2007 Herefordshire Council election

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Elections to Herefordshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, along with the other local elections in England and Scotland. The entire council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Conservative Party gained a majority on the council, after seven years of the council being under no overall control.


Council Composition[]

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

21 17 13 4 1
Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Labour NL

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Ward Results[]

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. All results are listed below:[1]

Aylestone[]

Aylestone (2 Seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Louis Vaughan 736 23.47 +10.04
Conservative Denis Brian Wilcox* 658 20.98 +1.88
Liberal Democrats Alan Lloyd Williams* 514 16.39 -2.71
Independent Benjamin Timothy Francis Mason 481 15.34 N/A
Liberal Democrats Owen Christopher Howell 341 10.87 -6.93
Green Terry Hugh Oliver 209 6.67 +1.25
Green Rebecca Roseff 197 6.28 2.28
Majority 144 4.59
Turnout 3,136 36.29 -17.76
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Backbury[]

Backbury (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josephine Elizabeth Pemberton* 638 57.37 +8.48
Liberal Democrats Michael Clifford 275 24.73 -12.72
Green Anthony Edward Winch 199 17.90 N/A
Majority 363 32.64
Turnout 1,112 46.43 -14.09
Conservative hold Swing

Belmont[]

Belmont (3 Seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Philip James Edwards* 845 18.13 -0.13
Independent Glenda Ann Powell* 512 10.99 -1.98
Liberal Democrats Heather Davies 464 9.96 -4.95
Liberal Democrats David Samuel George Hughes 384 8.24 -3.36
Liberal Democrats Peter John Cecchetto 341 7.32 -3.24
BNP Elizabeth Ann Morris 311 7.10 N/A
Conservative Allan Bright Lloyd 278 5.97 -0.15
Independent Craig Rumball 270 5.79 N/A
Conservative Richard John Croot 241 5.17 +2.06
Green Celia Roberta Blackwell 234 5.02 N/A
Labour James Harding 212 4.55 -0.17
Green Aubrey Paget Baillie 209 4.48 N/A
Labour Neil David Barrington 198 4.25 -0.21
Labour Barbara Ann Evans 141 3.03 -0.36
Majority 80 1.72
Turnout 4,660 27.91 -19.83
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bircher[]

Bircher (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Luis Sebastian Bowen 904 70.85 +5.05
Conservative Michael Colin Dowding 372 29.15 -5.08
Majority 532 41.70
Turnout 1,276 57.07 -15.44
Independent hold Swing

Bringsty[]

Bringsty (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas William Hunt 465 45.54 +2.18
Independent Christopher John Grover 419 41.04 N/A
Green Kevin Abraham 137 13.42 N/A
Majority 282 27.62
Turnout 1,021 44.93 -19.75
Conservative hold Swing

Bromyard[]

Bromyard (2 Seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alan Seldon 649 23.27 N/A
Independent Bernard Hunt* 604 21.66 -0.08
Conservative Caroline Audrey Donnelly 550 19.72 +0.08
Conservative Justin Guy McBarnet 466 16.71 +4.08
Green Barbara Konig 368 13.19 N/A
William Albert Gibbard 152 5.45 N/A
Majority 54 1.94
Turnout 2,789 36.45
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Burghill, Holmer & Lyde[]

Burghill, Holmer & Lyde (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sally Jane Robertson* 969 90.90 +32.36
Green Julia Parker-Harris 97 9.10 N/A
Majority 872 81.80
Turnout 1,066 41.60 +5.58
Independent hold Swing

Castle[]

Castle (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John William Hope* 924 66.00 +6.58
Independent Roger Dudley Prout 293 20.93 N/A
Green Leslie Earl Hardy 183 13.07 N/A
Majority 631 45.07
Turnout 1,400 57.42 -12.38
Conservative hold Swing

Central[]

Central (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Arthur Fortescue Hubbard 413 63.83 N/A
Liberal Democrats David John Fleet* 234 36.17 -1.20
Majority 179 27.66
Turnout 647 33.07 -20.67
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Credenhill[]

Credenhill (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Ivor Matthews 424 42.53 -12.87
Liberal Democrats Mary Ida Short 254 25.48 -5.58
Conservative Elizabeth Barbara Newman 245 24.57 +11.03
Green Brian Ralph Lunt 74 7.42 N/A
Majority 170 17.05
Turnout 997 40.46 -21.32
Independent hold Swing

Frome[]

Frome (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Mary Morgan 842 56.36 +9.69
Green Guy Harry Morgan Woodford 604 40.43 -4.77
Independent Robert Peter Wilson Nock 48 3.21 N/A
Majority 238 15.93
Turnout 1,494 58.16 -12.30
Conservative hold Swing

Golden Cross with Weobley[]

Golden Cross with Weobley (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hutcheson Ruell Goodwin* 621 48.82 -1.87
Independent Martin Christopher Woodhouse Peacock 297 23.35 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lucy Ann Hurds 241 18.95 -20.65
Green Jan Hardy 113 8.88 N/A
Majority 324 25.47
Turnout 1,272 54.07 -14.71
Conservative hold Swing

Golden Valley North[]

