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2019 Herefordshire Council election

2019 Herefordshire Council election

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The 2019 Herefordshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect 52 of 53 members of Herefordshire Council in England.[1] The election in Ross North ward was deferred until 6 June 2019 following the death of the UKIP candidate.

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Election result

The election resulted in the Conservative Party losing its majority on the council for the first time since 2007, winning 13 seats. Independents made gains and became the largest group on the council after winning 18 seats, 9 seats short of a majority. The Liberal Democrats and Greens also made gains at the expense of the Conservatives, winning 7 seats each.[2][3] Two non-party groupings, the 'Herefordshire Independents' (comprising 12 of the 18 Independents elected) and the localist It's Our County, formed a coalition with the Greens to govern the council.

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Ward results

Arrow

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Aylestone Hill

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Backbury

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Belmont Rural

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Birch

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Bircher

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Bishops Frome & Cradley

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Bobblestock

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Bromyard Bringsty

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Bromyard West

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Castle

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Central

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College

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Credenhill

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Dinedor Hill

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Eign Hill

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Golden Valley North

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Golden Valley South

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Greyfriars

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Hagley

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Hampton

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Hinton & Hunderton

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Holmer

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Hope End

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Kerne Bridge

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Kings Acre

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Kington

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Ledbury North

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Ledbury South

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Ledbury West

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Leominster East

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Leominster North & Rural

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Leominster South

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Leominster West

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Llangarron

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Mortimer

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Newton Farm

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Old Gore

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Penyard

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Queenswood

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Red Hill

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Ross East

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Ross North

The election in Ross North ward was deferred until 6 June 2019 following the death of the UKIP candidate, Gareth Williams.[3] The Liberal Democrats won the postponed election.[4]

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Ross West

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Saxon Gate

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Stoney Street

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Sutton Walls

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Three Crosses

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Tupsley

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Weobley

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Whitecross

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Widemarsh

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Wormside

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Changes 2019–2023

Immediately following 2019 local elections

The 2019 election resulted in the Conservative Party losing its majority on the council for the first time since 2007, winning 13 seats. Independents made gains and became the largest group on the council after winning 18 seats, 15 of which formed the Herefordshire Independents Group. The Liberal Democrats and Greens also made gains at the expense of the Conservatives. It's Our County lost four seats, down to 8.

Following negotiations, a three-way coalition between 'Herefordshire Independents', 'It's Our County' and the Green Party was formed. Herefordshire Independents took four cabinet positions, and the Leader of the Council, the Greens took two cabinet positions and Deputy Leader of the Council and It's Our County took the remaining two cabinet positions.[5]

Date Herefordshire Independents Conservative It's Our County Greens Lib Dems Independent Vacant Coalition Majority
3 May 2019 15 13 8 7 6 3 1 +7

The Ross North poll was postponed after the death of a UKIP candidate, leading to one unfilled vacancy at this point.

Defections and resignations

Following disagreements about a new by-pass road in the Herefordshire Independents group, five councillors left to form a new group, 'True Independents'.[6]

Separately, Sue Boulter resigned shortly after being elected for It's Our County, in Whitecross, creating a second vacancy and temporarily reducing the number of It's Our County councillors.[5]

Date Herefordshire Independents Conservative It's Our County Greens Lib Dems True Independents Independent Vacant Coalition Majority
5 June 2019 10 13 7 7 6 5 3 2 -3

Two by-elections

The Liberal Democrats won the by-election in Ross North the day after the five True Independents defected from the Herefordshire Independents.[7]

Date Herefordshire Independents Conservative It's Our County Greens Lib Dems True Independents Independent Vacant Coalition Majority
6 June 2019 10 13 7 7 7 5 3 1 -4

Following Sue Boulter's resignation upon her election, her husband won the resulting by-election.[8]

Date Herefordshire Independents Conservative It's Our County Greens Lib Dems True Independents Independent Vacant Coalition Majority
11 July 2019 10 13 8 7 7 5 3 0 -3

Unaligned Independents join the Herefordshire Independents

By the end of the summer, former Hereford city mayor Jim Kenyon had temporarily joined the Herefordshire Independents to bolster their numbers, and since left again to sit as the last remaining standalone independent, as the other two previously unaligned independents have since joined the ruling coalition of Herefordshire Independents, taking Herefordshire Independents to 12 seats.[9]

Date Herefordshire Independents Conservative It's Our County Greens Lib Dems True Independents Independent Coalition Majority
14 Sept 2019 12 13 8 7 7 5 1 +1

Bromyard West

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References

  1. "Elections". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. "Herefordshire Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. Garcia, Carmelo (5 June 2019). "Eastern bypass spat splits ruling group". Hereford Times. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. "Ross North Ward - Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Herefordshire Council. 6 June 2019.
  5. "Whitecross Ward - Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Herefordshire Council. 11 July 2019.
  6. "Former mayor leaves council group". Evesham Journal. 14 September 2019.

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