Norfolk County Council elections

Norfolk County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2005, 84 councillors have been elected from 84 wards.^[1]

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Year	Con	Lab	LD^[a]	Grn	UKIP	Ref	GYF	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year									Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (83 seats)
1973	51	27	0	–	–	–	–	5^[b]		Conservative
1977	70	13	0	0	–	–	–	0		Conservative
1981	51	27	4	0	–	–	–	1		Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 83 to 84
1985	44	25	15	0	–	–	–	0		Conservative
1989	47	28	9	0	–	–	–	0		Conservative
1993	34	32	16	0	–	–	–	2		No overall control
1997	36	34	13	0	0	–	–	1		No overall control
2001	48	26	10	0	0	–	–	0		Conservative
New division boundaries; seats remain at 84
2005	46	22	14	2	0	–	–	0		Conservative
2009	60	3	13	7	1	–	–	0		Conservative
2013	40	14	10	4	15	–	–	1		No overall control
2017	55	17	11	0	0	–	–	1		Conservative
2021	58	12	8	3	0	0	–	3		Conservative
New division boundaries; seats remain at 84
2026^[c]	8	1	13	12	–	40	9	1		No overall control

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	808	43.0	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	796	42.4	+2.5
	Conservative	275	14.6	−0.2
Majority		12	0.6
Turnout		1,879	33.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	803	53.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	402	26.8	−2.2
	Conservative	296	19.7	+2.5
Majority		401	26.7
Turnout		1,501
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,848	55.4	+14.5
	Conservative	1,358	40.7	+0.7
	Labour	130	3.9	−15.2
Majority		490	14.7
Turnout		3,336	44.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	575	48.4	−8.3
	Conservative	558	47.0	+15.5
	Liberal Democrats	55	4.6	−7.2
Majority		17	1.4
Turnout		1,188	27.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Norfolk County Council elections

Council composition

Visual representation

County result maps

By-election results 1997 to present day

1997–2001

2001–2005

2005–2009

2009–2013

2013–2017

2017–2021

2021–2026

2026–2030

Notes

References

External links

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Top Qs

Fact Checks

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,736	49.2	+13.0
	Conservative	1,734	49.1	+9.1
	Green	57	1.6	−0.7
Majority		2	0.1
Turnout		3,527	35.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		807	51.6	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kendrick	461	29.5	−3.7
	Conservative		132	8.4	−8.2
	Independent		82	5.2	+5.2
	Green		81	5.2	−0.7
Majority			346	22.1
Turnout			1,563
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Hutson	1,301	68.3	+13.0
	Labour		223	11.7	−20.4
	UKIP	Michael Stone	191	10.1	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Nicholas-Letch	190	10.0	+0.2
Majority			1,078	56.6
Turnout			1,905	21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Christopher Hull	1,151	36.1	+30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Toye	958	30.1	−11.7
	Labour	David Fullman	606	19.0	−14.7
	Conservative	John Wyatt	470	14.8	−4.5
Majority			193	6.0
Turnout			3,185	41.0
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Virgo	1,725	47.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Sutton	1,474	40.7	+7.4
	Green	Richard Bearman	239	6.6	+0.7
	Labour	John Cowan	180	5.0	−9.7
Majority			251	7.0
Turnout			3,618
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Tomkinson	1,743	46.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bronwen Jenkins	1,347	35.6	−8.1
	Green	Paul Fitzgerald	378	9.8	+2.2
	Labour	Jeanette Fowler	324	8.6	+8.6
Majority			396	10.4
Turnout			3,787	45.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Harrison	1,696	60.6	+23.2
	Conservative	Ian Graham	854	30.5	−6.4
	Labour	Terry Glasspoole	177	6.3	−19.4
	UKIP	Vandra Ahlstrom	71	2.5	+2.5
Majority			842	30.1
Turnout			2,798	39.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Virgo	1,015	46.6	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Sutton	438	20.1	−4.5
	Labour	Marian Chapman	424	19.5	+11.4
	Green	Janet Kitchener	170	7.8	−7.7
	UKIP	Richard Coke	133	6.1	+6.1
Majority			577	26.5	−0.9
Turnout			2,185	26.1	−20.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Stone	1,611	49.0	+3.6
	Labour	Trevor Wainwright	1,076	32.7	+10.6
	Independent	John Cooper	418	12.7	+12.7
	Green	Michael Brackenbury	184	5.6	+5.6
Majority			535	16.3	+3.3
Turnout			3,289
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Leggett	664	40.6	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Fowkes	414	25.3	+11.8
	Labour Co-op	Chrissie Rumsby	377	23.0	+12.2
	UKIP	Glenn Tingle	107	6.5	−9.7
	Green	Jennifer Parkhouse	75	4.6	−6.0
Majority			250	15.3	−617.3
Turnout			1,642	25.7	−12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−10.0

