May 2023 Herefordshire council elections

Here are our results from the Herefordshire elections on 4th May. We grew the Green group of councillors from seven to nine.

We stood in 18 wards. Vote share for the four main parties across those wards was 42% Conservative, 39% Green, 17% Liberal Democrat and 2% Labour.

Photo of Toni Fagan
Toni Fagan

Birch

Toni was re-elected with 45% of the vote.

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Ellie Chowns

Bishops Frome & Cradley

Ellie was re-elected with 69% of the vote.

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Karen Rock

Bromyard Bringsty

Karen came second to the Conservative with 31% of the vote.

Photo of Catherine Gennard

Central

Catherine was elected, holding the ward previously held by Green Jeremy Milln, with 46% of the vote.

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Greyfriars

Diana was re-elected with 41% of the vote.

Helen Heathfield
Helen Heathfield

Hope End

Helen was elected with 59% of the vote, winning the ward from a Conservative.

Helen Hamilton
Helen Hamilton

Kington

Helen came second to the Liberal Democrat with 30% of the vote.

Stef Simmons

Ledbury South

Stef was elected with 39% of the vote, winning the ward from a Conservative.

Justine Peberdy

Ledbury West

Justine was elected with 46% of the vote, winning the ward from a Liberal Democrat.

Jenny Bartlett
Jenny Bartlett

Leominster East

Jenny was re-elected with 50% of the vote.

Bryony John
Bryony John

Leominster North & Rural

Bryony came second to the Conservative with 43% of the vote, losing out by only 68 votes.

Mark Woodall

Leominster South

Mark was elected, holding the ward previously held by Green Trish Marsh, with 45% of the vote.

Jill Hanna
Jill Hanna

Leominster West

Jill came second to the Conservative, with 36% of the vote.

Taylor Whitchurch
Taylor Whitchurch

Sutton Walls

Taylor came second to the Conservative with 19% of the vote.
Rebecca Tully
Rebecca Tully

Three Crosses

Rebecca came second to the Conservative with 34% of the vote.

May 2019 Council Elections – RESULTS

Greens stood in 12 wards, winning seven councillors and coming second in the remaining five wards.

General Election results

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