North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| North Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of North Herefordshire in Herefordshire | |
 Location of Herefordshire within England | |
| County | Herefordshire |
| Electorate | 66,711 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury and Leominster |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Bill Wiggin (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Leominster |
North Herefordshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Bill Wiggin, a Conservative.[n 2]
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.[2]
Boundaries
This constituency contains a northern and central part of Herefordshire, including the towns of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury and Leominster.
The constituency has the electoral wards:[3]
- Backbury, Bircher, Bringsty, Bromyard, Burghill, Holmer and Lyde, Castle, Credenhill, Frome, Golden Cross with Weobley, Hagley, Hampton Court, Hope End, Kington Town, Ledbury, Leominster North, Leominster South, Mortimer, Old Gore, Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley, Sutton Walls, Upton, Wormsley Ridge.
The village of Weobley (listed above) was a former borough constituency that was abolished as a 'rotten borough' in 1832.
Constituency profile
The seat has a substantially self-sufficient population, covered by civil parishes and with low rates of unemployment[4] and social housing in each ward, with income levels concentrated towards the average in Britain.[5]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | constituency replaced Leominster | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Bill Wiggin | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 26,716 | 55.6 | +3.9 | |
| UKIP | Jonathan Oakton | 6,720 | 14.0 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeanie Falconer | 5,768 | 12.0 | −19.0 | |
| Labour | Sally Prentice | 5,478 | 11.4 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Daisy Blench | 3,341 | 7.0 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | 19,996 | 41.6 | +20.8 | ||
| Turnout | 42,545 | 72.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Wiggin* | 24,631 | 51.8 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Hurds | 14,744 | 31.0 | +6.9 | |
| Labour | Neil Sabharwal | 3,373 | 7.1 | −8.4 | |
| UKIP | Jonathan Oakton | 2,701 | 5.7 | +2.4 | |
| Green | Felicity Norman | 1,533 | 3.2 | −1.5 | |
| Independent | John King | 586 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 9,887 | 20.8 | |||
| Turnout | 47,568 | 71.5 | +2.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.8 | |||
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the county of Herefordshire". Boundary Commission for England. 7 January 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2010.[dead link]
- ^ 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
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000847
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Six candidates to stand in North Herefordshire parliamentary election". Herefordshire Council. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.