Key to Parties:

Cons - Conservatives

Lab - Labour

Lib Dem - Liberal Democrat

G - Green

Ind - Independent

BNP - British National Party

Hfd PBP - Herefordshire People Before Politics Gp

PROW - Protect Ross-on-Wye

RC - Residents Candidate

* Denotes sitting member

HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL ELECTION RESULT - THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2000:

Aylestone ward (2 seats): *Susan Andrews (Lib Dem) 480 votes; Peter Stanton Berry (Cons) 396; Adam Frank Jethro Boardman (G) 105; Peter George England (Ind) 290; David Bright Gillett (G) 132; Paul Rone (Cons) 417; *Colin George Rumsey (Lib Dem) 486. Turnout 28.86 per cent. Lib Dem hold both seats.

Backbury ward: Josephine Elisabeth Pemberton (Cons) 545; *David James Sudlow (Lib Dem) 458. Turnout 46.26 per cent. Conservative gain.

Belmont ward (2 seats): Henry Ball (Cons) 83; Stewart Arthur Morgan (Cons) 98; *John Walter Newman (Lib Dem) 664; David Stewart Thomson (Lab) 187; *Clement Allan Tudge (Lib Dem) 627. Lib Dem hold both seats

Bircher ward: *William Luis Sebastian Bowen (Ind) 676; John Pudge Price (Cons) 699. Turnout 61.06 per cent. Conservative gain.

Bringsty ward: David Cave (Ind) 337; *Thomas William Hunt (Cons) 538; Clara May Slater (G) 110. Turnout 42.49 per cent. Conservative gain.

Bromyard ward (2 seats): William Albert Gibbard (Ind) 270; *Christopher John Grover (Ind) 650; John Bernard Haycock (BNP) 71; *Bernard Hunt (Ind) 565; Richard Edward James (Cons) 917; Tracy Michael Paton (BNP) 38; Terence Leonard Kimberley White (Lib Dem) 162. Turnout 34.89 per cent. Independent hold one seat, Conservative gain one seat.

Burmarsh ward: John Gerrans Stuart Guthrie (Cons) 595; Roy Brookes Hall (Lab) 162; *Roland Charles Summers (Lib Dem) 351. Turnout 35.30 per cent. Conservative gain.

Castle ward: John Williams Hope (Ind) elected unopposed.

Central ward (2 seats); Basil Cuthbert Baldwin (Lib Dem) 365; Sylvia Petula Ann Daniels (Lab) 169; David John Fleet (Lib Dem) 373; Michael John Harrison (G) 307; Andrew Philip Law (Cons) 303; Julia Parker-Harris (G) 289; Patricia Edith Paul (Cons) 272. Lib Dem hold both seats.

Clehonger ward: Philip James Edwards (Ind) elected unopposed.

Credenhill ward: Timothy Charles Lewis (Hfd PBP) 77; *Robert Ivor Matthews (Ind) 486; Terence Edmond John Smissen (Lib Dem) 214. Turnout 33.55 per cent. Independent hold.

Dinmore Hill ward: James Richard Makin (Cons) 521; *Lionel John Meredith (Lib Dem) 481. Turnout 40.37 per cent. Conservative gain.

Doward ward: Ruth Frances Lincoln (Ind) elected unopposed.

Frome ward: Richard John Gavin Fowler (Cons) 464; *Guy Harry Morgan Woodford (G) 673. Turnout 46.79 per cent. Independent hold.

Golden Cross ward: Rodney Broadwood Kilvert (Lib Dem) 194; *Roger James Phillips (Cons) 824. Turnout 52.91 per cent. Conservative gain.

Golden Valley ward: Raymond Maxwell Chillington (Cons) 247; *Adrian Holt (Lib Dem) 338; Arthur Graham Morgan (Ind) 477; Paul Andrew Sullivan (G) 44. Turnout 47.37 per cent. Independent gain.

Hagley ward: Nicholas Justin Howells (Cons) 471; *Alan Williams (Lib Dem) 490. Turnout 37.27 per cent. Liberal Democrat hold.

Hampton Court ward: Michael John Kimbery (Lib Dem) 574; Allan Lloyd (Cons) 358. Turnout 46.81 per cent. Liberal Democrat hold.

Hinton ward (2 seats): Winefride Ursula Attfield (Lab) 415; *Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell (Lab) 588; David Richard Chatfield (Ind) 268; Carol Ellen Courtenay Cranch (Cons) 142; John Lawrence Nowell (Cons) 174; Aubrey Thomas Oliver (Lib Dem) 293. Labour hold one seat, Labour gain one seat.

Hollington ward: Ellis Anthony Owen (Ind) 279; Alan Wilson Pritchard (Cons) 230; William John Stuart Thomas (Lib Dem) 320. Turnout 35.43 per cent. Liberal Democrat hold.

Holmer ward (2 seats): *Paulina Averil Andrews (Lib Dem) 526; *Peter Derwent Evans (Lib Dem) 435; Robert Douglas Hardwick (Lab) 205; Isla Jean Owen (Cons) 347; Thala Mary Elizabeth Patricia Woollard (Cons) 321. Liberal Democrat hold both seats.

Hope End ward (2 seats): *June Patricia Armstrong (Lib Dem) 900; Rees Mills (Cons) 991; *Roy Vincent Stockton (Cons) 1,170; Katrina Emma Turnbull (G) 485. Conservative gain one seat, Conservative hold one seat.

