1991 North Norfolk District Council election

1991 North Norfolk District Council election
← 1987 2 May 1991 1995 →
All 46 seats to North Norfolk District Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1991 North Norfolk District Council election.
Council control before election; ; Independent	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1991 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of North Norfolk District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1991 North Norfolk District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	27	18	2	13	11	39.1	27.6	10,841	–21.4
	Conservative	29	17	9	3	6	37.0	30.2	11,890	+8.4
	Labour	36	6	4	1	3	13.0	23.1	9,071	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	33	5	3	1	2	10.9	17.8	6,988	+6.6
	Green	3	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	530	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	G. Eke*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,787
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Strong*	467	56.7
	Liberal Democrats	P. Baldwin	243	29.5
	Labour	F. Eckett	113	13.7
Majority			224	27.2
Turnout			823	52.7
Registered electors			1,568
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Wootten*	454	54.0
	Labour	C. Gates	240	28.5
	Liberal Democrats	L. Stainer	147	17.5
Majority			214	25.4
Turnout			841	52.7
Registered electors			1,610
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Perry-Warnes*	516	57.0
	Liberal Democrats	E. High	195	21.5
	Labour	G. Parker	195	21.5
Majority			321	35.4
Turnout			906	57.1
Registered electors			1,591
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Nunn	382	52.1
	Labour	K. Bacon	351	47.9
Majority			31	4.2
Turnout			733	46.6
Registered electors			1,588
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Fisher*	386	53.6
	Independent	G. Heard	334	46.4
Majority			52	7.2
Turnout			720	50.7
Registered electors			1,437
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H. Dawson*	419	60.2
	Independent	P. White	145	20.8
	Labour	R. Kelham	132	19.0
Majority			274	39.4
Turnout			696	52.8
Registered electors			1,330
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Misselbrook	287	59.4
	Labour	S. Booth	122	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Revett	74	15.3
Majority			165	34.2
Turnout			483	42.0
Registered electors			1,158
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L. Randall	956	39.5
	Conservative	T. Bolton*	682	28.1
	Conservative	J. Leeds*	600	24.7
	Labour	D. Bussey	452	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	H. Noble	333	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	G. Hunnable	220	9.1
Turnout			~1,857	44.5
Registered electors			4,175
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Spencer	330	40.0
	Conservative	S. Arnold	298	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	D. Harrison*	198	24.0
Majority			32	3.9
Turnout			826	57.1
Registered electors			1,450
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Wright	435	48.5
	Independent	D. Kinnear*	176	19.6
	Labour	O. Savoury	170	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Corney	115	12.8
Majority			259	28.9
Turnout			896	59.3
Registered electors			1,523
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Broughton*	501	71.4
	Labour	A. Dick	201	28.6
Majority			300	42.7
Turnout			702	52.7
Registered electors			1,347
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Cordeaux	796	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	R. Stone	724	38.1
	Conservative	M. Cubitt	523	27.5
	Conservative	S. Blount	508	26.7
	Labour	W. Monaghan	437	23.0
	Independent	A. Hull	143	7.5
Turnout			~1,581	50.9
Registered electors			3,105
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Paterson*	328	42.6
	Labour	D. Mole	298	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Black	144	18.7
Majority			30	3.9
Turnout			770	45.7
Registered electors			1,705
	Independent hold		Swing

North Walsham East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Rose	1,296	33.0
	Independent	C. Cushion*	1,192	30.4
	Conservative	P. Rayna*	1,158	29.5
	Labour	M. Booth	862	22.0
	Labour	J. Heal	811	20.7
	Labour	D. Cunningham	715	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Young-Bullimore	576	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	I. Henderson	404	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Davies	392	10.0
Turnout			~2,827	47.8
Registered electors			5,913
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Sheringham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. McGinn	1,117	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Dennis*	1,001	31.5
	Conservative	B. Alton*	816	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	K. Beckett	755	23.8
	Conservative	B. Smith	723	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	G. Ward	507	15.9
	Independent	J. Nichols	487	15.3
	Green	J. Long	300	9.4
	Labour	P. Crump	277	8.7
	Labour	P. Skelton	246	7.7
	Labour	D. Seymour	235	7.4
Turnout			~2,408	48.0
Registered electors			5,016
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

