Editing Hereford (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Town Hall, Hereford - geograph.org.uk - 739270.jpg|thumb|upright|Hereford Town Hall, opened in 1904]]

The main [[local government]] body covering Hereford is [[Herefordshire Council]]. Hereford has a city council, a [[Parish councils in England|parish council]] with [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]], and has only limited powers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://herefordcitycouncil.gov.uk/council-history/|title=Council History|publisher=Hereford City Council|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref>

Historically, Hereford has been the county town of Herefordshire. In 1974, Herefordshire was merged with [[Worcestershire]] to become part of the county of [[Hereford and Worcester]] and Hereford became a [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of the new county.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/schedule/part/18/made|title=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> No [[successor parish]] was formed, so the former borough became [[unparished area|unparished]]. Hereford had formed a historic borough and was reformed by the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]].<ref>Vision of Britain – [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10024559 Hereford MB] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109183737/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10024559 |date=9 January 2006 }}</ref> On 1 April 1998, the county of Hereford and Worcester was abolished; Herefordshire and Worcestershire were re-established as separate counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1867/made|title=The Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=15 December 2024}}</ref>

However, the new Herefordshire was a [[unitary authority]] without any districts and so Hereford lost its district status (although, confusingly, the authority's full legal name is the County of Herefordshire District Council). [[Charter Trustees]] were appointed to preserve mayoral traditions until a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] council could be set up, which happened on 1 April 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/hereford.html|title=Hereford Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> Hereford is one of only eight [[Parish councils in England#Alternative styles|civil parishes in England which have city status]]. It is based at [[Hereford Town Hall]].<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://herefordcitycouncil.gov.uk/city-history/ |title= City History: Elizabeth II |publisher= Hereford City Council |access-date= 16 December 2020 |archive-date= 3 December 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201203110759/https://herefordcitycouncil.gov.uk/city-history/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)|Hereford]] was the name of a parliamentary constituency that was centred in the city from 1295 to 2010, when it was renamed [[Hereford and South Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Hereford and South Herefordshire]]. The current [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] is [[Jesse Norman]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. He has represented the [[Electoral district|constituency]] since [[2010 United Kingdom general election|May 2010]].