2023 South Norfolk District Council election

2023 South Norfolk District Council election
All 46 seats to South Norfolk District Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 South Norfolk District Council election
Leader before election; John Fuller; Conservative	Leader after election ; John Fuller; Conservative

The 2023 South Norfolk District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of South Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

The Conservatives retained control of the council, but with a reduced majority.^[6]

Election result

2023 South Norfolk District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	46	24	0	11	11	52.2	39.3	28,461	–7.7
	Liberal Democrats	26	11	3	2	1	23.9	22.0	15,945	–8.2
	Labour	41	9	8	0	8	19.6	26.4	19,107	+9.1
	Independent	3	2	2	0	2	4.3	2.1	1,514	+1.0
	Green	24	0	0	0		0.0	10.0	7,259	+8.6
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	110	N/A

Results

Full election results were released by South Norfolk District Council following the conclusion of the 2023 English local elections on May 4.^[7]

Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole

Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clayton Hudson*	870	45.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Delme Thompson	570	30.1	–26.6
	Conservative	Victoria Tuck	501	26.4	–25.0
	Green	Hilary Hardy	485	25.6	N/A
	Labour	Pam Reekie	429	22.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Wenman	269	14.2	–11.4
	Green	Ian Boreham	202	10.7	N/A
Turnout			1,895	35.9	–0.4
Registered electors			5,275
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Bressingham & Burston

Bressingham & Burston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Easter*	506	50.2	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Norman	166	16.5	–0.3
	Labour	Derek Rocholl	163	16.2	+5.1
	Green	David Reynolds	162	16.1	+1.3
Turnout			1,007	36.4	–2.4
Registered electors			2,768
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

Brooke

Brooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fuller*	609	50.2	–4.8
	Green	Jon Treby	295	24.3	N/A
	Labour	Tom Fowler	293	24.1	+9.8
Turnout			1,214	44.5	–6.0
Registered electors			2,730
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Bunwell

Bunwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Ridley*	418	48.0	–9.7
	Labour	John Chapman	197	22.6	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bodo Rissmann	157	18.0	–6.9
	Green	Mike Gooch	99	11.4	N/A
Turnout			881	35.5	–2.1
Registered electors			2,485
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.5

Central Wymondham

Central Wymondham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Hurn*	697	37.1	–3.8
	Conservative	Robert Savage*	659	35.1	–4.6
	Green	Joe Barrett	579	30.8	N/A
	Labour	Todd Baker	571	30.4	+11.4
	Green	Victoria Walters	542	28.8	N/A
	Labour	Lowell Doheny	454	24.1	+7.1
	Reform UK	Andrew Pond	110	5.9	N/A
Turnout			1,880	39.2	+1.6
Registered electors			4,799
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cringleford

Cringleford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Sacks	744	43.2	+10.5
	Conservative	Daniel Elmer*	704	40.8	–5.1
	Conservative	William Kemp*	694	40.3	–5.3
	Labour	David Vail	682	39.6	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Harris	433	25.1	–3.0
Turnout			1,724	41.3	+2.2
Registered electors			4,177
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Diss & Roydon

Diss & Roydon (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Minshull*	1,056	43.7	–4.4
	Conservative	Keith Kiddle*	1,024	42.4	–4.3
	Conservative	Kieran Murphy	906	37.5	–5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Browne	598	24.8	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Wenman	553	22.9	–1.8
	Labour Co-op	Tim Daniel	452	18.7	–1.0
	Green	Anne-Marie McGinty	444	18.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Ann Reeder	438	18.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Howard	410	17.0	–6.0
	Labour	Ian Copple	394	16.3	–1.2
	Green	Matthew Roe	262	10.8	N/A
	Green	Tom Williamson	253	10.5	N/A
Turnout			2,416	28.3	–1.0
Registered electors			8,534
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ditchingham & Earsham

