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Local Election Results 2003

Herefordshire

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. Two Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.

Other results for Herefordshire: 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for Herefordshire (may be incomplete): 22nd January 2004 (St Nicholas) — 1st December 2005 (Tupsley) — 1st June 2006 (Kerne Bridge) — 10th April 2008 (Old Gore) — 2nd October 2008 (Leominster S.) — 6th May 2010 (Hope End; Ledbury) — 14th October 2010 (St Nicholas) — 20th September 2012 (St Nicholas) — 24th January 2013 (Ross-on-Wye W.) — 7th November 2013 (Tupsley) — 21st November 2013 (Pontrilas) — 17th July 2014 (Ledbury; Leominster S.) — 23rd March 2017 (Leominster S.) — 7th September 2017 (Golden Valley S.) — 26th October 2017 (Kings Acre) — 23rd November 2017 (Bishops Frome & Cradley) — 11th July 2019 (Whitecross) — 6th May 2021 (Newton Farm) — 10th March 2022 (Bromyard W.) — 26th October 2023 (Golden Valley S.) — 26th September 2024 (Credenhill)

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Consolidated results — Herefordshire 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 25880 34.2% 21
Independent 25181 33.3% 17
Liberal Democrat 18232 24.1% 16
Labour 3391 4.5% 4
Green Party 2844 3.8% 0
UK Independence Party 138 0.2% 0

Aylestone (2)

Denis Wilcox C 900 35.8%
Alan Williams LD 873 34.7%
Susan Andrews LD 814
Peter Berry C 614
Diane Walker Ind 492 19.6%
Jim Knipe Ind 448
Anna Milne Grn 248 9.9%
Alison Harrington Grn 183

Backbury

Josephine Pemberton C 680 48.9%
Patricia Gilbert LD 521 37.5%
Graham Baker Ind 190 13.7%

Belmont (3)

Phil Edwards Ind 1396 41.5%
John Newman LD 1140 33.9%
Glenda Powell Ind 992
Jackie Carwardine LD 887
Kevin Wargen LD 808
Arthur Morgan Ind 757
Susan Trout C 467 13.9%
Barbara Evans Lab 361 10.7%
John Hitchin Lab 341
David Thomson Lab 259
Allan Lloyd C 238

Bircher

William Bowen Ind 1030 65.8%
Pauline Robinson C 536 34.2%

Bringsty

Thomas Hunt C 598 43.4%
Joan Dauncey Ind 364 26.4%
William Gibbard Ind 295 21.4%
David Goodman Lab 122 8.8%

Bromyard (2)

Bernard Hunt Ind 768 34.5%
Peter Dauncey LD 766 34.4%
Richard James C 694 31.1%
Les Andrews LD 578
Carole Surman C 446
John Haycock Ind 207
Tracy Paton Ind 74

Burghill, Holmer and Lyde

Sally Robertson Ind 915 58.5%
James Makin C 490 31.3%
Mary Short LD 158 10.1%

Castle

John Hope C 984 59.4%
Martin Powell Ind 672 40.6%

Central

David Fleet LD 373 37.4%
Patricia Paul C 208 20.8%
Mark Sayce Ind 151 15.1%
Bill Bayley Lab 133 13.3%
David Gillett Grn 133 13.3%

Credenhill

Bob Matthews Ind 819 55.4%
Cris Abel LD 459 31.1%
Robin Baldry C 200 13.5%

Frome

Robert Manning C 792 46.7%
Guy Woodford Grn 767 45.2%
Christopher Kingsley UKIP 138 8.1%

Golden Cross with Weobley

John Goodwin C 809 50.7%
Lucy Hurds LD 632 39.6%
Stephen Grist Ind 155 9.7%

Golden Valley North

Nigel Davies C 526 36.3%
Brendan Treanor Ind 467 32.3%
June Pickering LD 455 31.4%

Golden Valley South

John Williams Ind 628 41.8%
Jennifer Houston LD 504 33.5%
Raymond Chillington C 371 24.7%

Hagley

Mike Wilson Ind 607 41.7%
Dave Greenow C 503 34.6%
Alexander Wenyon LD 344 23.7%

Hampton Court

Keith Grumbley C 660 46.5%
Michael Kimbery LD 485 34.2%
Edward Bevan Ind 275 19.4%

Hollington

Stuart Thomas LD 351 35.3%
Gerald Dawe Ind 259 26.0%
Jennie Layton Ind 247 24.8%
Phillip Howells C 138 13.9%

Hope End (2)

