Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)

Hereford
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hereford in Herefordshire
Location of Herefordshire within England
County	Herefordshire
Major settlements	Hereford
1918–2010
Seats	One
Replaced by	Hereford and South Herefordshire, North Herefordshire
1295–1918
Seats	1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Previously, Hereford had been a parliamentary borough which from 1295 to 1885 had elected two MPs, using the bloc vote system in contested elections. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the borough's representation had been reduced to one seat at the 1885 general election, and for the 1918 general election the borough was abolished and replaced with a county division which carried the same name but covered a wider geographical area.

History

Hereford sent two representatives to Parliament from the beginning of the reign of Edward I. Although a county town, the early elections were always held at a different location from those of the shire, the former taking place at the Guildhall, the latter in the castle.

In 1885, representation was reduced to one Member.

Journalist Robin Day stood as the Liberal candidate in the 1959 general election.

From 1931 until 1997, Hereford was held by the Conservative Party, before being taken by Paul Keetch of the Liberal Democrats at the 1997 general election. Keetch served as the Liberal Democrats' spokesman for defence from October 1999 until May 2005, and announced on 17 November 2006 that he would not be standing at the next election.

Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire, taking effect at the 2010 general election, two parliamentary constituencies were allocated to the county. The Hereford seat was abolished and replaced by the Hereford and South Herefordshire seat, while the remainder of the county is covered by the North Herefordshire seat. ^[1]

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Borough of Hereford, the Urban Districts of Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye, the Rural Districts of Dore, Ross, and Whitchurch, and parts of the Rural Districts of Hereford and Ledbury.

1950–1983: The Borough of Hereford, the Urban District of Ross-on-Wye, the Rural Districts of Dore and Bredwardine, and Ross and Whitchurch, and part of the Rural District of Hereford.

1983–1997: The City of Hereford, and the District of South Herefordshire wards of Backbury, Broad Oak, Dinedor Hill, Doward, Fownhope, Garron, Golden Valley, Gorsley, Gorsty, Harewood End, Hollington, Kingsthorne, Merbach, Olchon, Old Gore, Penyard, Pontrilas, Ross-on-Wye East, Ross-on-Wye West, Stoney Street, Tram Inn, Walford, Whitfield, and Wilton.

1997–2010: The City of Hereford, and the District of South Herefordshire wards of Broad Oak, Clehonger East, Clehonger West, Dinedor Hill, Doward, Fownhope, Garron, Golden Valley, Gorsley, Harewood End, Hollington, Kingsthorne, Merbach, Olchon, Old Gore, Penyard, Pontrilas, Ross-on-Wye East, Ross-on-Wye West, Stoney Street, Tram Inn, Walford, Whitfield, and Wilton.

