2011 North Norfolk District Council election

2011 North Norfolk District Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 48 seats to North Norfolk District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 16 30
Seats won 28 18
Seat change 12 12
Popular vote 16,990 20,478
Percentage 30.7% 37.0%
Swing 9.4% 11.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party UKIP Independent
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 2,996 915
Percentage 5.4% 1.7%
Swing 4.4% 4.1%
Control before election


Liberal Democrats

Control after election


Conservative

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

There were 48 seats up for election, all councillors from all wards. The results of the election produced a majority for the Conservatives who gained overall control of the council for the first time, replacing the Liberal Democrats.[2]

Summary

Election result

2011 North Norfolk District Council election[3]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 33 28 12 0 12 58.3 30.7 16,990 –9.4
  Liberal Democrats 45 18 0 12 12 37.5 37.0 20,478 –11.2
  UKIP 12 1 1 0 1 2.1 5.4 2,996 +4.4
  Independent 2 1 1 2 1 2.1 1.7 915 –4.1
  Labour 48 0 0 0 0.0 19.8 10,948 +16.0
  Green 25 0 0 0 0.0 5.3 2,951 +4.4

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.

Astley

Astley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Russell Wright 359 39.6
Liberal Democrats Ben Bix 257 28.4
Labour Ann Poberefsky 156 17.2
Green Julia Bird 134 14.8
Majority 102 11.3
Turnout 906 50.1
Registered electors 1,825
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Briston

Briston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Wyatt* 310 33.2
Conservative Jenny English 300 32.1
Labour Aubrey Poberefsky 164 17.5
UKIP Lynette Comber 116 12.4
Green Sharon Harvey 45 4.8
Majority 10 1.1
Turnout 935 50.7
Registered electors 1,864
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chaucer

Chaucer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthea Sweeney* 428 39.9
Conservative Alistair Mackay 335 31.3
UKIP Terry Comber 134 12.5
Labour Ruth Smith 116 10.8
Green Anne Hood 59 5.5
Majority 93 8.7
Turnout 1,072 57.9
Registered electors 1,869
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Corpusty

Corpusty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Perry-Warnes* 505 42.4
UKIP David Ramsbotham 370 31.0
Labour Joseph Flack 130 10.9
Liberal Democrats Julia Dovey 114 9.6
Green Barbara Coppard 73 6.1
Majority 135 11.3
Turnout 1,192 63.9
Registered electors 1,877
Conservative hold Swing

Cromer Town

Cromer Town (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjie Cabbell-Manners* 509 37.4
Conservative Keith Johnson* 476 34.9
Liberal Democrats Andy Yiasimi 367 26.9
Labour Phil Harris 332 24.4
Liberal Democrats John Frosdick 312 22.9
Labour David Phillip-Pritchard 286 21.0
Green Brigid Warner 154 11.3
Turnout ~1,362 45.7
Registered electors 2,950
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Erpingham

Erpingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Smith 455 42.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Holmes 352 32.6
Labour Sebastian Sutcliffe 149 13.8
Green Jez Fredenburgh 124 11.5
Majority 103 9.5
Turnout 1,080 55.3
Registered electors 1,965
Conservative hold Swing

Gaunt

Gaunt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Jones* 668 69.3
Labour Paul Dark 158 16.4
Green Peter Crouch 138 14.3
Majority 510 52.9
Turnout 964 51.4
Registered electors 1,971
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Glaven Valley

Glaven Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsay Brettle* 500 50.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Gent 232 23.3
Labour Ruth Bartlett 95 9.6
Green Rupert Rosser 84 8.5
UKIP Irene Ramsbotham 83 8.4
Majority 268 27.0
Turnout 994 57.0
Registered electors 1,768
Conservative hold Swing

Happisburgh

Happisburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Walker 720 79.6
Labour Barry Hester 185 20.4
Majority 535 59.1
Turnout 905 47.3
Registered electors 2,044
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

High Heath

High Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Young 581 68.3
Green Rosalind Redfern 159 18.7
Labour Samuel Cooper 111 13.0
Majority 422 49.6
Turnout 851 56.3
Registered electors 1,621
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Holt