Clenchwarton and Kings Lynn South by-election 27 September 2012^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexandra Kampouropoulos	824	45.8	+34.1
	Conservative	Paul Foster	424	23.5	−15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Mayer	282	15.7	−13.1
	UKIP	Michael Stone	271	15.0	+15.0
Majority			400	22.2	+11.7
Turnout			1,806	22.5	−12.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+24.9

West Thetford by-election 1 August 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Terry Jermy	1,071	45.2	+9.8
	UKIP	John Newton	900	38.0	+2.6
	Conservative	Tristan Ashby	282	11.9	−3.5
	Independent	Danny Jeffrey	78	3.3	N/A
	Green	Sandra Walmsley	40	1.7	−1.1
Majority			171	7.2
Turnout			2,371	24.6	+0.9
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing	6.2

North Walsham East by-election 24 October 2013^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Seward	1,044	40.9	+5.8
	UKIP	Lynette Comber	565	22.1	−1.0
	Labour	Stephen Burke	442	17.3	−3.9
	Conservative	David Oliver	359	14.1	−2.4
	Green	Paul Oakes	80	3.1	−0.9
	Independent	Graham Jones	61	2.4	N/A
Majority			479	18.8
Turnout			2,562	29.5	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gorleston St Andrews by-election 16 July 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Plant	876	42.7	+15.3
	Labour	Tony Wright	773	37.7	+1.8
	UKIP	Adrian Myers	285	13.9	−22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harris	66	3.2	N/A
	Green	Harry Webb	51	2.5	N/A
Majority			103	5.0
Turnout			2,053	27.9
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Susan Whitaker	1,051	43.0	+16.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Fairbairn	611	25.0	−6.7
	Green	Paul Neale	492	20.1	+7.4
	Conservative	Mathew Morris	160	6.5	−6.5
	UKIP	Stephen Emmens	133	5.4	−10.3
Majority			440	18.0	+13.1
Turnout			2,455
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+11.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chrissie Rumsby	749	51.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Chelsea Bales	279	19.3	+8.7
	Green	Richard Edwards	209	14.4	−6.8
	UKIP	Michelle Ho	148	10.2	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Dymoke	62	4.3	+0.1
Majority			470	32.5	+9.2
Turnout			1,452	18.5	−7.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Stone	1,094	57.0	−6.7
	Labour Co-op	David Bissonnet	357	18.6	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Brown	235	12.3	+7.1
	UKIP	Alan Baugh	233	12.1	−6.8
Majority			737	38.4	−6.4
Turnout			1,926	23.2	−21.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Bradnock	1,383	56.4	+25.8
	Conservative	Paul Rice	697	28.4	+1.0
	UKIP	Barry Whitehouse	219	8.9	−17.8
	Labour Co-op	David Spencer	103	4.2	−5.3
	Green	Anne Filgate	52	2.1	−1.6
Majority			686	28.0
Turnout			2,456	34.7	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claire Bowes	822	45.6	+18.2
	Independent	Keith Gilbert	793	44.0	+20.4
	Labour	Joseph Sisto	105	5.8	−5.4
	Green	Timothy Birt	81	4.5	+0.3
Majority			29	1.6
Turnout			1,806	21
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Connolly	955	64.8	−8.0
	Labour	Harry Clarke	337	22.9	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thorpe	182	12.4	−2.6
Majority			618	41.2	−16.6
