The 2019 Herefordshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect 52 of 53 members of
Herefordshire Council in England. The election in Ross North ward was deferred until 6 June 2019 following the death of the UKIP candidate.
Summary
Election result
The election resulted in the
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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
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also made gains at the expense of the Conservatives, winning 7 seats each.
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
Aylestone Hill
Backbury
Belmont Rural
Birch
Bircher
Bishops Frome & Cradley
Bobblestock
Bromyard Bringsty
Bromyard West
Castle
Central
College
Credenhill
Dinedor Hill
Eign Hill
Golden Valley North
Golden Valley South
Greyfriars
Hagley
Hampton
Hinton & Hunderton
Holmer
Hope End
Kerne Bridge
Kings Acre
Kington
Ledbury North
Ledbury South
Ledbury West
Leominster East
Leominster North & Rural
Leominster South
Leominster West
Llangarron
Mortimer
Newton Farm
Old Gore
Penyard
Queenswood
Red Hill
Ross East
Ross North
The election in Ross North ward was deferred until 6 June 2019 following the death of the UKIP candidate, Gareth Williams.
The Liberal Democrats won the postponed election.
Ross West
Saxon Gate
Stoney Street
Sutton Walls
Three Crosses
Tupsley
Weobley
Whitecross
Widemarsh
Wormside
By-elections
Bromyard West
References
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Herefordshire
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2019
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21st century in Herefordshire
May 2019 events in the United Kingdom