Holt (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Michael Baker* 946 44.7
Liberal Democrats Philip High* 819 38.7
Liberal Democrats Barbara Young 260 12.3
Labour Jonathon Read 237 11.2
Green Paula d'Attoma 113 5.3
Green Peter Morrison 96 4.5
Labour Thomas Shirley 93 4.4
Turnout ~1,706 55.5
Registered electors 2,923
UKIP gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats hold

Hoveton

Hoveton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Dixon* 554 59.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Gent 215 23.2
Labour Michael Cullingham 159 17.1
Majority 339 36.5
Turnout 928 55.4
Registered electors 1,693
Conservative hold Swing

Lancaster North

Lancaster North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Claussen-Reynolds 423 39.1
Conservative Michael Reynolds 420 38.8
Liberal Democrats Sean Mears* 402 37.1
Liberal Democrats Lisa Smerdon 356 32.9
Labour Brenda Coldrick 258 23.8
Labour Bertie Pope 197 18.2
Turnout ~1,158 41.7
Registered electors 2,775
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Lancaster South

Lancaster South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Punchard 509 41.8
Conservative Steven Ward 447 36.7
Liberal Democrats Gloria Lisher* 326 26.7
Liberal Democrats John Lisher 308 25.3
Labour Allan Rands 254 20.8
Labour Pamela Cowburn 217 17.8
Green Frances Collinson 130 10.7
Turnout ~1,219 37.5
Registered electors 3,252
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Mundesley

Mundesley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wyndham Northam* 921 49.6
Conservative Barry Smith* 728 39.2
Liberal Democrats Lucy Cass 590 31.8
Liberal Democrats Spencer Whalley* 332 17.9
Labour Daniel Spencer 206 11.1
Labour Martyn Sloman 203 10.9
Green Anthony Ashford 140 7.5
Turnout ~1,857 49.1
Registered electors 3,408
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Walsham East

North Walsham East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Moore* 881 58.7
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Uprichard 723 48.2
Labour Jeanne Heal 409 27.3
Labour Stephen Burke 363 24.2
Green Joanne Todd 210 14.0
Turnout ~1,502 46.1
Registered electors 3,351
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

North Walsham North

North Walsham North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Lloyd 767 59.4
Liberal Democrats Eric Seward* 712 55.1
Labour Elizabeth Cornwall 329 25.5
Labour Thomas Cornwall 256 19.8
Green Penelope Day 196 15.2
Turnout ~1,291 42.4
Registered electors 3,221
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

North Walsham West

North Walsham West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Virginia Gay* 910 67.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Moore* 834 62.2
Labour David Spencer 431 32.1
Labour Brenda West 366 27.3
Turnout ~1,340 45.6
Registered electors 3,327
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Poppyland

Poppyland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Fitch-Tillett* 542 54.1
Labour Julie Spencer 185 18.5
UKIP Stephen Scott-Fawcett 152 15.2
Green Alicia Hull 122 12.2
Majority 357 35.7
Turnout 1,001 53.3
Registered electors 1,908
Conservative hold Swing

Priory

Priory (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Savory* 748 30.0
Independent Peter Terrington 617 24.7
Liberal Democrats Joyce Trett* 515 20.6
Labour Michael Gates 268 10.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Curtis 233 9.3
Labour Catherine Gates 229 9.2
UKIP Derek Baxter 217 8.7
Green Rosemary Amesbury 131 5.2
Turnout ~2,494 54.5
Registered electors 4,571
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Roughton

Roughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Arnold* 451 47.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Harbord 267 28.3
Labour Timothy Bartlett 134 14.2
Green James Spiller 93 9.8
Majority 184 19.5
Turnout 945 52.7
Registered electors 1,827
Conservative hold Swing

Scottow

Scottow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Ivory 335 43.2
Liberal Democrats Granville Yaxley 309 39.9
Labour James Mannering 131 16.9
Majority 26 3.4
Turnout 775 42.2
Registered electors 1,860
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Sheringham North

Sheringham North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Hannah* 708 39.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Smith 396 22.3
Conservative Geraldine Burns 345 19.5
Independent Noel Gant 298 16.8
Labour Alexander Phillip-Pritchard 151 8.5
Labour David Thompson 150 8.5
UKIP David Wilson 149 8.4
Green Colin Millen 122 6.9
Turnout ~1,776 47.6
Registered electors 2,864
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sheringham South

