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2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

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The 2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Quick facts All 39 seats to Great Yarmouth Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
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All 39 seats to Great Yarmouth Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Carl Smith Trevor Wainwright
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election 20 seats, 52.2% 15 seats, 36.6% 3 seats, 7.6%
Seats before 21 14 4
Seats after 19 18 2
The winner of each seat in the 2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council Election
Leader before election

Carl Smith
Conservative

 Leader after election

Carl Smith
Conservative
No overall control

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Prior to the election the council was under Conservative majority control. The Conservatives remained the largest party after the election, but lost their majority leaving the council under no overall control. A minority Conservative administration formed after the election with the support of the two independent councillors.[2][3]

Summary

Election result

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2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election[4]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 19 1 2 Decrease 1 48.7 43.6 19,247 –8.6
  Labour 39 18 3 0 Increase 3 46.2 45.7 20,174 +7.2
  Independent 7 2 0 1 Decrease 1 5.1 6.8 3,018 –0.8
  Green 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.0 889 N/A
  Liberal Democrats 7 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.5 660 N/A
  Reform 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 192 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 N/A N/A –2.7
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Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Great Yarmouth Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[6][7]

Bradwell North

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Bradwell North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carl Smith* 888 52.6 −1.3
Conservative Daniel Candon* 839 49.7 +3.4
Conservative Graham Plant* 815 48.3 −11.3
Labour Yvonne Craig 765 45.3 +1.1
Labour Scott Wesson 756 44.8 N/A
Labour James Borg 728 43.1 N/A
Turnout 1,705 33.2
Rejected ballots 17 1.0
Registered electors 5,130
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Bradwell South & Hopton

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Bradwell South & Hopton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carl Annison* 995 54.0 −12.3
Conservative Katy Stenhouse* 740 40.2 −10.9
Labour Anthony Capewell 738 40.1 N/A
Conservative Robert Price 690 37.5 −17.1
Labour Lesley Rodin 680 36.9 N/A
Labour David Greggs 660 35.8 +0.3
Independent Sue Hacon* 207 11.2 −43.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Godfrey 119 6.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Shreeve 89 4.8 N/A
Turnout 1,851 28.6
Rejected ballots 9 0.5
Registered electors 6,462
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
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Caister North

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Caister North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Penny Carpenter* 606 54.8 −7.8
Conservative Gary Boyd 582 52.7 −9.8
Labour Michael Winterburn 402 36.4 +1.4
Labour Rae Williamson-Aldous 320 29.0 N/A
Green Anne Killett 174 15.7 N/A
Turnout 1,114 30.4
Rejected ballots 9 0.8
Registered electors 3,670
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Caister South

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Caister South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Lawn* 604 56.2 −7.5
Conservative Malcolm Bird* 570 53.0 −7.8
Labour Sandra Griffiths 468 43.5 +6.6
Labour Michael Moore 374 34.8 +4.3
Turnout 1,089 30.3
Rejected ballots 14 1.3
Registered electors 3,598
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Central & Northgate

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Central & Northgate (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Smith-Clare 596 52.9 +11.4
Labour Jade Martin 578 51.3 +13.1
Labour Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach 574 50.9 +16.4
Conservative Tamsin Lodge 318 28.2 +5.6
Conservative Oscar Houseago 295 26.2 +5.0
Conservative Aurelio Spinola 258 22.9 +6.6
Independent Carrie Talbot* 228 20.2 −15.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ashton-Barnes 153 13.6 N/A
Turnout 1,133 19.6
Rejected ballots 6 0.5
Registered electors 5,768
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from UKIP
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Claydon

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Claydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Borg* 810 64.6 +3.0
Labour Jeanette McMullen 775 61.9 +6.4
Labour Bernard Williamson* 767 61.2 +8.0
Conservative Linda Phillips 403 32.2 −2.9
Conservative John Hirst 363 29.0 −4.1
Conservative Louise Bensly 362 28.9 −0.9
Turnout 1,269 22.5
Rejected ballots 16 1.3
Registered electors 5,641
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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East Flegg

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East Flegg (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bensly* 755 61.3 −12.9
Conservative Noel Galer* 573 46.5 −13.4
Green Emma Punchard 297 24.1 N/A
Labour Paul Hendry 245 19.9 −8.0
Labour Colleen Walker 230 18.7 N/A
Green Kenneth Petersen 206 16.7 N/A
Turnout 1,244 31.0
Rejected ballots 12 1.0
Registered electors 4,008
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Fleggburgh

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Fleggburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Adrian Thompson* 1,110 94.6 +10.5
Conservative Thomas Garrod 37 3.2 −8.9
Labour Claire Wardley 26 2.2 −1.6
Majority 1,073 91.4 +19.4
Turnout 1,174 53.4
Rejected ballots 1 0.1
Registered electors 2,200
Independent hold Swing Increase9.7
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Gorleston

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Gorleston (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emma Flaxman-Taylor* 685 48.9 −10.2
Conservative Paul Wells* 674 48.1 −10.0
Labour Stephen Taylor 508 36.3 −2.2
Labour Andrew Wemyss 457 32.6 N/A
Green Rebecca Durant 111 7.9 N/A
Green Nicola Albon 101 7.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gerald Rouse 69 4.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gordon Smith 65 4.6 N/A
Turnout 1,404 34.0
Rejected ballots 4 0.3
Registered electors 4,132
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Lothingland

