2011 North Norfolk District Council election

The 2011 North Norfolk District Council election to the North Norfolk District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. The previous election was the 2007 North Norfolk District Council election

There were 48 seats up for election, all councillors from all wards. The results of the election produced a majority for the Conservatives who gained overall control of the council for the first time, replacing the Liberal Democrats.^[1]

2011 North Norfolk District Council election

May 2011
All 48 seats to North Norfolk District Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader ? Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Leader since ? Leader's seat ? Last election 17 seats, ?% 30 seats, ?% 2 seats Seats before 17 30 0 Seats won 28 18 1 Seat change 11 12 1 Popular vote ? ? Percentage ? ? Swing ? ?   Fourth party   Party UKIP Last election 0 seats, % Seats before 1 Seats won 1 Seat change Percentage % Swing %
Council control after election TBD

Election result

North Norfolk District Council Election, 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	11	0	11
	Labour	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	18	0	12	12
	Green	0	0	0	0
	Labour Co-op	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	1	1	0	1
	Independent	1	1	0	1

Ward results

Astley Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell John Gregory Wright	359	39.6	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ben James Bix	257	28.4	−25.5
	Labour	Ann Poberefsky	156	17.2
	Green	Julia Margaret Bird	134	14.8	+6.3
Majority			102
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Briston Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Andrew Wyatt	310	33.2	−23.3
	Conservative	Jenny English	300	32.1	−11.4
	Labour Co-op	Aubrey Poberefsky	164	17.5
	UKIP	Lynette Elizabeth Comber	116	12.4
	Green	Sharon Suzanne Harvey	45	4.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chaucer Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthea Caroline Sweeney	428	39.9	−15.5
	Conservative	Alistair James MacKay	335	31.3	−13.3
	UKIP	Terry Comber	134	12.5
	Labour	Ruth Evelyn Smith	116	10.8
	Green	Anne Hilary Hood	59	5.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Corpusty Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Perry-Warnes	505	42.4	−13.6
	UKIP	David James Ramsbotham	370	31.0	+24.4
	Labour	Joseph Flack	130	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Lesley Dovey	114	9.6	−27.8
	Green	Barbara Coppard	73	6.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cromer Town Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjie Cabbell-Manners	509
	Conservative	Keith Edward Johnson	476
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Yiasimi	367
	Labour	Phil Harris	332
	Liberal Democrats	John Andrew Frosdick	312
	Labour	David Pritchard	286
	Green	Brigid Warner	154
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Erpingham Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Robert Smith	455	42.1	−21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Holmes	352	32.6	−4.3
	Labour	Sebastian John Sutcliffe	149	13.8
	Green	Jez Fredenburgh	124	11.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gaunt Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Robert Jones	668	69.3	+12.7
	Labour	Paul David Dark	158	16.4	+10.5
	Green	Peter Alan Crouch	138	14.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Glaven Valley Ward(1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindsay Mary Brettle	500	50.3	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Gent	232	23.3	−19.8
	Labour	Ruth Bartlett	95	9.6
	Green	Rupert Graham Hillard Rosser	84	8.5
	UKIP	Irene Ramsbotham	83	8.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Happisburgh Ward(1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Walker	720	79.6	+17.0
	Labour	Barry Charles Hester	185	20.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Heath Ward(1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Alan Young	581	68.3	+14.2
	Green	Rosalind Redfern	159	18.7
	Labour	Sam Cooper	111	13.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holt Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Michael John Morton Baker	946
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wesley High	819
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ena Young	260
	Labour	Jono Read	237
	Green	Paula Mary D'Attoma	113
	Green	Peter Ian Morrison	96
	Labour	Tom Shirley	93
Majority
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hoveton Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel David Dixon	554	59.7	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Stephen Gent	215	23.2	+10.6
	Labour	Michael Anthony Cullingham	159	17.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annie Claussen-Reynolds	423
	Conservative	Roy Reynolds	420
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Colin Mears	402
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Claire Smerdon	356
	Labour	Brenda Mary Coldrick	258
	Labour	Tony Pope	197
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Lancaster South Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Nicholas Punchard	509
	Conservative	Steven David Ward	447
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Lisher	326
	Liberal Democrats	John Lisher	308
	Labour	Allan Peter Rands	254
	Labour	Pam Cowburn	217
	Green	Frances Lee Collinson	130
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Mundesley Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wyndham James Northam	921
	Conservative	Barry Smith	728
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Cass	590
	Liberal Democrats	Spencer Toby Whalley	332
	Labour	Daniel Edward Spencer	206
	Labour	Martyn George Morgan Sloman	203
	Green	Tony Ashford	140
