2007 North Norfolk District Council election

2007 North Norfolk District Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 48 seats to North Norfolk District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent
Seats won 30 16 2
Seat change 2 2 4
Popular vote 18,378 15,962 2,943
Percentage 46.0% 39.9% 7.4%
Swing 8.5% 1.8% 8.0%
Results of the 2007 North Norfolk District Council election
Council control before election


Liberal Democrats

Council control after election


Liberal Democrats

The 2007 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of North Norfolk District Council in England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election result

2007 North Norfolk District Council election[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 30 3 1 2 62.5 46.0 18,378 +8.5
  Conservative 16 3 1 2 33.3 39.9 15,962 +1.8
  Independent 2 0 4 4 4.2 7.4 2,943 -8.0
  Labour 0 0 0 0.0 3.8 1,530 -3.5
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 571 N/A
  Green 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 528 -0.4
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 77 N/A

Ward results

Astley

Astley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Combe* 475 53.9 +36.2
Conservative John Fiddian 331 37.6 +4.8
Green Sharon Harvey 75 8.5 +1.9
Majority 144 16.3
Turnout 48.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Briston

Briston Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Wyatt* 494 56.5 −7.8
Conservative Russell Wright 380 43.5 +11.2
Majority 114 13.0
Turnout 47.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chaucer

Chaucer Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthea Sweeney* 561 55.4 +6.2
Conservative John Fitch 452 44.6 −1.3
Majority 109 10.8
Turnout 53.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Corpusty

Corpusty Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Perry-Warnes* 636 56.0 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Julia Dovey 424 37.4 +26.0
UKIP Terry Comber 75 6.6 N/A
Majority 212 18.6
Turnout 59.4
Conservative hold Swing

Cromer Town

Cromer Town Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjie Cabbell Manners* 594 43.3 −6.6
Conservative Keith Johnson 531 38.7 −13.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Nash 406 29.6 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Cat Plewman 317 23.1 +3.3
Labour Phil Harris 218 15.9 N/A
Labour Colin Vanlint 193 14.1 −2.8
Independent John Morgan 160 11.7 N/A
Independent Larry Randall 157 11.4 −41.2
Majority 125 9.1
Turnout 1,372 43.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Larry Randall had previously been elected as a Conservative councillor.

Erpingham

Erpingham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Willcox* 584 63.1 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Morris 341 36.9 +8.4
Majority 243 26.2
Turnout 48.0
Conservative hold Swing

Gaunt

Gaunt Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Jones* 592 56.6 +7.2
Conservative Jim Page 392 37.5 +2.8
Labour Graham Pinner 62 5.9 N/A
Majority 200 19.1
Turnout 54.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Glaven Valley

Glaven Valley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsay Brettle 569 56.9 −8.7
Liberal Democrats David Young 431 43.1 +14.2
Majority 138 13.8
Turnout 50.6
Conservative hold Swing

Happisburgh

Happisburgh Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Garrigan 586 62.6 +17.2
Conservative Oscar Nieboer 350 37.4 −7.3
Majority 236 25.2
Turnout 45.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

High Heath

High Heath Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Cordeaux* 534 54.1 +3.2
Conservative Nicholas Deterding 397 40.2 −4.0
UKIP Lynette Comber 56 5.7 N/A
Majority 137 13.9
Turnout 57.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Holt

Holt Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip High* 906 52.7 +25.1
Independent Michael Baker* 835 48.5 −6.4
Conservative John Blyth 623 36.2 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Bridget Cuthbert 513 29.8 +1.0
Green Paula D'Attoma 129 7.5 +3.4
Majority 212 12.3
Turnout 1,720 57.9
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hoveton

Hoveton Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Dixon 501 52.0 −23.9
Independent Carolyn Williams 342 35.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Susan Morse 121 12.6 −11.5
Majority 159 16.5
Turnout 55.4
Conservative hold Swing

