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]

Council composition

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats[a]	Green	UKIP	Independents & Others	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
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	3		Conservative

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2013

2017

2021

Council election results

• 1973 Norfolk County Council election
• 1977 Norfolk County Council election
• 1981 Norfolk County Council election
• 1985 Norfolk County Council election
• 1989 Norfolk County Council election
• 1993 Norfolk County Council election
• 1997 Norfolk County Council election
• 2001 Norfolk County Council election
• 2005 Norfolk County Council election
• 2009 Norfolk County Council election
• 2013 Norfolk County Council election
• 2017 Norfolk County Council election
• 2021 Norfolk County Council election

The elections which were due to take place in 2025 were delayed by one year, as local government in Norfolk will be reorganised.^[2]

County result maps

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  2005 results map
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  2009 results map
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  2013 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2021 results map

By-election results 1997 to present day

1997–2001

University by-election 20 November 1997

Party		Candidate	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

Lakenham by-election 6 May 1999

Party		Candidate	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

Holt by-election 28 October 1999

Party		Candidate	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

Northgate by-election 15 June 2000

Party		Candidate	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

2001–2005

Wymondham by-election 2 August 2001

Party		Candidate	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

Mousehold by-election 26 September 2002

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

Downham Market by-election 16 December 2004

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

2005–2009

Town Close by-election 26 May 2005^[3]

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

Humbleyard by-election 4 May 2006^[4]

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

Clavering by-election 3 May 2007^[5]

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

Aylsham by-election 22 November 2007^[6]

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

2009–2013

Humbleyard by-election 13 January 2011^[7]

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

Lothingland by-election 5 May 2011^[8]

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

Old Catton by-election 14 July 2011^[9]

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

Lakenham by-election 24 November 2011^[10]

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

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

Percentage change is since June 2009.

2013–2017

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

Percentage change is since May 2013. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of UKIP Councillor Peter Georgiou, after he admitted to shoplifting and tobacco duty evasion.^[12]

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

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Matthew Smith, who was elected as a member of the UK Independence Party, following his guilty plea to charges of electoral fraud.^[14]

Mile Cross by-election 16 July 2015

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

Loddon by-election 24 September 2015

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

South Smallburgh by-election 19 November 2015^[15]

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

Watton by-election 19 November 2015^[16]

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

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Stan Hebborn, who was elected for the UK Independence Party.^[17]

2017–2021

Yare & All Saints by-election 12 July 2018

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

Wroxham by-election 4 April 2019

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

2021–2025

Gaywood South by-election 29 July 2021^[18]

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

Gaywood North and Central by-election 1 December 2022^[19]

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

Swaffham by-election 4 May 2023^[20]

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

West Depwade by-election 13 July 2023^[21]

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

Freebridge Lynn by-election 3 August 2023^[22]

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

Freebridge Lynn by-election 12 September 2024^[23]

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

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. Including 1 Independent Conservative