2026 Norfolk County Council election

2026 Norfolk County Council election
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All 84 seats to Norfolk County Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
	Results by division Map of seats
Leader before election; Kay Mason Billig; Conservative	Leader after election ; TBD;

The 2026 Norfolk County Council election took place on 7 May 2026 to elect members to Norfolk County Council in Norfolk, England.^[4] All 84 seats were elected. This was on the same day as other 2026 local elections.

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2026 Norfolk County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	84	8	+8	-50	-50	9.5%	19.76%
	Liberal Democrats	80	13	+3		+3	15.5%	14.66%
	Labour	84	1	+1	-11	-11	1.2%	10.27%
	Independent	15	1				1.2%	2.66%
	Great Yarmouth First	9	9	+9	0	+9	10.7%	4.8%	15610	+15610
	Monster Raving Loony	1	0	+0	0	0	0%	0.02%		0
	Communist	2	0	+0	0	0	0%	0.02%		0
	Green	79	12				14.3%	16.57%
	Heritage	1	0				0%	0.02%
	Reform	84	40				47.6%	31.21%

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	10	10	17,160	40.5	+40.2
	Conservative	2	9	12,095	28.5	−33.1
	Green	0		5,458	12.9	+6.3
	Labour	0	1	4,653	11.0	−12.0
	Liberal Democrat	0		3,953	9.3	+1.1
Total		12		42,319	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Daniel Robert Burcham	1433	49	New
	Green	Jayne Booth	547	19	New
	Conservative	Taila Joan Taylor	542	19	−42.0
	Labour	Marcia Solloway-Brown	404	14	−7.4
Majority			886	30.0	−9.6
Turnout			2,926	37.5	+11.1
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+45.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Mary Webb	1205	37	−26.3
	Reform	Andy Keats	1106	34	New
	Green	Aidan Webster	384	12	New
	Labour	Linda Goreham	323	10	−17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Foley	219	7	−1.9
Majority			99	3.0	−32.5
Turnout			3,237	40.0	+12.7
	Conservative Party (UK) hold		Swing	+13.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Robin Hunter-Clarke	1393	42	New
	Conservative	Phillip James Duigan	707	21	−30.0
	Labour Co-op	Harry Clarke	514	16	−26.4
	Green	Benjamin Gibbons	505	15	New
	Liberal Democrats	Karn John Lyle Purvis	186	6	−0.6
Majority			686	21.0	+12.4
Turnout			3,305	35.8	+10.0
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+36.0

2026 Norfolk County Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Paul Wilfred Carr	1418	35	New
	Conservative	Bill Borrett	1365	34	−30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Foley	516	13	+2.5
	Green	Matthew Anthony Carding-Woods	479	12	−0.9
	Labour	Kendra Cogman	265	7	−5.4
Majority			53	1.0	−50.3
Turnout			4,043	47.1	+13.2
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+32.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Jacob Robert Allen	1797	36	New
	Conservative	William Nunn	1439	29	−37.5
	Green	Rachael Kate Carding-Woods	734	15	+15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Flatman	552	11	−2.4
	Labour	Terry Land	489	10	−10.1
Majority			358	7.0	−39.4
Turnout			5,011	45.0	+11.3
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+41.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Tom Dickerson	1798	40	New
	Conservative	Mark Alexander Kiddle-Morris	1158	26	−37.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Weatherill	782	17	+11.1
	Green	Jane Keidan-Cooper	500	11	−2.6
	Labour	Howard Hawkes	297	7	−10.2
Majority			640	14.0	−32.2
Turnout			4,535	49.8	+12.5
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+38.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Jaden Lister	1869	46	New
	Conservative	Wendy Ann Bensley	1020	25	−43.6
	Green	Sally Jones	509	13	+3.9
	Labour	Doug Jefferson	361	9	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Keith Scrivens	304	7	+1.3
Majority			849	21.0	−31.0
Turnout			4,063	41.2
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+44.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Scott Hussey	2183	45	New
	Conservative	Fabian Royston Eagle	1577	32	−37.4
	Green	Timothy Soar	499	10	+0.7
	Labour	David Blackbourn	371	8	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Micheal Mckenny	263	5	−0.4
Majority			606	13.0	−40.6
Turnout			4,893	48.1	+15.3
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+41.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Dee Hilton	1385	43	New
	Conservative	Jane Lillian James	766	24	−27.7
	Labour	Liz Bernard	594	18	−18.6
	Green	Mathew Bray	346	11	New
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Anne Renard	142	4	−2.1
Majority			619	19.0	+3.9
Turnout			3,233	34.8	+10.6
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+35.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Robert Bick	1110	48	+0.1
	Labour	Vic Peters	480	21	−35.9
	Green	Jamie Walker	236	10	New
	Conservative	Paula Ann Wood	235	10	−24.0
	Independent	Carla Barreto	186	8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Ann Dew	70	3	−1.8
Majority			630	27.0	+4.1
Turnout			2,317	27.3	+5.1
	Reform UK hold		Swing	+18.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Jack William White	1766	47	New
	Conservative	Claire Rosemary Bowes	1090	29	−37.2
	Green	Ann Patricia Robertson Bowyer	470	12	−2.9
	Labour	Robin Goreham	232	6	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shelia Mary Hodgkinson	213	6	0.0
Majority			676	18.0	−33.3
Turnout			3,771	37.8	+11.8
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+42.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Kabeer Kher	2105	45	New
	Conservative	Marshall Phillip Bunting	1224	26	−41.5
	Green	Marie Patricia Brennan	584	12	−0.1
	Labour	Joe Sisto	488	10	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ulrike Corinna Behrendt	328	7	+1.1
Majority			881	19.0	−34.0
Turnout			4,729	48.6	+16.9
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	+43.3

