# 2007 Herefordshire Council election

Elections to Herefordshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, along with the other local elections in England and Scotland. The entire council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Conservative Party gained a majority on the council, after seven years of the council being under no overall control.

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 21 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Labour | NL |
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## Ward Results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. All results are listed below:

### Aylestone

Aylestone (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Louis Vaughan | 736 | 23.47 | +10.04 |
| | Conservative | Denis Brian Wilcox* | 658 | 20.98 | +1.88 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Lloyd Williams* | 514 | 16.39 | −2.71 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Timothy Francis Mason | 481 | 15.34 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Owen Christopher Howell | 341 | 10.87 | −6.93 |
| | Green | Terry Hugh Oliver | 209 | 6.67 | +1.25 |
| | Green | Rebecca Roseff | 197 | 6.28 | 2.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | 4.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,136 | 36.29 | −17.76 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Backbury

Backbury (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Josephine Elizabeth Pemberton* | 638 | 57.37 | +8.48 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Clifford | 275 | 24.73 | −12.72 |
| | Green | Anthony Edward Winch | 199 | 17.90 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 363 | 32.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,112 | 46.43 | −14.09 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Belmont

Belmont (3 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Philip James Edwards* | 845 | 18.13 | −0.13 |
| | Independent | Glenda Ann Powell* | 512 | 10.99 | −1.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Davies | 464 | 9.96 | −4.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Samuel George Hughes | 384 | 8.24 | −3.36 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Cecchetto | 341 | 7.32 | −3.24 |
| | BNP | Elizabeth Ann Morris | 311 | 7.10 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Allan Bright Lloyd | 278 | 5.97 | −0.15 |
| | Independent | Craig Rumball | 270 | 5.79 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard John Croot | 241 | 5.17 | +2.06 |
| | Green | Celia Roberta Blackwell | 234 | 5.02 | N/A |
| | Labour | James Harding | 212 | 4.55 | −0.17 |
| | Green | Aubrey Paget Baillie | 209 | 4.48 | N/A |
| | Labour | Neil David Barrington | 198 | 4.25 | −0.21 |
| | Labour | Barbara Ann Evans | 141 | 3.03 | −0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | 1.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,660 | 27.91 | −19.83 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bircher

Bircher (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Luis Sebastian Bowen | 904 | 70.85 | +5.05 |
| | Conservative | Michael Colin Dowding | 372 | 29.15 | −5.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 532 | 41.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,276 | 57.07 | −15.44 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Bringsty

Bringsty (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas William Hunt | 465 | 45.54 | +2.18 |
| | Independent | Christopher John Grover | 419 | 41.04 | N/A |
| | Green | Kevin Abraham | 137 | 13.42 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 | 4.50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,021 | 44.93 | −19.75 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bromyard

Bromyard (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alan Seldon | 649 | 23.27 | N/A |
| | Independent | Bernard Hunt* | 604 | 21.66 | −0.08 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Audrey Donnelly | 550 | 19.72 | +0.08 |
| | Conservative | Justin Guy McBarnet | 466 | 16.71 | +4.08 |
| | Green | Barbara Konig | 368 | 13.19 | N/A |
| | | William Albert Gibbard | 152 | 5.45 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 1.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,789 | 36.45 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Burghill, Holmer & Lyde

Burghill, Holmer & Lyde (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Sally Jane Robertson* | 969 | 90.90 | +32.36 |
| | Green | Julia Parker-Harris | 97 | 9.10 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 872 | 81.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,066 | 41.60 | +5.58 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Castle

Castle (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John William Hope* | 924 | 66.00 | +6.58 |
| | Independent | Roger Dudley Prout | 293 | 20.93 | N/A |
| | Green | Leslie Earl Hardy | 183 | 13.07 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 631 | 45.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,400 | 57.42 | −12.38 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mark Arthur Fortescue Hubbard | 413 | 63.83 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Fleet* | 234 | 36.17 | −1.20 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 27.66 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 647 | 33.07 | −20.67 |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Credenhill

Credenhill (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Robert Ivor Matthews | 424 | 42.53 | −12.87 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Ida Short | 254 | 25.48 | −5.58 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Barbara Newman | 245 | 24.57 | +11.03 |
| | Green | Brian Ralph Lunt | 74 | 7.42 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 170 | 17.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 997 | 40.46 | −21.32 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Frome

Frome (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Mary Morgan | 842 | 56.36 | +9.69 |
| | Green | Guy Harry Morgan Woodford | 604 | 40.43 | −4.77 |
| | Independent | Robert Peter Wilson Nock | 48 | 3.21 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | 15.93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,494 | 58.16 | −12.30 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Golden Cross with Weobley

Golden Cross with Weobley (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Hutcheson Ruell Goodwin* | 621 | 48.82 | −1.87 |
| | Independent | Martin Christopher Woodhouse Peacock | 297 | 23.35 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucy Ann Hurds | 241 | 18.95 | −20.65 |
| | Green | Jan Hardy | 113 | 8.88 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 25.47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,272 | 54.07 | −14.71 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Golden Valley North