In its final form, the Hereford constituency contained the city of Hereford and most of South Herefordshire, including Ross-on-Wye, but excluding Ledbury and Much Marcle, both of which were in the Leominster constituency.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
Jan. 1377	Richard Nash [2]
1378	Thomas Whitefield [2]
1379	Richard Nash [2]
Jan.1380	Richard Nash [2]
1381	Richard Nash [2]
Oct. 1383	Richard Nash [2]
1386	John Wych	Henry Catchpole I [3]
1388 (Feb)	William Jonet	Thomas Chippenham I [3]
1388 (Sep)	William Jonet	William Breinton [3]
1390 (Jan)	John Wych	James Nash [3]
1390 (Nov)	Henry Catchpole II	James Nash [3]
1391	Thomas Buryton	John Prophet [3]
1393	Thomas Buryton	John Wych [3]
1394
1395	Hugh Wigan	William Speed [3]
1397 (Jan)	Hugh Wigan	James Nash [3]
1397 (Sep)	Hugh Wigan	Thomas Buryton [3]
1399	James Nash	Thomas Buryton [3]
1401	Hugh Wigan	Thomas Whitefield [3]
1402	Thomas Chippenham I	John Troney [3]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Henry Chippenham	Hugh Wigan [3]
1407	Hugh Wigan	Roger ...feld [3] or Roger ...felde [note 1]
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Henry Chippenham	George Breinton [3]
1414 (Apr)	John Wilton	Richard Strange [3]
1414 (Nov)	Henry Chippenham	George Breinton [3]
1415
1416 (Mar)	Henry Chippenham	George Breinton [3]
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Wilton	John Orchard [3]
1419	Richard Strange	John Abrahall [3]
1420	Thomas Chippenham II	John Falk [3]
1421 (May)	William Buryton	Richard Strange [3]
1421 (Dec)	Henry Chippenham	Nicholas Chippenham [3]
1426	Thomas Chippenham
1429	Thomas Chippenham	William Buryton [5]
1431	Thomas Chippenham [6]	William Buryton [5]
1432	William Buryton [5]
1437	William Buryton [5]
1510
1512	Roland Brydges	Reginald Mynors [7]
1515	Roland Brydges	Reginald Mynors [7]
1523	?
1529	Richard Warnecombe	Thomas Havard [7]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	Richard Warnecombe	Thomas Havard [7]
1545	?
1547	Thomas Havard	William Berkeley, died and replaced Jan 1552 by John Warnecombe [7]
1553 (Mar)	Hugh Welshe	? [7]
1553 (Oct)	Sir John Price	Thomas Havard [7]
1554 (Apr)	Thomas Havard	Thomas Bromwich [7]
1554 (Nov)	William Smothye	Leonard Boldyng [7]
1555	Hugh Gebons	Morgan Owgan [7]
1558	Henry Dudeston	John Gibbs [7]
1558–1559	John Kerry	Thomas Church [8]
1562–1563	Thomas Webbe, died and replaced 1566 by John Hyde	Henry Green [8]
1571	James Warnecombe	Thomas Church [8]
1572 (Apr)	James Warnecombe	Gregory Price [8]
1584	Gregory Price	James Boyle [8]
1586 (Sep)	Gregory Price	Thomas Jones [8]
1588	Gregory Price	Nicholas Garnons [8]
1593	Gregory Price	Thomas Mallard [8]
1597	Gregory Price	Anthony Pembridge [8]
1601	Walter Hurdman	Thomas Jones [8]
1604	Walter Hurdman	John Hoskins
1605	Anthony Pembrugge
1610	John Warden
1614	John Hoskins	John Warden
1621–1622	James Rodd	Richard Weaver
1624	Sir James Clerke	Richard Weaver
1625	Sir James Clerke	Richard Weaver
1626	Sir James Clerke	Richard Weaver
1628	The Viscount Scudamore	John Hoskins
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1885

Event		First member [9]	First party		Second member [9]	Second party
April 1640		Richard Weaver			Richard Seaborne
November 1640		Richard Weaver	Parliamentarian		Richard Seaborne	Royalist
1642		James Scudamore	Royalist
May 1643	Scudamore disabled from sitting – seat vacant
January 1644				Seaborne disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1646		Bennet Hoskyns			Edmund Weaver [10]
December 1648	Hoskyns excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653	Hereford was unrepresented in Barebone's Parliament
1654		Bennet Hoskyns		Hereford had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656		Colonel Wroth Rogers
January 1659		Nathan Rogers			Roger Bosworth
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660		Herbert Westfaling			Roger Bosworth
November 1660					Sir Henry Lingen
April 1661		Sir Edward Hopton
September 1661		Herbert Westfaling
1662					Roger Vaughan
1673					The Viscount Scudamore
1679		Bridstock Harford			Paul Foley	Country Whig
1681		Herbert Aubrey
1685					Thomas Geers
January 1689		Sir William Gregory			Paul Foley	Country Whig
June 1689		Henry Cornewall
1695		James Morgan
1698		Hon. James Brydges
1699					Samuel Pytts
1701					Thomas Foley
1715		The Viscount Scudamore
1717		Herbert Rudhale Westfaling
1722					William Mayo
1723					James Wallwyn
1727		Marquess of Carnarvon			Thomas Geers [11]
1734		Thomas Foley			Sir John Morgan
1741		Edward Cope Hopton			Thomas Geers Winford
1747		Lieutenant General Henry Cornewall			Daniel Leighton
1754		Charles Fitzroy Scudamore			John Symons	Tory
1764					John Scudamore	Whig [12]
1768		(Sir) Richard Symons [13]	Tory [12]
April 1784		Earl of Surrey [14]	Whig [12]
July 1784		Robert Philipps	Whig [12]
1785		James Walwyn	Whig [12]
1796					John Scudamore, junior	Whig [12]
1800		Thomas Powell Symonds	Whig [12]
1805					Richard Philip Scudamore	Whig [12]
1818					Viscount Eastnor	Tory
1819		Richard Philip Scudamore	Whig [12]
1826		Edward Clive	Whig [12] [15] [16] [17] [18]
1832					Robert Biddulph	Whig [12]
1837					Daniel Higford Davall Burr	Conservative [12]
July 1841					Henry William Hobhouse	Whig [12] [17] [18]
October 1841					Robert Pulsford	Whig [12] [19] [20]
1845		Sir Robert Price, Bt	Whig [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
1847					Henry Morgan-Clifford	Whig [26] [27] [28]
1857		George Clive	Whig [29] [30]
1859			Liberal			Liberal
1865					Richard Baggallay	Conservative
1868 [31]					John Wyllie	Liberal
1869		Edward Clive	Liberal		Chandos Wren-Hoskyns	Liberal
1871		George Arbuthnot	Conservative
1874		Evan Pateshall	Conservative		George Clive	Liberal
1878		George Arbuthnot	Conservative
1880		Joseph Pulley	Liberal		Robert Reid	Liberal
1885	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–2010

