North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Herefordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of North Herefordshire in Herefordshire.
Outline map
Location of Herefordshire within England.
County Herefordshire
Electorate 66,711 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury and Leominster
Current constituency
Created 2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament Bill Wiggin (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Leominster
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

North Herefordshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire by the Boundary Commission for England, to exclude those areas of the former county of Hereford and Worcester which are now in Worcestershire. This meant some alteration of the existing seats, with North Herefordshire being essentially a successor to the former Leominster constituency. The remainder of the county is covered by the Hereford and South Herefordshire seat.[2]

Contents

Boundaries

The North Herefordshire constituency contains the northern part of Herefordshire, including the towns of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury and Leominster.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the constituency are as follows:[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.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [4] Party
2010 Bill Wiggin Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North Herefordshire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Wiggin* 24,631 51.8 -0.7
Liberal Democrat 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

Coordinates: 52°12′N 2°42′W / 52.2°N 2.7°W / 52.2; -2.7


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