2015 UK local government election
2015 South Norfolk District Council election All 46 seats to South Norfolk District Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Party
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Last election
38 57.2%
8 29.3%
Seats won
40
6
Seat change
2
2
Popular vote
50,249
15,536
Percentage
54.2%
16.8%
Swing
3.0%
12.5%
Map of the 2015 results in South Norfolk.
The 2015 South Norfolk District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect the whole council as part of 2015 United Kingdom local elections coinciding with the general election . The council continued to consist of 46 councillors and as immediately after the previous election, the council was controlled by local Conservatives , with local Liberal Democrats being the only opposition. The governing group's numbers were augmented by two councillors at the expense of that opposition group. Three defecting-from-majority independent councillors lost their council seats.
Composition of council seats before election
After the 2011 election , 38 councillors were Conservatives and 8 were Liberal Democrats. Since then, three Conservative councillors had left the party's grouping. Two of them (Keith Weeks, Bressingham and Burston ward, and Jon Herbert, Mulbarton ward) now formed the South Norfolk Independent Group , while the third (Terry Blowfield, Stratton ward) sat as an independent .
Candidates by party
44 / 46
39 / 46
35 / 46
13 / 46
12 / 46
1 / 46
South Norfolk had 36 wards, providing for 46 candidates. In this election, there were a total of 144 candidates standing (an increase of 23% from the 117 in the last election in 2011).
The two parties with incumbent councillors were the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives were standing in all wards, with a total of 44 candidates. The Liberal Democrats were standing 35 candidates in 32 wards.
Out of the other parties standing, Labour had 39 candidates in 32 wards, UKIP had 13 candidates in 13 wards, and the Green Party had 12 candidates in 12 wards. There was one independent candidate, Jackie Bircham, standing in Chedgrave and Thurton ward.
Election results
South Norfolk Local Election Result 2015
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Conservative
40
2
0
+2
67.0
54.2
50,249
-3.0%
Liberal Democrats
6
0
2
-2
13.0
16.8
15,536
-12.5%
Labour
0
0
0
+/-0
0
19.4
17,993
+11.5%
UKIP
0
0
0
+/-0
0
5.2
4,788
+3.8%
Green
0
0
0
+/-0
0
4.3
3,982
+0.4%
Independent
0
0
0
+/-0
0
0.2
144
-0.1%
Total
46
92,692
Candidates by ward
South Norfolk council is made up of 46 councillors elected in 36 different wards. 27 wards elect one councillor, 8 wards elect two councillors, and one ward (Diss) elects three councillors.
29 incumbent councillors are re-standing in the wards they represented before this election (denoted by a *).
Abbey ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Abbey ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Robert James Savage *
857
54.3
−13.1
Labour
Kevin Patrick O'Grady
464
29.4
+29.4
Liberal Democrats
Patricia Margaret Dore
258
16.3
−16.3
Majority
393
24.9
−9.9
Turnout
1579
69.09
Conservative hold
Swing
Beck Vale ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Beck Vale ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Clayton Hudson
767
58.7
+6.0
Labour
Peter David Holmes
198
15.2
+15.2
Green
Jillian Christine Callaghan
172
13.2
+13.2
Liberal Democrats
Kerri Sheila Worrall
169
12.9
−34.4
Majority
569
43.6
+38.2
Turnout
1306
69.91
Conservative hold
Swing
Bressingham and Burston ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Bressingham and Burston ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Barry Michael Stone
863
51.2
−21.9
UKIP
Paul William Chambers
326
19.3
+19.3
Labour
Jon Chambers
286
17.0
+17.0
Green
David John Reynolds
212
12.6
+12.6
Majority
537
31.8
−14.3
Turnout
1687
73.23
Conservative hold
Swing
Brooke ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Brooke ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
John Charles Fuller *
1104
68.4
−5.7
Labour
David Peter Andrew Boyce
278
17.2
+17.2
Liberal Democrats
Judith Ann Tryggvason
233
14.4
−11.5
Majority
826
51.1
+2.9
Turnout
1615
76.79
Conservative hold
Swing
Bunwell ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Bunwell ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Charles Henry Easton
903
55.4
−6.0
Labour
Nigel Collingwood Crouch
362
22.2
−5.6
UKIP
Frederick Joseph Page
225
13.8
+13.8
Liberal Democrats
Ian Victor Spratt
141
8.6
−2.3
Majority
541
33.2
−0.5
Turnout
1631
74.36
Conservative hold
Swing
Chedgrave and Thurton ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Chedgrave and Thurton ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Derek John Blake *
688
45.8
−11.6
Labour
Harriet Ann Wells
299
19.9
+19.9
UKIP
Ron Murphy
243
16.2
−3.1
Independent
Jackie Bircham
144
9.6
+9.6
Liberal Democrats
Christopher John Brown
129
8.6
−14.7
Majority
