2007 UK local government election
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 |
NL - No description
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 | 46 | 4.50 | |
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
- ^ "Herefordshire election results — Herefordshire Council". herefordshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.