Turnout			1,478	19.1	−16.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fran Whymark	922	55.7	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Heard	395	23.9	+4.0
	Green	Jan Davis	174	10.5	+5.0
	Labour	Juila Wheeler	163	9.9	−0.8
Majority			527	31.9	−7.2
Turnout			1,673	20.7	−16.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Colwell	648	39.3	+28.1
	Labour	Micaela Bartrum	561	34.0	−1.6
	Conservative	Phil Trask	378	22.9	−25.4
	Independent	Robin Talbot	35	2.1	+2.1
	UKIP	Michael Stone	28	1.7	−3.2
Majority			87	5.3
Turnout			1,650
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Sayers	364	35.6	+28.5
	Labour	Richard Johnson	356	34.8	+1.3
	Conservative	Sheila Young	256	25.0	−31.1
	Green	Vicky Fairweather	46	4.5	+4.5
Majority			8	0.8
Turnout			1,022
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Nunn	1,288	50.8	−17.8
	Labour	Terry Land	649	25.6	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Ratcliff	596	23.5	+17.8
Majority			639	25.2
Turnout			2,533
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Catherine Rowett	663	29.0	+19.6
	Conservative	Tony Holden	582	25.4	−18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Spratt	409	17.9	+7.4
	Independent	Beverley Spratt	405	17.7	−6.0
	Labour	Pam Reekie	228	10.0	−2.8
Majority			81	3.5
Turnout			2,287	24.8	−16.0
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Crofts	669	38.4	+38.4
	Conservative	Olivia Morris	539	31.0	−33.7
	Green	Andrew de Whalley	418	24.0	+4.3
	Labour	Lesley Marriage	115	6.6	−9.0
Majority			130	7.5
Turnout			1,741
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Simon Ring	723	53.8	+53.8
	Conservative	Jason Law	454	33.8	+2.8
	Labour	Wilf Lambert	167	12.4	+5.8
Majority			269	20.0
Turnout			1,344
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Serene Shibli	1,255	50.3	−1.6
	Reform	Karl Catchpole	510	20.4	+20.4
	Labour	Josh Horsfall	432	17.3	−15.9
	Conservative	Edith Jones	147	5.9	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Dean	124	5.0	+5.0
	Homeland	Lorna Garner	26	1.0	+1.0
Majority			745	29.9
Turnout			2,494
	Green hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Julian Kirk	1,286	54.9	+54.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Holmes	404	17.3	+17.3
	Conservative	Richard Blunt	389	16.6	−41.6
	Labour	Matt Hannay	120	5.1	−9.4
	Green	Rob Archer	75	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Michael Squire	67	2.9	+2.9
Majority			882	37.7
Turnout			2,341
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Bick	917	47.9	+47.9
	Labour	Terry Land	644	33.6	−23.3
	Conservative	Peter Wilkinson	240	12.5	−21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Minto	115	6.0	+1.2
Majority			273	14.2
Turnout			1,916
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Little	973	34.6	+8.5
	Green	Phoebe Connell	921	32.7	+13.9
	Reform	Sue Lawn	561	19.9	−10.1
	Labour Co-op	Jake Norman	147	5.2	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Callam	100	3.6	−5.6
	Restore	Hamish Williams	98	3.5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	His Excellency Freeman	13	0.5	N/A
Majority			52	1.8	−2.1
Turnout			2,813	39.8	−7.9
Registered electors			7,047
	Conservative gain from Reform		Swing