2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

2023 UK local government election

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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All 39 seats to Great Yarmouth Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Carl Smith	Trevor Wainwright
Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent
Last election	20 seats, 52.2%	15 seats, 36.6%	3 seats, 7.6%
Seats before	21	14	4
Seats after	19	18	2

The winner of each seat in the 2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council Election

Leader before election

Carl Smith
Conservative

Leader after election

Carl Smith
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Prior to the election the council was under Conservative majority control. The Conservatives remained the largest party after the election, but lost their majority leaving the council under no overall control. A minority Conservative administration formed after the election with the support of the two independent councillors.

Summary

Election result

2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	19	1	2	1	48.7	43.6	19,247	–8.6
	Labour	39	18	3	0	3	46.2	45.66	20,174	+7.2
	Independent	7	2	0	1	1	5.1	6.8	3,018	–0.8
	Green	6	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	889	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	7	0	0	0		0.0	1.5	660	N/A
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	192	N/A
	UKIP	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	N/A	N/A	–2.7

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Great Yarmouth Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023. The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.

Bradwell North

Bradwell North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Smith*	888	52.6	−1.3
	Conservative	Daniel Peter John Candon*	839	49.7	+3.4
	Conservative	Graham Robert Plant*	815	48.3	−11.3
	Labour	Yvonne Craig	765	45.3	+1.1
	Labour	Scott Wesson	756	44.8	N/A
	Labour	James Borg	728	43.1	N/A
Turnout			1,705	33.2	+2.6
Registered electors			5,130
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bradwell South & Hopton

Bradwell South & Hopton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Andrew Annison*	995	54.0	−12.3
	Conservative	Katy Stenhouse*	740	40.2	−10.9
	Labour	Antony Capewell	738	40.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Robert Price	690	37.5	−17.1
	Labour	Lesley Rodin	680	36.9	N/A
	Labour	David John Greggs	660	35.8	+0.3
	Independent	Sue Hacon*	207	11.2	−43.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Godfrey	119	6.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Shreeve	89	4.8	N/A
Turnout			1,851	28.6	+1.2
Registered electors			6,262
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Caister North

Caister North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Carpenter*	606	54.8	−7.8
	Conservative	Gary William Boyd	582	52.7	−9.8
	Labour	Michael Winterburn	402	36.4	+1.4
	Labour	Rae Williamson	320	29.0	N/A
	Green	Anne Marie Killett	174	15.7	N/A
Turnout			1,114	30.4	+1.9
Registered electors			3,670
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Caister South

Caister South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Alfred Lawn*	604	56.2	−7.5
	Conservative	Malcolm Dudley Bird*	570	53.0	−7.8
	Labour	Sandy Griffiths	468	43.5	+6.6
	Labour	Michael Moore	374	34.8	+4.3
Turnout			1,075	30.3	+1.5
Registered electors			3,598
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Central & Northgate

Central & Northgate (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Smith-Clare	596	52.9	+11.4
	Labour	Jade Martin	578	51.3	+13.1
	Labour	Cathy Cordiner-Achebach	574	50.9	+16.4
	Conservative	Tamsin Lodge	318	28.2	+5.6
	Conservative	Oscar Houseago	295	26.2	+5.0
	Conservative	Aurelio Spinola	258	22.9	+6.6
	Independent	Carrie Amy Talbot*	228	20.2	−15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ashton-Barnes	153	13.6	N/A
Turnout			1,133	19.6	–3.9
Registered electors			5,768
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from UKIP

Claydon

Claydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Ann Borg*	810	64.6	+3.0
	Labour	Jeanette McMullen	775	61.9	+6.4
	Labour	Bernard John Williamson*	767	61.2	+8.0
	Conservative	Linda Phillips	403	32.2	−2.9
	Conservative	John Hirst	363	29.0	−4.1
	Conservative	Louise Bensly	362	28.9	−0.9
Turnout			1,269	22.5	+1.0
Registered electors			5,641
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

East Flegg

East Flegg (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James William Bensly*	755	61.3	−12.9
	Conservative	Noel Douglas Galer*	573	46.5	−13.4
	Green	Emma Jayne Punchard	297	24.1	N/A
	Labour	Paul James Hendry	245	19.9	−8.0
	Labour	Colleen Walker	230	18.7	N/A
	Green	Kenneth Peter Petersen	206	16.7	N/A
Turnout			1,244	31.0	–0.6
Registered electors			4,008
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fleggburgh

Fleggburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adrian David Thompson*	1,110	94.6	+10.5
	Conservative	Thomas Garrod	37	3.2	−8.9
	Labour	Claire Samantha Wardley	26	2.2	−1.6
Majority			1,073	91.4	+19.4
Turnout			1,174	53.4	–4.3
Registered electors			2,200
	Independent hold		Swing	9.7