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Joseph Pulley	Liberal
	1886	Sir Joseph Bailey	Conservative
	1892	William Grenfell	Liberal
	1893	Charles Cooke	Conservative
	1900	John Arkwright	Conservative
	1912	William Hewins	Unionist
	1918	Charles Pulley	Unionist
	1921	Samuel Roberts	Unionist
	1929	Frank Owen	Liberal
	1931	James Thomas	Conservative
	1956	David Gibson-Watt	Conservative
	1974	Colin Shepherd	Conservative
	1997	Paul Keetch	Liberal Democrat
	2010	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Hereford ^{[12] [32]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Edward Clive	Unopposed
	Tory	John Somers-Cocks	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 1,110
	Whig hold
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Hereford ^{[12] [32]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Edward Clive	Unopposed
	Tory	John Somers-Cocks	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 1,110
	Whig hold
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Hereford ^{[33] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Edward Clive	392	38.5
	Whig	Robert Biddulph	380	37.4
	Tory	Richard Blakemore	245	24.1
Majority			135	13.3
Turnout			610	66.3
Registered electors			920
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Tory

General election 1835: Hereford ^{[33] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Edward Clive	457	34.7	−3.8
	Whig	Robert Biddulph	435	33.0	−4.4
	Conservative	Richard Blakemore	426	32.3	+8.2
Majority			9	0.7	−12.6
Turnout			813	91.2	+24.9
Registered electors			891
	Whig hold		Swing	−4.0
	Whig hold		Swing	−4.3

General election 1837: Hereford ^{[33] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Edward Clive	444	34.3	−0.4
	Conservative	Daniel Higford Davall Burr	430	33.2	+0.9
	Whig	Robert Biddulph	420	32.5	−0.5
Turnout			816	89.8	−1.4
Registered electors			909
Majority			14	1.1	+0.4
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.4
Majority			10	0.7	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Hereford ^{[33] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Edward Clive	531	39.7	+5.4
	Whig	Henry William Hobhouse	500	37.3	+4.8
	Conservative	Daniel Higford Davall Burr	308	23.0	−10.2
Majority			192	14.3	+13.2
Turnout			787	81.9	−7.9
Registered electors			961
	Whig hold		Swing	+5.3
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.0

Hobhouse resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 5 October 1841: Hereford ^{[33] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Pulsford	442	59.8	17.2
	Conservative	Edward Griffiths	297	40.2	17.2
Majority			145	19.6	5.3
Turnout			739	76.9	5.0
Registered electors			961
	Whig hold		Swing	17.2

Clive's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 31 July 1845: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Price	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1847: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Price	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Morgan-Clifford	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,061
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Price	458	38.1	N/A
	Whig	Henry Morgan-Clifford	452	37.6	N/A
	Conservative	Augustus William Henry Meyrick [34]	292	24.3	New
Majority			160	13.3	N/A
Turnout			747 (est)	73.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,013
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Price resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 February 1857: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Clive	399	63.4	12.3
	Conservative	William Kevill Davies [35] [36]	230	36.6	12.3
Majority			169	26.8	13.5
Turnout			629	75.6	1.9
Registered electors			832
	Whig hold		Swing	12.3