The Runtons (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Craske	702	45.9
	Conservative	P. Caswell	551	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Crampsie	529	34.6
	Conservative	P. Simpson	489	32.0
	Labour	M. Amis	158	10.3
	Labour	J. Moore	120	7.9
	Green	A. Zelter	117	7.7
Turnout			~1,405	55.3
Registered electors			2,540
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Blaxell*	476	52.8
	Labour	H. Banks	242	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	D. Tobin	183	20.3
Majority			234	26.0
Turnout			901	58.2
Registered electors			1,557
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Greenhill*	390	75.4
	Labour	A. Warnes	74	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. Colk	53	10.3
Majority			316	61.1
Turnout			517	54.6
Registered electors			950
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Wise	519	54.3
	Conservative	C. Robertshaw	437	45.7
Majority			82	8.6
Turnout			956	51.4
Registered electors			1,874
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Hutchinson*	415	50.9
	Conservative	T. Fanthorpe	400	49.1
Majority			15	1.8
Turnout			815	51.1
Registered electors			1,617
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Barrow*	1,258	47.9
	Conservative	A. Tickle	1,190	45.3
	Labour	N. Barrett*	930	35.4
	Labour	M. Warnes	656	24.9
	Labour	D. Batts	647	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. Bird	441	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	D. Holm	326	12.4
Turnout			~2,345	43.1
Registered electors			5,441
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Gotts*	632	52.6
	Independent	B. Gotts	275	22.9
	Labour	N. King	176	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	P. Corney	118	9.8
Majority			357	29.7
Turnout			1,201	57.4
Registered electors			2,126
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Durrant*	598	78.4
	Liberal Democrats	Y. Rushman	91	11.9
	Labour	L. Hawkes	74	9.7
Majority			507	66.4
Turnout			763	55.2
Registered electors			1,398
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Gray	501	64.1
	Conservative	N. Horner-Glister	281	35.9
Majority			220	28.1
Turnout			782	45.0
Registered electors			1,792
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Shewell*	333	55.7
	Independent	C. Page	160	26.8
	Liberal Democrats	H. Sidle	105	17.6
Majority			173	28.9
Turnout			598	53.8
Registered electors			1,112
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Corney*	445	46.7
	Labour	R. Lemmon	261	27.4
	Conservative	H. Adams	247	25.9
Majority			184	19.3
Turnout			953	66.7
Registered electors			1,435
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

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Erpingham

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Fulmodeston

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Arnold*	432	44.4
	Labour	C. Collins	302	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Seaman	126	12.9
	Green	S. Crouch	113	11.6
Majority			130	13.4
Turnout			973	48.2
Registered electors			2,047
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Cullingham*	328	49.5
	Conservative	W. Fryer	263	39.7
	Liberal Democrats	B. Lamb	71	10.7
Majority			65	9.8
Turnout			662	43.0
Registered electors			1,546
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Bird	496	46.0
	Labour	D. Hollebon	446	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Walker	137	12.7
Majority			50	4.6
Turnout			1,079	47.5
Registered electors			2,285
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	V. Woodcock*	594	78.7
	Conservative	J. Todrayner	161	21.3
Majority			433	57.4
Turnout			755	45.7
Registered electors			1,653
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Duckworth-Chad*	494	69.0
	Labour	P. Batts	222	31.0
Majority			272	38.0
Turnout			716	40.2
Registered electors			1,787
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	T. Moore*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,164
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Gates	755	34.5
	Conservative	M. French*	666	30.4
	Independent	D. Hudson*	431	19.7
	Liberal Democrats	E. Anderson	338	15.4
Turnout			~1,408	57.7
Registered electors			2,440
	Labour gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	K. Perowne*	391	55.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Chubb	205	29.0
	Labour	E. Richards	112	15.8
Majority			186	26.3
Turnout			708	49.2
Registered electors			1,440
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Shaw	310	40.4
	Independent	T. Hardingham*	307	40.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Wilkins	151	19.7
Majority			3	0.4
Turnout			768	54.0
Registered electors			1,429
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

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