Golden Valley North (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip David Price | 568 | 47.18 | +10.85 |
| | Independent | Brendan Charles Treanor | 370 | 30.73 | −1.52 |
| | Green | Edwina Jane Hamilton | 135 | 11.21 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ernest Douglas Lawson | 131 | 10.88 | −20.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 16.45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,204 | 50.44 | −15.54 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Golden Valley South

Golden Valley South (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Berisford Williams* | 422 | 33.76 | −8.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann-Maria Impey | 408 | 32.64 | −0.89 |
| | Conservative | Richard Nicholas Gildart Jackson | 333 | 26.64 | +1.95 |
| | Green | Anita Louisa Sancha | 87 | 6.96 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 1.12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,250 | 52.85 | −14.95 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Hagley

Hagley (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David William Greenow | 426 | 37.08 | +2.49 |
| | Independent | Robert Michael Wilson* | 399 | 34.72 | −7.03 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Russell Wyness | 324 | 28.20 | +4.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27 | 2.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,149 | 41.82 | −16.49 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Hampton Court

Hampton Court (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Gordon Grumbley | 803 | 74.77 | +28.29 |
| | Green | Christine Ann Oxley | 96 | 8.94 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roland Charles Summers | 94 | 8.75 | −25.40 |
| | Independent | Karen Marie Harmer | 81 | 7.54 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 707 | 65.83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,074 | 49.25 | −18.73 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hollington

Hollington (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Gerald Dawe | 223 | 27.10 | N/A |
| | Independent | Gillian Emily Thomas | 204 | 24.79 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | William John Thomas* | 203 | 24.66 | −10.62 |
| | Conservative | Barry Alan Durkin | 193 | 23.45 | +9.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 2.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 823 | 51.49 | −16.28 |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Cllr Dawe previously stood as an Independent candidate in 2003.

### Hope End

Hope End (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roy Vincent Stockton* | 1,030 | 31.44 | +0.73 |
| | Conservative | Rees Mills | 944 | 28.81 | −0.22 |
| | Green | Michael Leigh Abbott | 487 | 14.87 | +1.41 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Leonard Kimberley White | 480 | 14.65 | −0.87 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Joseph Vincent Geraghty | 335 | 10.23 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 457 | 13.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,276 | 43.28 | −21.19 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Kerne Bridge

Kerne Bridge (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Gilchrist Jarvis | 507 | 41.46 | +6.25 |
| | Independent | Simon Wood Cole | 485 | 39.66 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mars Jason Thomas | 127 | 10.38 | N/A |
| | Green | Adrian James Worgan | 104 | 8.50 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | 1.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,223 | 48.66 | −6.94 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Kington Town

Kington Town (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Morgan James | 578 | 48.09 | +9.99 |
| | Independent | Allan William Lloyd | 373 | 31.03 | −5.34 |
| | Conservative | Robert Noel David Pritchard | 251 | 20.88 | −4.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 205 | 17.06 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,202 | 50.38 | −16.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Ledbury

Ledbury (3 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Kay Swinburne | 1,393 | 18.52 | −0.33 |
| | Conservative | Peter John Watts | 1,331 | 17.69 | 5.00 |
| | Conservative | Mary Edna Cooper | 1,255 | 16.68 | +7.49 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Frank Ashton* | 976 | 12.98 | −3.02 |
| | Independent | Phillip Leslie Bettington | 820 | 10.90 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Turi Benjamin Munthe | 799 | 10.62 | N/A |
| | Green | Stephen Edwin Betts | 693 | 9.22 | N/A |
| | | Anthony Roland Bradford | 255 | 3.39 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 3.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,522 | 39.61 | −17.93 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Leominster North

Leominster North (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Jones* | 666 | 28.93 | +2.30 |
| | Conservative | June Patricia French* | 607 | 26.37 | −0.28 |
| | Green | Felicity Mary Norman | 438 | 19.03 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Anthony Hurds | 216 | 9.38 | N/A |
| | Labour | Edward Henry Clark | 197 | 8.56 | −5.54 |
| | Independent | David Athelstan Romilly Martin | 178 | 7.73 | −2.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 7.34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,302 | 30.39 | −18.90 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Leominster South

Leominster South (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Charles Hunt | 827 | 32.97 | +16.99 |
| | Conservative | Dick Burke* | 634 | 25.28 | −0.41 |
| | Green | Joan Thwaites | 393 | 15.67 | +8.76 |
| | Independent | Aubrey Basil Greene | 387 | 15.43 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Craig Forbes | 267 | 10.65 | +3.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 241 | 9.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,508 | 32.82 | −20.91 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Llangarron

Llangarron (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Ann Hyde* | 699 | 61.32 | +9.99 |
| | Independent | Bryan John Stockley | 248 | 21.75 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Rebecca Roberts | 193 | 16.93 | −1.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 451 | 39.57 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,140 | 44.30 | −16.53 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mortimer

The single seat in this ward was uncontested. The incumbent Conservative Party candidate Lillian Olwyn Barnett remained as the councillor for this ward.

### Old Gore

Old Gore (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Theresa Margaret Ruth McLean | 545 | 45.95 | 6.10 |
| | Independent | John William Edwards* | 448 | 37.78 | −22.37 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Rachel Roberts | 193 | 16.27 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 8.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,186 | 49.81 | −14.37 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |