Breckland District Council elections

Breckland District Council is elected every four years.

Political control

No overall control 1973 - 1979

Conservative 1979 - 1995

No overall control 1995 - 1999

Conservative 1999 - present

Council elections

• Breckland District Council election, 1973
• Breckland District Council election, 1976
• Breckland District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• Breckland District Council election, 1983
• Breckland District Council election, 1987
• Breckland District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[2]
• Breckland District Council election, 1995
• Breckland District Council election, 1999
• Breckland District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Breckland District Council election, 2007
• Breckland District Council election, 2011
• Breckland District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[4]

District result maps

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  2011 results map

By-election results

Eynsford By-Election 6 February 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		235	40.1
	Conservative		211	36.0
	Liberal Democrat		140	23.9
Majority			24	4.1
Turnout			586	41.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hermitage By-Election 14 August 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		335	57.7	+6.4
	Conservative		214	36.8	+36.8
	Liberal Democrat		32	5.5	+5.5
Majority			121	20.9
Turnout			581	45.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Conifer By-Election 4 December 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		366	65.4	+21.4
	Labour		128	22.8	-33.2
	Liberal Democrat		66	11.8	+11.8
Majority			238	42.6
Turnout			560
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Upper Wensum By-Election 26 March 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		321	47.1
	Labour		166	24.4
	Independent		165	24.2
	Green		29	4.3
Majority			155	22.7
Turnout			681	45.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Thetford Guildhall By-Election 9 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		662	58.0	+39.3
	Labour		302	26.4	-12.1
	Liberal Democrat		178	15.6	-7.2
Majority			360	31.6
Turnout			1,142	20.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Thetford Barnham Cross By-Election 8 March 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		281	58.3	-12.4
	Conservative		163	33.8	+13.9
	Liberal Democrat		38	7.9	-1.5
Majority			118	24.5
Turnout			482	18.4
	Labour hold		Swing

East Dereham Town By-Election 28 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		278	51.6	+36.6
	Conservative		200	37.1	+6.7
	Green		61	11.3	+2.4
Majority			78	14.5
Turnout			539	25.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Swaffham By-Election 22 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Sharpe	851	66.3	+11.2
	Labour	Margaret Holmes	243	19.0	+19.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Thomas	189	14.7	-30.2
Majority			608	47.3
Turnout			1,283	24.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. The District of Breckland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
2. legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Breckland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Breckland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

External links

• Breckland Council