Breckland District Council elections

Breckland District Council is elected every four years.

Political control

No overall control 1973 - 1979

Conservative 1979 - 1995

No overall control 1995 - 1999

Conservative 1999 - present

Council elections

District result maps

By-election results

Eynsford By-Election 6 February 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour 235 40.1
Conservative 211 36.0
Liberal Democrat 140 23.9
Majority 24 4.1
Turnout 586 41.0
Labour hold Swing
Hermitage By-Election 14 August 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour 335 57.7 +6.4
Conservative 214 36.8 +36.8
Liberal Democrat 32 5.5 +5.5
Majority 121 20.9
Turnout 581 45.0
Labour hold Swing
Conifer By-Election 4 December 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative 366 65.4 +21.4
Labour 128 22.8 -33.2
Liberal Democrat 66 11.8 +11.8
Majority 238 42.6
Turnout 560
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Upper Wensum By-Election 26 March 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative 321 47.1
Labour 166 24.4
Independent 165 24.2
Green 29 4.3
Majority 155 22.7
Turnout 681 45.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Thetford Guildhall By-Election 9 July 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative 662 58.0 +39.3
Labour 302 26.4 -12.1
Liberal Democrat 178 15.6 -7.2
Majority 360 31.6
Turnout 1,142 20.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Thetford Barnham Cross By-Election 8 March 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour 281 58.3 -12.4
Conservative 163 33.8 +13.9
Liberal Democrat 38 7.9 -1.5
Majority 118 24.5
Turnout 482 18.4
Labour hold Swing
East Dereham Town By-Election 28 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat 278 51.6 +36.6
Conservative 200 37.1 +6.7
Green 61 11.3 +2.4
Majority 78 14.5
Turnout 539 25.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Swaffham By-Election 22 June 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frank Sharpe 851 66.3 +11.2
Labour Margaret Holmes 243 19.0 +19.0
Liberal Democrat David Thomas 189 14.7 -30.2
Majority 608 47.3
Turnout 1,283 24.3
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. The District of Breckland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  2. legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  3. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Breckland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. legislation.gov.uk - The Breckland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
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