2011 North Norfolk District Council election

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The 2011 North Norfolk District Council election to the North Norfolk District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. The previous election was the 2007 North Norfolk District Council election

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There were 48 seats up for election, all councillors from all wards. The results of the election produced a majority for the Conservatives who gained overall control of the council for the first time, replacing the Liberal Democrats. [1]


2011 North Norfolk District Council election
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 2007May 2011 2015  

All 48 seats to North Norfolk District Council 25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader ?
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader since ?
Leader's seat ?
Last election17 seats, ?%30 seats, ?%2 seats
Seats before17300
Seats won28181
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Popular vote ? ?
Percentage ? ?
Swing ? ?

 Fourth party
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Party UKIP
Last election0 seats, %
Seats before1
Seats won1
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Percentage %
Swing %

Council control after election

TBD

Election result

North Norfolk District Council Election, 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2811011
  Labour 0000
  Liberal Democrats 1801212
  Green 0000
  Labour Co-op 0000
  UKIP 1101
  Independent 1101

Ward results

Astley Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell John Gregory Wright 359 39.6 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Ben James Bix25728.4-25.5
Labour Ann Poberefsky15617.2
Green Julia Margaret Bird13414.8+6.3
Majority102
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Briston Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Andrew Wyatt 310 33.2 -23.3
Conservative Jenny English30032.1-11.4
Labour Co-op Aubrey Poberefsky16417.5
UKIP Lynette Elizabeth Comber11612.4
Green Sharon Suzanne Harvey454.8
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Chaucer Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthea Caroline Sweeney 428 39.9 -15.5
Conservative Alistair James MacKay33531.3-13.3
UKIP Terry Comber13412.5
Labour Ruth Evelyn Smith11610.8
Green Anne Hilary Hood595.5
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Corpusty Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Perry-Warnes 505 42.4 -13.6
UKIP David James Ramsbotham37031.0+24.4
Labour Joseph Flack13010.9
Liberal Democrats Julia Lesley Dovey1149.6-27.8
Green Barbara Coppard736.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Cromer Town Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Benjie Cabbell-Manners 509
Conservative Keith Edward Johnson 476
Liberal Democrats Andy Yiasimi367
Labour Phil Harris332
Liberal Democrats John Andrew Frosdick312
Labour David Pritchard286
Green Brigid Warner154
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Erpingham Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Robert Smith 455 42.1 -21.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Holmes35232.6-4.3
Labour Sebastian John Sutcliffe14913.8
Green Jez Fredenburgh12411.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Gaunt Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Robert Jones 668 69.3 +12.7
Labour Paul David Dark15816.4+10.5
Green Peter Alan Crouch13814.3
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Glaven Valley Ward(1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsay Mary Brettle 500 50.3 -6.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Gent23223.3-19.8
Labour Ruth Bartlett959.6
Green Rupert Graham Hillard Rosser848.5
UKIP Irene Ramsbotham838.4
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Happisburgh Ward(1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Walker 720 79.6 +17.0
Labour Barry Charles Hester18520.4
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
High Heath Ward(1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Alan Young 581 68.3 +14.2
Green Rosalind Redfern15918.7
Labour Sam Cooper11113.0
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holt Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Michael John Morton Baker 946
Liberal Democrats Philip Wesley High 819
Liberal Democrats Barbara Ena Young260
Labour Jono Read237
Green Paula Mary D'Attoma113
Green Peter Ian Morrison96
Labour Tom Shirley93
Majority
Turnout
UKIP gain from Independent Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hoveton Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel David Dixon 554 59.7 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stephen Gent21523.2+10.6
Labour Michael Anthony Cullingham15917.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Lancaster North Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Annie Claussen-Reynolds 423
Conservative Roy Reynolds 420
Liberal Democrats Sean Colin Mears402
Liberal Democrats Lisa Claire Smerdon356
Labour Brenda Mary Coldrick258
Labour Tony Pope197
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Lancaster South Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Nicholas Punchard 509
Conservative Steven David Ward 447
Liberal Democrats Gloria Lisher326
Liberal Democrats John Lisher308
Labour Allan Peter Rands254
Labour Pam Cowburn217
Green Frances Lee Collinson130
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Mundesley Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wyndham James Northam 921
