2015 Breckland District Council election

2015 Breckland District Council election
7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
All 49 seats to Breckland District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative UKIP
Seats won 42 4
Seat change 5 4
Popular vote 49,352 14,648
Percentage 57.0% 16.9%
Swing 0.1% 12.9%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 2 1
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 15,259 2,732
Percentage 17.6% 3.2%
Swing 6.4% 3.1%
Winner of each seat at the 2015 Breckland District Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2015 Breckland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections.

The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries, decreasing the number of seats by 5 to 49.

Previous composition

After the 2011 election, 47 councillors were Conservatives, 4 were Labour and 3 were independent. This had changed by 2015 in the following ways:

Party Seats (2011 election) Seats (April 2015)
Conservative 47 46
Labour 4 3
Independent 3 3
CPA - 1
UKIP - 1
Total 54

Summary

Election result

2015 Breckland District Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 42 N/A N/A 5 85.7 57.0 49,352 +0.1
  UKIP 18 4 N/A N/A 4 8.2 16.9 14,648 +12.9
  Labour 25 2 N/A N/A 2 4.1 17.6 15,259 –6.4
  Independent 3 1 N/A N/A 2 2.0 3.2 2,732 –3.1
  Green 9 0 N/A N/A 0.0 4.8 4,120 –1.1
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 471 –2.5

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 & Wayland

All Saints & Wayland (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Cowen 1,933 68.3
Conservative William Smith* 1,709 60.4
UKIP Giselle Nind 1,008 35.6
Turnout ~2,829
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ashill

Ashill
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Frank Sharpe* 755 50.8
UKIP Emma Parker 495 33.3
Green Anne Rix 237 15.9
Majority 260 17.5
Turnout 1,487
Conservative win (new seat)

Attleborough Burgh & Havercroft

Attleborough Burgh & Havercroft (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Keith Martin* 1,422 57.9
Conservative Adrian Stasiak* 998 40.7
Labour Timothy Mantripp 628 25.6
Independent Taila Taylor 617 25.1
Turnout ~2,455
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe

Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Karen Pettitt* 1,573 41.4
Conservative David Oliver 1,429 37.6
Conservative Tristan Ashby 1,408 37.1
UKIP Anthony Crouch 900 23.7
Labour Julian Crutch 726 19.1
Independent Samantha Taylor 702 18.5
Turnout ~3,798
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bedingfeld

Bedingfeld
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mike Nairn* Unopposed
Turnout N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

The Buckenhams & Banham

The Buckenhams & Banham
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Adrian Joel* 1,272 74.6
Labour Victor Peters 432 25.4
Majority 840 49.2
Turnout 1,704
Conservative win (new seat)

Dereham Neatherd

Dereham Neatherd (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Monument* 1,589 44.0
Conservative William Richmond* 1,339 37.1
Conservative Alsion Webb 1,326 36.7
UKIP Christopher Harwood 844 23.4
Labour Maria Almeida 755 20.9
Green Ann Bowyer 708 19.6
Labour John Williams 530 14.7
Turnout ~3,613
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Dereham Toftwood

Dereham Toftwood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Duigan* 1,060 39.1
Conservative Kathryn Millbank* 1,003 37.0
UKIP Peter Doolan 782 28.9
Labour Benedict Baldwin 596 22.0
Labour Graham Hayden 524 19.3
Green Timothy Birt 465 17.2
Green Michael Hirst 209 7.7
Turnout ~2,711
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Dereham Withburga

Dereham Withburga (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Thomas Monument* 1,135 50.0
Labour Harry Clarke 849 37.4
Labour Linda Goreham 805 35.5
Conservative Jeremy Reynolds 795 35.0
Green Philip Morton 478 21.1
Turnout ~2,270
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Forest

Forest (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Nunn 712 56.8
Conservative Samuel Chapman-Allen 708 56.5
Green Jeffrey Prosser 324 25.8
Green Sandra Walmsley 278 22.2
Labour Dennis Sully 268 21.4
Labour Yvonne Sully 217 17.3
Turnout ~1,254
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Guiltcross

Guiltcross
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Marion Chapman-Allen* 1,242 70.1
Labour Jim Waters 530 29.9
Majority 712 40.2
Turnout 1,772
Conservative win (new seat)

Harling & Heathlands

Harling & Heathlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ellen Jolly* Unopposed
Turnout N/A
Conservative hold

Hermitage

Hermitage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Carter* 1,016 68.3
UKIP John Savory 472 31.7
Majority 544 36.6
Turnout 1,488
Conservative hold Swing

Launditch

Launditch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Gould* Unopposed
Turnout N/A
Conservative hold

Lincoln

Lincoln (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard Duffield* 1,743 67.9
Conservative Robert Richmond* 1,374 53.5
Green Alison Keidan-Cooper 1,010 39.3
Turnout ~2,569
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mattishall

Mattishall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Pablo Dimoglou 1,552 52.5
Conservative Paul Claussen* 1,518 51.3
Labour Elizabeth Hunton 848 28.7
UKIP Philip Tye 680 23.0
Labour Julia Onassis 640 21.6
Turnout ~2,959
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Nar Valley

Nar Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Wilkinson 816 60.5
UKIP David Williams 532 39.5
Majority 284 21.0
Turnout 1,348
Conservative hold Swing

Necton

Necton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Wilkin* 882 60.9
Labour Joseph Sisto 567 39.1
Majority 315 21.8
Turnout 1,449
Conservative hold Swing

Saham Toney

Saham Toney (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Carter* 1,194 56.7
Conservative John Rogers* 920 43.7
UKIP Janet Brown 743 35.3
UKIP Daniel Fishlock 535 25.4
Green Peter Bate 411 19.5
Turnout ~2,107
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Shipdham with Scarning

Shipdham with Scarning (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Paul Hewett 1,387 46.6
Conservative Lynda Turner* 1,260 42.4
UKIP Sue Hebborn 885 29.8
Labour Kimberley Wills 766 25.8
Turnout ~2,975
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Swaffham

Swaffham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Darby Unopposed
Conservative Shirley Matthews* Unopposed
Conservative Ian Sherwood* Unopposed
Turnout N/A
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Thetford Boudica

Thetford Boudica (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
UKIP Jenny Hollis 750 34.8
Conservative Mark Robinson* 738 34.3
Conservative Robert Kybird* 717 33.3
Labour Dave Hogkinson 500 23.2
Labour Francesca Robinson 412 19.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rutter 219 10.2
Turnout
UKIP win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thetford Burrell

Thetford Burrell (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Terry Jermy* 905 42.6
UKIP Denis Crawford 828 39.0
Labour Sadie Harvey 680 32.0
Conservative Gloria-Jean Bamber 557 26.2
Conservative Louise Sharman 447 21.1
Turnout ~2,123
Labour win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

Thetford Castle

Thetford Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Roy Brame 949 40.6
UKIP John Newton 811 34.7
Conservative John Moorman 683 29.2
Labour Christopher Harvey 512 21.9
Labour Jake Shannon 407 17.4
Liberal Democrats Daniel Jeffrey 252 10.8
Turnout ~2,339
Conservative win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

Thetford Priory

Thetford Priory (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
UKIP Mark Taylor 981 37.9
Conservative Elizabeth Bishop 877 33.9
Labour Michael Brindle 786 30.4
Labour Brenda Canham 671 25.9
Turnout ~2,587
UKIP win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Upper Wensum

Upper Wensum (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Borrett* 1,965 63.9
Conservative Stanley Bambridge 1,812 59.0
UKIP Gillian Savory 1,185 38.6
Turnout ~3,074
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Watton

Watton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Keith Gilbert* 1,413 32.1
Conservative Claire Bowes* 1,311 29.8
Conservative Michael Wassell* 1,245 28.3
UKIP Jennifer Fishlock 1,168 26.5
UKIP Keith Hebborn 1,049 23.8
Conservative Kathryn Hughes 981 22.3
Labour Margaret Holmes 705 16.0
Turnout ~4,406
Independent hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Attleborough Queens And Besthorpe By-Election 5 May 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Askew 546 42.0 +1.7
Labour Philip Andrew Spiby 393 30.2 +11.6
Independent Anthony Frederick Crouch 360 27.7 +27.7
Majority 153 11.8
Turnout 1,299
Conservative hold Swing
Saham Toney By-Election 16 March 2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Ruth Hewett 335 48.1 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thorpe 105 15.1 +15.1
Independent Patricia Helena Warwick 104 14.9 +14.9
UKIP David Williams 80 11.5 −20.1
Labour Joseph Manuel Sisto 72 10.3 +10.3
Majority 230 33.0
Turnout 696
Conservative hold Swing
Harling and Heathlands By-Election 4 May 2017[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert George Kybird 666 74.9
Labour Christopher Harvey 223 25.1
Majority 443 49.8
Turnout 889
Conservative hold Swing

Note: swings cannot be given: Harling and Heathlands was previously uncontested.

Thetford Priory By-Election 28 September 2017[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Patrick Brindle 503 57.7 +28.0
Conservative Jane Lillian James 257 29.5 −3.7
UKIP Dean Roberts 112 12.8 −24.3
Majority 246 28.2
Turnout 872
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2015 - Breckland". andrewteale.me.uk. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 2 February 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 — Attleborough Queens and Besthorpe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Saham Toney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Harling and Heathlands Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Thetford Priory Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
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