Hereford and South Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Hereford and South Herefordshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hereford and South Herefordshire in Herefordshire for the 2010 general election.
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 /ˈhɛrᵻfəd ənd saʊθ hɛrᵻfədʃɪər/ 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]

• Aylestone, Belmont, Central, Golden Valley North, Golden Valley South, Hollington, Kerne Bridge, Llangarron, Penyard, Pontrilas, Ross-on-Wye East, Ross-on-Wye West, St Martins and Hinton, St Nicholas, Stoney Street, Three Elms, Tupsley and Valletts.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[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	%	±
	Conservative	Jesse Norman	24,844	52.6	+6.3
	UKIP	Nigel Ely[5]	7,954	16.8	+13.4
	Labour	Anna Coda	6,042	12.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Lucy Hurds[6]	5,002	10.6	-30.5
	Green	Diana Toynbee [7]	3,415	7.2	+7.2
Majority			16,890	35.7	+30.6
Turnout			47,257	66.8	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Hereford and South Herefordshire^[8][9]

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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

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. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. "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