Ditchingham & Earsham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendon Bernard*	745	40.6	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Brown*	641	34.9	−6.8
	Conservative	Olly Clitheroe	567	30.9	+1.9
	Conservative	Martin Wilby	534	29.1	+0.6
	Green	John Connor	407	22.2	N/A
	Green	Sally Hobson	337	18.3	N/A
	Labour	Colin Kirk	228	12.4	±0.0
Turnout			1,837	35.14
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Easton

Easton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Dewsbury*	304	59.1	−3.3
	Labour	Elaine McKinna	206	40.1	+22.7
Turnout			514	32.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forncett

Forncett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kim Carsok	361	37.6	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bob McClenning	274	28.5	−7.2
	Labour	Peter Reason	168	17.5	+0.4
	Green	Carol Sharp	146	15.2	N/A
Turnout			960	34.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harleston

Harleston (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Graham	583	38.1	−3.0
	Labour	James Eddy	547	35.8	+10.5
	Conservative	Ben Potterton	512	33.5	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Kuzmic	468	30.1	+4.7
	Green	Andrew Newby	372	24.3	N/A
	Green	Sandra Brown	257	16.8	N/A
Turnout			1,530	31.85
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Hempnall

Hempnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Hooton	508	52.4	+2.5
	Labour	Elana Katz	440	45.4	+26.8
Turnout			969	37.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hethersett

Hethersett (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bills*	1,001	41.4	−14.6
	Conservative	Kathryn Cross	922	38.2	−11.1
	Labour Co-op	John Morland	896	37.1	+6.4
	Conservative	Salena Dawson	847	35.1	−12.3
	Labour	Jakob Marshall	690	28.6	+6.1
	Green	Paul Barrett	643	26.6	N/A
	Labour	Steven Palmer	592	24.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Balthwayt	584	24.2	−20.1
	Independent	Francisco Paco	230	9.5	N/A
Turnout			2,416	34.33
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Hingham & Deopham

Hingham & Deopham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Woolliscoft	451	53.6	−17.2
	Labour	Gavin Nobes	223	26.5	N/A
	Green	Corrina Willmoth	164	19.5	N/A
Turnout			842	33.20
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loddon & Chedgrave

Loddon & Chedgrave (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Rowe*	1,031	57.0	+18.2
	Conservative	Kay Mason Billig*	802	44.4	−0.6
	Labour	Carl Brown	422	23.3	N/A
	Conservative	Mike Melling	412	22.8	−8.8
	Green	Eric Wareham	373	20.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Lewis	192	10.6	−17.5
Turnout			1,808	38.02
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross

Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Spratt	1,460	49.8	+19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Fulcher	1,342	45.7	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Webber	1,307	44.5	+17.8
	Conservative	Nigel Legg*	1,055	36.0	−13.1
	Conservative	John Irving	893	30.4	−9.7
	Conservative	Daniel Taylor	819	27.9	−7.4
	Labour	Geraldine Smith-Cullen	497	16.9	−1.2
	Labour	Michael Cutting	467	15.9	−2.2
	Labour	Neil Tracey	399	14.0	+0.1
Turnout			2,934	39.64
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats hold

New Costessey

New Costessey (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Blundell	558	41.9	−2.9
	Labour	Jenny McCloskey	452	34.0	+16.9
	Conservative	Philip Hardy	335	25.2	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Annette James	308	23.1	−14.7
	Conservative	Hilary Gauthier	306	23.0	+2.4
	Labour	Graham Shepherd	260	19.5	+6.4
	Green	Owen Watkins	234	17.6	N/A
Turnout			1,331	26.75
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Newton Flotman

Newton Flotman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Cook	414	41.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Laura Webster	335	33.2	−18.6
	Labour	Steven Sewell	254	25.2	+6.0
Turnout			1,008	40.22
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

