2011 Breckland District Council election

2011 Breckland District Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 54 seats to Breckland District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats won 47 4 3
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 29,825 12,581 3,279
Percentage 56.9% 24.0% 6.3%
Swing 5.3% 6.2 2.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Breckland District Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2011 Breckland District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2011 Breckland District Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 52 47 1 2 1 87.0 56.9 29,825 –5.3
  Labour 35 4 2 1 1 7.4 24.0 12,581 +6.2
  Independent 9 3 0 0 5.6 6.3 3,279 –2.2
  Green 14 0 0 0 0.0 5.9 3,090 –0.3
  UKIP 7 0 0 0 0.0 4.0 2,083 +3.3
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 1,552 –1.7

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

All Saints

All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Smith* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,884
Conservative hold Swing

Buckenham

Buckenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Joel* 520 69.4
Independent Timothy Bornett 127 17.0
Labour Roger Fryatt 95 12.7
Majority 393 52.4
Turnout 742 53.7
Registered electors 1,392
Conservative hold Swing

Burgh & Haverscroft

Burgh & Haverscroft (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Martin* 772 62.0
Conservative Adrian Stasiak* 592 47.5
Labour Julian Crutch 387 31.1
Turnout ~1,246 41.4
Registered electors 3,008
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Conifer

Conifer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Steward* 471 71.0
Independent Peter Knights 192 29.0
Majority 279 42.1
Turnout 663 44.5
Registered electors 1,515
Conservative hold Swing

Dereham-Central

Dereham-Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Monument 705 42.4
Labour Robin Foreham* 678 40.7
Labour Michael Fanthorpe* 659 39.6
Conservative Antonio Choca 559 33.6
Green Sinead Bowyer 263 15.8
Turnout ~1,664 35.7
Registered electors 4,660
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Dereham-Humbletoft

Dereham-Humbletoft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Green 358 48.2
Labour Linda Goreham 266 35.8
Green David Bowyer 118 15.9
Majority 92 12.4
Turnout 758 37.2
Registered electors 2,039
Conservative hold Swing

Dereham-Neatherd

Dereham-Neatherd (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Monument* 777 55.3
Conservative William Richmond 651 46.3
Green Ann Bowyer 354 25.2
Labour Michael Bennett 282 20.1
Labour Craig Warmer 224 15.9
Green Bryan Darnell 200 14.2
Turnout ~1,406 41.7
Registered electors 3,371
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Dereham-Toftwood

Dereham-Toftwood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kate Millbank* 698 50.1
Conservative Phillip Duigan* 694 49.9
Green Timothy Birt 346 24.9
Labour Maria Almeida 345 24.8
Labour Patricia Arnold 308 22.1
Turnout ~1,392 37.7
Registered electors 3,692
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Guiltcross

East Guiltcross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Askew* 480 70.6
Labour Ann Lambert 200 29.4
Majority 280 41.2
Turnout 680 41.7
Registered electors 1,674
Conservative hold Swing

Eynsford

Eynsford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Bambridge* 597 68.9
Labour Natasha Chamberlain 269 31.1
Majority 328 37.8
Turnout 866 47.1
Registered electors 1,858
Conservative hold Swing

Haggard De Toni

Haggard De Toni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Carter 593 72.9
UKIP Paul Thompson 220 27.1
Majority 373 45.8
Turnout 813 47.4
Registered electors 1,797
Conservative win (new seat)

Harling & Heathlands

Harling & Heathlands (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kay Fisher* 928 61.6
Conservative Ellen Jolly 875 58.1
Labour Stephen Green 403 26.7
Turnout ~1,507 45.3
Registered electors 3,327
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hermitage

Hermitage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Carter 526 56.7
Labour John Williams 230 24.8
UKIP James Leigh-Wood 171 18.4
Majority 296 31.9
Turnout 927 55.1
Registered electors 1,708
Conservative win (new seat)

Launditch

Launditch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Kiddle-Morris* 522 59.3
Labour Tom Goreham 215 24.4
UKIP Toby Coke 144 16.3
Majority 307 34.9
Turnout 881 54.7
Registered electors 1,627
Conservative hold Swing

Mid Forest

Mid Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard English Unopposed
Registered electors 1,580
Conservative hold Swing

Nar Valley

Nar Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dave Williams* 469 58.6
UKIP Anna Hamilton 332 41.4
Majority 137 17.2
Turnout 801 46.3
Registered electors 1,786
Conservative hold Swing

Necton

Necton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Wilkin* 465 61.3
Labour Joe Sisto 293 38.7
Majority 172 22.6
Turnout 758 46.8
Registered electors 1,632
Conservative hold Swing

Queens

Queens (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Rogers Unopposed
Conservative Alec Byrne* Unopposed
Conservative Jenny North Unopposed
Registered electors 5,504
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Shipdham

Shipdham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynda Turner 323 48.0
Independent Ivan Chubbock 225 33.4
Labour Graham Hayden 125 18.6
Majority 98 14.6
Turnout 673 40.2
Registered electors 1,684
Conservative hold Swing

Springvale & Scarning

Springvale & Scarning (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Gould* 840 54.6
Conservative Diana Irving 786 51.1
Labour Lew Pearson 427 27.7
Green Jane Keidan-Cooper 395 25.7
Turnout ~1,539 40.5
Registered electors 3,801
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Swaffham