Ward	Incumbent councillor
Acle	Lana Hampsall	Conservative
Aylsham	Steve Riley	Liberal Democrats
Blofield & Brundall	Andrew Proctor	Conservative
Coltishall & Spixworth	Daniel Roper	Liberal Democrats
Drayton & Horsford	Anthony Adams	Conservative
Hellesdon	Shelagh Gurney	Conservative
Old Catton	Karen Vincent	Conservative
Reepham	Greg Peck	Conservative
Sprowston	John Ward	Conservative
Taverham	Stuart Clancy	Conservative
Thorpe St Andrew	Ian Mackie	Conservative
Woodside	John Fisher	Conservative
Wroxham	Fran Whymark	Conservative

Acle Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Justine Thomas	1,652	39
	Green	Jess Royal	1,193	28
	Conservative	Lana Hempsall	668	16
	Labour	John Patrick Chapman	307	7
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Frederick Morgan	215	5
	Independent	Grant Nurden	169	4
Majority			459	11	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,204	50.21	{{{change}}}
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Aylsham Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Catchpole	1,935	45
	Reform	Paul Freeman	1,213	28
	Conservative	Peter Darling	628	15
	Green	Thomas Williamson	338	8
	Labour	Key Montandon	186	4
Majority			722	17	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,300	50.20	{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democrats hold

Coltishall and Spixworth Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Roper	1,805	44
	Reform	Jason Charles Squire	1,288	32
	Conservative	Marting Lee Murrell	561	14
	Green	Phoebe Connell	288	7
	Labour	Jack Austin Chapman	121	3
Majority			517	12	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,063	49.68	{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democrats hold

