2011 North Norfolk District Council election

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

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

←  2007 May 2011 2015  →
All 48 seats to North Norfolk District Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 16 seats 30 seats 2 seats Seats before 16 30 0 Seats won 28 18 1 Seat change 12 12 1 Popular vote 13,132 14,970 915 Percentage 31.1 35.4 2.2   Fourth party   Party UKIP Last election 0 seats Seats before 1 Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 2,996 Percentage 7.1
Results of the 2011 North Norfolk District Council election
Council control before election Liberal Democrats Council control after election Conservative

Election result

North Norfolk District Council Election, 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	18	0	12	12	37.5	35.4	14,970	-10.6
	Conservative	28	12	0	12	58.3	31.1	13,132	-8.8
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	17.5	7,410	+13.7
	UKIP	1	1	0	1	2.1	7.1	2,996	+5.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.8	2,855	+5.5
	Independent	1	1	2	1	2.1	2.2	915	-5.2

Ward results

Astley

Astley Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell John Gregory Wright	359	39.6	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ben James Bix	257	28.4	−25.5
	Labour	Ann Poberefsky	156	17.2	N/A
	Green	Julia Margaret Bird	134	14.8	+6.3
Majority			102	11.2
Turnout				50.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Briston

Briston Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Andrew Wyatt*	310	33.2	−23.3
	Conservative	Jenny English	300	32.1	−11.4
	Labour Co-op	Aubrey Poberefsky	164	17.5	N/A
	UKIP	Lynette Elizabeth Comber	116	12.4	N/A
	Green	Sharon Suzanne Harvey	45	4.8	N/A
Majority			10	1.1
Turnout				50.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chaucer

Chaucer Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthea Caroline Sweeney*	428	39.9	−15.5
	Conservative	Alistair James MacKay	335	31.3	−13.3
	UKIP	Terry Comber	134	12.5	N/A
	Labour	Ruth Evelyn Smith	116	10.8	N/A
	Green	Anne Hilary Hood	59	5.5	N/A
Majority			93	8.6
Turnout				57.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Corpusty

Corpusty Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Perry-Warnes*	505	42.4	−13.6
	UKIP	David James Ramsbotham	370	31.0	+24.4
	Labour	Joseph Flack	130	10.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Lesley Dovey	114	9.6	−27.8
	Green	Barbara Coppard	73	6.1	N/A
Majority			135	11.4
Turnout				63.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cromer Town

Cromer Town Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjie Cabbell-Manners*	509	37.8	−5.5
	Conservative	Keith Edward Johnson*	476	35.3	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Yiasimi	367	27.2	−2.4
	Labour	Phil Harris	332	24.6	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Andrew Frosdick	312	23.1	±0.0
	Labour	David Pritchard	286	21.2	+7.1
	Green	Brigid Warner	154	11.4	N/A
Majority			109	8.1
Turnout			1,348	45.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Erpingham

Erpingham Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Robert Smith	455	42.1	−21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Holmes	352	32.6	−4.3
	Labour	Sebastian John Sutcliffe	149	13.8	N/A
	Green	Jez Fredenburgh	124	11.5	N/A
Majority			103	9.5
Turnout				55.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gaunt

Gaunt Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Robert Jones*	668	69.3	+12.7
	Labour	Paul David Dark	158	16.4	+10.5
	Green	Peter Alan Crouch	138	14.3	N/A
Majority			510	52.9
Turnout				51.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Glaven Valley

Glaven Valley Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindsay Mary Brettle*	500	50.3	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Gent	232	23.3	−19.8
	Labour	Ruth Bartlett	95	9.6	N/A
	Green	Rupert Graham Hillard Rosser	84	8.5	N/A
	UKIP	Irene Ramsbotham	83	8.4	N/A
Majority			268	27.0
Turnout				57.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Happisburgh

Happisburgh Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Walker	720	79.6	+17.0
	Labour	Barry Charles Hester	185	20.4	N/A
Majority			535	59.2
Turnout				47.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

High Heath

High Heath Ward(1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Alan Young	581	68.3	+14.2
	Green	Rosalind Redfern	159	18.7	N/A
	Labour	Sam Cooper	111	13.0	N/A
Majority			422	49.6
Turnout				56.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holt

Holt Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Michael John Morton Baker*	946	58.8	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wesley High*	819	50.9	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ena Young	260	16.2	−13.6
	Labour	Jono Read	237	14.7	N/A
	Green	Paula Mary D'Attoma	113	7.0	−0.5
	Green	Peter Ian Morrison	96	6.0	N/A
	Labour	Tom Shirley	93	5.8	N/A
Majority			559	34.7
Turnout			1,608	55.5
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hoveton

