King's Lynn and West Norfolk local 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]

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council election, 1999

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council election, 2003 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2)^[3]

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council election, 2007

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

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

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^[4]
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^[5]
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

Gaywood Chase By-Election 13 August 2009^[7]
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