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North Herefordshire

Current MP, latest election result, geographic context and official constituency information.

At a glance

Current MP
Dr Ellie Chowns
Party
Green Party
Latest election
4 July 2024
Electorate
72,797
Turnout
69.2%
Majority
5,894

Where is North Herefordshire?

The map shows this constituency alongside neighbouring parliamentary constituencies for geographic context.

North Herefordshire Hereford and South Herefordshire South Shropshire Forest of Dean Monmouthshire West Worcestershire Worcester Torfaen Shrewsbury Wyre Forest Telford Newport East Stroud Gloucester Newport West and Islwyn Kingswinford and South Staffordshire The Wrekin Droitwich and Evesham Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney Bristol North West Filton and Bradley Stoke Thornbury and Yate Stourbridge Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe Tewkesbury Caerphilly North Shropshire Wolverhampton West Cheltenham Dudley Cardiff East Halesowen Cardiff North Redditch Bromsgrove Wolverhampton South East Tipton and Wednesbury Pontypridd Wolverhampton North East Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare Birmingham Northfield Smethwick Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge North Cotswolds Stafford West Bromwich South Cotswolds Cardiff West Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham Selly Oak Walsall and Bloxwich Birmingham Perry Barr Rhondda and Ogmore Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley Birmingham Ladywood Aldridge-Brownhills Cannock Chase Solihull West and Shirley Vale of Glamorgan Birmingham Erdington Stratford-on-Avon Birmingham Yardley Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North Sutton Coldfield Bridgend Chippenham Meriden and Solihull East Lichfield Burton and Uttoxeter Aberafan Maesteg Neath and Swansea East Tamworth Swindon North Swindon South North Warwickshire and Bedworth Coventry North West Warwick and Leamington Coventry South Dwyfor Meirionnydd Kenilworth and Southam Nuneaton East Wiltshire Coventry East Swansea West Witney Banbury Ceredigion Preseli Hinckley and Bosworth South Derbyshire Caerfyrddin Gower Rugby North West Leicestershire Llanelli Oxford West and Abingdon Newbury Bicester and Woodstock Didcot and Wantage Oxford East Mid Leicestershire South Leicestershire Leicester West Loughborough South Northamptonshire Leicester South Leicester East Reading West and Mid Berkshire Henley and Thame Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Daventry Rushcliffe Mid Buckinghamshire Buckingham and Bletchley Melton and Syston Wokingham Rutland and Stamford England
North Herefordshire

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal.

Local context

About this constituency

North Herefordshire is a constituency in the West Midlands region of England. The seat has been held by Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party) since July 2024.

Current MP

Dr Ellie Chowns MP

Green Party

Represents North Herefordshire in the House of Commons.

Latest election

2024 General Election

Held on 4 July 2024

Winning party
Green Party
Majority
5,894
Turnout
69.2%
Full candidate result (6 candidates)
CandidatePartyVotesShareChange
Ellie ChownsElectedGreen Party21,73643.2%34.4%
Bill WigginConservative15,84231.5%-31.0%
Andrew DyeReform UK8,04816.0%
Jon BrowningLabour3,2056.4%-8.9%
Cat HornseyLiberal Democrat1,4362.9%-10.6%
Michael GuestSocial Democratic Party950.2%

Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.

People and place

A population and household snapshot for North Herefordshire, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.

Estimated population92,765
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationWest Midlands

Age profile

0 to 1717.0% · 15,749 people
18 to 245.3% · 4,915 people
25 to 349.4% · 8,703 people
35 to 4915.6% · 14,499 people
50 to 6422.7% · 21,060 people
65 and over30.0% · 27,839 people

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗

Home ownership and renting

Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.

39,991 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners69.2% · 27,681 households
Private renters18.2% · 7,278 households
Social renters11.3% · 4,505 households
Other tenure1.3% · 527 households

“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.

Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗

Household composition

A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.

39,990 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households29.2% · 11,684 households
Families with dependent children22.3% · 8,917 households
Other single-family households45.6% · 18,217 households
Other household types2.9% · 1,172 households

Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗

Disability and day-to-day activities

The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

90,549 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot7.5% · 6,749 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little11.3% · 10,271 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act81.2% · 73,529 people

Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.

Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗

This constituency in Parliament

A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.

This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.

Written question2 June 2026

Members: Correspondence

Raised by Dr Ellie Chowns MP

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the letter of 2 March 2006 from the hon. Member for North Herefordshire.

Petitions

Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.

Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.

Open petitionCloses 1 October 2026

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Signatures in this constituency418
Signatures nationally196,369

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

Signatures in this constituency410
Signatures nationally118,715

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026

Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office

Signatures in this constituency383
Signatures nationally206,593

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership

Signatures in this constituency323
Signatures nationally244,689

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026

Open petitionCloses 21 October 2026

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

Signatures in this constituency295
Signatures nationally105,312

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 19 October 2026

View 73 more petitions
Open petitionCloses 17 October 2026

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

Signatures in this constituency254
Signatures nationally110,856

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 24 September 2026

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

Signatures in this constituency150
Signatures nationally129,565

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 10 October 2026

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth

Signatures in this constituency117
Signatures nationally112,993

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 7 September 2026

Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗

Funding and local projects

National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.

The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.

Grants recorded84
Total awarded£3,961,207

Most recent awards

National Lottery grantAwarded 30 June 2026

Improvement to Village Hall Acoustics

Brimfield Village Hall

£19,528

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Brimfield Village Hall - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 22 June 2026

LED Floodlight Upgrade

Eardisley Tennis and Croquet Club

£7,767

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will purchase new LED floodlights enabling the group to be more environmentally sustainable and expand the time they are able to use the facility.

National Lottery grantAwarded 11 June 2026

Ghost Stories at Christmas: creative health and wellbeing co-creation

Grant to individual

£26,535

Arts Council England · Arts

About this award

Ghost Stories at Christmas: creative health and wellbeing co-creation - Theatre - National Lottery Project Grants

National Lottery grantAwarded 10 June 2026

CF - Repairs to Clubhouse and Changing Facilities

Brockhampton Cricket Club CIO

£7,500

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will deliver inclusive cricket activity for all ages by improving facilities and maintaining a safe playing environment. This will be achieved by improving the clubs current changing rooms and purchasing a new outfield mower. Funding will be used to support the installation of 2 new shower cubicles and purchase a new mower.

National Lottery grantAwarded 9 June 2026

Extension 2027-28: Ledbury Poetry LTD

Ledbury Poetry

£115,270

Arts Council England · Arts

About this award

Extension 2027-28: Ledbury Poetry LTD - Literature - NPO 2023-26

79 more awards are available.

Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗

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