2011 South Norfolk District Council election

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2011 South Norfolk District Council election
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All 46 seats
24 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election39
56.0%		7
37.0%
Seats won388
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Percentage57.2%29.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.1%Decrease2.svg 9.9%
South Norfolk UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map showing the winning party in each ward
Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

The elections to South Norfolk District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011 along with various other local elections around England, elections to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly of Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly, and a referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system for elections to the House of Commons. [1] All 46 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by the Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats being the only opposition.

Contents

Both main parties had websites detailing their local manifesto pledges: Conservative pledges and record [ permanent dead link ]; Liberal Democrat manifesto and candidates.

Composition of council seats before election

PartySeats (2007 election)Seats (March 2011)
Conservative 3937
Liberal Democrats 77
Vacant-2

Candidates by party

46 / 46
14 / 46
4 / 46
42 / 46
9 / 46
2 / 46

In this election, there were a total of 117 candidates contesting the 46 council seats. [2] 25 Conservative councillors and 6 Liberal Democrat councillors were standing in the seats they held before the election. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fielded candidates in every ward, but the Liberal Democrats were unable to nominate candidates for every vacancy - a total of 46 Conservatives and 42 Liberal Democrats.

Out of the parties which are not represented on the district council, Labour stood 14 candidates, the Green Party 9 and UKIP 4. There were two independent candidates: Ingo Wagenknecht in Rockland ward and Jessica Austin in Wicklewood ward.

In 17 seats there was a straight fight between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

Election results: overview

South Norfolk Local Election Result 2011 [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3801-182.657.233,647+2.1%
  Liberal Democrats 810+117.429.317,223-9.9%
  Labour 000007.94,672+5.8%
  Green 000003.92,313+1.2%
  UKIP 000001.4823+1.1%
  Independent 000000.3159-0.1%
Total4658,837

The election saw 38 seats won by the Conservatives and 8 won by the Liberal Democrats - a gain of one seat for the Liberal Democrats. They won the seat for Forncett Ward, which had been vacant since the death of the Conservative councillor Hedley Smith in January 2011. [4] The successful Liberal Democrat was previously the member for the ward from 2003 to 2007 defeated in 2007. Overall the Liberal Democrats polled a lower vote-share in South Norfolk overall. Their vote-share dropped by almost 10%, with half of the votes going to Labour and the rest to the Conservatives, the Green Party and UKIP.

Labour and the Greens attained a higher vote-share, with Labour overtaking the Greens as the third-largest party in terms of votes, but were unable to win any seats. Labour became the second-largest party in 8 wards: Bunwell, Cringleford, Dickleburgh, Rockland, Wymondham Northfields, Wymondham Rustens and Wymondham Town and Wicklewood - their best performance being 27.7% in Bunwell. The Greens came second in three wards Mulbarton, Hingham & Deopham and Thurlton pushing the Lib Dems into third place in those wards (all wards held by the Lib Dems in 2003). In Cringleford and Wymondham Rustens the Lib Dems finished in 4th place behind Labour and the Greens. UKIP managed to come second in Scole ward, with 17.41%.

Results by ward

Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates marked with an asterisk were councillors in the same ward from 2007-2011. [5]

Abbey ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Abbey ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Savage*67867.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Smith32832.6
Majority35034.8
Turnout 100645.69
Conservative hold Swing

Beck Vale ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Beck Vale ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Tilcock*49152.7
Liberal Democrats Kerri Worral44147.3
Majority505.4
Turnout 93253.90
Conservative hold Swing

Bressingham and Burston ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Bressingham and Burston ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Weeks*78773.1
Liberal Democrats Ashley Camm29026.9
Majority49746.2
Turnout 107749.6
Conservative hold Swing

Brooke ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Brooke ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fuller*85574.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Tryggvason29925.9
Majority55648.2
Turnout 115455.52
Conservative hold Swing

Bunwell ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Bunwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beverley Spratt*69161.4
Labour Nigel Crouch31227.7
Liberal Democrats Rodney Myall12310.9
Majority37933.7
Turnout 112653.18
Conservative hold Swing

Chedgrave and Thurton ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Chedgrave and Thurton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Blake*60057.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Arnold24423.3
UKIP Ronald Murphy20219.3
Majority35634.1
Turnout 104650.49
Conservative hold Swing

Cringleford ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Cringleford ward
(2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Kemp*108931.8
Conservative Garry Wheatley*103630.3
Labour Victoria Smillie36210.6
Green Jan Kitchener35910.5
Liberal Democrats John Peterson3239.4
Green Robert Pell2537.4
Turnout 342251.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cromwells ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Cromwells ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Ward*46154.4
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Elias38745.6
Majority748.8
Turnout 84844.25
Conservative hold Swing

Dickleburgh ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Dickleburgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Wilby*76274.1
Labour Pamela Reekie14414.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Seeman12211.9
Majority61860.1
Turnout 102846.35
Conservative hold Swing

Diss ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Diss ward
(3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Glyn Walden*125121.8
Conservative Tony Palmer*122021.2
Conservative Keith Kiddie107818.8
Liberal Democrats Fiona Wenman66911.6
Labour Trevor Clark57410.0
Liberal Democrats Trevor Wenman5639.8
UKIP Evan Heasley3916.8
Turnout 574639.57
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ditchingham and Broome ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Ditchingham and Broome ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen*56160.8
Conservative Sam Carter36139.2
Majority20021.6
Turnout 92249.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Earsham ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Earsham ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Murray Gray*62366.3
Conservative Jethro Elsden31733.7
Majority30632.6
Turnout 94047.95
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Easton ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Easton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Dewsbury*79178.4
Liberal Democrats Allan Bedford21821.6
Majority57356.8
Turnout 100949.48
Conservative hold Swing

