Breckland District Council elections

Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England, is elected every four years.

Council elections

For by-election results, please see the page on Breckland District Council By-elections.

Council composition

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Green UKIP Independent Council control
after election
1991 32 1 8 0 0 11 Conservative
1995 18 2 24 1 0 7 No overall control
1999 33 2 14 0 0 3 Conservative
2003 42 0 8 0 0 4 Conservative
2007 48 0 3 0 0 3 Conservative
2011 47 0 4 0 0 4 Conservative
2015 42 0 2 0 4 1 Conservative
2019 37 0 6 2 0 4 Conservative
2023 30 1 12 1 0 5 Conservative

District result maps

  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map

By-election results

Eynsford By-Election 6 February 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 235 40.1
Conservative 211 36.0
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats David Thomas 189 14.7 −30.2
Majority 608 47.3
Turnout 1,283 24.3
Conservative hold Swing
Attleborough Queens And Besthorpe 5 May 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Askew 546 42.0 +1.7
Labour Philip Andrew Spiby 393 30.2 +11.6
Independent Anthony Frederick Crouch 360 27.7 +27.7
Majority
Turnout 698 18.2
Conservative hold Swing
Saham Toney 16 March 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Ruth Hewett 335 48.1 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thorpe 105 15.1 +15.1
Independent Patricia Helena Warwick 104 14.9 +14.9
UKIP David Williams 80 11.5 −20.1
Labour Joseph Manuel Sisto 72 10.3 +10.3
Majority
Turnout 698 18.2
Conservative hold Swing
Harling & Heathlands 4 May 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert George Kybird 666 75.0
Labour Christopher Harvey 223 25.0
Majority
Turnout 900 35.81
Conservative hold Swing

Note: swings cannot be given: Harling and Heathlands was previously uncontested.

Thetford Priory 28 September 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Patrick Brindle 503 57.7 +28.0
Conservative Jane Lillian James 257 29.5 −3.7
UKIP Dean Roberts 112 12.8 −24.3
Majority
Turnout 874 17.40
Labour gain from Conservative 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.