UK Explained

North Herefordshire

Represented in Parliament by Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Ellie Chowns, Green Party. Open their full page →

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

How North 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 390 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £728£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 177 areas and lower than 471.

UK 3.9%This area 2.5%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
North Herefordshire£7282.5%
Taunton and Wellington£7262.5%
West Suffolk£7322.5%
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber£7242.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in North 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 people90,55259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1615%18%4 points lower
Aged 65 and over29%19%10 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher35%34%about the same
Households that own their home70%62%8 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%2 points lower

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
Ellie Chowns

Green Party

MAJORITY
5,894

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
69%

of people who could vote did

Ellie Chowns won with 43% of the votes, and Bill Wiggin (Conservative) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Green Party43% · 21,736
Conservative31% · 15,842
Reform UK16% · 8,048
Labour6% · 3,205
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,436
Social Democratic Party0% · 95
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ellie ChownsGreen Party21,73643.2%
Bill WigginConservative15,84231.5%
Andrew DyeReform UK8,04816.0%
Jon BrowningLabour3,2056.4%
Cat HornseyLiberal Democrat1,4362.9%
Michael GuestSocial Democratic Party950.2%

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
£728 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
2.5%
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