Swaffham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shirley Matthews* 1,299 57.8
Conservative Ian Sherwood* 1,150 51.2
Conservative Frank Sharpe* 1,055 47.0
Labour Sandra Kerridge 610 27.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Gunner 504 22.4
Labour Thelma Paines 436 19.4
Labour Yvonne Sully 421 18.7
Turnout ~2,247 39.9
Registered electors 5,631
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Swanton Morley

Swanton Morley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Richmond 422 46.4
Independent Trevor Wood 343 37.7
Green Jane Ironside 145 15.9
Majority 79 8.7
Turnout 910 51.4
Registered electors 1,797
Conservative win (new seat)

Taverner

Taverner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Duffield* 619 74.0
Labour Nick Terrett 218 26.0
Majority 401 48.0
Turnout 837 47.5
Registered electors 1,791
Conservative hold Swing

Templar

Templar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Rogers* Unopposed
Registered electors 2,300
Conservative hold Swing

Thetford-Abbey

Thetford-Abbey (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Pauline Quadling* 385 39.9
Labour Carl Clark 273 28.3
Labour Brenda Canham 266 27.6
Conservative Mike Spencer* 253 26.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Brindle 229 23.8
Green Jeff Davey 99 10.3
Turnout ~964 26.1
Registered electors 3,696
Independent hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Thetford-Castle

Thetford-Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terence Lamb* 242 41.4
Conservative Roy Brame 191 32.7
Green Julia Yelloly 99 17.0
Liberal Democrats Danny Jeffrey 52 8.9
Majority 51 8.7
Turnout 584 38.8
Registered electors 1,533
Independent hold Swing

Thetford-Guildhall

Thetford-Guildhall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Kybird* 821 46.1
Conservative Pam Spencer* 793 44.5
Conservative Bryan Skull 712 40.0
Labour Ray Key 553 31.0
Labour Ray Barker 500 28.1
Labour Mariusz Gozdek 362 20.3
Liberal Democrats John Rutter 307 17.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rutter 288 16.2
Turnout ~1,781 32.1
Registered electors 5,550
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Thetford-Saxon

Thetford-Saxon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Jermy 659 39.9
Labour Sylvia Armes 528 32.0
Conservative Mark Robinson 409 24.8
Labour Dennis Sully 399 24.2
Conservative Marion Chapman-Allen* 397 24.0
UKIP Denis Crawford 388 23.5
Conservative Paul Kybird 383 23.2
Independent Bob Waple 315 19.1
Independent Yvonne Rout 233 14.1
Green Sandra Walmsley 146 8.8
Turnout ~1,651 31.4
Registered electors 5,262
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Two Rivers

Two Rivers (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Claussen* 809 53.7
Conservative Brian Rose* 791 52.5
Labour Harry Clarke 410 27.2
Green Andrew Mitchell 326 21.6
Turnout ~1,507 45.4
Registered electors 3,320
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Upper Wensum

Upper Wensum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Borrett* 592 67.2
UKIP John Savory 289 32.8
Majority 303 34.4
Turnout 881 52.8
Registered electors 1,775
Conservative hold Swing

Upper Yare

Upper Yare
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cliff Jordan* 730 74.0
Labour Benjamin MacAnn 256 26.0
Majority 474 48.0
Turnout 986 52.9
Registered electors 1,919
Conservative hold Swing

Watton

Watton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claire Bowes* 1,179 53.5
Independent Keith Gilbert* 1,158 52.5
Conservative Michael Wassell 1,014 46.0
Labour Margaret Holmes 544 24.7
UKIP Graham Langford 539 24.4
Labour Christopher Walls 409 18.5
Turnout ~2,205 38.4
Registered electors 5,744
Conservative hold
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Wayland

Wayland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil Cowen* 574 72.9
Green Vanessa King 213 27.1
Majority 361 45.8
Turnout 787 47.4
Registered electors 1,689
Conservative hold Swing

Weeting

Weeting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Childerhouse* 465 59.7
Green Jeffrey Prosser 184 23.6
Labour David Hodgkinson 130 16.7
Majority 281 36.1
Turnout 779 43.8
Registered electors 1,795
Conservative hold Swing

West Guiltcross

West Guiltcross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Nunn* 491 56.8
Labour Jim Waters 201 23.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Gordon 172 19.9
Majority 290 33.5
Turnout 864 49.5
Registered electors 1,764
Conservative hold Swing

Wissey

Wissey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Darby 475 49.0
Independent Jill Ball* 292 30.1
Green Alison Haines 202 20.8
Majority 183 18.9
Turnout 969 51.1
Registered electors 1,934
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

Queen's By-Election 19 July 2012[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Pettitt 489 51.9
Labour John Williams 454 48.1
Majority 35 3.8
Turnout 943
Conservative hold Swing

Note: swings cannot be given: Queen's was previously uncontested.

Harling and Heathlands By-Election 26 July 2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marion Chapman-Allen 453 48.5 −21.2
UKIP Denis Crawford 184 19.7 +19.7
Labour Stephen Green 168 18.0 −12.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Gordon 129 13.8 +13.8
Majority 269 28.8
Turnout 934
Conservative hold Swing
Mid Forest By-Election 26 July 2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Nairn 257 63.0
Labour Alexander Vyse 151 37.0
Majority 106 26.0
Turnout 408
Conservative hold Swing

Note: swings cannot be given: Mid Forest was previously uncontested.

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Breckland District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. pp. 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Queen's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Harling and Heathlands Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Mid Forest Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
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