Hoveton Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel David Dixon*	554	59.7	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Stephen Gent	215	23.2	+10.6
	Labour	Michael Anthony Cullingham	159	17.1	N/A
Majority			339	36.5
Turnout				55.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster North

Lancaster North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annie Claussen-Reynolds	423	36.6	−3.3
	Conservative	Roy Reynolds	420	36.3	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Colin Mears*	402	34.7	−18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Claire Smerdon	356	30.8	−23.0
	Labour	Brenda Mary Coldrick	258	22.3	N/A
	Labour	Tony Pope	197	17.0	N/A
Majority			18	1.6
Turnout			1,157	41.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Lancaster South

Lancaster South Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Nicholas Punchard	509	41.7	−3.3
	Conservative	Steven David Ward	447	36.6	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Lisher*	326	26.7	−23.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Lisher*	308	25.2	−29.3
	Labour	Allan Peter Rands	254	20.8	N/A
	Labour	Pam Cowburn	217	17.8	N/A
	Green	Frances Lee Collinson	130	10.7	N/A
Majority			121	9.9
Turnout			1,220	37.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Mundesley

Mundesley Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wyndham James Northam*	921	55.1	+0.6
	Conservative	Barry Smith*	728	43.5	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Cass	590	35.3	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Spencer Toby Whalley**	332	19.8	−20.0
	Labour	Daniel Edward Spencer	206	12.3	N/A
	Labour	Martyn George Morgan Sloman	203	12.1	N/A
	Green	Tony Ashford	140	8.4	N/A
Majority			138	8.2
Turnout			1,673	49.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spencer Whalley was an incumbent councillor in Scottow ward.

North Walsham East

North Walsham East Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter William Moore*	881	57.0	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Frances Uprichard	723	46.8	−23.3
	Labour	Jeanne Henrietta Heal	409	26.5	N/A
	Labour	Stephen Bernard Burke	363	23.5	N/A
	Green	Jo Todd	210	13.6	+3.9
Majority			314	20.3
Turnout			1,545	46.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Walsham North

North Walsham North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Paul Lloyd	767	56.1	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eric George Seward*	712	52.1	−8.4
	Labour	Liz Cornwall	329	24.1	N/A
	Labour	Tom Cornwall	256	18.7	N/A
	Green	Penny Day	196	14.3	N/A
Majority			383	28.0
Turnout			1,366	42.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Walsham West

North Walsham West Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Ruth Gay*	910	60.0	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Margaret Moore**	834	55.0	−14.4
	Labour	David Gregory Spencer	431	28.4	N/A
	Labour	Brenda West	366	24.1	N/A
Majority			403	26.6
Turnout			1,517	45.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ann Moore was an incumbent councillor in North Walsham North ward.

Poppyland

Poppyland Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angie Fitch-Tillett*	542	54.1	−15.7
	Labour	Julie Tracy Spencer	185	18.5	N/A
	UKIP	Stephen Scott-Fawcett	152	15.2	N/A
	Green	Alicia Jane Hull	122	12.2	N/A
Majority			357	35.6
Turnout				53.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory

Priory Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan David Savory*	748	42.0	−10.2
	Independent	Peter Andrew Terrington	617	34.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Trett*	515	28.9	−12.6
	Labour	Mike Gates	268	15.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Peter Curtis	233	13.1	−15.0
	Labour	Cathy Gates	229	12.8	+3.0
	UKIP	Derek Anthony Baxter	217	12.2	N/A
	Green	Sally Amesbury	131	7.3	N/A
Majority			102	5.7
Turnout			1,783	54.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Roughton

Roughton Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Arnold*	451	47.7	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Payne Harbord	267	28.3	+5.2
	Labour	Timothy John Bartlett	134	14.2	−5.5
	Green	Jim Spiller	93	9.8	N/A
Majority			184	19.4
Turnout				52.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Benet

St. Benet Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Alexandra McGoun*	678	69.6	+10.9
	UKIP	Roger Philip Parkes	148	15.2	N/A
	Labour	Clive William Sellick	148	15.2	+8.5
Majority			530	54.4
Turnout				54.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottow

Scottow Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Charles Colin Ivory	335	43.2	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Granville Malcolm Yaxley	309	39.9	−15.7
	Labour	James Allan Mannering	131	16.9	N/A
Majority			26	3.3
Turnout				42.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sheringham North

Sheringham North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian John Hannah*	708	51.9	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Haydn Smith	396	29.1	−10.7
	Conservative	Gerry Burns	345	25.3	−14.1
	Independent	Noel Christopher Gant	298	21.9	N/A
	Labour	Alex Pritchard	151	11.1	+4.9
	Labour	David James Thompson	150	11.0	+4.1
	UKIP	David Nathaniel Wilson	149	10.9	+4.1
	Green	Colin Millen	122	9.0	+4.3
Majority			51	3.8
Turnout			1,363	47.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sheringham South

