2011 South Norfolk District Council election
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The elections toSouth Norfolk District Councilwere held on Thursday 5 May 2011 along with various otherlocal electionsaround England, elections to theScottish Parliament,National Assembly of WalesandNorthern Ireland Assembly,and areferendumon whether to adopt theAlternative Voteelectoral system for elections to theHouse of Commons.[1]All 46 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by theConservatives,with theLiberal Democratsbeing the only opposition.
Both main parties had websites detailing their local manifesto pledges:Conservative pledges and record[permanent dead link];Liberal Democrat manifesto and candidates.
Composition of council seats before election[edit]
Party | Seats (2007 election) | Seats (March 2011) | |
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Conservative | 39 | 37 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 7 | |
Vacant | - | 2 |
Candidates by party[edit]
46 / 46
14 / 46
4 / 46
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42 / 46
9 / 46
2 / 46
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In this election, there were a total of 117 candidates contesting the 46 council seats.[2]25 Conservative councillors and 6 Liberal Democrat councillors were standing in the seats they held before the election. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fielded candidates in every ward, but the Liberal Democrats were unable to nominate candidates for every vacancy - a total of 46 Conservatives and 42 Liberal Democrats.
Out of the parties which are not represented on the district council, Labour stood 14 candidates, the Green Party 9 and UKIP 4. There were two independent candidates: Ingo Wagenknecht in Rockland ward and Jessica Austin in Wicklewood ward.
In 17 seats there was a straight fight between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
Election results: overview[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 38 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 82.6 | 57.2 | 33,647 | +2.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 17.4 | 29.3 | 17,223 | -9.9% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 4,672 | +5.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 2,313 | +1.2% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 823 | +1.1% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 159 | -0.1% | |
Total | 46 | 58,837 |
The election saw 38 seats won by the Conservatives and 8 won by the Liberal Democrats - a gain of one seat for the Liberal Democrats. They won the seat for Forncett Ward, which had been vacant since the death of the Conservative councillor Hedley Smith in January 2011.[4]The successful Liberal Democrat was previously the member for the ward from 2003 to 2007 defeated in 2007. Overall the Liberal Democrats polled a lower vote-share in South Norfolk overall. Their vote-share dropped by almost 10%, with half of the votes going to Labour and the rest to the Conservatives, the Green Party and UKIP.
Labour and the Greens attained a higher vote-share, with Labour overtaking the Greens as the third-largest party in terms of votes, but were unable to win any seats. Labour became the second-largest party in 8 wards: Bunwell, Cringleford, Dickleburgh, Rockland, Wymondham Northfields, Wymondham Rustens and Wymondham Town and Wicklewood - their best performance being 27.7% in Bunwell. The Greens came second in three wards Mulbarton, Hingham & Deopham and Thurlton pushing the Lib Dems into third place in those wards (all wards held by the Lib Dems in 2003). In Cringleford and Wymondham Rustens the Lib Dems finished in 4th place behind Labour and the Greens. UKIP managed to come second in Scole ward, with 17.41%.
Results by ward[edit]
Candidates inboldwere elected. Candidates marked with an asterisk were councillors in the same ward from 2007-2011.[5]
Abbey ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Savage* | 678 | 67.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Smith | 328 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 350 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 1006 | 45.69 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Beck Vale ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Tilcock* | 491 | 52.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kerri Worral | 441 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 50 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 932 | 53.90 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Bressingham and Burston ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Weeks* | 787 | 73.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ashley Camm | 290 | 26.9 | ||
Majority | 497 | 46.2 | |||
Turnout | 1077 | 49.6 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Brooke ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Fuller* | 855 | 74.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Tryggvason | 299 | 25.9 | ||
Majority | 556 | 48.2 | |||
Turnout | 1154 | 55.52 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Bunwell ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beverley Spratt* | 691 | 61.4 | ||
Labour | Nigel Crouch | 312 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Myall | 123 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | 379 | 33.7 | |||
Turnout | 1126 | 53.18 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Chedgrave and Thurton ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Blake* | 600 | 57.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Arnold | 244 | 23.3 | ||
UKIP | Ronald Murphy | 202 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | 356 | 34.1 | |||
Turnout | 1046 | 50.49 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Cringleford ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Kemp* | 1089 | 31.8 | ||
Conservative | Garry Wheatley* | 1036 | 30.3 | ||
Labour | Victoria Smillie | 362 | 10.6 | ||
Green | Jan Kitchener | 359 | 10.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Peterson | 323 | 9.4 | ||
Green | Robert Pell | 253 | 7.4 | ||
Turnout | 3422 | 51.1 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Cromwells ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Ward* | 461 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Melvyn Elias | 387 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 74 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 848 | 44.25 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Dickleburgh ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Wilby* | 762 | 74.1 | ||
Labour | Pamela Reekie | 144 | 14.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Seeman | 122 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 618 | 60.1 | |||
Turnout | 1028 | 46.35 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Diss ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glyn Walden* | 1251 | 21.8 | ||
Conservative | Tony Palmer* | 1220 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Keith Kiddie | 1078 | 18.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Wenman | 669 | 11.6 | ||
Labour | Trevor Clark | 574 | 10.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Wenman | 563 | 9.8 | ||
UKIP | Evan Heasley | 391 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 5746 | 39.57 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Ditchingham and Broome ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Allen* | 561 | 60.8 | ||
Conservative | Sam Carter | 361 | 39.2 | ||
Majority | 200 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 922 | 49.9 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Earsham ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Murray Gray* | 623 | 66.3 | ||
Conservative | Jethro Elsden | 317 | 33.7 | ||
Majority | 306 | 32.6 | |||
Turnout | 940 | 47.95 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Easton ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Dewsbury* | 791 | 78.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Allan Bedford | 218 | 21.6 | ||
Majority | 573 | 56.8 | |||
Turnout | 1009 | 49.48 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Forncett ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bob McClenning | 664 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | Barry Duffin | 539 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 125 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 1203 | 56.18 | |||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | Swing |