Gorleston

Gorleston (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Claire Louise Flaxman-Taylor*	685	48.9	−10.2
	Conservative	Paul Anthony George Wells*	674	48.1	−10.0
	Labour	Steve Taylor	508	36.3	−2.2
	Labour	Michael Wemyss	457	32.6	N/A
	Green	Rebecca Durant	111	7.9	N/A
	Green	Nicola Albion	101	7.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Rouse	69	4.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Smith	65	4.6	N/A
Turnout			1,404	34.0	+0.8
Registered electors			4,132
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Lothingland

Lothingland (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Carpenter	518	41.9	−4.8
	Conservative	Ivan Murray-Smith	508	41.1	+4.8
	Independent	Adrian Paul Myers*	469	37.9	−13.0
	Labour	Chris Williamson	388	31.4	+6.0
	Labour	Euan Duffield	304	24.6	N/A
Turnout			1,239	29.0	–0.1
Registered electors			4,274
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Magdalen

Magdalen (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor John Wainwright*	786	59.7	−1.6
	Labour	Alison Green	691	52.5	−6.6
	Labour	Brian Pilkington	642	48.8	−8.4
	Independent	Matt Smith	386	29.3	N/A
	Conservative	Bob Whitaker	349	26.5	−9.2
	Conservative	Susan O'Dell	323	24.5	−7.6
	Conservative	Tracy Cameron	277	21.0	−7.1
Turnout			1,316	25.1	+0.4
Registered electors			5,252
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Nelson

Nelson (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Thomas Jeal*	552	61.6	+9.2
	Labour	Tony Wright*	515	57.5	+6.6
	Labour	Kerry Susanne Robinson-Payne*	513	57.3	+10.0
	Conservative	Oliver Bensly	248	27.7	+8.8
	Conservative	Ann Lawn	221	24.7	+9.3
	Conservative	Richard Stafferton	200	22.3	+7.5
	Reform UK	Michael John Riley	118	13.2	−12.9
Turnout			905	17.0	–4.7
Registered electors			5,339
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ormesby

Ormesby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Justin Rundle	548	44.8	−13.1
	Conservative	Geoffrey Eynon Freeman*	514	42.1	−6.9
	Conservative	Ron Hanton	511	41.8	+3.8
	Labour	Malcolm Boocock	366	30.0	+14.4
	Labour	Brian Walker	201	16.4	N/A
Turnout			1,224	31.9	–2.6
Registered electors			3,832
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Southtown & Cobholm

Southtown & Cobholm (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Waters-Bunn*	405	57.9	−0.4
	Labour	Jennifer Newcombe	402	57.5	−5.4
	Conservative	Laura Candon	220	31.5	−2.9
	Conservative	Alvin Murray	191	27.3	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Dyer	77	11.0	N/A
Turnout			705	19.4	+1.3
Registered electors			3,633
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Andrews

St Andrews
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Ann Wright*	575	63.3	+3.3
	Labour	Ron Upton	555	61.1	−0.1
	Conservative	Alan Popham	310	34.1	−2.1
	Conservative	Lionel O'Dell	276	30.4	−5.3
Turnout			917	25.9	+0.1
Registered electors			3,542
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

West Flegg

West Flegg (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Grant*	809	60.5	−0.2
	Conservative	Leslie John Mogford*	798	59.6	+2.2
	Labour	Matt Borg	467	34.9	−2.1
	Labour	David Jeal	458	34.2	N/A
Turnout			1,361	31.4	+2.0
Registered electors			4,336
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Yarmouth North

Yarmouth North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donna Kay Hammond*	470	43.5	+5.7
	Labour	Amy Sharp	453	41.9	+6.2
	Conservative	Paul Charles Hammond*	452	41.8	+5.9
	Labour	James Dwyer-McCluskey	444	41.1	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harris	88	8.1	N/A
	Reform UK	Angie Andrews	74	6.8	N/A
	Independent	Paul Toplass	70	6.5	N/A
Turnout			1,083	31.7	+0.7
Registered electors			3,418
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

References

"Notice of election of councillors". Great Yarmouth Borough Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
Weeds, James (5 May 2023). "Tories lose control of Great Yarmouth Borough Council". Great Yarmouth Mercury. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
Carroll, Anthony (18 May 2023). "Carl Smith re-elected as Great Yarmouth Borough Council leader". Great Yarmouth Mercury. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
"Local election results in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk". ITV News. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
"Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Great Yarmouth Borough Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
Weeds, James (5 May 2023). "Update: Great Yarmouth Borough Council results come in". Great Yarmouth Mercury. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
"Elections Wards". Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

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