Sheringham South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Shepherd 655 37.1
Conservative David Oliver 587 33.3
Liberal Democrats Penelope Bevan Jones 504 28.6
Liberal Democrats Julia Moss* 414 23.5
Labour Samuel Rushworth 321 18.2
Labour Callum Ringer 311 17.6
UKIP Richard Amies 195 11.1
Green Marianne Coleman 89 5.0
Turnout ~1,765 53.7
Registered electors 3,173
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

St. Benet

St. Benet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara McGoun* 678 69.6
Labour Clive Sellick 148 15.2
UKIP Roger Parkes 148 15.2
Majority 530 54.4
Turnout 974 54.7
Registered electors 1,816
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stalham & Sutton

Stalham & Sutton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Grove-Jones 589 38.3
Conservative Robert Stevens 501 32.6
Labour Sheila Cullingham 449 29.2
Liberal Democrats Shirley Partridge 427 27.8
Labour David Russell 277 18.0
Turnout ~1,538 42.9
Registered electors 3,412
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Suffield Park

Suffield Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hilary Thompson 791 44.7
Conservative John Lee* 647 36.6
Labour Gregory Hayman 405 22.9
Labour Scott Eastwood 370 20.9
Liberal Democrats Neale Grearson 266 15.0
Liberal Democrats John Crampsie 201 11.3
UKIP Robert Russell 168 9.5
Green Ruby Warner 138 7.8
Turnout ~1,770 49.9
Registered electors 3,319
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

The Raynhams

The Raynhams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Palmer 345 45.5
Liberal Democrats David Callaby 242 31.9
Labour Trevor Potter 171 22.6
Majority 103 13.6
Turnout 758 39.1
Registered electors 1,946
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The Runtons

The Runtons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marjorie Eales 757 67.3
Liberal Democrats Karen Crane 188 16.7
Labour Iain Manson 122 10.8
Green Rupert Eris 58 5.2
Majority 569 50.6
Turnout 1,125 63.0
Registered electors 1,794
Conservative hold Swing

Walsingham

Walsingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Fitzpatrick 359 45.2
Liberal Democrats Hugh Lanham 301 37.9
Labour Desmond Hewitt 135 17.0
Majority 58 7.3
Turnout 795 44.2
Registered electors 1,819
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Waterside

Waterside (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Jarvis 773 35.9
Liberal Democrats Simon Partridge* 752 34.9
Conservative Susan Rhodes 553 25.7
UKIP Jeffrey Parkes 318 14.8
Labour Michael French 311 14.4
Labour Nicholas Webb 220 10.2
Turnout ~1,873 52.4
Registered electors 3,574
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Waxham

Waxham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Price* 405 47.1
Labour Denise Burke 289 33.6
Green Anne Filgate 165 19.2
Majority 116 13.5
Turnout 859 48.8
Registered electors 1,784
Conservative hold Swing

Wensum

Wensum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Green* 468 48.7
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Howe 247 25.7
Labour Caroline Craske 152 15.8
Green Timothy Doncaster 94 9.8
Majority 221 23.0
Turnout 961 53.1
Registered electors 1,838
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Worstead

Worstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Glyn Williams 465 46.7
Conservative Peter Fitch 287 28.8
Labour Cameron Lugton 159 16.0
Green Elizabeth McKenna 84 8.4
Majority 178 17.9
Turnout 995 53.1
Registered electors 1,881
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections

Waterside By-election 26 April 2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Williams 494 32.2 −8.9
Conservative Paul Rice 420 27.4 −2.1
Labour Denise Burke 246 16.0 −0.6
UKIP Jeff Parkes 233 15.2 −1.8
Green Anne Filgate 73 4.8 N/A
Independent Jean Partridge 69 4.5 N/A
Majority 74 4.8
Turnout 1,535
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cromer Town By-election 21 February 2013[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andreas Yiasimi 558 46.6 +19.4
Labour Jen Emery 240 20.1 −4.5
UKIP David Ramsbotham 218 18.2 N/A
Conservative Tony Nash 181 15.1 −20.2
Majority 318 26.6
Turnout 1,197
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Norfolk District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. pp. 13–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Election 2011 – England council elections – North Norfolk". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Waterside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cromer Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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