General election 1857: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Clive	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Morgan-Clifford	Unopposed
Registered electors			832
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1859: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Clive	Unopposed
	Liberal	Henry Morgan-Clifford	Unopposed
Registered electors			971
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Baggallay	510	34.2	New
	Liberal	George Clive	499	33.4	N/A
	Liberal	Henry Morgan-Clifford	483	32.4	N/A
Majority			11	0.8	N/A
Turnout			1,001 (est)	82.4 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,215
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1868: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Clive	1,055	26.9	6.5
	Liberal	John Wyllie	1,015	25.9	6.5
	Conservative	Richard Baggallay	983	25.0	7.9
	Conservative	George Arbuthnot	872	22.2	5.1
Majority			32	0.9	N/A
Turnout			1,963 (est)	82.5 (est)	0.1
Registered electors			2,380
	Liberal hold		Swing	5.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	7.2

The election was declared void on petition, after the Liberal agent was found to have "given breakfast to Liberal electors", and therefore was guilty of treating. ^[37]

By-election, 30 March 1869: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Clive	1,064	28.0	1.1
	Liberal	Chandos Wren-Hoskyns	1,033	27.2	1.3
	Conservative	Richard Baggallay	871	23.0	2.0
	Conservative	George Arbuthnot	826	21.8	0.4
Majority			144	3.8	2.9
Turnout			1,897 (est)	79.7 (est)	2.8
Registered electors			2,380
	Liberal hold		Swing	1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.9

Elections in the 1870s

Clive resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 28 Feb 1871: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Arbuthnot	946	58.3	11.1
	Liberal	Arthur Hayter [38]	678	41.7	11.1
Majority			268	16.6	N/A
Turnout			1,624	70.7	11.8
Registered electors			2,298
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	11.1

General election 1874: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evan Pateshall	978	26.4	1.4
	Liberal	George Clive	921	24.9	2.0
	Conservative	George Arbuthnot	903	24.4	2.2
	Liberal	Joseph Pulley	902	24.4	1.5
Turnout			1,852 (est)	79.1 (est)	3.4
Registered electors			2,340
Majority			76	2.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	1.5
Majority			18	0.5	0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	2.1

Pateshall resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 Mar 1878: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Arbuthnot	1,110	51.0	0.2
	Liberal	Joseph Pulley	1,066	49.0	0.3
Majority			44	2.0	0.0
Turnout			2,176	82.7	3.6
Registered electors			2,631
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Hereford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Pulley	1,505	30.3	5.9
	Liberal	Robert Reid	1,321	26.6	1.7
	Conservative	George Arbuthnot	1,099	22.1	2.3
	Conservative	Frederick Dixon-Hartland	1,041	21.0	5.4
Majority			222	4.5	4.0
Turnout			2,483 (est)	87.5 (est)	8.4
Registered electors			2,837
	Liberal hold		Swing	4.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	2.8

General election 1885: Hereford ^{[39] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Pulley	1,360	51.2	5.7
	Conservative	William Henry Barneby	1,296	48.8	5.7
Majority			64	2.4	2.1
Turnout			2,656	88.5	1.0 (est)
Registered electors			3,002
	Liberal hold		Swing	5.7

General election 1886: Hereford ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bailey	1,401	55.2	6.4
	Liberal	Joseph Pulley	1,136	44.8	6.4
Majority			265	10.4	N/A
Turnout			2,537	84.5	4.0
Registered electors			3,002
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	6.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Hereford ^{[39] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Grenfell	1,507	52.2	7.4
	Conservative	Joseph Bailey	1,380	47.8	7.4
Majority			127	4.4	N/A
Turnout			2,887	88.4	3.9
Registered electors			3,267
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	7.4

Grenfell resigned, causing a by-election.

1893 Hereford by-election ^{[39] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cooke	1,504	50.7	2.9
	Liberal	Joseph Pulley	1,460	49.3	2.9
Majority			44	1.4	N/A
Turnout			2,964	86.8	1.6
Registered electors			3,415
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	2.9

General election 1895: Hereford ^{[39] [41] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cooke	1,669	55.2	7.4
	Liberal	Robert Pearce Edgcumbe	1,356	44.8	7.4
Majority			313	10.4	N/A
Turnout			3,025	90.9	2.5
Registered electors			3,328
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	7.4

