May 2019 County Council Elections – RESULTS
Here are the results for Green Party candidates standing in the County Council election.
We stood in 12 wards (out of 52 – the election in the 53rd ward was delayed due to bereavement) and received a total of 6652 votes out of 50543 across the County = 13.2%.
We had the third highest vote share behind Conservatives who stood in every ward and Independents who stood in 25 wards.
Measured by votes per ward contested, we were the most successful party:
Greens 554 votes per ward
Independents 503
It’s Our County 438
Conservatives 331
Lib Dem 264
Other 247
Labour 192
UKIP 137
The full results for all 52 wards are available as a pdf on the Herefordshire Council website here
Green Party candidates May 2019:
TONI FAGAN, Birch – ELECTED with 64% of the vote
ELLIE CHOWNS, Bishops Frome & Cradley – ELECTED with 79% of the vote
JEREMY MILLN, Hereford Central – ELECTED with 54% of the vote
DIANA TOYNBEE, Hereford Greyfriars – ELECTED with 53% of the vote
JENNY BARTLETT, Leominster East – ELECTED with 72% of the vote
TESSA SMITH WINNARD, Leominster North & Rural – SECOND with 36% of the vote
TRISH MARSH, Leominster South – ELECTED with 73% of the vote
FELICITY NORMAN, Leominster West – ELECTED with 73% of the vote
MAGGIE SETTERFIELD, Llangarron – SECOND with 46% of the vote
ROB PALGRAVE, Old Gore – SECOND with 42% of the vote
REBECCA TULLY, Three Crosses – SECOND with 38% of the vote
CAROLE PROTHEROUGH, Wormside – SECOND with 39% of the vote
General Election results – Green votes
Below are the results of the last three general elections. We’re proud that in both constituencies, on each occasion our vote count put us in the top third of all constituencies who stood a Green candidate. And in North Herefordshire we came in the top ten in 2017 and 2019.
| Year | Hereford & S. Herefordshire | North Herefordshire | United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Diana Toynbee: 2371 votes, 4th place 4.8% of constituency vote 75th best Green constituency out of 497 |
Ellie Chowns: 4769 votes, 4th place 9.3% of constituency vote 9th best Green constituency out of 497 |
865715 Green votes 2.7% of UK total |
| 2017 | Diana Toynbee: 1220 votes, 5th place 2.4% of constituency vote 124th best Green constituency out of 476 |
Ellie Chowns: 2771 votes, 4th place 5.5% of constituency vote 9th best Green constituency out of 476 |
525665 Green votes 1.63% of UK total |
| 2015 | Diana Toynbee: 3415 votes, 5th place 7.2% of constituency vote 51st best Green constituency out of 573 |
Daisy Blench: 3341 votes, 5th place 7.0% of constituency vote 55th best Green constituency out of 573 |
1157630 Green votes 3.8% of UK total |
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