Lancaster North

Lancaster North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Maggie Fleming 616 53.8 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Sean Mears 605 52.9 −3.5
Conservative Roy Reynolds 458 40.0 +18.1
Conservative Theo Fanthorpe 456 39.9 N/A
Majority 147 12.9
Turnout 1,144 39.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lancaster South

Lancaster South Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Towers* 669 54.5 +12.4
Liberal Democrats Gloria Lisher 616 50.2 +8.2
Conservative Roy Banham 552 45.0 +6.9
Conservative John Rest 457 37.2 +5.1
Majority 64 5.2
Turnout 1,228 37.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Mundesley

Mundesley Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wyndham Northam* 832 54.5 −13.1
Conservative Barry Smith 776 50.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Correa-Hunt 616 40.3 +20.2
Liberal Democrats Paddy Wilkins 608 39.8 +20.8
Majority 160 10.5
Turnout 1,528 43.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

North Walsham East

North Walsham East Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ford* 960 70.1 +26.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Moore* 935 68.3 +21.5
Conservative Rhona Sherry 374 27.3 −5.7
Conservative Sarah Thompson 335 24.5 −3.4
Green Joanne Todd 133 9.7 N/A
Majority 561 41.0
Turnout 1,369 40.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Walsham North

North Walsham North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Seward 724 60.5 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Moore 707 59.1 +4.0
Conservative Mike Judd 352 29.4 +3.0
Conservative David Keable 266 22.2 −2.1
Independent Jo Turner* 229 19.1 −36.9
Majority 355 29.7
Turnout 1,196 36.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Jo Turner had previously been elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor.

North Walsham West

North Walsham West Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Birch* 930 69.4 +9.3
Liberal Democrats Virginia Gay* 873 65.1 +14.4
Conservative Anne Rose 415 30.9 +7.5
Conservative Helen Bartram 384 28.6 +6.0
Majority 458 34.2
Turnout 1,341 43.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Poppyland

Poppyland Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angie Tillett* 659 69.8 +30.3
Liberal Democrats John Barker 285 30.2 +16.7
Majority 374 39.6
Turnout 49.5
Conservative hold Swing

Priory

Priory Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Savory* 972 52.2 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Joyce Trett* 774 41.5 −0.9
Conservative Charles Tucker 616 33.1 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Roberta Hamond 523 28.1 −3.9
Labour Mike Gates 245 13.2 −10.8
Labour Andy Gates 183 9.8 N/A
Majority 158 8.4
Turnout 1,863 53.5
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Roughton

Roughton Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Arnold* 429 48.5 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Mary Seward 204 23.1 −9.4
Labour David Spencer 174 19.7 −6.4
English Democrat Christine Constable 77 8.7 N/A
Majority 225 25.4
Turnout 49.8
Conservative hold Swing

St Benet

St Benet Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara McGoun* 561 58.7 +44.2
Conservative Derek Hogg 331 34.6 −10.0
Labour Clive Sellick 64 6.7 N/A
Majority 230 24.1
Turnout 52.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Scottow

Scottow Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Spencer Whalley 330 55.6 +20.4
Conservative Alistair Mackay 263 44.4 +16.9
Majority 67 11.2
Turnout 40.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Sheringham North

Sheringham North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Hannah* 717 54.5 −9.7
Liberal Democrats Penny Bevan Jones 524 39.8 −16.2
Conservative Janet Farrow 518 39.4 +2.5
Conservative Madeleine Ashcroft 379 28.8 −3.2
Labour David Thompson 91 6.9 N/A
UKIP David Wilson 89 6.8 N/A
Labour Harry Bennett 81 6.2 N/A
Green Martin Langsdon 62 4.7 N/A
Majority 6 0.4
Turnout 1,315 43.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sheringham South

Sheringham South Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Nelson* 797 54.2 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Julia Moss 699 47.5 −9.0
Conservative Mac McGinn 609 41.4 +1.9
Conservative Andrea Johnson 576 39.2 +5.4
Green Peter Morrison 129 8.8 N/A
Majority 90 6.1
Turnout 1,471 46.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stalham & Sutton

