North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| North Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of North Herefordshire in Herefordshire | |
 Location of Herefordshire within England | |
| County | Herefordshire |
| Electorate | 66,711 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury and Leominster |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Bill Wiggin (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Leominster |
North Herefordshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Bill Wiggin, a Conservative.[n 2]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bill Wiggin | Conservative | |
| 2010 | constituency replaced Leominster | ||
Constituency profile
The seat has a substantially self-sufficient population, covered by civil parishes and with low rates of unemployment[3] and social housing in each ward, with income levels concentrated towards the average in Britain.[4]
Boundaries
This constituency contains a northern and central part of Herefordshire, including the towns of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury and Leominster.
The constituency has the electoral wards:[5]
- Backbury, Bircher, Bringsty, Bromyard, Burghill, Holmer and Lyde, Castle, Credenhill, Frome, Golden Cross with Weobley, Hagley, Hampton Court, Hope End, Kington Town, Ledbury, Leominster North, Leominster South, Mortimer, Old Gore, Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley, Sutton Walls, Upton, Wormsley Ridge.
The village of Weobley (listed above) was a former borough constituency that was abolished as a 'rotten borough' in 1832.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Herefordshire wards of: Arrow; Backbury; Bircher; Bishops Frome & Cradley; Bromyard Bringsty; Bromyard West; Castle; Credenhill; Hagley; Hampton; Holmer; Hope End; Kington; Ledbury North; Ledbury South; Ledbury West; Leominster East; Leominster North & Rural; Leominster South; Leominster West; Mortimer; Old Gore; Queenswood; Sutton Walls; Three Crosses; Weobley.[6]
The seat will be unchanged, except to align the boundaries with those of the revised local authority wards.
History
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the 2010 general election to exclude those areas of the former county of Hereford and Worcester which are now in Worcestershire. This meant North Herefordshire being at its core a successor to Leominster constituency. The remainder of the county is covered by the Hereford and South Herefordshire seat.[7]
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Ellie Chowns[8] | ||||
| Reform UK | Andrew Dye[9] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Cat Hornsey[10] | ||||
| Conservative | Bill Wiggin[11] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 32,158 | 63.0 |  1.0
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Phillip Howells | 7,302 | 14.3 | 2.6
| |
| Labour | Joe Wood | 6,804 | 13.3 |  5.6
| |
| Green | Ellie Chowns | 4,769 | 9.3 | 3.8
| |
| Majority | 24,856 | 48.7 | 5.6
| ||
| Turnout | 51,033 | 72.6 | 1.5
| ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.8
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 31,097 | 62.0 | 6.4
| |
| Labour | Roger Page | 9,495 | 18.9 | 7.5
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeanie Falconer | 5,874 | 11.7 | 0.3
| |
| Green | Ellie Chowns | 2,771 | 5.5 | 1.5
| |
| Independent | Sasha Norris | 577 | 1.1 | New | |
| Independent | Arthur Devine | 363 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 21,602 | 43.1 | 1.5
| ||
| Turnout | 50,177 | 74.1 | 2.1
| ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.6
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 26,716 | 55.6 | 3.8
| |
| UKIP | Jonathan Oakton | 6,720 | 14.0 | 8.3
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeanie Falconer | 5,768 | 12.0 | 19.0
| |
| Labour | Sally Prentice | 5,478 | 11.4 | 4.3
| |
| Green | Daisy Blench | 3,341 | 7.0 | 3.8
| |
| Majority | 19,996 | 41.6 | 20.8
| ||
| Turnout | 42,545 | 72.0 | 0.5
| ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 24,631 | 51.8 | 0.7
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Hurds | 14,744 | 31.0 | 6.9
| |
| Labour | Neil Sabharwal | 3,373 | 7.1 | 8.4
| |
| UKIP | Jonathan Oakton | 2,701 | 5.7 | 2.4
| |
| Green | Felicity Norman | 1,533 | 3.2 | 1.5
| |
| Independent | John King | 586 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 9,887 | 20.8 | 7.6
| ||
| Turnout | 47,568 | 71.5 | 2.3
| ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 3.8
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See also
Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
- ^ Fifth periodical report – Volume 4 Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities, The Stationery Office, 26 February 2007, ISBN 978-0-10-170322-2
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
- ^ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the county of Herefordshire". Boundary Commission for England. 7 January 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Full list of all Green Party candidates at the next general election". Bright Green. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "North Herefordshire Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "NEWS | Sir Bill Wiggin to stand for North Herefordshire at forthcoming election after being re-selected by the North Herefordshire Conservatives". Your Herefordshire. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Herefordshire North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "2017 general election candidates for Herefordshire confirmed". Worcester News. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Herefordshire North parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Six candidates to stand in North Herefordshire parliamentary election". Herefordshire Council. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