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Walsham East Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter William Moore	881
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Frances Uprichard	723
	Labour	Jeanne Henrietta Heal	409
	Labour	Stephen Bernard Burke	363
	Green	Jo Todd	210
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Walsham North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Paul Lloyd	767
	Liberal Democrats	Eric George Seward	712
	Labour	Liz Cornwall	329
	Labour	Tom Cornwall	256
	Green	Penny Day	196
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Walsham West Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Ruth Gay	910
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Margaret Moore	834
	Labour	David Gregory Spencer	431
	Labour	Brenda West	366
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Poppyland Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angie Fitch-Tillett	542	54.1	−15.7
	Labour	Julie Tracy Spencer	185	18.5
	UKIP	Stephen Scott-Fawcett	152	15.2
	Green	Alicia Jane Hull	122	12.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan David Savory	748
	Independent	Peter Andrew Terrington	617
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Trett	515
	Labour	Mike Gates	268
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Peter Curtis	233
	Labour	Cathy Gates	229
	UKIP	Derek Anthony Baxter	217
	Green	Sally Amesbury	131
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Roughton Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Arnold	451	47.7	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Payne Harbord	267	28.3	+5.2
	Labour	Timothy John Bartlett	134	14.2	−5.5
	Green	Jim Spiller	93	9.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scottow Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Charles Colin Ivory	335	43.2	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Granville Malcolm Yaxley	309	39.9	−15.7
	Labour	James Allan Mannering	131	16.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sheringham North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian John Hannah	708
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Haydn Smith	396
	Conservative	Gerry Burns	345
	Independent	Noel Christopher Gant	298
	Labour	Alex Pritchard	151
	Labour	David James Thompson	150
	UKIP	David Nathaniel Wilson	149
	Green	Colin Millen	122
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sheringham South Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Christopher Shepherd	655
	Conservative	Rhodri Oliver	587
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Bevan Jones	504
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Phyllis Moss	414
	Labour	Samuel Rushworth	321
	Labour	Callum Edward Ringer	311
	UKIP	Richard John Robert Amies	195
	Green	Marianne Isabelle Coleman	89
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St. Benet Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Alexandra McGoun	678	69.6	+10.9
	UKIP	Roger Philip Parkes	148	15.2
	Labour	Clive William Sellick	148	15.2	+8.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stalham and Sutton Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Millicent Grove-Jones	589
	Conservative	Robert Douglas Mark Stevens	501
	Labour	Sheila Ann Cullingham	449
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Partridge	427
	Labour	David Edwin Russell	277
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Suffield Park Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Thompson	791
	Conservative	John Henry Auburn Lee	647
	Labour	Greg Hayman	405
	Labour	Scott Easwood	370
	Liberal Democrats	Neale Grearson	266
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Crampsie	201
	UKIP	Bob Russell	168
	Green	Ruby Warner	138
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Raynhams Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Becky Palmer	345	45.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Robert Callaby	242	31.9	−29.7
	Labour	Trevor Raymond Potter	171	22.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Runtons Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Eales	757	67.3	+17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Margaret Crane	188	16.7	−33.2
	Labour	Iain Munro Manson	122	10.8
	Green	Rupert Sandino Eris	58	5.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walsingham Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Fitzpatrick	359	45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Christopher Lanham	301	37.9	+12.3
	Labour	Desmond Hewitt	135	17.0
Majority			58
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Waterside Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Jarvis	773
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Partridge	752
	Conservative	Sue Rhodes	553
	UKIP	Jeff Parkes	318
	Labour	Michael John French	311
	Labour	Nicholas Edward Webb	220
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Waxham Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Carey Price	405	47.1	+0.3
	Labour	Denise Lesley Burke	289	33.6	+16.6
	Green	Anne Patricia Filgate	165	19.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wensum Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Rosemary Green	468	48.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Ann Howe	247	25.7	−24.8
	Labour	Caroline Craske	152	15.8
	Green	Tim Doncaster	94	9.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Worstead Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Williams	465	46.7	−13.4
	Conservative	Peter John Fitch	287	28.8	−11.1
	Labour	Cameron Thomas Lugton	159	16.0	n/a
	Green	Elizabeth Mandy McKenna	84	8.4	n/a
Majority			178	17.9	−2.3
Turnout			998	53.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.2

References

1. "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - North Norfolk". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2022.