Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hereford County constituency
Hereford shown within Herefordshire, and Herefordshire shown within England
Created:	1295
MP:	Paul Keetch
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Herefordshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Hereford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom comprising the City of Hereford and most of South Herefordshire, including Ross-on-Wye but excluding Ledbury and Much Marcle both of which are in the Leominster constituency.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 2.1 2009/2010 general election 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hereford and Worcester, the Boundary Commission for England has created two seats within the boundaries of Herefordshire. The successor seat to the existing Hereford constituency will be Hereford and South Herefordshire

[edit] History

The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Paul Keetch, Liberal Democrat. He was the Liberal Democrats' spokesman for defence from October 1999 until the May 2005 General Election. He announced on November 17th, 2006, that he will not be standing at the next election. Before Keetch's election in 1997, the constituency had been held by the Conservatives since 1931.

Robin Day stood as the Liberal candidate in the 1959 General Election.

[edit] 2009/2010 general election

Selection for the new Conservative Party candidate in what will be known as Hereford and South Herefordshire will take place on December 7, 2006. Hereford Conservative Association will have an open primary, letting any registered voter in the constituency take part. [1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1929 — 1931: Frank Owen, Liberal
• 1931 — 1955: James Thomas, Conservative
• 1956 — 1974: David Gibson-Watt, Conservative
• 1974 — 1997: Colin Shepherd, Conservative
• 1997 — present: Paul Keetch, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Hereford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Keetch	20285	43.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Virginia Taylor	19323	41.2	+2.5
	Labour	Tom Calver	4800	10.2	-4.9
	Green	Brian Lunt	1052	2.2	-0.5
	UKIP	Christpher Kingsley	1030	2.2	-0.5
	Independent	Peter Morton	404	0.9	N/A
Majority			962	2.1	-0.1
Turnout			46894	65.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−0.1

General Election 2001: Hereford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Keetch	18,244	40.9	-7.1
	Conservative	Virginia Taylor	17,276	38.7	+3.4
	Labour	David Hallam	6,739	15.1	+2.6
	UKIP	Clive Easton	1,184	2.7	N/A
	Green	David Gillett	1,181	2.6	N/A
Majority			968	2.2	-10.4
Turnout			44,624	65.2	-10.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Hereford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Keetch	25198	47.9
	Conservative	Colin Shepherd	18550	35.3
	Labour	Chris Chappell	6596	12.6
	Referendum Party	Clive Easton	2209	4.2
Majority			6648	12.6
Turnout			52553	75.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

[edit] External links

• UK Constituency Maps
• Hereford Liberal Democrats
• Hereford Conservatives
• Labour in Herefordshire
• UKIP West Midlands
• Herefordshire Green Party

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham Hall Green Birmingham Hodge Hill Birmingham Northfield Birmingham Perry Barr Birmingham Selly Oak Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath Burton Cannock Chase Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Dudley South Halesowen and Rowley Regis Newcastle-under-Lyme North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Stourbridge Tamworth Telford Walsall North Walsall South Warley Warwick and Leamington West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills Bromsgrove Leominster Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire North Shropshire Rugby and Kenilworth Shrewsbury and Atcham South Staffordshire Stone Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield The Wrekin West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley Hereford Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (2) UKIP (1) Liberal Democrats (1)