Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections

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Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 39 councillors have been elected from 17 wards. [1] Prior to 2019 elections were held three years out of every four for a third of the council at a time.

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Great Yarmouth rejected the introduction of a directly elected mayor by 15,595 votes to 10,051 in a referendum in 2011, held at the same time as the 2011 election. [2]

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1997-2001

Caister North By-Election 16 October 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 47758.7−3.7
Conservative 28735.3−2.3
Liberal Democrats 496.0+6.0
Majority19023.4
Turnout 813
Labour hold Swing
Caister South By-Election 16 October 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 50350.1+13.5
Labour 38138.0−16.6
Liberal Democrats 838.3−0.6
Independent 363.6+3.6
Majority12212.1
Turnout 1,003
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Lothingland By-Election 24 February 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 50552.9−3.4
Labour 30632.1−11.6
Liberal Democrats 14315.0+15.0
Majority19920.8
Turnout 95422.7
Conservative hold Swing
Bradwell South and Hopton By-Election 22 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 64453.1−3.7
Labour 56846.9+12.7
Majority766.2
Turnout 1,21224.7
Conservative hold Swing

2005-2009

Claydon By-Election 5 May 2005 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Barker1,58853.6
Conservative David Denning79626.9
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dyer38212.9
UKIP Michael Dix1966.6
Majority79226.7
Turnout 2,962
Labour hold Swing
Gorleston By-Election 4 August 2005 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Burroughs36939.2
Liberal Democrats Ivan Lees27829.6
Labour Peter Alexander24225.7
UKIP Colin Aldred515.4
Majority919.6
Turnout 940
Conservative hold Swing
Nelson By-Election 25 October 2007 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brenda Taylor32942.5+0.1
Independent William Robinson25733.2+33.2
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dyer9612.4+12.4
Independent Thomas Holmes496.3+6.3
Green Ian Holman435.6−1.8
Majority729.3
Turnout 774
Labour hold Swing
Bradwell South and Hopton By-Election 7 February 2008 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Hacon47537.4−15.8
Liberal Democrats Aleck Buchanan39731.2+31.2
Labour Joanne Vriesema25420.0−7.9
UKIP Colin Aldred1169.1−9.8
Green Ian Holman292.3+2.3
Majority786.2
Turnout 1,271
Conservative hold Swing
Bradwell South and Hopton By-Election 10 July 2008 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Butcher62350.0+2.0
Labour Trevor Wainwright42934.4+15.2
UKIP Colin Aldred19615.7+5.3
Majority19415.6
Turnout 1,24824.9
Conservative hold Swing

2009-2013

St Andrews By-Election 23 June 2011 [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marlene Fairhead42451.4−0.9
Conservative Carl Smith40148.6+0.9
Majority232.8
Turnout 82524.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Bradwell South and Hopton By-Election 20 October 2011 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Plane55749.6+3.4
Labour Hilary Wainwright40736.2+0.3
UKIP Colin Aldred15914.2+1.4
Majority15013.4
Turnout 1,12321.0
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023

Claydon By-Election 6 May 2021 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Price72852.9+16.6
Labour Jo Thurtle64847.1−16.6
Majority805.8
Turnout 1,376
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Ormesby By-Election 6 May 2021 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ron Hanton93974.6+34.6
Labour Alison Green32025.4+12.6
Majority61949.2
Turnout 1,259
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

2023-2027

Central and Northgate By-Election 29 February 2024 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Dwyer-McCluskey48252.6
Conservative Paul Hammond29632.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Harris13915.2
Majority18620.3
Turnout 917
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Final recommendations for Norfolk electoral arrangements". Electoral Commission. 30 July 2002. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Pullinger, Stephen (6 May 2011). "Great Yarmouth rejects elected mayor". Eastern Daily Press . Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  3. ↑ The Borough of Great Yarmouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
  4. ↑ "Great Yarmouth council". * BBC News Online . Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Great Yarmouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections" (PDF). Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Bradwell South and Hopton By-Election Thursday 10 July 2008". Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  8. ↑ "Tories lose by-elections in nail-biting night". The Independent . 24 June 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Labour snatch Tory stronghold borough seat in Gorleston". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "By-election ends with Conservative victory". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Claydon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ormesby Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Central and Northgate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
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