Hereford City Council elections are held every four years. The current

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...

City Council was established in 2000 as a parish council, following the abolition in 1998 of the former district council that had also been called Hereford City Council.

Political control

Hereford was an ancient borough and had held city status from time immemorial. Hereford City Council had its powers significantly reformed under the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

, becoming a non-metropolitan district, although retaining the same boundaries. The first elections to the reconstituted city council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. From 1974 until the abolition of the district council in 1998, political control of the council was held by the following parties: In 1998 the district of Hereford was abolished, with the area becoming part of the new unitary authority of Herefordshire. The Herefordshire councillors who represented the former district of Hereford acted as

charter trustees In England and Wales, charter trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a parish council is established. Duties are ...

from 1998 until 2000, when a civil parish covering the former district was formed, with its parish council taking the name Hereford City Council. As a parish council rather than a district council, the post-2000 city council has fewer powers and responsibilities than the pre-1998 city council had.

Council elections

Elections to the non-metropolitan district council which existed from 1974 to 1998 were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. * 1973 Hereford City Council election * 1976 Hereford City Council election * 1979 Hereford City Council election (New ward boundaries)The City of Hereford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 * 1980 Hereford City Council election * 1982 Hereford City Council election *

1983 Hereford City Council election The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

* 1984 Hereford City Council election * 1986 Hereford City Council election * 1987 Hereford City Council election * 1988 Hereford City Council election * 1990 Hereford City Council election * 1991 Hereford City Council election * 1992 Hereford City Council election * 1994 Hereford City Council election * 1995 Hereford City Council election *

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