2007 North Norfolk District Council election

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2007 North Norfolk District Council election
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3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
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All 48 seats to North Norfolk District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent
Seats won30162
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote26,87422,3903,219
Percentage48.2%40.1%5.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.2%Increase2.svg 2.6%Decrease2.svg 7.4%
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North Norfolk UK ward map 2007.svg
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The 2007 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of North Norfolk District Council in England. [1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Summary

Election result

2007 North Norfolk District Council election [3] [4]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 483031Increase2.svg 262.548.226,874+6.2
  Conservative 451631Increase2.svg 233.340.122,390+2.6
  Independent 10204Decrease2.svg 44.25.83,219–7.4
  Labour 14000Steady2.svg0.03.82,122–2.0
  UKIP 5000Steady2.svg0.01.0571N/A
  Green 5000Steady2.svg0.00.9528–0.6
  English Democrat 1000Steady2.svg0.00.177N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Astley

Astley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Combe 475 53.9
Conservative John Fiddian33137.6
Green Sharon Harvey758.5
Majority 14416.3
Turnout 88148.3
Registered electors 1,830
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Briston

Briston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Wyatt* 494 56.5
Conservative Russell Wright38043.5
Majority 11413.0
Turnout 87447.3
Registered electors 1,859
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chaucer

Chaucer
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthea Sweeney 561 55.4
Conservative John Fitch45244.6
Majority 10910.8
Turnout 1,01353.2
Registered electors 1,921
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Corpusty

Corpusty
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Perry-Warnes* 636 56.0
Liberal Democrats Julia Dovey42437.4
UKIP Terry Comber756.6
Majority 21218.7
Turnout 1,13559.4
Registered electors 1,917
Conservative hold Swing

Cromer Town

Cromer Town (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Benjie Cabbell-Manners 594 43.1
Conservative Keith Johnson 531 38.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Nash40629.5
Liberal Democrats Cat Plewman31723.0
Labour Phil Harris21815.8
Labour Colin Vanlint19314.0
Independent John Morgan16011.6
Independent Larry Randall* 15711.4
Turnout ~1,37643.1
Registered electors 3,184
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Erpingham

Erpingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Willcox* 584 63.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Morris34136.9
Majority 24326.3
Turnout 92548.0
Registered electors 1,939
Conservative hold Swing

Gaunt

Gaunt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Jones* 592 56.6
Conservative Jim Page39237.5
Labour Graham Pinner625.9
Majority 20019.1
Turnout 1,04654.6
Registered electors 1,933
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Glaven Valley

Glaven Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsay Brettle 569 56.9
Liberal Democrats David Young43143.1
Majority 13813.8
Turnout 1,00050.6
Registered electors 1,981
Conservative hold Swing

Happisburgh

Happisburgh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Garrigan 586 62.6
Conservative Oscar Nieboer35037.4
Majority 23625.2
Turnout 93645.4
Registered electors 2,067
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

High Heath

High Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Cordeaux* 534 54.1
Conservative Nicholas Deterding39740.2
UKIP Lynette Comber565.7
Majority 13713.9
Turnout 98757.2
Registered electors 1,732
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Holt

Holt (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip High 906 36.3
Independent Michael Baker* 835 33.5
Conservative John Blyth62325.0
Liberal Democrats Bridget Cuthbert51320.6
Green Paula d'Attoma1295.2
Turnout ~2,49457.9
Registered electors 2,970
Liberal Democrats hold
Independent hold

Hoveton

Hoveton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Dixon 501 52.0
Independent Carolyn Williams34235.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Morse12112.6
Majority 15916.5
Turnout 96455.4
Registered electors 1,739
Conservative hold Swing

Lancaster North

Lancaster North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maggie Fleming 616 57.4
Liberal Democrats Sean Mears 605 56.4
Conservative Roy Reynolds45842.7
Conservative Theo Fanthorpe45642.5
Turnout ~1,07339.7
Registered electors 2,881
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Lancaster South

Lancaster South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Towers* 669 54.8
Liberal Democrats Gloria Lisher 616 50.5
Conservative Roy Banham55245.2
Conservative John Rest45737.5
Turnout ~1,22137.5
Registered electors 3,276
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Mundesley

Mundesley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wyndham Northam* 832 57.5
Conservative Barry Smith 776 53.6
Liberal Democrats David Correa-Hunt61642.5
Liberal Democrats Paddy Wilkins60842.0
Turnout ~1,52743.9
Registered electors 3,481
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent

North Walsham East

North Walsham East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ford* 960 65.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Moore* 935 63.7
Conservative Rhona Sherry37425.5
Conservative Sarah Thompson33522.8
Green Joanne Todd1339.1
Turnout ~1,46840.6
Registered electors 3,371
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

North Walsham North

North Walsham North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Seward 724 55.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Moore 707 54.2
Conservative Mike Judd35227.0
Conservative David Keable26620.4
Independent Jo Turner* 22917.5
Turnout ~1,30536.5
Registered electors 3,276
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

North Walsham West

North Walsham West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Birch* 930 69.1
Liberal Democrats Virginia Gay* 873 64.9
Conservative Anne Rose41530.9
Conservative Helen Bartram38428.6
Turnout ~1,34543.3
Registered electors 3,098
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Poppyland

Poppyland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angie Tillett* 659 69.8
Liberal Democrats John Barker28530.2
Majority 37439.6
Turnout 94449.5
Registered electors 1,916
Conservative hold Swing