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Lothingland (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Carpenter 518 41.9 −4.8
Conservative Ivan Murray-Smith 508 41.1 +4.8
Independent Adrian Myers* 469 37.9 −13.0
Labour Christine Williamson 388 31.4 +6.0
Labour Euan Duffield 304 24.6 N/A
Turnout 1,239 29.0
Rejected ballots 3 0.2
Registered electors 4,274
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold
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Magdalen

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Magdalen (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Wainwright* 786 59.7 −1.6
Labour Alison Green 691 52.5 −6.6
Labour Brian Pilkington 642 48.8 −8.4
Independent Matthew Smith 386 29.3 N/A
Conservative Robert Whitaker 349 26.5 −9.2
Conservative Susan O'Dell 323 24.5 −7.6
Conservative Tracy Cameron 277 21.0 −7.1
Turnout 1,318 25.1
Rejected ballots 2 0.2
Registered electors 5,252
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Nelson

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Nelson (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Jeal* 552 61.6 +9.2
Labour Tony Wright* 515 57.5 +6.6
Labour Kerry Robinson-Payne* 513 57.3 +10.0
Conservative Oliver Bensly 248 27.7 +8.8
Conservative Ann Lawn 221 24.7 +9.3
Conservative Richard Stafferton 200 22.3 +7.5
Reform Michael Riley 118 13.2 −12.9
Turnout 905 17.0
Rejected ballots 9 1.0
Registered electors 5,339
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Ormesby

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Ormesby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Justin Rundle 548 44.8 −13.1
Conservative Geoffrey Freeman* 514 42.1 −6.9
Conservative Ron Hanton 511 41.8 +3.8
Labour Malcolm Boocock 366 30.0 +14.4
Labour Brian Walker 201 16.4 N/A
Turnout 1,224 31.9
Rejected ballots 2 0.2
Registered electors 3,832
Independent hold
Conservative hold
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Southtown & Cobholm

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Southtown & Cobholm (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Waters-Bunn* 405 57.9 −0.4
Labour Jennifer Newcombe 402 57.5 −5.4
Conservative Laura Candon 220 31.5 −2.9
Conservative Alvin Murray 191 27.3 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dyer 77 11.0 N/A
Turnout 705 19.4
Rejected ballots 6 0.9
Registered electors 3,633
Labour hold
Labour hold
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St Andrews

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St Andrews
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Wright* 575 63.3 +3.3
Labour Ronald Upton 555 61.1 −0.1
Conservative Alan Popham 310 34.1 −2.1
Conservative Lionel O'Dell 276 30.4 −5.3
Turnout 917 25.9
Rejected ballots 9 1.0
Registered electors 3,542
Labour hold
Labour hold
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West Flegg

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West Flegg (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Grant* 809 60.5 −0.2
Conservative Leslie Mogford* 798 59.6 +2.2
Labour Matthew Borg 467 34.9 −2.1
Labour David Jeal 458 34.2 N/A
Turnout 1,361 31.4
Rejected ballots 23 1.7
Registered electors 4,336
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Yarmouth North

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Yarmouth North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donna Hammond* 470 43.5 +5.7
Labour Amy Sharp 453 41.9 +6.2
Conservative Paul Hammond* 452 41.8 +5.9
Labour James McCluskey 444 41.1 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Anthony Harris 88 8.1 N/A
Reform Angela Andrews 74 6.8 N/A
Independent Paul Toplass 70 6.5 N/A
Turnout 1,083 31.7
Rejected ballots 2 0.2
Registered electors 3,418
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
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Changes 2023–2027

By-elections

Central & Northgate

A by-election was held on 29 February 2024 to fill the vacancy left by Labour councillor Mike Smith-Clare.[8] Labour held the seat.[9]

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Central & Northgate by-election: 29 February 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Dwyer-McCluskey 482 52.6 +6.6
Conservative Paul Hammond 296 32.3 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Tony Harris 139 15.2 +3.4
Majority 186 20.3 N/A
Turnout 925 15.6 –4.0
Rejected ballots 8 0.9
Registered electors 5,945
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.6
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Caister South

A by-election was held on 7 May 2026 after the death of Conservative councillor Malcolm Bird.[10] Great Yarmouth First gained the seat from the Conservatives.

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Caister South by-election: 7 May 2026
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Great Yarmouth First Jon Wedon 866 48.7 N/A
Reform Sandra Sherman-Ceesay 405 22.8 N/A
Conservative Ann Lawn 214 12.0 −44.3
Green Ollie Hodds 139 7.8 N/A
Labour Chris Williamson 116 6.5 −37.2
Liberal Democrats Nick Dyer 39 2.2 N/A
Majority 461 25.9 N/A
Turnout 1,787 49.5 +19.2
Rejected ballots 8 0.4
Registered electors 3,607
Great Yarmouth First gain from Conservative Swing
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The result was taken from the council's published by-election results.[11]

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