King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council elections

King's Lynn and West Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 55 councillors have been elected from 35 wards.^[1]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Green	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (60 seats)
1973	14	22	0	–	24		No overall control
1976	37	13	0	0	10		Conservative
1979	42	15	0	0	3		Conservative
New ward boundaries (60 seats)
1983	42	15	1	0	2		Conservative
1987	46	11	2	0	1		Conservative
1991	30	16	5	0	9^[b]		No overall control
1995	14	37	6	0	3		Labour
1999	25	26	5	0	4^[c]		No overall control
New ward boundaries (62 seats)
2003	34	15	7	0	6		Conservative
2007	52	4	4	0	2		Conservative
2011	42	13	3	1	3		Conservative
2015	50	10	0	0	2		Conservative
New ward boundaries (55 seats)
2019	28	10	1	1	15		Conservative
2023	21	11	3	2	18		No overall control

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	540	48.3
	Conservative	491	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	87	7.8
Majority		49	4.4
Turnout		1,118	27.4
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,094	60.1	−21.8
	Conservative	482	26.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	243	13.4	+13.4
Majority		612	33.6
Turnout		1,819
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	402	40.1	+2.2
	Labour	259	25.8	−31.9
	Liberal Democrats	210	21.0	+21.0
	Independent	131	13.1	+13.1
Majority		143	14.3
Turnout		1,002
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	271	55.6	+17.0
	Labour	165	33.9	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	51	10.5	−9.2
Majority		106	21.7
Turnout		487	26.9
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	592	62.6	+21.8
	Labour	353	37.4	−14.5
Majority		239	25.2
Turnout		945	50.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	852	44.2	+23.4
	Labour		590	30.6	+12.1
	Independent		487	25.2	−35.4
Majority			262	13.6
Turnout			1,929	47.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	437	47.2	+18.6
	Liberal Democrats	247	26.7	+26.7
	Labour	121	13.1	−0.9
	Independent	120	13.0	−44.5
Majority		190	20.5
Turnout		925	26.4
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Searle	908	55.5	+14.3
	Labour	Richard Bird	727	44.5	+13.8
Majority			181	11.0
Turnout			1,635	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Dobson	202	28.7	−17.4
	Labour	John Collop	194	27.5	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Swinton	167	23.7	+23.7
	BNP	David Fleming	90	12.8	+12.8
	Green	Vivienne Manning	52	7.4	+7.4
Majority			8	1.2
Turnout			705	18.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Young	348	45.7	+6.0
	Labour	Ken Hubbard	243	31.9	+5.6
	UKIP	Michael Stone	88	11.5	+11.5
	Green	Rob Archer	61	8.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Swinton	22	2.9	+2.9
Majority			105	13.8
Turnout			762
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Avril Wright	593	48.7	−20.6
	UKIP	Michael Stone	361	29.7	+29.7
	Labour	Richard Pennington	263	21.6	−9.1
Majority			232	19.1
Turnout			1,217
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Ashley Collins	179	45.5	+45.5
	Conservative	John Dobson	115	29.3	+29.3
	Labour	Emilia Rust	99	25.2	+7.7
Majority			64	16.3
Turnout			393
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Sandell	374	78.4	+5.6
	UKIP	Jean Smith	103	21.6	+21.6
Majority			271	56.8
Turnout			477
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Hipperson	305	45.7	+2.4
	UKIP	Bob Scully	233	34.9	+34.9
	Green	Jonathan Burr	72	10.8	−10.6
	Labour	Sebastian Polhill	57	8.5	−11.1
Majority			72	56.8
Turnout			10.8
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Valley Hill By-election 16 June 2016^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Tilbrook	266	41.0	+6.9
	Labour	Edward Robb	157	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Sayer	102	15.7	+15.7
	UKIP	Andrew Carr	96	14.8	+14.8
	Green	Andrew de Whalley	27	4.2	+4.2
Majority			109	16.8
Turnout			648
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Heacham By-election 20 October 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terence Parish	400	37.7	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Eyre	342	32.2	−38.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Colwell	83	7.8	N/A
	UKIP	Deborah Lemay	83	7.8	N/A
	Independent	Michael Press	79	7.4	N/A
	Labour	Edward Robb	74	7.0	−21.9
Majority			58	5.5
Turnout			1,064	26.27
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Snettisham By-election 2 August 2018^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Dark	613	77.4	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Erika Coward	66	8.3	+8.3
	Green	Nigel Walker	65	8.2	+8.2
	UKIP	Matthew Hannay	48	6.1	+6.1
Majority			547	69.1
Turnout			792
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upwell and Delph By-election 12 December 2019^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Spikings	2,126	66.4	+28.5
	Labour	Stewart Dickson	637	19.9	+19.9
	Independent	Terry Hipsey	438	13.7	+13.7
Majority			1,489	46.5
Turnout			3,201
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Howman	254	44.0	+5.3
	Conservative	Ronald Mortimer	189	32.8	+2.3
	UKIP	Michael Stone	68	11.8	−19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Colwell	66	11.4	N/A
Majority			65
Turnout				12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Taylor	253	36.2	−6.6
	Labour	Francis Bone	210	30.0	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Russell-Johnson	173	24.7	+24.7
	Green	Rob Archer	63	9.0	−15.1
Majority			43	6.2
Turnout			699
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Jacqueline Fry	289	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Crystal Colwell	275	37.2
	Labour	Michelle Carter	118	16.0
	Green	Ian Milburn	36	4.9
	Independent	Benjamin Lemmon	21	2.8
Majority			14	1.9
Turnout			739
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Austen Moore	278	49.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geri Sayers	123	22.0
	Labour	Wilfred Lambert	107	19.1
	Green	Rob Archer	52	9.3
Majority			155	27.7
Turnout			560
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Fred Pidcock	368	29.2	+29.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tammy Edmunds	322	25.6	+25.6
	Independent	Howard Johnston	229	18.2	+18.2
	Conservative	Ade Adeyemo	224	17.8	−23.0
	Independent	David Nice	77	6.1	−28.9
	Labour	Christopher Heneghan	40	3.2	−21.0
Majority			46	3.7
Turnout			1,260
	Reform gain from Independent		Swing