2015 North Norfolk District Council election

The 2015 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the North Norfolk District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

2015 North Norfolk District Council election
7 May 2015
All 48 seats to North Norfolk District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 28 seats 18 seats
Seats before 28 18
Seats won 33 15
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 3
Popular vote 30,813 23,568
Percentage 38.5% 29.4%
Results of the 2015 North Norfolk District Council election
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

Election result

North Norfolk District Council Election, 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 33 8 3 Increase 5 68.8 38.2 22,541 +7.1
  Liberal Democrats 15 3 6 Decrease 3 31.3 27.9 16,446 -7.5
  Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 14.9 8,773 -2.6
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 9.5 5,582 +2.7
  UKIP 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 8.4 4,935 +1.3
  Independent 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 1.2 730 -1.0

Ward results

Astley

Astley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven David Ward** 734 56.0 +16.4
Green Sharon Suzanne Harvey 344 26.2 +11.4
Labour Catherine Plewman 233 17.8 +0.6
Majority 390 29.8
Turnout 1,326 72.42
Conservative hold Swing

Steven Ward was an incumbent councillor in Lancaster South ward.

Briston

Briston Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer English 557 41.0 +8.9
Liberal Democrats John Andrew Wyatt* 342 25.2 −8.0
UKIP Jonathan Hancock 245 18.1 +5.7
Labour Ann Poberefsky 132 9.7 −7.8
Green Thomas Andrew Silvano Robinson 81 6.0 +1.2
Majority 215 15.8
Turnout 1,366 68.92
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Chaucer

Chaucer Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael William Robert Knowles 520 35.7 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ann Howe 441 30.3 −9.6
UKIP Terence Comber 267 18.4 +5.9
Labour Craig Lawrence Roters 117 8.0 −2.8
Green Mark Aquila Benjamin Taylor 110 7.6 +2.1
Majority 79 5.4
Turnout 1,469 76.63
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Corpusty

Corpusty Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Georgina Jane Clinton Perry-Warnes 556 37.3 −5.1
UKIP David Ramsthotham 324 21.8 −9.2
Labour Aubrey Poberefsky 309 20.8 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Felix Michael Brueggemann 184 12.4 +2.8
Green Bruce Coppard 116 7.8 +1.7
Majority 232 15.5
Turnout 1,497 77.65
Conservative hold Swing

Cromer Town

Cromer Town Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andreas Yiasimi* 854 45.3 +18.1
Conservative Hilary Cox 747 39.6 +4.3
Conservative Thomas Benjamin Cabbell Manners* 511 27.1 −10.7
Liberal Democrats Heinrich Peter Butikofer 510 27.0 +3.9
Labour Jennifer Hamilton-Emery 336 17.8 −6.8
Labour David Phillip-Pritchard 252 13.4 −7.8
Green Rupert Sandino Erie 183 9.7 −1.7
Majority 236 12.5
Turnout 1,887 65.19
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Erpingham

Erpingham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Robert Smith* 678 45.0 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Arthur John Bernard Bailey 356 23.6 −9.0
Green Peter Joseph Wedge 266 17.7 +6.2
Labour Tony Steven Chambers 207 13.7 −0.1
Majority 322 21.4
Turnout 1,519 77.03
Conservative hold Swing

Gaunt

Gaunt Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Timothy Coppack 467 31.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Crampsie 464 30.9 −38.4
Independent Graham Robert Jones* 310 20.6 −48.7
Labour Christine Diana Collins 173 11.5 −4.9
Green Peter Alan Crouch 89 5.9 −8.4
Majority 3 0.2
Turnout 1,516 76.22
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Graham Jones had previously been elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor.

Glaven Valley

Glaven Valley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Christopher Wells 634 46.9 +23.6
Conservative Colin Vincent Frank Walker 438 32.4 −17.9
UKIP Irene Ramsbotham 148 11.0 +2.6
Labour Martyn George Morgan Sloman 78 5.8 −3.8
Green Rupert Graham Hillard Rosser 53 3.9 −4.6
Majority 196 14.5
Turnout 1,359 76.09
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Happisburgh

Happisburgh Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Walker* 631 42.7 −36.9
Conservative Pauline Patricia Mary Porter 569 38.5 N/A
Labour Christopher James Frederick Hamilton-Emery 158 10.7 −9.7
Green Alicia Jane Hull 119 8.1 N/A
Majority 62 4.2
Turnout 1,495 72.29
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

