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 (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]

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

• Herefordshire
• Worcestershire
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ "Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the county of Herefordshire". Boundary Commission for England. 2004-01-07. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Hereford.doc. Retrieved 2010-05-05. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Fifth periodical report - Volume 4 Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities, The Stationery Office, 26 February 2007, ISBN 0101703228, http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iv.asp 
4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
5. ^ "Six candidates to stand in North Herefordshire parliamentary election". Herefordshire Council. 2010-04-21. http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/council_gov_democracy/news/45654.asp. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 

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