Forncett ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Forncett ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bob McClenning66455.2
Conservative Barry Duffin53944.8
Majority12510.4
Turnout 120356.18
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Gillingham ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Gillingham ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kay Billig61358.3
Liberal Democrats Mandy Smith43841.7
Majority17516.6
Turnout 105147.17
Conservative hold Swing

Harleston ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Harleston ward
(2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Riches77527.4
Conservative Jeremy Savage*66623.5
Liberal Democrats Fran Pitt-Pladdy58920.8
Liberal Democrats Susan Kuzmic50817.9
Labour David Reekie29310.3
Turnout 283142.23
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hempnall ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Hempnall ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Windrige*71968.6
Liberal Democrats Fiona McDonald Clarke32931.4
Majority39037.2
Turnout 104852.00
Conservative hold Swing

Hethersett ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Hethersett ward
(2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bills*109232.0
Conservative Leslie Dale*98328.8
Liberal Democrats Jacky Sutton78122.9
Labour Laura Green55516.3
Majority2025.9
Turnout 341146.35
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hingham and Deopham ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Hingham and Deopham ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne Bendle72962.6
Green Peter Eldridge28124.1
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Wright15413.2
Majority44838.5
Turnout 116450.19
Conservative hold Swing

Loddon ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Loddon ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Gould*64973.3
Liberal Democrats Mary Quarmby23626.7
Majority41346.6
Turnout 88544.47
Conservative hold Swing

Mulbarton ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Mulbarton ward
(2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jon Herbert*101831.5
Conservative Nigel Legg*100231.0
Green Roy Walmsley44113.6
Liberal Democrats Shirley Hagger40712.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Pitcher36711.3
Turnout 323546.59
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

New Costessey ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: New Costessey ward
(2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerard Watt*63622.2
Liberal Democrats Jan Hardinge63322.1
Conservative Oliver Taylor45115.7
Labour Cid Gibbs35912.5
Conservative Vivienne Weeks34312.0
Green Ian Boreham29910.4
Green David Seddon1485.2
Turnout 286939.29
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Newton Flotman ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Newton Flotman ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Laura Webster53655.6
Liberal Democrats Eve Domeyer42844.4
Majority10811.2
Turnout 96447.93
Conservative hold Swing

Northfields ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Northfields ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joe Mooney*71665.4
Labour Douglas Underwood28626.1
Liberal Democrats Pat Dore938.5
Majority43039.3
Turnout 109547.56
Conservative hold Swing

Old Costessey ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Old Costessey ward
(2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim East*111633.6
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Bell*109032.8
Conservative Caroline Savage56016.8
Conservative Ronald Smith55816.8
Turnout 332436.37
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Poringland with the Framlinghams ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Poringland with the Framlinghams ward
(2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Overton*124437.7
Conservative Lisa Neal*111033.6
Liberal Democrats Oliver Best48014.5
Labour Nicola Fowler46714.1
Turnout 330150.22
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rockland ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Rockland ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Thomson*69357.7
Labour Joanne Bissonnet25020.8
Liberal Democrats Daniel Scott16613.8
Independent Ingo Wagenknecht927.7
Majority44336.9
Turnout 120152.10
Conservative hold Swing

Roydon ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Roydon ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Goldson*50866.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Howling26033.9
Majority24832.2
Turnout 76842.26
Conservative hold Swing

Rustens ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Rustens ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Foulger43653.2
Labour Sandra Underwood18522.6
Green Jo Hardy11013.4
Liberal Democrats Jerry Dore8810.7
Majority25130.6
Turnout 81941.21
Conservative hold Swing

Scole ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Scole ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jenny Wilby*60968.0
UKIP Roy Philpot15617.4
Liberal Democrats Brian Fookes13114.6
Majority45350.6
Turnout 89647.50
Conservative hold Swing

Stoke Holy Cross ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Stoke Holy Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Lewis*63550.3
Conservative Stella Rice40331.9
Green Jane Hutchings15112.0
UKIP Jeremy Kent745.9
Majority23218.4
Turnout 126355.13
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stratton ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Stratton ward
(2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Blowfield96233.5
Conservative Andrew Pond70924.7
Liberal Democrats Alistair Miller47916.7
Labour Janet King37413.0
Liberal Democrats Linden Parker34412.0
Turnout 286840.84
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tasburgh ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Tasburgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Florence Ellis63659.8
Liberal Democrats Philippa Grant42840.2
Majority20819.6
Turnout 106455.91
Conservative hold Swing

Thurlton ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Thurlton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Kemp*54050.7
Green Derek West27125.4
Liberal Democrats Claire Jackson25523.9
Majority26925.3
Turnout 106646.87
Conservative hold Swing

Town ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lee Hornby71562.7
Labour Michael Crouch27724.3
Liberal Democrats Jane Walker14813.0
Majority43838.4
Turnout 114046.43
Conservative hold Swing

Wicklewood ward

South Norfolk District Council Elections 2011: Wicklewood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Edney66559.6
Labour Dominic Roskrow23421.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Blathwayt14913.4
Independent Jessica Austin676.0
Majority43138.6
Turnout 111552.05
Conservative hold Swing

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