Gillingham ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kay Billig | 613 | 58.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mandy Smith | 438 | 41.7 | ||
Majority | 175 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 1051 | 47.17 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Harleston ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Riches | 775 | 27.4 | ||
Conservative | Jeremy Savage* | 666 | 23.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fran Pitt-Pladdy | 589 | 20.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Kuzmic | 508 | 17.9 | ||
Labour | David Reekie | 293 | 10.3 | ||
Turnout | 2831 | 42.23 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Hempnall ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Windrige* | 719 | 68.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona McDonald Clarke | 329 | 31.4 | ||
Majority | 390 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 1048 | 52.00 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Hethersett ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bills* | 1092 | 32.0 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Dale* | 983 | 28.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jacky Sutton | 781 | 22.9 | ||
Labour | Laura Green | 555 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 202 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 3411 | 46.35 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Hingham and Deopham ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Yvonne Bendle | 729 | 62.6 | ||
Green | Peter Eldridge | 281 | 24.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lindsey Wright | 154 | 13.2 | ||
Majority | 448 | 38.5 | |||
Turnout | 1164 | 50.19 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Loddon ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Gould* | 649 | 73.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Quarmby | 236 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 413 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 885 | 44.47 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Mulbarton ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jon Herbert* | 1018 | 31.5 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Legg* | 1002 | 31.0 | ||
Green | Roy Walmsley | 441 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Hagger | 407 | 12.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Pitcher | 367 | 11.3 | ||
Turnout | 3235 | 46.59 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
New Costessey ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gerard Watt* | 636 | 22.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jan Hardinge | 633 | 22.1 | ||
Conservative | Oliver Taylor | 451 | 15.7 | ||
Labour | Cid Gibbs | 359 | 12.5 | ||
Conservative | Vivienne Weeks | 343 | 12.0 | ||
Green | Ian Boreham | 299 | 10.4 | ||
Green | David Seddon | 148 | 5.2 | ||
Turnout | 2869 | 39.29 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Newton Flotman ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laura Webster | 536 | 55.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eve Domeyer | 428 | 44.4 | ||
Majority | 108 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 964 | 47.93 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Northfields ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joe Mooney* | 716 | 65.4 | ||
Labour | Douglas Underwood | 286 | 26.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pat Dore | 93 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 430 | 39.3 | |||
Turnout | 1095 | 47.56 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Old Costessey ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tim East* | 1116 | 33.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Bell* | 1090 | 32.8 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Savage | 560 | 16.8 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Smith | 558 | 16.8 | ||
Turnout | 3324 | 36.37 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Poringland with the Framlinghams ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Overton* | 1244 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Lisa Neal* | 1110 | 33.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Best | 480 | 14.5 | ||
Labour | Nicola Fowler | 467 | 14.1 | ||
Turnout | 3301 | 50.22 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Rockland ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sue Thomson* | 693 | 57.7 | ||
Labour | Joanne Bissonnet | 250 | 20.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Scott | 166 | 13.8 | ||
Independent | Ingo Wagenknecht | 92 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | 443 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 1201 | 52.10 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Roydon ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Goldson* | 508 | 66.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Howling | 260 | 33.9 | ||
Majority | 248 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 768 | 42.26 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Rustens ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Foulger | 436 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | Sandra Underwood | 185 | 22.6 | ||
Green | Jo Hardy | 110 | 13.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jerry Dore | 88 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 251 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 819 | 41.21 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Scole ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jenny Wilby* | 609 | 68.0 | ||
UKIP | Roy Philpot | 156 | 17.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Fookes | 131 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 453 | 50.6 | |||
Turnout | 896 | 47.50 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Stoke Holy Cross ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Lewis* | 635 | 50.3 | ||
Conservative | Stella Rice | 403 | 31.9 | ||
Green | Jane Hutchings | 151 | 12.0 | ||
UKIP | Jeremy Kent | 74 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | 232 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 1263 | 55.13 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Stratton ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Blowfield | 962 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Pond | 709 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Miller | 479 | 16.7 | ||
Labour | Janet King | 374 | 13.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Linden Parker | 344 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 2868 | 40.84 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Tasburgh ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Florence Ellis | 636 | 59.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philippa Grant | 428 | 40.2 | ||
Majority | 208 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 1064 | 55.91 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Thurlton ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Kemp* | 540 | 50.7 | ||
Green | Derek West | 271 | 25.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Claire Jackson | 255 | 23.9 | ||
Majority | 269 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 1066 | 46.87 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Town ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lee Hornby | 715 | 62.7 | ||
Labour | Michael Crouch | 277 | 24.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Walker | 148 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 438 | 38.4 | |||
Turnout | 1140 | 46.43 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Wicklewood ward[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Edney | 665 | 59.6 | ||
Labour | Dominic Roskrow | 234 | 21.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Blathwayt | 149 | 13.4 | ||
Independent | Jessica Austin | 67 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 431 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 1115 | 52.05 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
References[edit]
- ^"Clegg announces date for AV referendum".BBCDemocracy Live. 5 July 2010.Retrieved7 July2010.
- ^"Statement of Persons Nominated - District Council Elections 2011"(PDF).South Norfolk Council. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 16 May 2011.Retrieved20 April2011.
- ^"2011 District election results".South Norfolk Council. Archived fromthe originalon 9 May 2011.Retrieved17 May2011.
- ^"District councillor Hedley Smith dies".Diss Mercury.Retrieved17 May2011.
- ^"Councillors".South Norfolk Council.Retrieved20 April2011.