Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections

Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 39 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.^[1] Prior to 2019 elections were held three years out of every four for a third of the council at a time.

Great Yarmouth rejected the introduction of a directly elected mayor by 15,595 votes to 10,051 in a referendum in 2011, held at the same time as the 2011 election.^[2]

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Year	Con	Lab	LD^[a]	UKIP	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats)
1973	26	16	1	–	5		Conservative
1976	31	13	2	–	2		Conservative
1979	26	17	2	–	3		Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)^[4]
1980	20	23	2	–	3		No overall control
1982	22	20	5	–	1		No overall control
1983	26	18	4	–	0		Conservative
1984	26	18	4	–	0		Conservative
1986	24	22	2	–	0		No overall control
1987	24	22	2	–	0		No overall control
1988	23	24	1	–	0		No overall control
1990	18	30	0	–	0		Labour
1991	15	32	1	–	0		Labour
1992	18	29	1	–	0		Labour
1994	19	27	2	0	0		Labour
1995	14	33	1	0	0		Labour
1996	9	38	1	0	0		Labour
1998	12	36	0	0	0		Labour
1999	19	29	0	0	0		Labour
2000	26	22	0	0	0		Conservative
2002	28	20	0	0	0		Conservative
2003	26	22	0	0	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (39 seats)^[5]^[6]
2004	26	13	0	0	0		Conservative
2006	22	16	0	0	1		Conservative
2007	22	17	0	0	0		Conservative
2008	24	15	0	0	0		Conservative
2010	24	15	0	0	0		Conservative
2011	24	15	0	0	0		Conservative
2012	18	21	0	0	0		Labour
2014	14	15	0	10	0		No overall control
2015	14	14	0	11	0		No overall control
2016	14	11	0	14	0		No overall control
2018	23	15	0	1	0		Conservative
Change to all out elections (39 seats)
2019	20	15	0	1	3		Conservative
2023	19	18	0	0	2		No overall control

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	477	58.7	−3.7
	Conservative	287	35.3	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	49	6.0	+6.0
Majority		190	23.4
Turnout		813
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	503	50.1	+13.5
	Labour	381	38.0	−16.6
	Liberal Democrats	83	8.3	−0.6
	Independent	36	3.6	+3.6
Majority		122	12.1
Turnout		1,003
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	505	52.9	−3.4
	Labour	306	32.1	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	143	15.0	+15.0
Majority		199	20.8
Turnout		954	22.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	644	53.1	−3.7
	Labour	568	46.9	+12.7
Majority		76	6.2
Turnout		1,212	24.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1997–2001

2005–2009

2009–2013

2019–2023

2023–2027

Notes

References

External links

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Barker	1,588	53.6
	Conservative	David Denning	796	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Dyer	382	12.9
	UKIP	Michael Dix	196	6.6
Majority			792	26.7
Turnout			2,962
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Burroughs	369	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Lees	278	29.6
	Labour	Peter Alexander	242	25.7
	UKIP	Colin Aldred	51	5.4
Majority			91	9.6
Turnout			940
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Taylor	329	42.5	+0.1
	Independent	William Robinson	257	33.2	+33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Dyer	96	12.4	+12.4
	Independent	Thomas Holmes	49	6.3	+6.3
	Green	Ian Holman	43	5.6	−1.8
Majority			72	9.3
Turnout			774
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Hacon	475	37.4	−15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Aleck Buchanan	397	31.2	+31.2
	Labour	Joanne Vriesema	254	20.0	−7.9
	UKIP	Colin Aldred	116	9.1	−9.8
	Green	Ian Holman	29	2.3	+2.3
Majority			78	6.2
Turnout			1,271
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Butcher	623	50.0	+2.0
	Labour	Trevor Wainwright	429	34.4	+15.2
	UKIP	Colin Aldred	196	15.7	+5.3
Majority			194	15.6
Turnout			1,248	24.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marlene Fairhead	424	51.4	−0.9
	Conservative	Carl Smith	401	48.6	+0.9
Majority			23	2.8
Turnout			825	24.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Plane	557	49.6	+3.4
	Labour	Hilary Wainwright	407	36.2	+0.3
	UKIP	Colin Aldred	159	14.2	+1.4
Majority			150	13.4
Turnout			1,123	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Price	728	52.9	+16.6
	Labour	Jo Thurtle	648	47.1	−16.6
Majority			80	5.8
Turnout			1,376
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Hanton	939	74.6	+34.6
	Labour	Alison Green	320	25.4	+12.6
Majority			619	49.2
Turnout			1,259
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Dwyer-McCluskey	482	52.6
	Conservative	Paul Hammond	296	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harris	139	15.2
Majority			186	20.3
Turnout			917
	Labour hold		Swing

Caister South By-Election 7 May 2026^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Great Yarmouth First	Jon Wedon	866	48.7
	Reform	Sandra Sherman-Ceesay	405	22.8
	Conservative	Ann Lawn	214	12.0
	Green	Ollie Hodds	139	7.8
	Labour	Chris Williamson	116	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Dyer	39	2.2
Majority			461	25.9
Turnout			1,779
	Great Yarmouth First gain from Conservative		Swing