Drayton and Horsford Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Jason Francis Butler	1,512	37
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Angela Starling	1,076	26
	Conservative	Simon Don Woodbridge	801	19
	Green	Richard Wink	475	11
	Labour	Glenn John Springett-Lees	276	7
Majority			436	11	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,140	45.44	{{{change}}}
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jan Davis	1,780	36
	Reform	Peter Richard Freeman	1,449	29
	Conservative	David Disney	1,097	22
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Rose Mason	304	6
	Labour	Emma Jennifer Covington	297	6
Majority			331	7	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,927	52.92	{{{change}}}
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Nick Taylor	1,442	35
	Conservative	Shelagh Cassandra Gurney	1,360	33
	Green	Lee Bassett Marsden	564	14
	Labour	Andrew Lock	426	10
	Liberal Democrats	David John Britcher	356	9
Majority			82	2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,148	45.18	{{{change}}}
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Mark Shaun Tucker	1,006	30
	Conservative	Antony Daniel Little	875	26
	Green	Ian Peter Chapman	628	19
	Labour	Bill Couzens	531	16
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Gower Callam	308	9
Majority			131	4	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3,348	47.51	{{{change}}}
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Michael Thomas	1,344	32
	Reform	Geraldine Mary Gray	1,317	32
	Conservative	Peter Bulman	900	22
	Green	Sarah Catherine Morgan	402	10
	Labour	Jo Emmerson	191	5
Majority			27	0	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,154	49.67	{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Stephen Michael Edmond Bailey	1,623	38
	Conservative	John Martyn Ward	917	21
	Labour	Bibin Baby	755	17
	Green	Ailsa Jean Claire Marcham	746	17
	Liberal Democrats	Darek Frederick John Wood	280	6
Majority			706	17	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,321	47.94	{{{change}}}
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Michael Clancy	1,617	40.4
	Reform	Alice Kemp	1,109	27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Karimi-Ghovanlou	746	18.7
	Green	Hannah Alexandra Moody	339	8.5
	Labour Co-op	Jake Thomas Norman	187	4.7
Majority			508	12.7	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3,998	51.0	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian James Mackie	1,434	34
	Reform	Susan Pamela Lawn	1,047	25
	Green	Eleanor Clare Laming	921	22
	Labour	Sandra Caroline O'Neill	531	13
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllida Isobel Margaret Scrivens	279	7
Majority			387	9	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,212	51.84	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Wendy Jane Atkinson	1,007	33
	Green	Peter John Harwood	665	22
	Conservative	Edith Jones	621	20
	Labour	Martin Alexander Booth	563	18
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Michael Howe	208	7
Majority			342	11	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3,064	42.87	{{{change}}}
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ed Matthews	1,328	34
	Conservative	Fran Whymark	1,297	33
	Green	Andy Cawdron	675	17
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Richard Leach	323	8
	Labour	Irene Macdonald	306	8
Majority			31	1	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3,929	47.38	{{{change}}}
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Ward	Incumbent councillor
Breydon	Carl Smith	Conservative
Caister-on-Sea	Penny Carpenter	Conservative
East Flegg	James Bensly	Conservative
Gorleston St Andrew's	Graham Plant	Conservative
Lothingland	Carl Annison	Conservative
Magdalen	Colleen Walker	Labour
West Flegg	Andy Grant	Conservative
Yarmouth Nelson & Southtown	Mike Smith-Clare	Labour
Yarmouth North & Central	Graham Carpenter	Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Michael Charles French	1,842	46.1	New
	Reform	Simon Cole	824	20.8	New
	Conservative	Carl Smith	584	14.7	−48.8
	Labour	Michael Jeal	318	8	−18.6
	Green	Jess Coleman	308	7.8	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Andrew Rouse	103	2.6	−0.7
Majority			1,842	25.3
	Great Yarmouth First gain from Conservative		Swing	46.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Barry Simon Gravenell	1,581	41.3	New
	Reform	Faye Marie Morse	618	16.2	New
	Green	John Alexander Gethin	582	15.2	+7.7
	Conservative	Graham Robert Plant	572	15	−41.9
	Labour	Jeanette Mcmullen	469	12.3	−18.2
Majority			963	25.1	−1.3
Turnout			3822	47.03
	Great Yarmouth First win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Jon Wedon	1,708	43
	Reform	Adrian Myers	816	21
	Conservative	Carl Adrian Annison	670	17
	Green	Trevor Rawson	368	9
	Labour	Bernard Williamson	305	8
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Stanley Smith	95	2
Majority			892	22	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3,962	48.18	{{{change}}}
	Great Yarmouth First hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Kevin Huggins	1,788	50
	Reform	Nigel Eric Light	677	19
	Green	Damian Alexander Elliott	451	13
	Labour	Trevor John Wainwright	429	12
	Conservative	Linda Jane Phillips	261	7
Majority			1,111	31	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3,606	41.55	{{{change}}}
	Great Yarmouth First hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Glenn James Hurren	2,072	48
	Reform	Melanie Elaine Milligan	913	21
	Conservative	Gary William Boyd	491	11
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Garrod	322	7
	Green	Anne Marie Killett	285	7
	Labour	Brian Pilkington	241	6
Majority			1,159	27	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4,324	53.18	{{{change}}}
	Great Yarmouth First hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Daniel Columba McGrath	1,852	47	N/A
	Reform	Nicholas Stuart Dack	912	23.2	N/A
	Green	Jen Denison	402	10.2	N/A
	Conservative	Ivan Leo Murray-Smith	398	10.1	N/A
	Labour	Jenny Newcombe	373	9.5	N/A
Majority			940	23.8
	Great Yarmouth First win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Jason Francis William Hughs	1,895	41.8	N/A
	Reform	Adrian David Rodford	901	19.9	N/A
	Conservative	James William Bensly	866	19.1	N/A
	Green	Rebecca Elizabeth Anne Durant	429	9.5	N/A
	Labour	Claire Wardley	291	6.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Anthony Lees	150	3.3	N/A
Majority			994	21.93%
	Great Yarmouth First win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Callum Ward-Kendall	1,357	48.3	New
	Green	Jack Allen	467	16.6	+10.2
	Reform	Alexander Ian Brown	465	16.6	+12.3
	Labour	Kerry Robinson-Payne	303	10.8	−33.8
	Conservative	Laura May Candon	141	5	−35
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Mark Dyer	77	2.7	1.9
Majority			890	+31.7
	Great Yarmouth First gain from Labour		Swing	+48.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Great Yarmouth First	Steve Grimmer	1,533	51.1	New
	Reform	Ricky Jeffs	511	17.1	New
	Green	Lewis Mark Hall	349	11.6	+7.6
	Labour	Paula Waters-Bunn	334	11.1	−19.8
	Conservative	Tamsin Eleanor Lodge	167	5.6	−40.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harris	103	3.4	−0.5
Majority			1,022	34.2
	Great Yarmouth First gain from Conservative		Swing	+51.5

Ward	Incumbent councillor
Clenchwarton & King's Lynn South	Alexandra Kemp	Independent
Dersingham	Stuart Dark	Conservative
Docking	Michael Chenery of Horsbrugh	Conservative
Downham Market	Anthony White	Conservative
Feltwell	Martin Storey	Conservative
Fincham	Brian Long	Conservative
Freebridge Lynn	Vacant	Independent^[f]
Gayton & Nar Valley	Jim Moriarty	Independent
Gaywood North & Central	David Sayers^[g]	Liberal Democrats
Gaywood South	Robert Colwell^[h]	Liberal Democrats
King's Lynn North & Central	Lesley Bambridge	Conservative
Marshland North	Julian Kirk^[i]	Reform
Marshland South	Chris Dawson	Conservative
North Coast	Andrew Jamieson	Conservative