Golden Valley North (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip David Price 568 47.18 +10.85
Independent Brendan Charles Treanor 370 30.73 -1.52
Green Edwina Jane Hamilton 135 11.21 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ernest Douglas Lawson 131 10.88 -20.54
Majority 198 16.45
Turnout 1,204 50.44 -15.54
Conservative hold Swing

Golden Valley South[]

Golden Valley South (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Berisford Williams* 422 33.76 -8.02
Liberal Democrats Ann-Maria Impey 408 32.64 -0.89
Conservative Richard Nicholas Gildart Jackson 333 26.64 +1.95
Green Anita Louisa Sancha 87 6.96 N/A
Majority 14 1.12
Turnout 1,250 52.85 -14.95
Independent hold Swing

Hagley[]

Hagley (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David William Greenow 426 37.08 +2.49
Independent Robert Michael Wilson* 399 34.72 -7.03
Liberal Democrats Martin Russell Wyness 324 28.20 +4.54
Majority 27 2.36
Turnout 1,149 41.82 -16.49
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Hampton Court[]

Hampton Court (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Gordon Grumbley 803 74.77 +28.29
Green Christine Ann Oxley 96 8.94 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roland Charles Summers 94 8.75 -25.40
Independent Karen Marie Harmer 81 7.54 N/A
Majority 707 65.83
Turnout 1,074 49.25 -18.73
Conservative hold Swing

Hollington[]

Hollington (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gerald Dawe 223 27.10 N/A
Independent Gillian Emily Thomas 204 24.79 N/A
Liberal Democrats William John Thomas* 203 24.66 -10.62
Conservative Barry Alan Durkin 193 23.45 +9.58
Majority 19 2.31
Turnout 823 51.49 -16.28
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cllr Dawe previously stood as an Independent candidate in 2003.

Hope End[]

Hope End (2 Seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Vincent Stockton* 1,030 31.44 +0.73
Conservative Rees Mills 944 28.81 -0.22
Green Michael Leigh Abbott 487 14.87 +1.41
Liberal Democrats Terence Leonard Kimberley White 480 14.65 -0.87
Liberal Democrats Anthony Joseph Vincent Geraghty 335 10.23 N/A
Majority 457 13.94
Turnout 3,276 43.28 -21.19
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kerne Bridge[]

Kerne Bridge (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gilchrist Jarvis 507 41.46 +6.25
Independent Simon Wood Cole 485 39.66 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mars Jason Thomas 127 10.38 N/A
Green Adrian James Worgan 104 8.50 N/A
Majority 22 1.80
Turnout 1,223 48.66 -6.94
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Kington Town[]

Kington Town (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Terence Morgan James 578 48.09 +9.99
Independent Allan William Lloyd 373 31.03 -5.34
Conservative Robert Noel David Pritchard 251 20.88 -4.65
Majority 205 17.06
Turnout 1,202 50.38 -16.81
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ledbury[]

Ledbury (3 Seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacqueline Kay Swinburne 1,393 18.52 -0.33
Conservative Peter John Watts 1,331 17.69 5.00
Conservative Mary Edna Cooper 1,255 16.68 +7.49
Liberal Democrats Barry Frank Ashton* 976 12.98 -3.02
Independent Phillip Leslie Bettington 820 10.90 N/A
Liberal Democrats Turi Benjamin Munthe 799 10.62 N/A
Green Stephen Edwin Betts 693 9.22 N/A
Anthony Roland Bradford 255 3.39 N/A
Majority 279 3.70
Turnout 7,522 39.61 -17.93
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Leominster North[]

Leominster North (2 Seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Jones* 666 28.93 +2.30
Conservative June Patricia French* 607 26.37 -0.28
Green Felicity Mary Norman 438 19.03 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Anthony Hurds 216 9.38 N/A
Labour Edward Henry Clark 197 8.56 -5.54
Independent David Athelstan Romilly Martin 178 7.73 -2.30
Majority 169 7.34
Turnout 2,302 30.39 -18.90
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Leominster South[]

Leominster South (2 Seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Charles Hunt 827 32.97 +16.99
Conservative Dick Burke* 634 25.28 -0.41
Green Joan Thwaites 393 15.67 +8.76
Independent Aubrey Basil Greene 387 15.43 N/A
Liberal Democrats Linda Craig Forbes 267 10.65 +3.43
Majority 241 9.61
Turnout 2,508 32.82 -20.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Llangarron[]

Llangarron (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Ann Hyde* 699 61.32 +9.99
Independent Bryan John Stockley 248 21.75 N/A
Liberal Democrats Hazel Rebecca Roberts 193 16.93 -1.42
Majority 451 39.57
Turnout 1,140 44.30 -16.53
Conservative hold Swing

Mortimer[]

The single seat in this ward was uncontested. The incumbent Conservative Party candidate Lillian Olwyn Barnett remained as the councillor for this ward.

Old Gore[]

Old Gore (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Margaret Ruth McLean 545 45.95 6.10
Independent John William Edwards* 448 37.78 -22.37
Liberal Democrats Anna Rachel Roberts 193 16.27 N/A
Majority 97 8.17
Turnout 1,186 49.81 -14.37
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Herefordshire election results — Herefordshire Council". herefordshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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