High Heath

High Heath Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Alan Young* 472 39.4 −28.9
Conservative Jason Philip Law 453 37.8 N/A
Green Andrew John Ian Worsdale 162 13.5 −5.2
Labour Graham Smithers 110 9.2 −3.8
Majority 19 1.6
Turnout 1,216 78.71
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Holt

Holt Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Wesley High* 1,016 46.5 −4.4
Conservative Margaret Elizabeth Ann Prior 886 40.5 N/A
UKIP Duncan Baker 714 32.6 −26.2
Labour Jonathon James Read 429 19.6 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Barbara Ena Young 295 13.5 −2.7
Green Jane Bowden Worsdale 182 8.3 +1.3
Labour Thomas Nicholas Shirley 140 6.4 +0.6
Majority 172 7.9
Turnout 2,187 72.96
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

Hoveton

Hoveton Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel David Dixon* 791 60.9 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Gordon Livesey 224 17.3 −5.9
Labour Carol-Mary Fraser 184 14.2 −2.9
Green Matthew Charles Pennington 99 7.6 N/A
Majority 567 43.6
Turnout 1,313 71.75
Conservative hold Swing

Lancaster North

Lancaster North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Margaret Claussen-Reynolds* 836 47.0 +10.4
Conservative Michael Roy Reynolds* 787 44.3 +8.0
Labour Janet Holdom 609 34.3 +22.0
Labour Adrian Robin Vertigan 547 30.8 +13.8
Green Julia Elizabeth Sandford-Cooke 280 15.8 N/A
Majority 178 10.0
Turnout 1,777 62.84
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lancaster South

Lancaster South Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Nicholas Punchard* 847 43.9 +2.2
Conservative John Victor Rest 668 34.6 −2.0
UKIP Jack Smith 474 24.5 N/A
Labour Richard Gordon Crook 423 21.9 +1.1
Labour Emma Juliet Smith 396 20.5 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Gloria Margaret Diane Lisher 279 14.4 −12.3
Green Barbara Ann Wyvill 150 7.8 −2.9
Majority 194 10.1
Turnout 1,931 59.09
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mundesley

Mundesley Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wyndham James Northam* 931 40.1 −15.0
Conservative Barry Smith* 829 35.7 −7.8
Independent Paul Clive Blencowe 420 18.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mary Seward 415 17.9 −17.4
Liberal Democrats William Alan Fryer 387 16.7 −3.1
Labour Philip Arthur Keddell 316 13.6 +1.3
Labour Nicholas Robin Dyball 266 11.5 −0.6
Green Jacquelyne Anne MacDonald 237 10.2 +1.8
Majority 409 17.6
Turnout 2,319 69.96
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

North Walsham East

North Walsham East Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter William Moore* 785 35.7 −21.3
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Frances Uprichard* 705 32.1 −14.7
Conservative Fiona Elizabeth Turner 488 22.2 N/A
UKIP Lynette Comber 401 18.3 N/A
Conservative Fernando Jorge Santos Reis 393 17.9 N/A
UKIP Geoffrey Wilson 344 15.7 N/A
Labour Alison Jane Tipler 278 12.7 −13.8
Green Paul Malcolm Oakes 224 10.2 −3.4
Labour Jann Visconti 184 8.4 −15.1
Green Anne Marie Abbs 180 8.2 N/A
Majority 217 9.9
Turnout 2,197 65.51
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Walsham North

North Walsham North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eric George Seward* 911 45.7 −6.4
Liberal Democrats Nigel Paul Lloyd* 886 44.5 −11.6
Conservative Madeleine Barbara Ashcroft 433 21.7 N/A
Conservative Janet May Farrow 401 20.1 N/A
Labour Barry Charles Hester 326 16.4 −7.7
Labour Raymond William Clifton 245 12.3 −6.4
Green Joanne Todd 227 11.4 −2.9
Majority 453 22.8
Turnout 1,993 63.00
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Walsham West

North Walsham West Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Virginia Ruth Gay* 738 33.3 −26.7
Liberal Democrats Ann Margaret Moore* 683 30.8 −24.2
Conservative Sarah Eliza Thompson 507 22.8 N/A
UKIP John Fleming 457 20.6 N/A
Labour Stephen Bernard Burke 446 20.1 −4.0
Labour David Gregory Spencer 440 19.8 −8.6
Conservative Luke Daniel Tweedie 392 17.7 N/A
Green Elizabeth Miranda McKenna 145 6.5 N/A
Majority 176 8.0
Turnout 2,219 66.14
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Poppyland