North Wymondham

North Wymondham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael Rosen	715	48.2	+28.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Roberts	653	44.0	+16.3
	Conservative	Tony Holden*	643	43.4	−3.3
	Conservative	Jack Hornby*	510	34.4	−6.6
Turnout			1,483	30.34
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Old Costessey

Old Costessey (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Blundell*	879	47.2	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Laidlaw*	675	36.2	−8.5
	Labour	Justin Cork	565	30.3	+6.7
	Labour	Ben Fiaz	557	29.9	N/A
	Labour	Clare Mascall	522	28.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Toms	426	22.9	−14.3
	Conservative	Leslie Dale	399	21.4	−8.0
	Conservative	Jamie Mulhall	377	20.2	−6.8
	Conservative	Jane Fisher	362	19.4	−2.5
	Green	David Evans	288	15.5	N/A
Turnout			1,864	25.13
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse

Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Overton*	1,151	48.1	+3.2
	Conservative	Lisa Neal*	1,110	46.4	+7.2
	Labour	Nicola Fowler	1,082	45.2	+30.0
	Conservative	Trevor Spruce*	1,077	45.0	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Bingham	1,036	43.3	+10.4
	Labour	Anna Knight	949	39.7	+27.0
Turnout			2,393	36.90
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Rockland

Rockland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vic Thomson*	472	40.3	−0.5
	Labour	Martin White	418	35.7	+17.7
	Green	Juliette Harkin	270	23.1	+6.2
Turnout			1,170	42.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Wymondham

South Wymondham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Nuri-Nixon*	752	48.1	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Halls*	661	42.2	−8.6
	Conservative	Martyn Lemon	443	28.3	−7.3
	Labour	Carmel Greene	392	25.0	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Powell	356	22.7	−13.7
	Labour	Joe McCarthy	313	20.0	N/A
Turnout			1,565	32.10
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stratton

Stratton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Georgina Race	361	43.7	+30.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Carver	351	42.4	−10.0
	Conservative	Evie Scarborough-Taylor	328	39.7	+1.2
	Labour	David Reekie	271	32.8	+19.9
	Green	Claire Sparkes	175	21.2	N/A
Turnout			826	24.75
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Thurlton

Thurlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Evans	405	39.4	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Harrison	398	38.7	+3.5
	Labour	Sally Blaikie	210	20.4	+1.4
Turnout			1,028	38.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wicklewood

Wicklewood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Elliott*	557	51.1	−6.6
	Green	Rachel Barrett	270	24.8	+1.5
	Labour	Michael Crouch	259	23.8	N/A
Turnout			1,090	40.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Mulbarton and Stoke Holy Cross

Mulbarton and Stoke Holy Cross: 28 September 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McClenning	667	37.1	–11.4
	Conservative	Tony Holden	434	24.2	–10.8
	Independent	Nigel Legg	404	22.5	N/A
	Labour	Geraldine Smith-Cullen	164	9.1	–7.4
	Green	Claire Sparkes	128	7.1	N/A
Majority			233	12.9	N/A
Turnout			1,801	24.5	−15.1
Registered electors			7,365
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.3

South Wymondham

South Wymondham: 28 September 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carmina McConnell	286	35.0	–12.4
	Conservative	Martyn Lemon	268	32.8	+4.9
	Labour	Lowell Doheny	173	21.2	–3.5
	Green	Victoria Walters	89	10.9	N/A
Majority			18	2.2	N/A
Turnout			822	16.8	−15.3
Registered electors			4,907
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.7

Bunwell

Bunwell: 2 May 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Suzanne Wateridge	404	40.5	+29.1
	Conservative	Charles Easton	394	39.5	−9.5
	Labour	Michael Crouch	131	13.1	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Wenman	68	6.8	−11.2
Majority			10	1.0	N/A
Turnout			997	39.8	+4.3
Registered electors			2,521
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.3

By-election triggered by death of Conservative councillor Stephen Ridley. As a result of this by-election the council went under no overall control.^[8]