshire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 53 councillors have been elected from 53 wards.^[1]

Council elections[edit]

By-election results[edit]

1997–2000[edit]

Weobley By-Election 26 March 1998
Party		Votes	%
	Independent	333	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	284	30.3
	Conservative	234	24.9
	Labour	62	6.6
	Green	25	2.4
Majority		49	5.2
Turnout		938	38.5
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Holmer By-Election 11 February 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	375	35.6	-22.1
	Labour	349	33.2	+12.4
	Conservative	220	20.9	+0.6
	Independent	108	10.3	+10.3
Majority		26	2.4
Turnout		1,052	19.4
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Hope End By-Election 20 May 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	736	49.5	+24.0
	Liberal Democrats	312	21.0	-5.9
	Independent	221	14.9	-9.5
	Green	148	10.0	-3.0
	Labour	69	4.6	-5.6
Majority		424	28.5
Turnout		1,486
	Conservative hold	Swing

Three Elms By-Election 18 November 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	517	53.1	+31.5
	Liberal Democrats	283	29.1	-29.7
	Labour	135	13.7	-5.9
	Green	39	4.0	+4.0
Majority		234	24.0
Turnout		974	21.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

2000–2003[edit]

St Martin's By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	743	42.5	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	566	32.3	-6.5
	Conservative	296	16.9	+4.0
	Independent	145	8.3	+8.3
Majority		177	10.2
Turnout		1,750
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

2003–2007[edit]

St Nicholas By-Election 22 January 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Short	936	37.0	-7.6
	Conservative	John Ward	783	30.9	+9.4
	Independent	Julie Woodward	524	20.7	-13.2
	Labour	John Hitchin	288	11.4	+11.4
Majority			153	6.1
Turnout			2,531	52.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tupsley By-Election 1 December 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Taylor	831	44.0	+8.7
	Conservative	John Perris	608	32.2	+8.4
	Independent	Guy Griffiths	274	14.5	-15.4
	Labour	John Oliver	118	6.3	+6.3
	Independent	Richard Thomas	56	3.0	+3.0
Majority			223	11.8
Turnout			1,887	27.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Kerne Bridge By-Election 1 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jarvis	482	41.6	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Truman	308	26.6	+26.6
	Independent		249	21.5	-45.1
	Independent		119	10.3	+10.3
Majority			174	15.0
Turnout			1,158	47.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2007–2011[edit]

Old Gore By-Election 10 April 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Durkin	422	37.9	-8.1
	Independent	John Gartside	401	36.0	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Lane	241	21.7	+5.4
	Green	Adrian Worgan	49	4.4	+4.4
Majority			21	1.9
Turnout			1,113	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019–2023[edit]

Whitecross By-Election 11 July 2019^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	It's Our County	Dave Boulter	304	60.7	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tricia Hales	141	28.1	10.5
	Conservative	Rob Williams	56	11.2	3.4
Majority			163	32.5	5.0
Turnout			501	19.0	13.2
	It's Our County hold		Swing	1.2

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The Herefordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2014/20, retrieved 24 September 2022
^ "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Herefordshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ Thomas, James (12 July 2019). "It's Our County hold seat in Whitecross by-election". Hereford Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Herefordshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

External links[edit]

Herefordshire Council
2011 BBC election results for Herefordshire
By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[2014order-1] "The Herefordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2014/20, retrieved 24 September 2022

[2] "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Herefordshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[3] Thomas, James (12 July 2019). "It's Our County hold seat in Whitecross by-election". Hereford Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[4] "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Herefordshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

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v t e Council elections in Herefordshire
Herefordshire Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hereford and Worcester County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Hereford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 Abolished
Leominster District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 Abolished
Malvern Hills District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995
South Herefordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e Unitary authorities of England
Areas	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York