Poppyland Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Margaret Fitch-Tillett* 786 52.8 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Edward Robert Maxfield 343 23.0 N/A
Labour Timothy John Bartlett 205 13.8 −4.7
Green Jayne Helen Lynette Ivimey 155 10.4 −1.8
Majority 443 29.8
Turnout 1,523 74.47
Conservative hold Swing

Priory

Priory Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vincent William Fitzpatrick 800 35.7 −6.3
Conservative Simon Alistair Hester 791 35.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gareth Burnell 692 30.9 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Francis Alexander Pask 679 30.3 +17.2
Labour Catherine Gates 379 16.9 +4.1
Labour Michael Anthony Gates 356 15.9 +0.9
Green Patricia Margaret Janey Sugden 186 8.3 +1.0
Green Isabel Maclean Tipple 140 6.3 N/A
Majority 99 4.4
Turnout 2,240 70.82
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Roughton

Roughton Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Anne Arnold* 678 49.2 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Folik Miah Choudhury 360 26.1 −2.2
Labour David Edwin Russell 194 14.1 −0.1
Green James William Spiller 147 10.7 +0.9
Majority 318 23.1
Turnout 1,402 72.23
Conservative hold Swing

St Benet

St. Benet Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Alexandra McGoun* 715 50.5 −19.1
Conservative Alexander Rollo Tristram Oliver 482 34.0 N/A
Labour Clive William Sellick 129 9.1 −6.1
Green Stephen Andrew Fairbrass 91 6.4 N/A
Majority 233 16.5
Turnout 1,428 78.20
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Scottow

Scottow Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Durrant Shaw 582 42.2 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Richard James Sims 480 34.8 −5.1
Labour Marcia Elizabeth Staines 218 15.8 −1.1
Green Ingrid Emma Dodd 100 7.2 N/A
Majority 1,387 68.29
Turnout 102 7.4
Conservative hold Swing

Sheringham North

Sheringham North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian John Hannah* 738 39.6 −12.3
Conservative Douglas Frederick Smith 650 34.9 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Penelope Jean Bevan Jones 522 28.0 −1.1
Conservative David Anthony Ward 518 27.8 N/A
Labour Noel Christopher Gant 323 17.3 −4.6
Labour Callum Edward Ringer 246 13.2 +2.1
Green Alistair Kilmuir Cormack 187 10.0 +1.0
Green Martin Langsdon 173 9.3 N/A
Majority 128 6.9
Turnout 1,865 67.04
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Sheringham South

Sheringham South Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Christopher Shepherd* 966 41.0 +2.6
Conservative Judith Britannia Caroline Oliver* 852 36.2 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Julie Louise Chalmers 735 31.2 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Mary Fish 717 30.4 +6.1
UKIP Graham McEvoy 378 16.1 +4.7
Labour William Francis O'Connor 220 9.3 −9.5
Green Rosemary Margaret Anne Glen 170 7.2 +2.0
Labour Renalto Visconti 157 6.7 −11.6
Green Michael John Yarham 119 5.1 N/A
Majority 117 5.0
Turnout 2,355 74.11
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Stalham & Sutton

Stalham & Sutton Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Millicent Grove-Jones* 841 36.1 −4.1
Conservative Robert Douglas Mark Stevens* 826 35.5 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Marion Janet Millership 710 30.5 +1.3
Conservative Alistair James Mackay 678 29.1 N/A
Labour Sheila Ann Cullingham 488 20.9 −9.8
Labour Ruth Evelyn Smith 283 12.1 −6.8
Green Lesley Betty Ash 210 9.0 N/A
Majority 116 5.0
Turnout 2,330 68.66
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Suffield Park

Suffield Park Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Henry Auburn Lee* 821 35.7 −3.4
Conservative Nigel Glenn Pearce 607 26.4 −21.4
Liberal Democrats Neale Grearson 525 22.8 +6.7
UKIP Robert Hipkiss 495 21.5 +11.4
Liberal Democrats Samuel Lidgley 491 21.3 +9.2
Labour Timothy Robert Geoffrey Adams 432 18.8 −5.7
Labour Philip Alan Harris 417 18.1 −4.2
Green Lynne Janine Beshir 178 7.7 −0.6
Green Julian Arthur Drury 146 6.3 N/A
Majority 82 3.6
Turnout 2,301 69.62
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The Raynhams

The Raynhams Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Lee Palmer* 727 58.0 +12.5
Labour Mark James Wright 288 23.0 +0.4
Green Jennifer Margaret Outred 239 19.1 N/A
Majority 439 35.0
Turnout 1,289 64.10
Conservative hold Swing