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Hereford ^{[39] [41] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Arkwright	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Hereford ^{[39] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Arkwright	1,934	53.3	N/A
	Liberal	Edward Lucas-Scudamore	1,692	46.7	New
Majority			242	6.6	N/A
Turnout			3,626	94.1	N/A
Registered electors			3,852
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Hereford ^{[42] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Arkwright	2,320	60.2	6.9
	Liberal	Evan Lewis Thomas	1,533	39.8	6.9
Majority			787	20.4	13.8
Turnout			3,853	94.8	0.7
Registered electors			4,066
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

Joseph Davies

General election December 1910: Hereford ^{[42] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Arkwright	2,200	60.6	0.4
	Liberal	Joseph Davies	1,430	39.4	0.4
Majority			770	21.2	0.8
Turnout			3,630	89.3	5.5
Registered electors			4,066
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

William Hewins

1912 Hereford by-election ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Hewins	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist hold

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: William Hewins
• Liberal:

General election 1918: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Charles Pulley	11,680	75.8	15.2
	Labour	Sidney Box	3,730	24.2	New
Majority			7,950	51.6	30.4
Turnout			15,410	54.6	24.7
Registered electors			28,246
	Unionist hold		Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1921 Hereford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Samuel Roberts	9,670	56.6	19.2
	Liberal	Ernest Wilfred Langford	7,411	43.4	New
Majority			2,259	13.2	38.4
Turnout			17,081	62.5	7.9
Registered electors			27,316
	Unionist hold		Swing	19.2
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election 1922: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Samuel Roberts	13,138	76.2	0.4
	Labour	James Jonas Dodd	4,094	23.8	0.4
Majority			9,044	52.4	0.8
Turnout			17,232	62.0	7.4
Registered electors			27,774
	Unionist hold		Swing	0.4

General election 1923: Hereford ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Samuel Roberts	11,448	55.3	20.9
	Liberal	J. Howard Whitehouse	8,280	40.0	New
	Labour	Sidney Box	981	4.7	19.1
Majority			3,168	15.3	37.1
Turnout			20,709	72.6	10.6
Registered electors			28,538
	Unionist hold		Swing	0.9

General election 1924: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Samuel Roberts	13,210	60.6	5.3
	Liberal	J. Howard Whitehouse	8,604	39.4	0.6
Majority			4,606	21.2	5.9
Turnout			21,814	75.0	2.4
Registered electors			29,083
	Unionist hold		Swing	3.0

General election 30 May 1929: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Owen	14,208	48.7	9.3
	Unionist	Frederic Carnegie Romilly	13,087	44.8	15.8
	Labour	Henry Cooper	1,901	6.5	New
Majority			1,121	3.9	N/A
Turnout			29,196	78.9	3.9
Registered electors			36,984
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	12.6

Elections in the 1930s

General election 27 October 1931: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Thomas	19,418	60.90
	Liberal	Frank Owen	12,465	39.10
Majority			6,953	21.80	N/A
Turnout			31,883	83.85
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 14 November 1935: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Thomas	18,234	61.84
	Liberal	Walter Dingley	8,853	30.03
	Labour	George Clarke	2,397	8.13	New
Majority			9,381	31.81
Turnout			29,484	74.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: James Thomas
• Liberal: Archie Marshall

General election 1945: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Thomas	17,439	51.8	−10.0
	Labour	William Pigott	8,359	24.8	+16.7
	Liberal	Archie Marshall	7,871	23.4	−6.6
Majority			9,080	27.0	−4.8
Turnout			33,669	69.3	−5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Thomas	18,314	51.6	−0.2
	Labour	William Pigott	11,185	31.5	+6.7
	Liberal	Albert Edward Farr	5,965	16.8	−6.6
Majority			7,129	20.1	−6.9
Turnout			35,464	80.5	+11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Thomas	21,204	61.3	+9.7
	Labour	William Pigott	13,396	38.7	+7.2
Majority			7,808	22.6	+2.5
Turnout			34,600	77.6	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Thomas	18,058	51.8	−9.5
	Liberal	Frank Owen	8,658	24.8	New
	Labour	E.L. Patricia Seers	8,154	23.4	−15.3
Majority			9,400	27.0	+4.4
Turnout			34,870	78.8	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

