North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Herefordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
West Midlands - North Herefordshire constituency.svg
Boundary of North Herefordshire in West Midlands region
County Herefordshire
Electorate 70,894 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury and Leominster
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Ellie Chowns (Greens)
SeatsOne
Created from Leominster

North Herefordshire is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Ellie Chowns of the Green Party of England and Wales. [n 2] It is the first Green seat in the West Midlands region.

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Constituency profile

The seat has a substantially self-sufficient population, covered by civil parishes and with low rates of unemployment [2] and social housing in each ward, with income levels concentrated towards the average in Britain. [3]

Boundaries

2010–2024

This constituency contains a northern and central part of Herefordshire, including the towns of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury and Leominster.

The constituency was defined as comprising the following electoral wards: [4]

2024–present

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following:

The seat was unchanged, except to align the boundaries with those of revised local authority wards.

The seat includes the village of Weobley, a former borough constituency that was abolished as a 'rotten borough' in 1832.

Members of Parliament

Leominster prior to 2010

ElectionMember [6] Party
2010 Bill Wiggin Conservative
2024 Ellie Chowns Green

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]

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, issues included the NHS, immigration and pollution in the River Wye. [8] The seat was a target for the Greens, who ended up winning the seat. [9]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

The 2024 election marked the first time that the Greens had gained a Parliamentary seat directly from the Conservatives.

General election 2024: North Herefordshire [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ellie Chowns 21,736 43.2 Increase2.svg 34.4
Conservative Bill Wiggin 15,84231.5Decrease2.svg 31.0
Reform UK Andrew Dye8,04816.0New
Labour Jon Browning3,2056.4Decrease2.svg 8.8
Liberal Democrats Cat Hornsey1,4362.9Decrease2.svg 10.6
SDP Michael Guest950.2New
Majority5,89411.7
Turnout 50,36271.7Decrease2.svg 0.9
Green gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg 32.7

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North Herefordshire [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Wiggin 32,158 63.0 Increase2.svg 1.0
Liberal Democrats Phillip Howells7,30214.3Increase2.svg 2.6
Labour Joe Wood6,80413.3Decrease2.svg 5.6
Green Ellie Chowns 4,7699.3Increase2.svg 3.8
Majority24,85648.7Increase2.svg5.6
Turnout 51,03372.6Decrease2.svg 1.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 0.8
General election 2017: North Herefordshire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Wiggin 31,097 62.0 Increase2.svg 6.4
Labour Roger Page9,49518.9Increase2.svg 7.5
Liberal Democrats Jeanie Falconer5,87411.7Decrease2.svg 0.3
Green Ellie Chowns 2,7715.5Decrease2.svg 1.5
IndependentSasha Norris5771.1New
IndependentArthur Devine3630.7New
Majority21,60243.1Increase2.svg 1.5
Turnout 50,17774.1Increase2.svg 2.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 0.6
General election 2015: North Herefordshire [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Wiggin 26,716 55.6 Increase2.svg 3.8
UKIP Jonathan Oakton6,72014.0Increase2.svg 8.3
Liberal Democrats Jeanie Falconer5,76812.0Decrease2.svg 19.0
Labour Sally Prentice5,47811.4Increase2.svg 4.3
Green Daisy Blench3,3417.0Increase2.svg 3.8
Majority19,99641.6Increase2.svg 20.8
Turnout 42,54572.0Increase2.svg 0.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2010: North Herefordshire [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Wiggin 24,631 51.8 Decrease2.svg 0.7
Liberal Democrats Lucy Hurds14,74431.0Increase2.svg 6.9
Labour Neil Sabharwal3,3737.1Decrease2.svg 8.4
UKIP Jonathan Oakton2,7015.7Increase2.svg 2.4
Green Felicity Norman1,5333.2Decrease2.svg 1.5
IndependentJohn King5861.2New
Majority9,88720.8Decrease2.svg 7.6
Turnout 47,56871.5Increase2.svg 2.3
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 3.8

See also

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. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  3. "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
  4. 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
  5. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
  7. "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.
  8. "North Herefordshire election debate: Four key takeaways". BBC News. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  9. "Joint Green Party leader visits Ledbury as party targets constituency". BBC News. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  10. "North Herefordshire". BBC News. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  11. "Herefordshire North". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  12. "Herefordshire North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  13. "2017 general election candidates for Herefordshire confirmed". Worcester News. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  14. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. "Herefordshire North parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. "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.

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