Conservatives take control of Herefordshire Council

The Conservatives have taken control of Herefordshire Council after yesterday's local elections.

The make-up of Herefordshire Council is now:

Conservative 31 Councillors

Independent 14 Councillors

Lib Dem 10 Councillors

Labour 2 Councillors

Green 1 Councillor

The turn out for the election was around 30 per cent.

Ward results:

Aylestone: Nicholas Vaughan (Conservative), Brian Wilcox (Conservative)

Backbury: Jose Pemberton (Conservative)

Belmont: Phil Edwards (Independent), Glenda Powell (Independent). Heather Davies (Lib Dem)

Bircher: William Bowen (Independent)

Bringsty: Thomas Hunt (Conservative)

Bromyard: Alan Seldon (Independent), Bernard Hunt (Independent)

Burghill, Holmer and Lyde: Sally Robertson (Independent)

Castle: John Hope (Conservative)

Central: Mark Hubbard (Independent)

Credenhill: Robert Matthews (Independent)

Frome: Patricia Morgan (Conservative)

Golden Cross with Weobley: John Goodwin (Conservative)

Golden Valley North: Philip Price (Conservative)

Golden Valley South: John Williams (Independent)

Hagley: David Greenow (Conservative)

Hampton Court: Keith Grumbley (Conservative)

Hollington: Gerald Dawe (Green Party)

Hope End: Roy Stockton (Conservative), Anthony Geraghty (Lib Dem)

Kerne Bridge: John Jarvis (Conservative)

Kington: Terry James (Conservative)

Ledbury: Mary Cooper (Conservative), Jacqueline Swinbourne (Conservative), Peter Watts (Conservative)

Leominster North: June French (Conservative), Peter Jones (Conservative)

Leominster South: Richard Burke (Conservative), Roger Hunt (Conservative)

Old Gore: Theresa Mclean (Conservative)

Llangarron: Jennifer Hyde (Conservative)

Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley: Roger Phillips (Conservative)

Penyard: Harry Bramer (Conservative)

Pontrilas: Richard Smith (Conservative)

Ross-on-Wye East: Anne Gray (Independent)

Ross-on-Wye West: Christopher Bartrum (Lib Dem), Gordon Lucas (Conservative)

St Martins and Hinton: Ursula Attfield (Labour), Arthur Chappell (Labour)

St Nicholas Ward: David Benjamin (Independent), Julie Woodward (Independent)

Stoney Street: David Taylor

Sutton Walls: Kema Gaster (Conservative)

Three Elms: Paulina Andrews (Lib Dem), Petula Daniels (Lib Dem), Anna Toon (Lib Dem)

Tupsley: Marcelle Lloyd-Hayes (Lib Dem), Alan Taylor (Lib Dem), William Walling (Lib Dem)

Upton: John Stone (Conservative)

Valletts: Mary Fishley (Conservative)

Wormsley: Adrian Blackshaw (Conservative)

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