South Norfolk District Council election, 2015
South Norfolk District Council election, 2015
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The elections to South Norfolk District Council are due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2015 along with various other local elections around England and the general election. All 46 council seats are up for election. The at the previous election, the council was controlled by the Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats being the only opposition.
Composition of council seats before election
After the 2011 election, 38 councillors were Conservatives and 8 were Liberal Democrats. Since then, three Conservative councillors have left the party's grouping. Two of them (Keith Weeks, Bressingham and Burston ward, and Jon Herbert, Mulbarton ward) now form the South Norfolk Independent Group, while the third (Terry Blowfield, Stratton ward) sits as an independent.[1]
Candidates by party
South Norfolk has a 36 wards with a total of 46 candidates. In this election, there are a total of 144 candidates standing (an increase of 23% from the 117 candidates in the last election in 2011).
The two parties with incumbent councillors are the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives are standing in all wards, with a total of 44 candidates. The Liberal Democrats are standing 35 candidates in 32 wards.
Out of the other parties standing, Labour have 39 candidates in 32 wards, UKIP have 13 candidates in 13 wards, and the Green Party have 12 candidates in 12 wards. There is one independent candidate, Jackie Bircham, standing in Chedgrave and Thurton ward.
Election results
| South Norfolk Local Election Result 2015 |
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Seats |
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Labour |
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Green |
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UKIP |
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Independent |
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Candidates by ward
South Norfolk council is made up of 46 councillors elected in 36 different wards. 27 wards elect one councillor, 8 wards elect two councillors, and one ward (Diss) elects three councillors.
29 incumbent councillors are re-standing in the wards they represented before this election (denoted by a *).
Abbey ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Abbey ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Margaret Dore |
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Labour |
Kevin Patrick O'Grady |
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Conservative |
Robert James Savage* |
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Beck Vale ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Beck Vale ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Green |
Jillian Christine Callaghan |
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Labour |
Peter David Holmes |
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Conservative |
Clayton Hudson |
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Liberal Democrat |
Kerri Sheila Worrall |
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Bressingham and Burston ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Bressingham and Burston ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Labour |
Jon Chambers |
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UKIP |
Paul William Chambers |
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Green |
David John Reynolds |
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Conservative |
Barry Michael Stone |
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Brooke ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Brooke ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Labour |
David Peter Andrew Boyce |
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Conservative |
John Charles Fuller* |
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Liberal Democrat |
Judith Ann Tryggvason |
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Bunwell ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Bunwell ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Labour |
Nigel Collingwood Crouch |
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Conservative |
Charles Henry Easton |
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UKIP |
Frederick Joesph [sic] Page |
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Liberal Democrat |
Ian Victor Spratt |
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Chedgrave and Thurton ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Chedgrave and Thurton ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Independent |
Jackie Bircham |
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Conservative |
Derek John Blake* |
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Liberal Democrat |
Christopher John Brown |
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UKIP |
Ron Murphy |
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Labour |
Harriet Ann Wells |
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Cringleford ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Cringleford ward
(2 seats) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
Paul Wynter Blathwayt |
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Conservative |
Christopher John Kemp* |
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Labour |
Peter James Reason |
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Conservative |
Garry Samuel Wheatley* |
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Cromwells ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Cromwells ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
Julian Lawrence Halls |
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Conservative |
Jack Henry Hornby |
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Dickleburgh ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Dickleburgh ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
Anne Phebe Clifford John |
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Green |
Sam Morgan |
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Labour |
Pam Reekie |
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Conservative |
Martin James Wilby* |
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Diss ward
Ditchingham and Broome ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Ditchingham and Broome ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
Brendon Bernard |
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Labour |
Steve Pank |
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UKIP |
Tim Spurrier |
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Conservative |
Keith Tilcock |
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Earsham ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Earsham ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Conservative |
Daniel Richard Cox |
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Liberal Democrat |
Murray Gray* |
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Labour |
Geraldine Smith-Cullen |
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Easton ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Easton ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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UKIP |
Arthur Burkard |
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Conservative |
Margaret Dewsbury* |
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Labour |
Sylvia Driver |
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Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Lloyd Sumner |
