King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council elections

King's Lynn and West Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 62 councillors have been elected from 42 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1991
No overall control	1991 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - 2003
Conservative	2003 - present

Council elections

• West Norfolk District Council election, 1973
• West Norfolk District Council election, 1976
• West Norfolk District Council election, 1979
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1987
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1995
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1999
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[5][6]
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 2007
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 2011
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 2015 (Some new ward boundaries)^[7][8]

By-election results

1995-1999

Upwell, Outwell and Delph By-Election 30 January 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		540	48.3
	Conservative		491	43.9
	Liberal Democrat		87	7.8
Majority			49	4.4
Turnout			1,118	27.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Lynn South West By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,094	60.1	-21.8
	Conservative		482	26.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat		243	13.4	+13.4
Majority			612	33.6
Turnout			1,819
	Labour hold		Swing

West Winch By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		402	40.1	+2.2
	Labour		259	25.8	-31.9
	Liberal Democrat		210	21.0	+21.0
	Independent		131	13.1	+13.1
Majority			143	14.3
Turnout			1,002
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Denver By-Election 9 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		271	55.6	+17.0
	Labour		165	33.9	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat		51	10.5	-9.2
Majority			106	21.7
Turnout			487	26.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1999-2003

Lynn Central By-Election 17 June 1999 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		325
	Conservative		275
	Labour		256
	Conservative		250
	Liberal Democrat		114
	Liberal Democrat		100
Turnout			1,320
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2003-2007

Rudham By-Election 19 June 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		592	62.6	+21.8
	Labour		353	37.4	-14.5
Majority			239	25.2
Turnout			945	50.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Heacham By-Election 19 February 2004[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	852	44.2	+23.4
	Labour		590	30.6	+12.1
	Independent		487	25.2	-35.4
Majority			262	13.6
Turnout			1,929	47.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Snettisham By-Election 16 December 2004[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		437	47.2	+18.6
	Liberal Democrat		247	26.7	+26.7
	Labour		121	13.1	-0.9
	Independent		120	13.0	-44.5
Majority			190	20.5
Turnout			925	26.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hunstanton By-Election 6 July 2006[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Searle	908	55.5	+14.3
	Labour	Richard Bird	727	44.5	+13.8
Majority			181	11.0
Turnout			1,635	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Gaywood Chase By-Election 13 August 2009[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Dobson	202	28.7	-17.4
	Labour	John Collop	194	27.5	-10.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Swinton	167	23.7	+23.7
	BNP	David Fleming	90	12.8	+12.8
	Green	Vivienne Manning	52	7.4	+7.4
Majority			8	1.2
Turnout			705	18.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Find your Borough Councillor, County Councillor, MP, MEP and Parish Clerk". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
2. "King's Lynn & West Norfolk". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
3. The Borough of West Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2013. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
9. "Tories take two steps forward in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-02-20. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
10. "Labour vote slumps in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-12-17. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
11. "By-election news". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
12. "Borough Council By-Election - Gaywood Chase Ward". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

• By-election results

External links

• King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council