South Norfolk Council election, 2011
Encyclopedia
The elections to South Norfolk District Council
are to be held on Thursday 5 May 2011 along with various other local elections
around England, elections to the Scottish Parliament
, National Assembly of Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly
, and a referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system for elections to the House of Commons. All 46 council seats are up for election. The previous council was controlled by the Conservatives
, with the Liberal Democrats
being the only opposition.
Both main parties have websites detailing their local manifesto pledges: Conservative pledges and record; Liberal Democrat manifesto and candidates.
| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total
| style="text-align: right;" | 46
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| style="text-align: right;" | 58,837
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The election saw 38 seats won by the Conservatives and 8 won by the Liberal Democrats - a gain of one seat for the Liberal Democrats. They won the seat for Forncett Ward, which had been vacant since the death of the Conservative councillor Hedley Smith in January 2011. The successful Liberal Democrat was previously the member for the ward from 2003-2007 defeated in 2007. Overall the Liberal Democrats polled a lower vote-share in South Norfolk overall. Their vote-share dropped by almost 10%, with half of the votes going to Labour and the rest to the Conservatives, the Green Party and UKIP.
Labour and the Greens attained a higher vote-share, with Labour overtaking the Greens as the third-largest party in terms of votes, but were unable to win any seats. Labour became the second-largest party in 8 wards: Bunwell, Cringleford, Dickleburgh, Rockland, Wymondham Northfields, Wymondham Rustens and Wymondham Town and Wicklewood - their best performance being 27.7% in Bunwell. The Greens came second in three wards Mulbarton, Hingham & Deopham and Thurlton pushing the Lib Dems into third place in those wards (all wards held by the Lib Dems in 2003). In Cringleford and Wymondham Rustens the Lib Dems finished in 4th place behind Labour and the Greens. UKIP managed to come second in Scole ward, with 17.41%.
In 17 seats there was a straight fight between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, and a total of 23 seats could only elect Conservative or Liberal Democrat councillors.
Candidates marked with an asterisk were councillors in the same ward from 2007-2011.
South Norfolk
South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton.-History:The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Diss Urban District, Wymondham Urban District, Depwade Rural District, Forehoe and Henstead...
are to be held on Thursday 5 May 2011 along with various other local elections
United Kingdom local elections, 2011
The 2011 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. In England, direct elections were held in all 36 Metropolitan boroughs, 194 Second-tier district authorities, 49 unitary authorities and various mayoral posts, meaning local elections took place in all parts of England with...
around England, elections to the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament election, 2011
The 2011 Scottish Parliament general election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the mixed member proportional representation system is used to...
, National Assembly of Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly
Next Northern Ireland Assembly election
The 2011 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place on Thursday, 5 May, following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly at midnight on 24 March 2011...
, and a referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system for elections to the House of Commons. All 46 council seats are up for election. The previous council was controlled by the Conservatives
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
, with the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
being the only opposition.
Both main parties have websites detailing their local manifesto pledges: Conservative pledges and record; Liberal Democrat manifesto and candidates.
Composition of council seats before election
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | ||
| 7 | ||
| Vacant | 2 | |
Election results: overview
|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total
| style="text-align: right;" | 46
| colspan=5 |
| style="text-align: right;" | 58,837
| style="text-align: right;" |
|-
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The election saw 38 seats won by the Conservatives and 8 won by the Liberal Democrats - a gain of one seat for the Liberal Democrats. They won the seat for Forncett Ward, which had been vacant since the death of the Conservative councillor Hedley Smith in January 2011. The successful Liberal Democrat was previously the member for the ward from 2003-2007 defeated in 2007. Overall the Liberal Democrats polled a lower vote-share in South Norfolk overall. Their vote-share dropped by almost 10%, with half of the votes going to Labour and the rest to the Conservatives, the Green Party and UKIP.
Labour and the Greens attained a higher vote-share, with Labour overtaking the Greens as the third-largest party in terms of votes, but were unable to win any seats. Labour became the second-largest party in 8 wards: Bunwell, Cringleford, Dickleburgh, Rockland, Wymondham Northfields, Wymondham Rustens and Wymondham Town and Wicklewood - their best performance being 27.7% in Bunwell. The Greens came second in three wards Mulbarton, Hingham & Deopham and Thurlton pushing the Lib Dems into third place in those wards (all wards held by the Lib Dems in 2003). In Cringleford and Wymondham Rustens the Lib Dems finished in 4th place behind Labour and the Greens. UKIP managed to come second in Scole ward, with 17.41%.
