Herefordshire Council elections

Herefordshire Council elections are held every four years. Herefordshire Council is the local authority for the unitary authority and ceremonial county of Herefordshire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 53 councillors have been elected from 53 wards.^[1]

Party		Votes	%
	Independent	333	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	284	30.3
	Conservative	234	24.9
	Labour	62	6.6
	Green	25	2.4
Majority		49	5.2
Turnout		938	38.5
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	375	35.6	−22.1
	Labour	349	33.2	+12.4
	Conservative	220	20.9	+0.6
	Independent	108	10.3	+10.3
Majority		26	2.4
Turnout		1,052	19.4
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	736	49.5	+24.0
	Liberal Democrats	312	21.0	−5.9
	Independent	221	14.9	−9.5
	Green	148	10.0	−3.0
	Labour	69	4.6	−5.6
Majority		424	28.5
Turnout		1,486
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	517	53.1	+31.5
	Liberal Democrats	283	29.1	−29.7
	Labour	135	13.7	−5.9
	Green	39	4.0	+4.0
Majority		234	24.0
Turnout		974	21.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	743	42.5	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	566	32.3	−6.5
	Conservative	296	16.9	+4.0
	Independent	145	8.3	+8.3
Majority		177	10.2
Turnout		1,750
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Council elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Short	936	37.0	−7.6
	Conservative	John Ward	783	30.9	+9.4
	Independent	Julie Woodward	524	20.7	−13.2
	Labour	John Hitchin	288	11.4	+11.4
Majority			153	6.1
Turnout			2,531	52.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Taylor	831	44.0	+8.7
	Conservative	John Perris	608	32.2	+8.4
	Independent	Guy Griffiths	274	14.5	−15.4
	Labour	John Oliver	118	6.3	+6.3
	Independent	Richard Thomas	56	3.0	+3.0
Majority			223	11.8
Turnout			1,887	27.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jarvis	482	41.6	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Truman	308	26.6	+26.6
	Independent		249	21.5	−45.1
	Independent		119	10.3	+10.3
Majority			174	15.0
Turnout			1,158	47.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Durkin	422	37.9	−8.1
	Independent	John Gartside	401	36.0	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Lane	241	21.7	+5.4
	Green	Adrian Worgan	49	4.4	+4.4
Majority			21	1.9
Turnout			1,113	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter McCaull^[4]	515	41.4	+41.4
	Conservative	Keith Miles^[4]	397	31.9	−12.2
	Green	Joan Thwaites^[4]	200	16.1	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Lane^[4]	131	10.5	−3.7
Majority			118	9.5
Turnout			1,243
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Johnson	1,703	50.8	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Ashton	1,651	49.2	+25.2
Majority			52	1.6
Turnout			3,354
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Bettington	2,438	49.6	+13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gogan	1,769	36.0	+10.9
	Independent	Robert Wilson	713	14.5	+14.5
Majority			669	13.6
Turnout			4,920
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	It's Our County	Justin Lavender	589	45.2	+45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Murphy	385	29.5	+8.5
	Independent	Colin Mears	173	13.3	+13.3
	Conservative	Vivienne Jones	156	12.0	−7.2
Majority			204	15.7
Turnout			1,303
	It's Our County gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	It's Our County	Anthony Powers	604	53.3	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Hurds	222	19.6	+2.2
	Conservative	Mark McEvilly	204	18.0	−5.0
	Labour	Stan Gyford	104	9.2	−5.7
Majority			382	33.7
Turnout			1,134
	It's Our County hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Mayo	695	54.4	+21.8
	Independent	David Ravenscroft	312	24.4	+24.4
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Bennett	270	21.1	−12.6
Majority			383	30.0
Turnout			1,277
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leominster South By-Election 17 July 2014^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jennifer Bartlett	384	37.9	+24.2
	Conservative	Wayne Rosser	222	21.9	−18.2
	Independent	Angela Pendleton	198	19.5	+19.5
	UKIP	Liz Portman-Lewis	111	10.9	+10.9
	Labour	Emma Pardoe	99	9.8	−2.8
Majority			162	16.0
Turnout			1,014
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Leominster South By-Election 23 March 2017^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Trish Marsh	318	40.8	+10.1
	It's Our County	Jon Stannard	143	18.3	+18.3
	Conservative	Connor Egan	139	17.8	−8.7
	Independent	Mark Latimer	116	14.9	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Thomas	64	8.2	+8.2
Majority			175	22.4
Turnout			780
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

