South Norfolk

South Norfolk District
District
Shown within Norfolk
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Administrative county	Norfolk
Formed	1 April 1974 Local Government Act 1972
Admin. HQ	Long Stratton
Government
• Type	District Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Richard Bacon (C), George Freeman (C), Clive Lewis (L)
Area
• Total	350.5 sq mi (907.7 km2)
Area rank	34th
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	132,800
• Rank	Ranked 161st
• Density	380/sq mi (150/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code	33UH (ONS) E07000149 (GSS)
Ethnicity	98.9% White
Website	south-norfolk.gov.uk

South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census.^[1]

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Diss Urban District, Wymondham Urban District, Depwade Rural District, Forehoe and Henstead Rural District and Loddon Rural District.

History of governance

The below table outlines the composition of South Norfolk Council from 1973 to 2015.^[2]

Recent elections

2015 saw the Conservatives achieve their best ever result in the District: they won 54.2% of the vote and record 40 seats in total. No other party or combined group of independents had previously topped this number of seats. The Conservatives held all of their seats from 2011, gained Forncett and one of the Old Costessey seats from the Liberal Democrats, who held their other 6 seats despite falling to 16.8% of the vote. The other parties standing received 28.0% of the total vote, but won no seats.

^[1] Others: Independents, UKIP and EDP.

Political composition

Elections are held every four years, with the last elections occurring in May 2015. The next elections are due to take place in May 2019.

Electoral divisions

Geographical composition

The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 119 civil parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 909 km², with a population of 110,710 in 46,607 households.^[3]

The district contains the following civil parishes:

• Alburgh, Aldeby, Alpington, Ashby St. Mary, Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, Aslacton
• Barford, Barnham Broom, Bawburgh, Bedingham, Bergh Apton, Bixley, Bracon Ash, Bramerton, Bressingham, Brockdish, Brooke, Broome, Bunwell, Burgh St. Peter, Burston and Shimpling
• Caistor St. Edmund, Carleton Rode, Carleton St. Peter, Chedgrave, Claxton, Colney, Costessey, Cringleford
• Denton, Deopham and Hackford, Dickleburgh and Rushall, Diss, Ditchingham, Dunston
• Earsham, East Carleton, Easton, Ellingham
• Flordon, Forncett (comprising Forncett St Mary and Forncett St Peter), Framingham Earl, Framingham Pigot
• Geldeston, Gillingham, Gissing, Great Melton, Great Moulton
• Haddiscoe, Hales, Heckingham, Hedenham, Hellington, Hempnall, Heywood, Hethersett, Hingham, Holverston, Howe
• Keswick, Ketteringham, Kimberley, Kirby Bedon, Kirby Cane, Kirstead
• Langley with Hardley, Little Melton, Loddon, Long Stratton
• Marlingford and Colton,
• Morley, Morning Thorpe, Mulbarton, Mundham
• Needham, Newton Flotman, Norton Subcourse
• Poringland, Pulham Market, Pulham St. Mary
• Raveningham, Redenhall with Harleston, Rockland St. Mary, Roydon, Runhall
• Saxlingham Nethergate, Scole, Seething, Shelfanger, Shelton and Hardwick, Shotesham, Sisland, Starston, Stockton, Stoke Holy Cross, Surlingham, Swainsthorpe, Swardeston
• Tacolneston, Tasburgh, Tharston and Hapton, Thurlton, Thurton, Thwaite St Mary, Tibenham, Tivetshall St Margaret, Tivetshall St. Mary, Toft Monks, Topcroft, Trowse,
• Wacton, Wheatacre, Wicklewood, Winfarthing, Woodton, Wortwell, Wramplingham, Wreningham, Wymondham
• Yelverton

Neighbouring districts

References

1. ↑ "Local Authority District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 July 2016. 
2. ↑ "South Norfolk District Council Election Statistics". South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
3. ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

External links

• Diss Express - district's local newspaper website

Coordinates: 52°29′31″N 1°13′52″E / 52.4920°N 1.2312°E / 52.4920; 1.2312