Candidates nominated for the 2011 election
The below table lists all of the 117 candidates contesting the 46 council seats. 25 Conservative councillors and 6 Liberal Democrat councillors are standing in the seats they held before the election. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fielded candidates in every ward, but the Liberal Democrats were unable to nominate candidates for every vacancy - a total of 46 Conservatives and 42 Liberal Democrats. Labour are standing 14 candidates, the Green Party 9 and UKIP 4, with two independent candidates.In 17 seats there was a straight fight between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, and a total of 23 seats could only elect Conservative or Liberal Democrat councillors.
Candidates marked with an asterisk were councillors in the same ward from 2007-2011.
| Ward | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the... |
Green Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including... |
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... |
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
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| Abbey (Wymondham) | Robert Savage* | Peter Smith | ||||||||||
| Beck Vale | Keith Tilcock* | Kerri Worral | ||||||||||
| Bressingham & Burston | Keith Weeks* | Ashley Camm | ||||||||||
| Brooke | John Fuller* | Judith Tryggvason | ||||||||||
| Bunwell | Beverley Spratt* | Rodney Myall | Nigel Crouch | |||||||||
| Chedgrave & Thurton | Derek Blake* | Peter Arnold | Ronald Murphy | |||||||||
| Cringleford (2 seats) | Christopher Kemp*, Garry Wheatley* |
John Peterson | Jan Kitchener, Robert Pell |
Victoria Smillie | ||||||||
| Cromwells (Wymondham) | Neil Ward* | Melvyn Elias | ||||||||||
| Dickleburgh | Martin Wilby* | Paul Seeman | Pamela Reekie | |||||||||
| Diss (3 seats) | Keith Kiddie, Tony Palmer*, Glyn Walden* |
Fiona Wenman, Trevor Wenman |
Trevor Clark | Evan Heasley | ||||||||
| Ditchingham & Broome | Sam Carter | Pauline Allen* | ||||||||||
| Earsham | Jethro Elsden | Murray Gray* | ||||||||||
| Easton | Margaret Dewsbury* | Allan Bedford | ||||||||||
| Forncett | Barry Duffin | Bob McClenning | ||||||||||
| Gillingham | Kay Billig | Mandy Smith | ||||||||||
| Harleston (2 seats) | Brian Riches, Jeremy Savage* |
Susan Kuzmic, Fran Pitt-Pladdy |
David Reekie | |||||||||
| Hempnall | Michael Windridge* | Fiona McDonald Clarke | ||||||||||
| Hethersett (2 seats) | David Bills*, Leslie Dale* |
Jacky Sutton | Laura Green | |||||||||
| Hingham & Deopham | Yvonne Bendle | Lindsey Wright | Peter Eldridge | |||||||||
| Loddon | Colin Gould* | Mary Quarmby | ||||||||||
| Mulbarton (2 seats) | Jon Herbert*, Nigel Legg* |
Shirley Hagger, Margaret Pitcher |
Roy Walmsley | |||||||||
| New Costessey (2 seats) | Oliver Taylor, Vivienne Weeks |
Yan Hardinge, Gerard Watt* |
Ian Boreham, David Seddon |
Cid Gibbs | ||||||||
| Newton Flotman | Laura Webster | Eve Domeyer | ||||||||||
| Northfields (Wymondham) | Joe Mooney* | Pat Dore | Douglas Underwood | |||||||||
| Old Costessey (2 seats) | Caroline Savage, Ronald Fulcher Smith |
Vivienne Bell*, Tim East* |
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| Poringland with the Framlinghams (2 seats) | Lisa Neal*, John Overton* |
Oliver Best | Nicola Fowler | |||||||||
| Rockland | Sue Thomson* | Daniel Scott | Joanne Bissonnet | Ingo Wagenknecht | ||||||||
| Roydon | David Goldson* | Paul Howling | ||||||||||
| Rustens (Wymondham) | Colin Foulger | Jerry Dore | Jo Hardy | Sandra Underwood | ||||||||
| Scole | Jenny Wilby* | Brian Fookes | Roy Philpot | |||||||||
| Stoke Holy Cross | Stella Rice | Trevor Lewis* | Jane Hutchings | Jeremy Kent | ||||||||
| Stratton (2 seats) | Terry Blowfield, Andrew Pond |
Alistair Miller, Linden Parker |
Janet King | |||||||||
| Tasburgh | Florence Ellis | Philippa Grant | ||||||||||
| Thurlton | William Kemp* | Claire Jackson | Derek West | |||||||||
| Town (Wymondham) | Lee Hornby | Jane Walker | Michael Crouch | |||||||||
| Wicklewood | Michael Edney | Paul Wynter Blathwayt | Dominic Roskrow | Jessica Austin | ||||||||
| Total Nominated | 46 | 42 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Total Elected | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||