South Norfolk District Council elections

South Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England is elected once every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2007, 46 councillors have been elected from 36 wards.^[1]

Political control

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

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1976
No overall control	1976 - 1979
Conservative	1979 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1995
Liberal Democrats	1995 - 2007
Conservative	2007 - present

Council elections

• South Norfolk District Council election, 1973
• South Norfolk District Council election, 1976
• South Norfolk District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• South Norfolk District Council election, 1983
• South Norfolk District Council election, 1987
• South Norfolk District Council election, 1991
• South Norfolk District Council election, 1995
• South Norfolk District Council election, 1999
• South Norfolk District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[4][5]
• South Norfolk District Council election, 2007 (Some new ward boundaries)^[2][6]
• South Norfolk District Council election, 2011
• South Norfolk District Council election, 2015

District result maps

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  2011 results map

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  2015 results map

By-election results

Diss By-Election 30 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		731	48.5	-4.9
	Conservative		271	18.0	+5.2
	Labour		257	17.0	+0.9
	Independent		249	16.5	-1.1
Majority			474	30.5
Turnout			1,508	27.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Easton By-Election 16 September 2004[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Dewsbury	500	57.1	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Blathwayt	336	38.4	+10.2
	Green	Andrew Brockbank	40	4.6	-2.6
Majority			164	18.7
Turnout			876	45.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Diss By-Election 15 June 2006[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Palmer	845	50.9	+25.5
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Ayres	714	43.0	+2.9
	Green	Graham Sessions	102	6.1	+6.1
Majority			131	7.9
Turnout			1,661	29.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

1. "Types of elections". South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
2. "South Norfolk". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
3. The District of South Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
4. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The South Norfolk (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
7. Tempest, Matthew (2004-09-17). "BNP wins first London seat since 1993". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
8. "District council by-election result, Easton Ward". South Norfolk Council. 2004-09-17. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
9. "Labour loses Scottish council stronghold". London: guardian.co.uk. 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
10. "District council by-election result, Diss Ward". South Norfolk Council. 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2010-03-17.

• By-election results

External links

• South Norfolk District Council