1956 Hereford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gibson-Watt	12,129	44.3	7.5
	Liberal	Frank Owen	9,979	36.4	11.6
	Labour	Bryan Stanley	5,277	19.3	4.1
Majority			2,150	7.9	19.1
Turnout			27,385
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gibson-Watt	17,763	49.3	+2.5
	Liberal	Robin Day	10,185	28.3	+3.5
	Labour	John W Wardle	8,097	22.4	−1.0
Majority			7,578	21.0	−6.0
Turnout			36,045	79.5	+0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gibson-Watt	17,780	45.45
	Labour	Thomas J. H. Bishop	12,020	30.72
	Liberal	Kenneth Vaus	9,322	23.83
Majority			5,760	14.73
Turnout			39,122	79.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gibson-Watt	17,529	44.60
	Labour	Michael Prendergast	14,782	37.61
	Liberal	Kenneth Vaus	6,996	17.80
Majority			2,747	6.99
Turnout			39,307	77.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gibson-Watt	22,011	53.20
	Labour	Gerard D Purnell	14,410	34.83
	Liberal	Thomas R Crowther	4,953	11.97
Majority			7,601	18.37
Turnout			41,374	73.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gibson-Watt	18,676	41.31
	Liberal	CB Tannant Nash	15,238	33.70
	Labour	IE Geffen	11,299	24.99
Majority			3,438	7.61
Turnout			45,213	78.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Shepherd	17,060	38.9	−2.4
	Liberal	CB Tannant Nash	15,948	36.4	+2.7
	Labour	Michael K Prendergast	10,820	24.7	−0.3
Majority			1,112	2.5	−5.1
Turnout			43,828	75.8	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: Hereford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Shepherd	23,012	47.7	+8.8
	Liberal	Christopher Green	18,042	37.4	+1.0
	Labour	IR Adshead	7,150	14.8	−9.9
Majority			4,970	10.3	+7.8
Turnout			48,204	78.5	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Hereford ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Shepherd	23,334	48.1	+0.4
	Liberal	Christopher Green	21,057	43.4	+6.0
	Labour	John Evans	3,690	7.6	−7.2
	Ecology	Victoria Murray	463	1.0	New
Majority			2,277	4.7	−5.6
Turnout			48,544	75.8	−2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1987: Hereford ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Shepherd	24,865	47.5	−0.6
	Liberal	Christopher Green	23,452	44.8	+1.4
	Labour	Vivian Woodell	4,031	7.7	+0.1
Majority			1,413	2.7	−2.0
Turnout			52,348	78.0	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Hereford ^{[46] [47]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Shepherd	26,727	47.2	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gwynoro Jones	23,314	41.2	3.6
	Labour	JE Kelly	6,005	10.6	2.9
	Green	CT Mattingly	596	1.1	New
Majority			3,413	6.0	3.3
Turnout			56,642	81.3	3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

General election 1997: Hereford ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Keetch	25,198	47.9	6.7
	Conservative	Colin Shepherd	18,550	35.3	11.9
	Labour	Chris Chappell	6,596	12.6	2.0
	Referendum	Clive Easton	2,209	4.2	New
Majority			6,648	12.6	N/A
Turnout			52,553	75.2	6.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	9.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Hereford ^{[49] [50]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Keetch	18,244	40.9	7.0
	Conservative	Virginia Taylor	17,276	38.7	3.4
	Labour	David Hallam	6,739	15.1	2.5
	UKIP	Clive Easton	1,184	2.7	New
	Green	David Gillett	1,181	2.6	New
Majority			968	2.2	10.4
Turnout			44,624	63.6	11.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.2

General election 2005: Hereford ^{[51] [52]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Keetch	20,285	43.3	2.4
	Conservative	Virginia Taylor	19,323	41.2	2.5
	Labour	Thomas Calver	4,800	10.2	4.9
	Green	Brian Lunt	1,052	2.2	0.4
	UKIP	Christopher Kingsley	1,030	2.2	0.5
	Independent	Peter Morton	404	0.9	New
Majority			962	2.1	0.12
Turnout			46,894	66.2	2.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.06

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

External links

• UK Constituency Maps
• Hereford Liberal Democrats
• Hereford Conservatives
• Labour in Herefordshire ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
• UKIP West Midlands
• Herefordshire Green Party

Notes

1. Roger ...felde: The first part of his surname is illegible in the surviving records. Nothing more is known of him, although he may have been related to Thomas Whitefield ^[4]

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11. Later adopted the surname Winford
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13. Created a baronet, May 1774
14. Surrey was also elected for Carlisle, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Hereford
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Sources

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• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
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• Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
• J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)

External links

• Hereford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK

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