2019 Breckland District Council election

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2019 Breckland District Council election
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All 49 council seats
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election4221
Seats won3764
Seat change-5+4+3
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Party Green UKIP
Last election04
Seats won20
Seat change+2-4
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Map of the 2019 election results. For vote leaders in the split wards, see the full results section.
Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

The 2019 Breckland District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Breckland District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The boundaries for this election were the same as those used in 2015.

Contents

The Conservative Party held the council with a very large majority, losing one seat to the Green Party (who also won an independent seat and thereby gained their first ever seats in the district) and three to independent candidates, though they gained one seat from UKIP. UKIP lost all four of its seats, with the remaining three being taken by the Labour Party, which became the second largest party on the council with six seats.

Summary

Election result

2019 Breckland District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 473716Decrease2.svg 575.558.328,126+11.5
  Labour 31640Increase2.svg 412.221.210,247+2.3
  Independent 8430Increase2.svg 38.211.15,346+6.1
  Green 7220Increase2.svg 24.17.13,410+0.5
  UKIP 2004Decrease2.svg 40.01.3630–20.6
  Liberal Democrats 1000Steady2.svg0.01.1521+0.2

Total votes cast: 48,280.

In addition to the elections, a referendum was held on the Swaffham neighbourhood plan. This passed 1,572 votes in favour (81.5%) to 334 votes against (18.5%). 1,930 ballot papers were issued and the turnout was 30.5%.

Breckland Politics 2015-2019

After the 2015 election, 42 councillors were Conservatives, 4 were UKIP, 2 Labour, and 1 independent. This had changed by 2015 in the following ways:

PartySeats (2015 election)Seats (April 2019)
Conservative 4238
UKIP 43
Labour 23
Independent 13
Ind. Unionist 01
Total4948

The Conservatives retained control of the council with a sizeable majority throughout this period, despite losing four councillors. The changes were caused by three defections or resignations from the Conservative group, one seat change in a by-election, and one death shortly before the 2019 election. Two Conservative councillors left to sit as independents. One was Pablo Dimoglou of Mattishall, who resigned after accusing Council leader William Nunn of an undisclosed connection to the ownership of a local golf club in which the council had invested, before apologising for the allegation and resigning from the group; the other was Thomas Monument of Dereham Withburga, who was found guilty of assault after head-butting and punching an ex girlfriend. [1] [2] One Conservative (John Rogers of Saham Toney) left to sit as a Unionist. There was also a Labour gain from the Conservatives in a by-election in the Thetford Priory ward in September 2017. [3] A UKIP councillor, John Newton of Castle Ward in, died in January 2019; his seat was not filled by a by-election due to the close proximity of this election. [4]

There were also a number of Conservative holds in by-elections: Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe in 2016, and Harling & Heathlands and Saham Toney in 2017.

In the run-up to the 2019 election, the parties nominated a variable number of candidates. The Conservatives again by a wide margin nominated the most candidates, this time nominating one fewer than in 2015 and thus failing to contest just two of the 49 council seats. The Labour Party nominated 31 candidates, up from a previous 25, being the only party to significantly increase their candidate total. This was a major factor in far fewer wards being uncontested than in 2015. There were also more independent candidates, a total of eight, up from a previous total of three. The Green party meanwhile nominated two fewer candidates; the largest drop in candidate numbers was seen by UKIP, who having stood eighteen candidates previously now only stood two. The Liberal Democrats further decreased their number of candidates from two to one.

Conservative Party (47/49)





Labour Party (31/49)





Independent (8/49)





Green Party (7/49)





UKIP (2/49)





Liberal Democrats (1/49)





Unlike in 2015, none of the council's 27 wards were uncontested.

Full results by ward

All Saints & Wayland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Elizabeth Suggitt 983 64.2
Conservative Phil Cowen 971 63.5
Labour Irene Macdonald38425.1
Labour Joseph Dickerson38325.0
Majority
Turnout 161432.38
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ashill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fabian Royston Eagle 513 64.8 +14.0
Green Anne Patricia Melba Rix17922.6+6.7
Labour James Gornall10012.6+12.6
Majority
Turnout 81437.39
Conservative hold Swing
Attleborough Burgh & Havercroft (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Martin 563 51.0
Independent Taila Taylor 462 41.8
Conservative Adrian Charles Stasiak42838.7
Labour Timothy Clarke24722.4
Labour Peter Panayi16715.1
Majority
Turnout 115128.85
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vera Julia Dale 712 54.1
Conservative Tristan John Ashby 593 45.1
Conservative Oliver Rhodri 578 44.0
Independent Anthony Crouch52640.0
Labour Phil Spiby39329.9
Majority
Turnout 133324.51
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Note: Anthony Crouch also contested this seat for UKIP in 2015, getting 23.1% on that occasion.

Bedingfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Nairn 483 74.3
Labour Natasha Morgan16725.7
Majority
Turnout 70929.59
Conservative hold Swing
The Buckenhams and Banham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Askew 458 54.9
Green Jan Prior27032.4
Labour Chrissie Nebbett10612.7
Majority
Turnout 84333.10
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Neatherd (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Philip Neil Morton 837 52.9
Conservative Alison Mary Webb 834 52.7
Conservative Linda Helen Monument 821 51.9
Conservative William Robert James Richmond75047.4
Majority
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Toftwood (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip James Duigan 556 51.8
Conservative Hilary Bushell 541 50.4
Labour Chris Bunting47043.8
Labour Kendra Cogman39737.0
Majority
Turnout 112925.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Withburga (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Clarke 455 44.9
Conservative Kay Elizabeth Grey 401 39.5
Labour Amy-Jane Brooks38337.8
Independent Thomas Monument37637.1
Majority
Turnout 103523.45
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Forest (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Hayden Chapman-Allen 459 70.7
Conservative Robert George Kybird 394 60.7
Labour David Hodgkinson16825.9
Majority
Turnout 69231.07
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Guiltcross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marion Penelope Chapman-Allen 584 67.7
Labour James Waters27932.3
Majority
Turnout 90736.78
Conservative hold Swing
Harling and Heathlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Nunn 535 71.5
Labour Liz Bernard21328.5
Majority
Turnout 78530.76
Conservative hold Swing
Hermitage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Richard Carter 561 71.3
Labour Dawn Karen Fairbrother22628.7
Majority
Turnout 82837.13
Conservative hold Swing
Launditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Kiddle-Morris 472 73.5
Labour Mike Hirst17026.5
Majority
Turnout 69033.81
Conservative hold Swing
Lincoln (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Roger David Atterwill 732 49.6
Conservative Richard William Duffield 696 47.2
Conservative Robert Ramsay Richmond61942.0
Green Henry Johnson42128.5
Majority
Turnout 149835.59
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Mattishall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Robert Martin 931 54.5
Conservative Paul Donald Claussen 894 52.3
Independent Pablo Martin Marino Dimoglou55632.5
Labour Elizabeth Hunton50829.7
Majority
Turnout 174339.72
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Nar Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Samuel Wilkinson 496 74.6
Labour Vic Peters16925.4
Majority
Turnout 70231.95
Conservative hold Swing
Necton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Charles Wilkin 445 61.4
Labour Joe Sisto28038.6
Majority
Turnout 75635.59
Conservative hold Swing
Saham Toney (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Timothy Edward Birt 525 52.3
Conservative Helen Susan Crane 522 52.0
Conservative Theresa Ruth Hewett46946.8
Majority
Turnout 102025.77
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shipdham With Scarning (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Jonathan Hewett 645 62.7
Conservative Lynda Susan Turner 579 56.3
Labour Linda Goreham36435.4
Majority
Turnout 108525.26
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Swaffham (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Sydney Wickerson 1,187 54.9
Conservative Ed Colman 946 43.8
Conservative Ian Sherwood 876 40.5
Conservative Paul Darby83338.5
Labour Joanna Navarre60828.1
Labour John Zielinski51123.6
Majority
Turnout 219934.55
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Thetford Boudica (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Steven Robinson 419 54.1
Labour Stuart David Terry 360 46.5
Conservative Lesley Elizabeth Polley33543.2
Majority
Turnout 82323.04
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Thetford Burrell (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Jermy 507 47.3
Labour Chris Harvey 400 37.3
UKIP Denis Melvin Crawford23622.0
Independent Carla Barreto23321.8
Conservative Mia Browne20519.1
Conservative Jason Allan Smith18817.6
Majority
Turnout 109226.21
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Thetford Castle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Brame 467 50.7
Conservative Jane Lilian James 441 47.9
Labour David Curzon-Berners33636.5
Labour Toby Stokes31033.7
Majority
Turnout 101223.95
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Thetford Priory (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Brindle 489 44.8
Labour Susan Dowling 410 37.5
UKIP Mark Petrie Taylor39436.1
Conservative G.J. Bamber24322.3
Conservative David Edward Hills22720.8
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Upper Wensum (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Gordon Bambridge 885 52.7
Conservative William Patrick Borrett 873 52.0
Green Jane Keidan-Cooper63537.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Foley52131.0
Majority
Turnout 171234.56
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Watton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Keith Stephen Gilbert 1,274 69.6
Conservative Tina Kiddell 897 49.0
Conservative Claire Rosemary Bowes 805 44.0
Green Peter Kevin Bate54329.7
Labour Keith David Prince28715.7
Majority
Turnout 185429.63
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

Hermitage

Hermitage: 2 December 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hambidge 243 45.0 -26.3
Liberal Democrats James Minto22140.9N/A
Labour Paul Siegert6612.2-16.5
Workers Party Graeme Briggs-White101.9N/A
Majority224.1
Turnout 54223.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg33.6

Thetford Boudica

Thetford Boudica: 14 July 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Land 398 51.0 +4.7
Conservative Mac Macdonald38349.0-4.7
Majority152.0
Turnout 78821.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg4.7

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References

  1. ↑ "Councillor who questioned leader about alleged 'connection' to £8m golf club resigns from Conservative group". 7 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dereham deputy mayor found guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend". 4 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Declaration of result" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Tributes to 'absolutely super' councillor who died aged 68". 18 January 2019.
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