UK Explained

Hereford and South Herefordshire

Represented in Parliament by Jesse Norman (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Jesse Norman, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Hereford and South Herefordshire compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 466 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £705£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 224 areas and lower than 424.

UK 3.9%This area 2.7%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Hereford and South Herefordshire£7052.7%
South Dorset£6982.7%
North Shropshire£7012.6%
Droitwich and Evesham£7122.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Hereford and South Herefordshire

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people96,48759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over23%19%5 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home65%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%1 points lower
Households renting privately19%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Jesse Norman

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,279

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Jesse Norman won with 33% of the votes, and Joe Emmett (Labour) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Conservative33% · 14,871
Labour30% · 13,592
Reform UK18% · 8,395
Liberal Democrat12% · 5,325
Green Party7% · 3,175
Independent0% · 214
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jesse NormanConservative14,87132.6%
Joe EmmettLabour13,59229.8%
Nigel ElyReform UK8,39518.4%
Dan PowellLiberal Democrat5,32511.7%
Diana ToynbeeGreen Party3,1757.0%
Mark WeadenIndependent2140.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£705 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026