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Forncett ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Forncett ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Labour |
Maisie Patricia Bellingham |
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Conservative |
Barry Christopher Duffin |
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Liberal Democrat |
Bob McClenning* |
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UKIP |
Sharon Wentworth |
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Gillingham ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Gillingham ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Paul Barber |
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Conservative |
Kay Billig* |
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UKIP |
Chris Capocci |
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Labour |
Bethan Sian Gulliver |
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Harleston ward
Hempnall ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Hempnall ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Labour |
Janet Susan King |
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Conservative |
Alison Mary Thomas |
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Hethersett ward
Hingham and Deopham ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Hingham and Deopham ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
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Conservative |
Yvonne Bendle* |
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Liberal Democrat |
Jeremy Dore |
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Labour |
James Edward George Leman |
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Loddon ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Loddon ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
Peter John Arnold |
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UKIP |
Alan Baugh |
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Labour |
David George Bissonnet |
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Conservative |
Colin Leslie Gould* |
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Mulbarton ward
New Costessey ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: New Costessey ward
(2 seats) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
John Amis |
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Liberal Democrat |
Vivienne Bell |
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Conservative |
James Edward Burgess |
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Labour |
Sarah Samantha Langton |
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UKIP |
Michelle Paula Newton |
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Newton Flotman ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Newton Flotman ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
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Labour |
Jackie Brown |
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Conservative |
Phil Hardy |
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Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Margaret McClenning |
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UKIP |
Gillian Page |
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Northfields ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Northfields ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Green |
Gordon John Beckett |
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Conservative |
Joe Mooney* |
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Labour |
Doug Underwood |
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Old Costessey ward
Poringland with the Framlinghams ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Poringland with the Framlinghams ward
(2 seats) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Labour |
Nicola Jeannette |
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Liberal Democrat |
Philippa Kathleen Grant |
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Conservative |
Lisa Sharon Neal* |
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Conservative |
John Overton* |
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Rockland ward
Roydon ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Roydon ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Conservative |
David Goldson* |
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Labour |
Elana Katz |
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Liberal Democrat |
Bodo Ulrich David Rissmann |
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Rustens ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Rustens ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Conservative |
Peter Noel Broome |
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Green |
Katherine Jenkins |
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Scole ward
Stoke Holy Cross ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Stoke Holy Cross ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Labour |
Carol Ann Crouch |
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Liberal Democrat |
Trevor Lewis* |
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Conservative |
Lizzie Meadows |
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Green |
Julie Anna Young |
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Stratton ward
South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Stratton ward
(2 seats) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Conservative |
Des Fulcher |
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Liberal Democrat |
Shirley Ann Hagger |
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Labour |
Lesley Jean Neave |
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Green |
Linden Alan Parker |
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Labour |
Deborah Helen Sacks |
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UKIP |
David Thornton |
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Conservative |
Kevin James Worsley |
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Tasburgh ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Tasburgh ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
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Labour |
Michael Douglas Dawson |
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Conservative |
Florence Ellis* |
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Liberal Democrat |
Roger Neil Percival |
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Thurlton ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Thurlton ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Labour |
Sally Laura Blaikie |
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Liberal Democrat |
Claire Elizabeth Jackson |
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Conservative |
William Lewis Wilson Kemp* |
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Town ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Town ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Green |
Jo Hardy |
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Conservative |
Lee Henry Hornby* |
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Wicklewood ward
| South Norfolk District Council Elections 2015: Wicklewood ward |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Liberal Democrat |
Philip John Abbott |
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UKIP |
Lesley Carruthers |
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Conservative |
Michael Edney* |
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Green |
Quentin John Logan |
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References
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