Hereford and South Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Hereford and South Herefordshire (/ˈhɛrɪfərd ... ˈhɛrɪfərdʃɪər, -ʃər/ HERR-if-ərd ... HERR-if-ərd-sheer, -⁠⁠shər) is a constituency^{[n 1]} of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It comprises the city of Hereford and most of south Herefordshire and has been represented since 2010 by Jesse Norman of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Hereford and South Herefordshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Hereford and South Herefordshire in West Midlands region
County	Herefordshire
Electorate	72,203 (2024)[1]
Major settlements	Hereford and Ross-on-Wye
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Jesse Norman (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Hereford, Leominster

Boundaries

2010–2024

Following a review of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire by the Boundary Commission for England, which took effect at the 2010 general election, the county was allocated two seats. The Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency largely replaced the former Hereford seat, with the remainder of the county covered by the North Herefordshire seat. As well as the city of Hereford, the seat contains the settlements of Golden Valley, Pontrilas and Ross-on-Wye.

The constituency was defined as comprising the following electoral wards in the Herefordshire Council authority area:

• Aylestone, Belmont, Central, Golden Valley North, Golden Valley South, Hollington, Kerne Bridge, Llangarron, Penyard, Pontrilas, Ross-on-Wye East, Ross-on-Wye West, St Martins and Hinton, St Nicholas, Stoney Street, Three Elms, Tupsley, Valletts.^[2]

2024–present

Following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises the following wards of the District of Herefordshire:

• Aylestone Hill, Belmont Rural, Birch, Bobblestock, Central, College, Dinedor Hill, Eign Hill, Golden Valley North, Golden Valley South, Greyfriars, Hinton & Hunderton, Kerne Bridge, Kings Acre, Llangarron, Newton Farm, Penyard, Red Hill, Ross East, Ross North, Ross West, Saxon Gate, Stoney Street, Tupsley, Whitecross, Widemarsh, and Wormside.^[3]

The seat was unchanged, except to align the boundaries with those of revised local authority wards.

Constituency profile

The seat is centred on Hereford and is mostly rural on the border with Wales. Fruit production including for ciders remains a significant sector. Residents' wealth and health are around average for the UK.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Hereford prior to 2010

Election		Member[5]	Party
	2010	Jesse Norman	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Hereford and South Herefordshire^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jesse Norman	14,871	32.6	−30.6
	Labour	Joseph Emmett	13,592	29.8	+9.9
	Reform UK	Nigel Ely	8,395	18.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Powell	5,325	11.7	−1.6
	Green	Diana Toynbee	3,175	7.0	+1.9
	Independent	Mark Weaden	214	0.5	New
Majority			1,279	2.8	−37.0
Turnout			45,572	63.1	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−19.5

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Hereford and South Herefordshire^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jesse Norman	30,390	61.2	+7.7
	Labour	Anna Coda	10,704	21.6	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Hurds	6,181	12.5	+5.5
	Green	Diana Toynbee	2,371	4.8	+2.4
Majority			19,686	39.6	+9.9
Turnout			49,646	68.9	−2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

General election 2017: Hereford and South Herefordshire^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jesse Norman	27,004	53.5	+0.9
	Labour	Anna Coda	11,991	23.8	+11.0
	Independent	Jim Kenyon	5,560	11.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Hurds	3,556	7.0	−3.6
	Green	Diana Toynbee	1,220	2.4	−4.8
	UKIP	Gwyn Price	1,153	2.3	−14.5
Majority			15,013	29.7	−6.1
Turnout			50,555	71.0	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2015: Hereford and South Herefordshire^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jesse Norman	24,844	52.6	+6.4
	UKIP	Nigel Ely[11]	7,954	16.8	+13.4
	Labour	Anna Coda	6,042	12.8	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Hurds[12]	5,002	10.6	−30.5
	Green	Diana Toynbee[13]	3,415	7.2	New
Majority			16,890	35.8	+30.7
Turnout			47,257	66.8	−0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2010: Hereford and South Herefordshire^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jesse Norman	22,366	46.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Carr	19,885	41.1	−2.3
	Labour	Philippa Roberts	3,506	7.2	−3.0
	UKIP	Valentine Smith	1,638	3.4	+1.2
	BNP	John Oliver	986	2.0	New
Majority			2,481	5.1	N/A
Turnout			48,381	67.7	+1.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.8

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.