Stalham & Sutton Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Candy Sheridan* 563 37.7 +5.0
Conservative George Barran* 497 33.3 −6.9
Independent Roy Woolsey 490 32.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pauline Grove-Jones 488 32.7 +4.7
Conservative Stephen Eldred 347 23.2 −9.1
Labour Sheila Cullingham 288 19.3 −12.6
Labour Nick Webb 135 9.0 N/A
Majority 7 0.5
Turnout 1,493 43.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Suffield Park

Suffield Park Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Ripley* 725 49.3 +9.1
Conservative John Lee 704 47.8 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Cavanagh 419 28.5 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Neale Grearson 409 27.8 +4.7
Independent Vera Woodcock 216 14.7 −17.1
Independent Reginald Robinson 119 8.1 N/A
UKIP Gwendoline Smith 101 6.9 N/A
Labour Michael Cox 91 6.2 N/A
Majority 285 19.3
Turnout 1,472 44.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The Raynhams

The Raynhams Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dawn Wakefield 401 61.6 +14.4
UKIP Stuart Agnew 250 38.4 N/A
Majority 151 23.2
Turnout 35.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The Runtons

The Runtons Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Saunders 524 50.1 +6.9
Liberal Democrats Lucinda Starling 521 49.9 −2.4
Majority 3 0.2
Turnout 59.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Walsingham

Walsingham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Thomas Moore* 612 74.4 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Gerry Plowright 211 25.6 +6.9
Majority 390 48.8
Turnout 44.1
Independent hold Swing

Waterside

Waterside Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Partridge* 861 53.9 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Eric Stockton* 679 42.5 +5.4
Conservative Colin Robertshaw 601 37.7 +7.4
Conservative Jean Eldred 458 28.7 +4.4
Labour Mick French 149 9.3 N/A
Majority 78 4.8
Turnout 1,596 44.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Waxham

Waxham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Price 408 46.8 +15.8
Liberal Democrats Jean Partridge 316 36.2 +20.2
Labour David Russell 148 17.0 N/A
Majority 92 10.6
Turnout 47.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Wensum

Wensum Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Green* 477 50.5 −2.9
Conservative Maureen Cushing 408 43.2 +3.4
Independent Sally Longden 59 6.3 N/A
Majority 69 7.3
Turnout 49.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Worstead

Worstead Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Cath Wilkins* 555 60.1 +7.3
Conservative Hugh Stimpson 369 39.9 −7.3
Majority 186 20.2
Turnout 40.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-Elections

North Walsham West By-Election 4 June 2009[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Seward 808 62.7 −6.7
Conservative Christopher Hall 385 29.9 −1.0
Labour Phil Harris 95 7.4 N/A
Majority 423 32.8
Turnout 1,288
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Walsingham By-Election 1 October 2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Lanham 389 58.1 +32.5
Conservative Tom Fitzpatrick 237 35.4 N/A
Labour Michael Gates 43 6.4 N/A
Majority 152 22.7
Turnout 669 36.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
The Runtons By-Election 15 October 2009[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Eales 524 52.1 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Lucinda Starling 454 45.1 −4.8
Green Alicia Hull 14 1.4 N/A
Labour David Russell 14 1.4 N/A
Majority 70 7.0
Turnout 1,006 55.9
Conservative hold Swing
Lancaster South By-Election 6 May 2010[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Lisher 1,066 54.1 −0.4
Conservative Tom Fitzpatrick 784 39.8 −5.2
Green Monika Wiedmann 122 6.2 N/A
Majority 282 14.3
Turnout 1,972 61.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "North Norfolk District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ^ "North Norfolk". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  3. ^ "North Norfolk". BBC. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Election of district councilllor(s) for the district ward of North Walsham West" (PDF). North Norfolk District Council. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  5. ^ "Lib Dem victory in Walsingham". Dereham Times. 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  6. ^ "Conservatives win in The Runtons". North Norfolk News. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  7. ^ "Public Relations". North Norfolk District Council. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
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