Herefordshire local elections
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Herefordshire Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
Liberal Democrat 1997 - 2000
No overall control 2000 - 2007
Conservative 2007 - present
[edit] Council elections
Herefordshire Council election, 2000
Herefordshire Council election, 2003
Herefordshire Council election, 2007
[edit] By-election results
| Weobley By-Election 26 March 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | 333 | 35.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Holmer By-Election 11 February 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Hope End By-Election 20 May 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 736 | 49.5 | +24.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
| Three Elms By-Election 18 November 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 517 | 53.1 | +31.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | Swing | ||||
| St Martin's By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 743 | 42.5 | +8.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | Swing | ||||
| St Nicholas By-Election 22 January 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Tupsley By-Election 1 December 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Kerne Bridge By-Election 1 June 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Jarvis | 482 | 41.6 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
| Old Gore By-Election 10 April 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Barry Durkin | 422 | 37.9 | -8.1 | |
| Independent | John Gartside | 401 | 36.0 | -1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