Conservative Barry Smith 728
Liberal Democrats Lucy Cass590
Liberal Democrats Spencer Toby Whalley332
Labour Daniel Edward Spencer206
Labour Martyn George Morgan Sloman203
Green Tony Ashford140
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
North Walsham East Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter William Moore 881
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Frances Uprichard 723
Labour Jeanne Henrietta Heal409
Labour Stephen Bernard Burke363
Green Jo Todd210
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
North Walsham North Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Paul Lloyd 767
Liberal Democrats Eric George Seward 712
Labour Liz Cornwall329
Labour Tom Cornwall256
Green Penny Day196
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
North Walsham West Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Virginia Ruth Gay 910
Liberal Democrats Ann Margaret Moore 834
Labour David Gregory Spencer431
Labour Brenda West366
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Poppyland Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angie Fitch-Tillett 542 54.1 -15.7
Labour Julie Tracy Spencer18518.5
UKIP Stephen Scott-Fawcett15215.2
Green Alicia Jane Hull12212.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Priory Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan David Savory 748
Independent Peter Andrew Terrington 617
Liberal Democrats Joyce Trett515
Labour Mike Gates268
Liberal Democrats Andrew Peter Curtis233
Labour Cathy Gates229
UKIP Derek Anthony Baxter217
Green Sally Amesbury131
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Roughton Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Arnold 451 47.7 -0.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Payne Harbord26728.3+5.2
Labour Timothy John Bartlett13414.2-5.5
Green Jim Spiller939.8
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Scottow Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Charles Colin Ivory 335 43.2 -1.2
Liberal Democrats Granville Malcolm Yaxley30939.9-15.7
Labour James Allan Mannering13116.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Sheringham North Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian John Hannah 708
Liberal Democrats Richard Haydn Smith 396
Conservative Gerry Burns345
Independent Noel Christopher Gant298
Labour Alex Pritchard151
Labour David James Thompson150
UKIP David Nathaniel Wilson149
Green Colin Millen122
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sheringham South Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Christopher Shepherd 655
Conservative Rhodri Oliver 587
Liberal Democrats Penny Bevan Jones504
Liberal Democrats Julia Phyllis Moss414
Labour Samuel Rushworth321
Labour Callum Edward Ringer311
UKIP Richard John Robert Amies195
Green Marianne Isabelle Coleman89
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St. Benet Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Alexandra McGoun 678 69.6 +10.9
UKIP Roger Philip Parkes14815.2
Labour Clive William Sellick14815.2+8.5
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stalham and Sutton Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Millicent Grove-Jones 589
Conservative Robert Douglas Mark Stevens 501
Labour Sheila Ann Cullingham449
Liberal Democrats Jean Partridge427
Labour David Edwin Russell277
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Suffield Park Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hilary Thompson 791
Conservative John Henry Auburn Lee 647
Labour Greg Hayman405
Labour Scott Easwood370
Liberal Democrats Neale Grearson266
Liberal Democrats Sean Crampsie201
UKIP Bob Russell168
Green Ruby Warner138
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
The Raynhams Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Becky Palmer 345 45.5
Liberal Democrats David Robert Callaby24231.9-29.7
Labour Trevor Raymond Potter17122.6
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
The Runtons Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Eales 757 67.3 +17.2
Liberal Democrats Karen Margaret Crane18816.7-33.2
Labour Iain Munro Manson12210.8
Green Rupert Sandino Eris585.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Walsingham Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Fitzpatrick 359 45.2
Liberal Democrats Hugh Christopher Lanham30137.9+12.3
Labour Desmond Hewitt13517.0
Majority58
Turnout
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Waterside Ward (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Jarvis 773
Liberal Democrats Simon Partridge 752
Conservative Sue Rhodes553
UKIP Jeff Parkes318
Labour Michael John French311
Labour Nicholas Edward Webb220
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Waxham Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Carey Price 405 47.1 +0.3
Labour Denise Lesley Burke28933.6+16.6
Green Anne Patricia Filgate16519.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Wensum Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Rosemary Green 468 48.7 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ann Howe24725.7-24.8
Labour Caroline Craske15215.8
Green Tim Doncaster949.8
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Worstead Ward (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glyn Williams 465 46.7 -13.4
Conservative Peter John Fitch28728.8-11.1
Labour Cameron Thomas Lugton15916.0n/a
Green Elizabeth Mandy McKenna848.4n/a
Majority17817.9-2.3
Turnout 99853.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.2

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