Priory

Priory (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Savory* 972 48.8
Liberal Democrats Joyce Trett* 774 38.9
Conservative Charles Tucker61630.9
Liberal Democrats Roberta Hamond52326.3
Labour Mike Gates24512.3
Labour Andy Gates1839.2
Turnout ~1,99253.5
Registered electors 3,483
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Roughton

Roughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Arnold* 429 48.5
Liberal Democrats Mary Seward20423.1
Labour David Spencer17419.7
English Democrat Christine Constable778.7
Majority 22525.5
Turnout 88449.8
Registered electors 1,781
Conservative hold Swing

Scottow

Scottow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Spencer Whalley 330 55.6
Conservative Alistair Mackay26344.4
Majority 6711.3
Turnout 59340.4
Registered electors 1,471
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Sheringham North

Sheringham North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Hannah* 717 48.5
Liberal Democrats Penny Bevan Jones 524 35.5
Conservative Janet Farrow51835.1
Conservative Madeleine Ashcroft37925.7
Labour David Thompson916.2
UKIP David Wilson896.0
Labour Harry Bennett815.5
Green Martin Langsdon624.2
Turnout ~1,47843.5
Registered electors 3,023
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sheringham South

Sheringham South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Nelson* 797 51.9
Liberal Democrats Julia Moss 699 45.5
Conservative Mac McGinn60939.7
Conservative Andrea Johnson57637.5
Green Peter Morrison1298.4
Turnout ~1,53646.2
Registered electors 3,183
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

St. Benet

St. Benet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara McGoun 561 58.7
Conservative Derek Hogg33134.6
Labour Clive Sellick646.7
Majority 23024.1
Turnout 95652.4
Registered electors 1,832
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stalham & Sutton

Stalham & Sutton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Candy Sheridan* 563 30.6
Conservative George Barran* 497 27.0
Independent Roy Woolsey49026.7
Liberal Democrats Pauline Grove-Jones48826.6
Conservative Stephen Eldred34718.9
Labour Sheila Cunningham28815.7
Labour Nick Webb1357.3
Turnout ~1,84043.2
Registered electors 3,456
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Suffield Park

Suffield Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Ripley* 725 46.7
Conservative John Lee 704 45.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Cavanagh41927.0
Liberal Democrats Neale Grearson40926.3
Independent Vera Woodcock21613.9
Independent Reginald Robinson1197.7
UKIP Gwendoline Smith1016.5
Labour Michael Cox915.9
Turnout ~1,55244.6
Registered electors 3,300
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

The Raynhams

The Raynhams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dawn Wakefield 401 61.6
UKIP Stuart Agnew 25038.4
Majority 15123.2
Turnout 65135.0
Registered electors 1,876
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The Runtons

The Runtons
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Saunders 524 50.1
Liberal Democrats Lucinda Starling52149.9
Majority 30.3
Turnout 1,04559.7
Registered electors 1,762
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Walsingham

Walsingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tom Moore* 612 74.4
Liberal Democrats Gerry Plowright21125.6
Majority 40148.7
Turnout 82344.1
Registered electors 1,879
Independent hold Swing

Waterside

Waterside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Partridge* 861 53.4
Liberal Democrats Clive Stockton 679 42.1
Conservative Colin Robertshaw60137.3
Conservative Jean Eldred45828.4
Labour Mick French1499.2
Turnout ~1,61344.2
Registered electors 3,611
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Waxham

Waxham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Price 408 46.8
Liberal Democrats Jean Partridge31636.2
Labour David Russell14817.0
Majority 9210.6
Turnout 87247.0
Registered electors 1,863
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Wensum

Wensum
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Green* 477 50.5
Conservative Maureen Cushing40843.2
Independent Sally Longden596.3
Majority 697.3
Turnout 94449.7
Registered electors 1,903
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Worstead

Worstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Cath Wilkins* 555 60.1
Conservative Hugh Stimpson36939.9
Majority 18620.1
Turnout 92449.2
Registered electors 1,883
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-Elections

North Walsham West By-Election 4 June 2009 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Seward 808 62.7 −6.7
Conservative Christopher Hall38529.9−1.0
Labour Phil Harris957.4N/A
Majority 42332.8
Turnout 1,288
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Walsingham By-Election 1 October 2009 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Lanham 389 58.1 +32.5
Conservative Tom Fitzpatrick23735.4N/A
Labour Michael Gates436.4N/A
Majority 15222.7
Turnout 66936.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
The Runtons By-Election 15 October 2009 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Eales 524 52.1 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Lucinda Starling45445.1−4.8
Green Alicia Hull141.4N/A
Labour David Russell141.4N/A
Majority 707.0
Turnout 1,00655.9
Conservative hold Swing
Lancaster South By-Election 6 May 2010 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Lisher 1,066 54.1 −0.4
Conservative Tom Fitzpatrick78439.8−5.2
Green Monika Wiedmann1226.2N/A
Majority 28214.3
Turnout 1,97261.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "North Norfolk District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "North Norfolk". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "North Norfolk". BBC. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Election of district councilllor(s) for the district ward of North Walsham West" (PDF). North Norfolk District Council. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Lib Dem victory in Walsingham". Dereham Times. 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  7. ↑ "Conservatives win in The Runtons". North Norfolk News. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  8. ↑ "Public Relations". North Norfolk District Council. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
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