Sheringham South Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Christopher Shepherd	655	38.4	−3.0
	Conservative	Rhodri Oliver	587	34.4	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Bevan Jones**	504	29.6	−24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Phyllis Moss*	414	24.3	−23.2
	Labour	Samuel Rushworth	321	18.8	N/A
	Labour	Callum Edward Ringer	311	18.3	N/A
	UKIP	Richard John Robert Amies	195	11.4	N/A
	Green	Marianne Isabelle Coleman	89	5.2	−3.6
Majority			83	4.8
Turnout			1,704	53.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Penny Bevan Jones was an incumbent councillor in Sheringham North ward.

Stalham & Sutton

Stalham & Sutton Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Millicent Grove-Jones	589	40.2	+7.5
	Conservative	Robert Douglas Mark Stevens	501	34.2	+0.9
	Labour	Sheila Ann Cullingham	449	30.7	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Partridge	427	29.2	−8.5
	Labour	David Edwin Russell	277	18.9	+9.9
Majority			52	3.5
Turnout			1,464	42.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Suffield Park

Suffield Park Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Thompson	791	47.8	−1.5
	Conservative	John Henry Auburn Lee*	647	39.1	−8.7
	Labour	Greg Hayman	405	24.5	+18.3
	Labour	Scott Eastwood	370	22.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Neale Grearson	266	16.1	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Crampsie	201	12.1	−16.4
	UKIP	Bob Russell	168	10.1	+3.2
	Green	Ruby Warner	138	8.3	N/A
Majority			242	14.6
Turnout			1,656	49.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Raynhams

The Raynhams Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Becky Palmer	345	45.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Robert Callaby	242	31.9	−29.7
	Labour	Trevor Raymond Potter	171	22.6	N/A
Majority			103	13.6
Turnout				39.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Runtons

The Runtons Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Eales*	757	67.3	+17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Margaret Crane	188	16.7	−33.2
	Labour	Iain Munro Manson	122	10.8	N/A
	Green	Rupert Sandino Eris	58	5.2	N/A
Majority			569	50.5
Turnout				63.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walsingham

Walsingham Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Fitzpatrick	359	45.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Christopher Lanham*	301	37.9	+12.3
	Labour	Desmond Hewitt	135	17.0	N/A
Majority			58	7.3
Turnout				44.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Waterside

Waterside Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Jarvis	773	41.3	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Partridge*	752	40.1	−13.8
	Conservative	Sue Rhodes	553	29.5	+0.8
	UKIP	Jeff Parkes	318	17.0	N/A
	Labour	Michael John French	311	16.6	+7.3
	Labour	Nicholas Edward Webb	220	11.7	N/A
Majority			199	10.6
Turnout			1,873	52.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Waxham

Waxham Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Carey Price*	405	47.1	+0.3
	Labour	Denise Lesley Burke	289	33.6	+16.6
	Green	Anne Patricia Filgate	165	19.2	N/A
Majority			116	13.5
Turnout				48.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wensum

Wensum Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Rosemary Green*	468	48.7	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Ann Howe	247	25.7	−24.8
	Labour	Caroline Craske	152	15.8	N/A
	Green	Tim Doncaster	94	9.8	N/A
Majority			221	23.0
Turnout				53.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ann Green had previously been elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor.

Worstead

Worstead Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Williams	465	46.7	−13.4
	Conservative	Peter John Fitch	287	28.8	−11.1
	Labour	Cameron Thomas Lugton	159	16.0	N/A
	Green	Elizabeth Mandy McKenna	84	8.4	N/A
Majority			178	17.9	−2.3
Turnout			998	53.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-Elections

Waterside By-Election 26 April 2012 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Williams	494	32.2	−8.9
	Conservative	Paul Rice	420	27.4	−2.1
	Labour	Denise Burke	246	16.0	−0.6
	UKIP	Jeff Parkes	233	15.2	−1.8
	Green	Anne Filgate	73	4.8	N/A
	Independent	Jean Partridge	69	4.5	N/A
Majority			74	4.8
Turnout			1,535
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cromer Town By-Election 21 February 2013 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andreas Yiasimi	558	46.6	+19.4
	Labour	Jen Emery	240	20.1	−4.5
	UKIP	David Ramsbotham	218	18.2	N/A
	Conservative	Tony Nash	181	15.1	−20.2
Majority			318	26.6
Turnout			1,197
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Election 2011 – England council elections – North Norfolk". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
2. "Local Elections Archive Project — Waterside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project — Cromer Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.