Kingsthorne ward: Cynthia Clare Powell (Ind) elected unopposed.

Kington Town ward: *Terence Morgan James (Lib Dem) 661; John Francis Kelly (Hfds PBP) 83; Elizabeth Christine Shayler (Cons) 558. Turnout 49.10 per cent. Liberal Democrat hold.

Ledbury ward (2 seats): Barry Frank Ashton (Lib Dem) 646; Edwin James Davey (Lib Dem) 274; *Peter Edward Harling (Cons) 888; Jonathan Richard Mills (Cons) 579; Noel Roberts (Lab) 281. Liberal Democrat hold one seat, Conservative hold one seat.

Leominster East and South ward (2 seats): *Richard Bernard Anthony Burke (Cons) 645; Catherine Mary Fothergill (Cons) 550; Patricia Mary Hale (Lab) 432; *John Parry Thomas (Lab) 568. Conservative hold one seat, Labour hold one seat.

Leominster North ward (2 seats): *June Patricia French (Cons) 569; Peter John Goody (Lab) 233; Wendy Dorothy Jancey (Lib Dem) 305; Peter Jones (Cons) 575; *Gordon John Morris (Lib Dem) 403; Nicklas Nenadich (Ind) 119; Colin Leslie Tether (Lab) 227. Conservative hold one seat, Conservative gain one seat.

Lyonshall with Titley ward: Brian William Lewis (Lib Dem) 274; David Olivier (G) 54; *Pauline Robinson (Con) 614. Turnout 53.18 per cent. Conservative hold.

Marcle Ridge ward: Frances Anne Jordan (Cons) 615; *Donald William Rule (Ind) 749. Turnout 37.39 per cent. Independent hold.

Merbach ward: Nigel John Jones Davies (Cons) 544; *June Margaret Pickering (Lib Dem) 435. Turnout 48.00 per cent. Conservative gain.

Mortimer ward: *Lillian Olwyn Barnett (Cons) 705; Andrew Coles (Lib Dem) 364. Turnout 52.16 per cent. Conservative hold.

Old Gore ward: *John William Edwards (Ind) 576; Lucy Helen Green (Lib Dem) 344. Turnout 43.04 per cent. Independent hold.

Penyard ward: David Michael Hoddinott (Cons) 470; *Eunice-May Saunders (Ind) 703. Turnout 47.10 per cent. Independent hold.

Pontrilas ward: John Berisford Williams (Ind) elected unopposed.

Ross-on-Wye East ward (2 seats): Lillian Violet Jacqueline Danter (Cons) 372; *Cynthia Joyce Davis (Lib Dem) 596; Constance Eileen Edwards (Prow) 190; Gordon Lucas (Cons) 455; Stuart John Morgan (Prow) 127; *Joyce Helen Thomas (Ind) 1,274. Liberal Democrat hold one seat, Rural and Urban hold one seat.

Ross-on-Wye West ward (2 seats): *Anthony John Allen (Lib Dem) 497; *Mark Robert Cunningham (Lib Dem) 532; Phillip Grenfell Haydn Cutter (Cons) 458; Michael Jennings (Cons) 374. Liberal Democrat hold both seats.

St Martins ward (2 seats): *Robin John Andrews (Lib Dem) 429; Marsha Elizabeth Barnsley (Cons) 112; Gillian Rosamond Clifford (Cons) 121: Wendy Jane Jones (RC) 130; Laurence Noble (Lab) 278; Robert Preece (Lab) 328; *Richard Thomas (Lib Dem) 268. Liberal Democrat hold one seat, Labour gain one seat.

St Nicholas ward (2 seats): *Evaline Mary Bew (Lib Dem) 436; John George Davies (Lab) 254; Charlotte Williams Lewis (Cons) 289; *David Cyril Short (Lib Dem) 409; Anthony Edwin Allen Woollard (Cons) 264. Liberal Democrat hold both seats.

Stoney Street ward: David Charles Taylor (Ind) elected unopposed.

Three Elms ward (2 seats): *Leslie Mervyn Henson Andrews (Lib Dem) 517; Fiona Evelyn Mary Chiswell (Lib Dem) 471; *Jason Hankins (Cons) 574; Elizabeth Helen Ruck (Lab) 219; Arthur George Staton (Cons) 502. Turnout 28.65 per cent. Conservative hold one seat, Liberal Democrat hold one seat.

Tupsley ward (2 seats): Richard Attfield (Lab) 175; Jane Ann Carter (Cons) 808; Marcelle Denise Lloyd-Hayes (Lib Dem) 772; Susan Diane Trout (Cons) 702; *William James Walling (Lib Dem) 752; Simon Christopher David Zeigler (Hfds PBP) 131. Turnout 34.92 per cent. Liberal Democrat hold one seat, Conservative gain one seat.

Upton ward: Gary Nicholas Burton (G) 339; John Stone (Cons) 732. Turnout 46.41 per cent. Conservative hold.

Weobley ward: Christine Ferguson (Lib Dem) 434; John Hutcheson Ruell Goodwin (Cons) 622. Turnout 42.47 per cent. Conservative gain.

Wilton ward: Godfrey William Davis (Ind) elected unopposed.