Roy Stockton C 1554 51.5%
Rees Mills C 1469
Terence White LD 785 26.0%
Katrina Turnbull Grn 681 22.5%
Mark Davies Grn 571

Kerne Bridge

Ruth Lincoln Ind 863 66.6%
James Alexander C 433 33.4%

Kington Town

Terence James LD 576 38.1%
Allan Lloyd Ind 550 36.4%
Elizabeth Shayler C 386 25.5%

Ledbury (3)

Donald Rule Ind 1791 35.5%
Peter Harling C 1762 34.9%
Barry Ashton LD 1496 29.6%
Mick Holdcroft Ind 1272
Mary Cooper C 1186
Kay Swinburne Ind 982
Jonathan Mills C 859

Leominster North (2)

June French C 996 51.8%
Petr Jones C 995
Peter Goody Lab 527 27.4%
Pamela Smith Lab 443
Patricia Hales Ind 401 20.8%
David Martin Ind 375

Leominster South (2)

Dick Burke C 1082 38.0%
John Thomas Lab 840 29.5%
Catherine Fothergill C 673
Ann Leedham-Smith Lab 364
Julia Haslam Grn 313 11.0%
Susan Wright Ind 305 10.7%
Ashley Bowkett LD 304 10.7%
Joan Thwaites Grn 291

Llangarron

Jennifer Hyde C 755 51.3%
Tony Duffield Ind 446 30.3%
Lorraine Fletcher LD 270 18.4%

Mortimer

Lillian Barnett C 942 62.1%
John Gaunt Grn 222 14.6%
Steve Dawson Ind 209 13.8%
John Smith Lab 143 9.4%

Old Gore

John Edwards Ind 871 60.2%
Charles Kenyon C 577 39.8%

Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley

Roger Phillips C unop.

Penyard

Harry Bramer C 892 53.2%
Eunice Saunders Ind 785 46.8%

Pontrilas

Godfrey Davis Ind 904 54.2%
Anthony Phillips C 765 45.8%

Ross-on-Wye East (2)

Anne Gray Ind 921 36.3%
Cynthia Davis LD 904 35.6%
Nigel Gibbs C 711 28.0%
Derek Bedford LD 704

Ross-on-Wye West (2)

Mark Cunningham LD 746 34.9%
Gordon Lucas C 736 34.5%
Anthony Allen LD 709
Phillip Cutter C 653
Marilyn Teague Ind 653 30.6%
John Davies Ind 423

St Martins and Hinton (3)

Arthur Chappell Lab 1265 35.2%
Robert Preece Lab 1222
Winefride Attfield Lab 1152
Aubrey Oliver LD 1035 28.8%
Peter Cecchetto LD 909
Cat Griffiths LD 811
Mark Rone Ind 693 19.3%
Martha Ball C 604 16.8%
Janice Reid Ind 486
Carol Cranch C 397
Anthony Capon Ind 299

St Nicholas (2)

Evaline Bew LD 1105 44.6%
David Short LD 1013
Julie Woodward Ind 840 33.9%
John Hodges C 534 21.5%
David Ellis C 491
Patrick James Ind 458

Stoney Street

David Taylor Ind 636 47.5%
Marsha Barnsley C 320 23.9%
Michael Rogers Ind 276 20.6%
Michael Dando LD 108 8.1%

Sutton Walls

John Guthrie C 612 42.8%
Roland Summers LD 566 39.6%
John Amor Ind 252 17.6%

Three Elms (3)

Polly Andrews LD 1491 43.4%
Anne Toon LD 1297
Sylvia Daniels LD 1156
Peter Evans Ind 1074 31.3%
David Benjamin Ind 919
Jason Hankins C 867 25.3%
Arthur Staton C 802
Marion Luscombe C 773
Tracy Wood Ind 724
Malcolm Hankins Ind 718

Tupsley (3)

Marcelle Lloyd-Hayes LD 1544 35.3%
George Hyde Ind 1305 29.9%
William Walling LD 1275
Basil Baldwin LD 1155
Henry Ball C 1041 23.8%
Jane Carter C 1039
Guy Griffiths Ind 851
Stephen Davies Ind 583
Robert Milne Grn 480 11.0%
Anthony Shoring Grn 387
Mary Glen-Bott Grn 298

Upton

John Stone C unop.

Valletts

Phillip Turpin Ind 1048 73.8%
Robert Jones C 373 26.2%

Wormsley Ridge

John Mayson Ind 628 50.2%
Judith George C 382 30.5%
Lionel Meredith LD 241 19.3%

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