King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council elections

King's Lynn and West Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 62 councillors have been elected from 42 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1991
No overall control	1991 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - 2003
Conservative	2003 - present

Council elections

West Norfolk District Council election, 1973
West Norfolk District Council election, 1976
West Norfolk District Council election, 1979
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1987
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1995
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 1999
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[5]^[6]
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 2007
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 2011
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election, 2015 (Some new ward boundaries)^[7]^[8]

By-election results

1995-1999

Upwell, Outwell and Delph By-Election 30 January 1997
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	540	48.3
	Conservative	491	43.9
	Liberal Democrat	87	7.8
Majority		49	4.4
Turnout		1,118	27.4
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Lynn South West By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	1,094	60.1	-21.8
	Conservative	482	26.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat	243	13.4	+13.4
Majority		612	33.6
Turnout		1,819
	Labour hold	Swing

West Winch By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	402	40.1	+2.2
	Labour	259	25.8	-31.9
	Liberal Democrat	210	21.0	+21.0
	Independent	131	13.1	+13.1
Majority		143	14.3
Turnout		1,002
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Denver By-Election 9 July 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	271	55.6	+17.0
	Labour	165	33.9	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	51	10.5	-9.2
Majority		106	21.7
Turnout		487	26.9
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

1999-2003

Lynn Central By-Election 17 June 1999 (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	325
	Conservative	275
	Labour	256
	Conservative	250
	Liberal Democrat	114
	Liberal Democrat	100
Turnout		1,320
	Labour hold	Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

2003-2007

Rudham By-Election 19 June 2003
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	592	62.6	+21.8
	Labour	353	37.4	-14.5
Majority		239	25.2
Turnout		945	50.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Heacham By-Election 19 February 2004^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	852	44.2	+23.4
	Labour		590	30.6	+12.1
	Independent		487	25.2	-35.4
Majority			262	13.6
Turnout			1,929	47.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Snettisham By-Election 16 December 2004^[10]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	437	47.2	+18.6
	Liberal Democrat	247	26.7	+26.7
	Labour	121	13.1	-0.9
	Independent	120	13.0	-44.5
Majority		190	20.5
Turnout		925	26.4
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Hunstanton By-Election 6 July 2006^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Searle	908	55.5	+14.3
	Labour	Richard Bird	727	44.5	+13.8
Majority			181	11.0
Turnout			1,635	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Gaywood Chase By-Election 13 August 2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Dobson	202	28.7	-17.4
	Labour	John Collop	194	27.5	-10.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Swinton	167	23.7	+23.7
	BNP	David Fleming	90	12.8	+12.8
	Green	Vivienne Manning	52	7.4	+7.4
Majority			8	1.2
Turnout			705	18.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015 - present

Heacham By-election 20 October 2016^[13]

Party

Candidate

Votes

Independent

Terence Parish

400

37.7

N/A

Conservative

Simon Eyre

342

32.2

-38.9

Liberal Democrat

Robert Colwell

7.8

N/A

UKIP

Deborah Lemay

7.8

N/A

Independent

Michael Press

7.4

N/A

Labour

Edward Robb

7.0

-21.9

Majority

5.5

Turnout

1,064

26.27

Independent gain from Conservative

Swing

References

↑ "Find your Borough Councillor, County Councillor, MP, MEP and Parish Clerk". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "King's Lynn & West Norfolk". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ The Borough of West Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2013. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Tories take two steps forward in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-02-20. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Labour vote slumps in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-12-17. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "By-election news". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Borough Council By-Election - Gaywood Chase Ward". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ https://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/news/article/100/heacham_by-election_result

By-election results

External links

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council

Council elections in Norfolk

Norfolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Breckland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Broadland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2015

Great Yarmouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Norwich City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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