Hereford and South Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Hereford and South Herefordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Hereford and South Herefordshire in Herefordshire for the 2010 general election.

Outline map

Location of Herefordshire within England.
County Herefordshire
Electorate 71,352 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament Jesse Norman (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Hereford, Leominster
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

Hereford and South Herefordshire /ˈhɛrɨfəd ənd saʊθ hɛrɨfədʃɪər/ is a constituency[n 1] of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It comprises the city of Hereford and most of south Herefordshire and is currently represented by Jesse Norman in the Conservative Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

Following a review of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire by the Boundary Commission for England, which took effect at the 2010 general election, the county was allocated two seats. The Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency largely replaced the former Hereford seat, with the remainder of the county covered by the North Herefordshire seat. As well as the city of Hereford, the seat contains the settlements of Golden Valley, Pontrilas and Ross-on-Wye.

The constituency is formed from the following electoral wards:[2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[3] Party
2010 constituency replaced Hereford
2010 Jesse Norman Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Hereford and South Herefordshire[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anna Coda
UKIP Nigel Ely[5]
Liberal Democrat Lucy Hurds[6]
Conservative Jesse Norman
Green Diana Toynbee [7]
General Election 2010: Hereford and South Herefordshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jesse Norman 22,366 46.2 +5.2
Liberal Democrat Sarah Carr 19,885 41.1 -2.3
Labour Philippa Roberts 3,506 7.2 -3.0
UKIP Valentine Smith 1,638 3.4 +1.2
BNP John Oliver 986 2.0 +2.0
Majority 2,481 5.1
Turnout 48,381 67.7 +1.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +3.8

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Fifth periodical report - Volume 4 Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities, The Stationery Office, 26 February 2007, ISBN 0-10-170322-8
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
  4. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/herefordandherefordshiresouth/
  5. ↑ Tanner, Bill (16 January 2015). "Ex SAS soldier to fight for UKIP in Hereford". Hereford Times. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  6. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/hereford-herefordshire-south-2015.html
  7. ↑ http://www.diana4hereford.net/
  8. ↑ "Five candidates nominated to stand in Hereford and South Herefordshire". Herefordshire Council. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2010-05-05.

Coordinates: 52°00′N 2°42′W / 52.0°N 2.7°W