389
25.9
−8.1
Turnout
1503
69.45
Conservative hold
Swing
Cringleford ward
Cromwells ward
Dickleburgh ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Dickleburgh ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Martin James Wilby *
1043
68.5
−5.6
Labour
Pam Reekie
223
14.7
+0.7
Green
Sam Morgan
156
10.2
+10.2
Liberal Democrats
Anne Phebe Clifford John
100
6.6
−5.3
Majority
820
53.9
−6.2
Turnout
1522
69.03
Conservative hold
Swing
Diss ward
Ditchingham and Broome ward
Earsham ward
Easton ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Easton ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Margaret Dewsbury *
943
60.2
−18.2
UKIP
Arthur Burkard
239
15.3
+15.3
Labour
Sylvia Driver
205
13.1
+13.1
Liberal Democrats
Anthony Lloyd Sumner
179
11.4
−10.2
Majority
704
45.0
−11.8
Turnout
1566
74.28
Conservative hold
Swing
Forncett ward
Gillingham ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Gillingham ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Kay Mason Billig *
790
48.6
−9.7
UKIP
Chris Capocci
299
18.4
+18.4
Labour
Bethan Sian Gulliver
297
18.3
+18.3
Liberal Democrats
Andrew Paul Barber
238
14.7
−27.0
Majority
491
30.2
+13.5
Turnout
1624
70.31
Conservative hold
Swing
Harleston ward
Hempnall ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Hempnall ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Alison Mary Thomas
1155
75.4
+6.8
Labour
Janet Susan King
376
24.6
+24.6
Majority
779
50.9
−13.7
Turnout
1531
72.92
Conservative hold
Swing
Hethersett ward
Jacky Sutton stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate in Hethersett in 2011. Her vote-share here is compared with the performance of the Labour candidate in 2011.
Hingham and Deopham ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Hingham and Deopham ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Yvonne Bendle *
1049
63.2
+0.6
Liberal Democrats
Jeremy Dore
326
19.6
+6.4
Labour
James Edward George Leman
286
17.2
+17.2
Majority
723
43.5
+5.0
Turnout
1661
72.02
Conservative hold
Swing
Loddon ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Loddon ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Colin Leslie Gould *
810
54.6
−18.7
Labour
David George Bissonnet
322
21.7
+21.7
UKIP
Alan Baugh
210
14.2
+14.2
Liberal Democrats
Peter John Arnold
142
9.6
−17.1
Majority
488
32.9
−13.8
Turnout
1484
67.13
Conservative hold
Swing
Mulbarton ward
New Costessey ward
Newton Flotman ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Newton Flotman ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Phil Hardy
722
48.8
−6.8
Labour
Jackie Brown
316
21.4
+21.4
UKIP
Gillian Page
254
17.2
17.2
Liberal Democrats
Patricia Margaret McClenning
188
12.7
−31.7
Majority
406
27.4
+16.2
Turnout
1480
68.89
Conservative hold
Swing
Northfields ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Northfields ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Joe Mooney *
934
62.4
−3.0
Labour
Doug Underwood
361
24.1
−2.0
Green
Gordon John Beckett
202
13.5
+13.5
Majority
573
38.3
−1.0
Turnout
1497
66.64
Conservative hold
Swing
Old Costessey ward
Poringland with the Framinghams ward
Rockland ward
Roydon ward
Rustens ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Rustens ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Peter Noel Broome
1118
63.2
+10.0
Green
Katherine Jenkins
651
36.8
+23.4
Majority
467
26.4
−4.2
Turnout
1769
65.58
Conservative hold
Swing
Scole ward
Stoke Holy Cross ward
Stratton ward
Linden Parker stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in Stratton in 2011.
Tasburgh ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Tasburgh ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Florence Ellis *
921
61.6
+1.8
Labour
Michael Douglas Dawson
318
21.3
+21.3
Liberal Democrats
Roger Neil Percival
257
17.2
−23.0
Majority
603
40.3
+20.8
Turnout
1496
76.58
20.8
Conservative hold
Swing
Thurlton ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Thurlton ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
William Lewis Wilson Kemp*
948
58.1
+7.4
Labour
Sally Laura Blaikie
367
22.5
+22.5
Liberal Democrats
Claire Elizabeth Jackson
316
19.4
−4.5
Majority
581
35.6
+10.4
Turnout
1631
72.27
Conservative hold
Swing
Town ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Town ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Lee Henry Hornby *
1121
64.6
+1.9
Green
Jo Hardy
615
35.4
+35.4
Majority
506
29.1
−9.3
Turnout
1736
69.39
Conservative hold
Swing
Wicklewood ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Wicklewood ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Michael Edney *
869
54.9
−4.7
Green
Quentin John Logan
243
15.4
+15.4
Liberal Democrats
Philip John Abbott
241
15.2
+1.8
UKIP
Lesley Carruthers
230
14.5
+14.5
Majority
626
39.5
+0.8
Turnout
1583
72.95
Conservative hold
Swing
References
"Councillors" . South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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