The Runtons

The Runtons Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Elizabeth Jane Butikofer 575 42.4 +25.7
Conservative William John Clovis Meath Baker 554 40.9 −26.4
Labour Ruth Bartlett 128 9.4 −1.4
Green Timothy Francis Dale Snelling 98 7.2 +2.0
Majority 21 1.5
Turnout 1,369 77.13
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Walsingham

Walsingham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Joseph Fitzpatrick* 687 54.9 +9.7
UKIP Keith Loads 244 19.5 N/A
Labour Pamela Margaret Cowburn 216 17.3 +0.3
Green Jenny May Fairbrass 105 8.4 N/A
Majority 443 35.4
Turnout 1,263 69.05
Conservative hold Swing

Waterside

Waterside Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Kenneth Rice 882 34.6 +5.1
Conservative Benjamin Joseph Francis Jarvis* 845 33.2 −8.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Howard Williams* 538 21.1 −19.0
Liberal Democrats Eric Clive Stockton 537 21.1 N/A
UKIP Jeffrey Parkes 505 19.8 +2.8
UKIP Barry Whitehouse 393 15.4 N/A
Labour Elaine Addison 210 8.2 −8.4
Labour Nicola Jane O’Connor 160 6.3 −5.4
Green Anne Patricia Filgate 158 6.2 N/A
Green Michael Graham Macartney-Filgate 142 5.6 N/A
Majority 307 12.0
Turnout 2,547 71.95
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Waxham

Waxham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Carey Price* 525 39.7 −7.4
Liberal Democrats Amanda Jane Anderson 467 35.3 N/A
Green Philip James Mole 172 13.0 −6.2
Labour Paul David Dark 159 12.0 −21.6
Majority 58 4.4
Turnout 1,341 74.29
Conservative hold Swing

Wensum

Wensum Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Rosemary Green* 540 40.8 −7.9
UKIP Allan Pink 283 21.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Hugh Christopher Lanham 216 16.3 −9.4
Labour Terry Cotton 145 11.0 −4.8
Green Richard John Ives 139 10.5 +0.7
Majority 257 19.4
Turnout 1,335 71.54
Conservative hold Swing

Worstead

Worstead Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Glyn Williams* 597 41.8 −4.9
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ruth Belson 475 33.3 −13.4
Green Tina Roberts 180 12.6 +4.2
Labour Jasper William Haywood 175 12.3 −3.7
Majority 122 8.5
Turnout 1,444 74.17
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Glyn Williams had previously been elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor.

By-Elections

Astley By-Election 14 July 2016[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Heinrich Butikofer 309 40.8 N/A
Conservative Joanne Copplestone 198 25.3 −30.7
UKIP David Ramsbotham 133 17.0 N/A
Green Amanda Huntridge 81 10.4 −15.8
Labour Callum Ringer 51 6.5 −11.3
Majority 121 15.5
Turnout 773 42.80
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Glaven Valley By-Election 29 September 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Ward 429 55.3 +8.4
Conservative Andrew Livsey 281 36.2 +3.8
UKIP John Dymond 32 4.1 −6.9
Labour Stephen Burke 23 3.0 −2.8
Green Alicia Hull 11 1.4 −2.5
Majority 148 19.0 +4.6
Turnout 778 44.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Waterside By-Election 9 February 2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Marion Millership 649 55.1 +34.0
Conservative Anthony Lumbard 410 34.8 +1.6
UKIP Barry Whitehouse 77 6.5 −8.9
Labour David Russell 41 3.5 −4.7
Majority 239 20.3
Turnout 1177 33.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Holt By-Election 4 May 2017[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Baker 724 50.1 +17.5
Liberal Democrats Naomi Farrow 546 37.8 −8.7
Labour Richard Kelham 90 6.2 −13.4
UKIP Terence Comber 84 5.8 −26.8
Majority 178 12.3
Turnout 1,444
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Worstead By-Election 15 February 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Saul Penfold 509 72.7 +39.4
Conservative Robin Russell-Pavier 118 16.9 −24.9
Labour David Spencer 73 10.4 −1.9
Majority 391 55.9
Turnout 700
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Home | Page or Document Not Found" (PDF).
  3. ^ DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL North Norfolk Election of a District Councillor for Glaven Valley
  4. ^ DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL North Norfolk Election of a District Councillor for Waterside Ward
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Holt Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Worstead Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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