Golden Valley South By-Election 7 September 2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Jinman	462	42.7	+42.7
	Conservative	Simeon Cole	254	23.5	−42.3
	Independent	Richard Baker	152	14.1	+14.1
	Green	Jeremy Milln	109	10.1	−7.1
	Labour	Anna Coda	104	9.6	+9.6
Majority			208	19.2
Turnout			1,081
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Bishops Frome and Cradley By-Election 23 November 2017^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ellie Chowns	471	45.3	+13.9
	Conservative	Robert Carter	299	28.8	−39.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanie Falconer	251	24.1	+24.1
	Labour	Roger Page	19	1.8	+1.8
Majority			172	16.5
Turnout			1,040
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	It's Our County	Cath North	987	61.3	+11.7
	Conservative	Jason Kay	347	21.5	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Fraser	277	17.2	−0.7
Majority			640	39.7
Turnout			1,611
	It's Our County hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	It's Our County	Jon Norris	429	46.7	+25.4
	Independent	Elaine Godding	261	28.4	−4.2
	Conservative	Elissa Swinglehurst	229	24.9	−21.2
Majority			168	18.3
Turnout			919
	It's Our County gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	It's Our County	Terry Widdows	835	51.6	+16.8
	Conservative	Allen Conway	618	38.2	+0.3
	UKIP	Paul Stanford	166	10.3	+10.3
Majority			217	13.4
Turnout			1,619
	It's Our County gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Anderson	302	38.5	+38.5
	Independent	Clare Fenton	162	20.6	+20.6
	It's Our County	Matt Bushkes	156	19.9	−30.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Hurds	90	11.5	−21.9
	Labour	David Lewer	75	9.6	+9.6
Majority			140	17.8
Turnout			785
	Conservative gain from It's Our County		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	It's Our County	Dave Boulter	304	60.7	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tricia Hales	141	28.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Rob Williams	56	11.2	−3.4
Majority			163	32.5
Turnout			501
	It's Our County hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann-Marie Probert	282	42.2	+34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Carwardine	190	28.4	+1.9
	Labour	Steve Horsfield	64	9.6	−8.6
	Independent	Alan Jones	62	9.3	+9.3
	Independent	Glenda Powell	45	6.7	+6.7
	Independent	Des Woods	16	2.4	+2.4
	TUSC	Amelia Washbourne	9	1.3	+1.3
Majority			92	13.8
Turnout			668
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clare Davies	315	55.6	+55.6
	Independent	Nick Ferguson	152	26.8	+26.8
	Conservative	Mark Franklin	100	17.6	−22.3
Majority			163	28.7
Turnout			567
	Independent gain from It's Our County		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Matthew Engel	548	61.2	+61.2
	Conservative	Dave Greenow	249	27.8	−7.4
	Labour	Sandy Grenar	34	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Mike Jones	34	3.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cat Hornsey	30	3.4	−9.1
Majority			299	33.4
Turnout			895
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charlie Taylor	201	33.8	+20.7
	Independent	Mike Jones	150	25.3	+25.3
	Conservative	Gareth Johnston	108	18.2	−15.4
	Reform	Brian Evans	89	15.0	+15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Debbie Hobbs	27	4.5	−10.5
	Labour	Mike Crofts	19	3.2	+3.2
Majority			51	8.6
Turnout			594
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rebecca Tully	531	60.1	−8.9
	Conservative	Mark Franklin	215	24.3	−2.9
	Reform	David James	99	11.2	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicki West	27	3.1	−0.8
	Labour	Sandy Grenar	12	1.4	+1.4
Majority			316	35.8
Turnout			884
	Green hold		Swing