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. 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   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 28 seats 18 seats Seats before 28 18 Seats won 33 15 Seat change 5 3 Popular vote 30,813 23,568 Percentage 38.5% 29.4%
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	5	0	5	68.8	38.5	30,813
	Liberal Democrats	15	0	3	3	31.3	29.4	23,568
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	16.1	12,862
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	8.1	6,482
	UKIP	0	0	1	1	0.0	7.1	5,672
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.9	730

Ward results

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
Turnout			1,326	72.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

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
Turnout			1,366	68.92
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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
Turnout			1,469	76.63
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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
Turnout			1,497	77.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cromer Town Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andreas Yiasimi	854	45.3
	Conservative	Hilary Cox	747	39.6
	Conservative	Thomas Benjamin Cabbell Manners	511	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Heinrich Peter Butikover	510	27.0
	Labour	Jennifer Hamilton-Emery	336	17.8
	Labour	David Phillip-Pritchard	252	13.4
	Green	Rupert Sandino Erie	183	9.7
Majority
Turnout			1,918	65.19
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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
Turnout			1,519	77.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gaunt Ward (1 Councillor)

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

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
Turnout			1,359	76.09
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Happisburgh Ward (1 Councillor)

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

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
	Green	Andrew John Ian Worsdale	162	13.5	−5.2
	Labour	Graham Smithers	110	9.2	−3.8
Majority
Turnout			1,216	78.71
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holt Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wesley High	1,016	46.5
	Conservative	Margaret Elizabeth Ann Prior	886	40.5
	UKIP	Duncan Baker	714	32.6
	Labour	Jonathon James Read	429	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ena Young	295	13.5
	Green	Jane Bowden Worsdale	182	8.3
	Labour	Thomas Nicholas Shirley	140	6.4
Majority
Turnout			2,218	72.96
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Hoveton Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel David Dixon	792	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
Majority
Turnout			1,313	71.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Margaret Claussen-Reynolds	836	47.0
	Conservative	Michael Roy Reynolds	787	44.3
	Labour	Janet Holdom	609	34.3
	Labour	Adrian Robin Vertigan	547	30.8
	Green	Julia Elizabeth Sandford-Cooke	280	15.8
Majority
Turnout			1,791	62.84
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster South Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Nicholas Punchard	847	43.9
	Conservative	John Victor Rest	668	34.6
	UKIP	Jack Smith	474	24.5
	Labour	Richard Gordon Crook	423	21.9
	Labour	Emma Juliet Smith	396	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Margaret Diane Lisher	279	14.4
	Green	Barbara Ann Wyvill	150	7.8
Majority
Turnout			1,940	59.09
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mundesley Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wyndham James Northam	931	40.3
	Conservative	Barry Smith	829	35.9
	Independent	Paul Clive Blencowe	420	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Seward	415	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	William Alan Fryer	387	16.8
	Labour	Philip Arthur Keddell	316	13.7
	Labour	Nicholas Robin Dyball	266	11.5
	Green	Jacquelyne Anne MacDonald	237	10.3
Majority
Turnout			2,352	69.96
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Walsham East Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter William Moore	785	39.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Frances Uprichard	705	35.3
	Conservative	Fiona Elizabeth Turner	488	24.4
	UKIP	Lynette Comber	401	20.1
	Conservative	Fernando Jorge Santos Reis	393	19.7
	UKIP	Geoffrey Wilson	344	17.2
	Labour	Alison Jane Tipler	278	13.9
	Green	Paul Malcolm Oakes	224	11.2
	Labour	Jann Visconti	184	9.2
	Green	Anne Marie Abbs	180	9.0
Majority
Turnout			2,213	65.51
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Walsham North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric George Seward	911	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Paul Lloyd	886	44.5
	Conservative	Madeleine Barbara Ashcroft	433	21.7
	Conservative	Janet May Farrow	401	20.1
	Labour	Barry Charles Hester	326	16.4
	Labour	Raymond William Clifton	245	12.3
	Green	Joanne Todd	227	11.4
Majority
Turnout			2,045	63.00
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Walsham West Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Ruth Gay	738	33.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Margaret Moore	683	30.8
	Conservative	Sarah Eliza Thompson	507	22.8
	UKIP	John Fleming	457	20.6
	Labour	Stephen Bernard Burke	446	20.1
	Labour	David Gregory Spencer	440	19.8
	Conservative	Luke Daniel Tweedie	392	17.7
	Green	Elizabeth Miranda McKenna	145	6.5
Majority
Turnout			2,237	66.14
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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
	Labour	Timothy John Bartlett	205	13.8	−4.7
	Green	Jayne Helen Lynette Ivimey	155	10.4	−1.8
Majority
Turnout			1,523	74.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vincent William Fitzpatrick	800	35.7
	Conservative	Simon Alistair Hester	791	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Burnell	692	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Francis Alexander Pask	679	30.3
	Labour	Catherine Gates	379	16.9
	Labour	Michael Anthony Gates	356	15.9
	Green	Patricia Margaret Janey Sugden	186	8.3
	Green	Isabel Maclean Tipple	140	6.3
Majority
Turnout			2,289	70.82
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

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
Turnout			1,402	72.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

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
Majority			1,387	68.29
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sheringham North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian John Hannah	738	39.6
	Conservative	Douglas Frederick Smith	650	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Jean Bevan Jones	522	28.0
	Conservative	David Anthony Ward	518	27.8
	Labour	Noel Christopher Gant	323	17.3
	Labour	Callum Edward Ringer	246	13.2
	Green	Alistair Kilmuir Cormack	187	10.0
	Green	Martin Langsdon	173	9.3
Majority
Turnout			1,894	67.04
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sheringham South Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Christopher Shepherd	966	41.0
	Conservative	Judith Britannia Caroline Oliver	852	36.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Louise Chalmers	735	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Mary Fish	717	30.4
	UKIP	Graham McEvoy	378	16.1
	Labour	William Francis O'Connor	220	9.3
	Green	Rosemary Margaret Anne Glen	170	7.2
	Labour	Renalto Visconti	157	6.7
	Green	Michael John Yarham	119	5.1
Majority
Turnout			2,370	74.11
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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
	Labour	Clive William Sellick	129	9.1	−6.1
	Green	Stephen Andrew Fairbrass	91	6.4
Majority
Turnout			1,428	78.20
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stalham and Sutton Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Millicent Grove-Jones	841	36.1
	Conservative	Robert Douglas Mark Stevens	826	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Janet Millership	710	30.5
	Conservative	Alistair James Mackay	678	29.1
	Labour	Sheila Ann Cullingham	488	20.9
	Labour	Ruth Evelyn Smith	283	12.1
	Green	Lesley Betty Ash	210	9.0
Majority
Turnout			2,359	68.66
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Suffield Park Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Henry Auburn Lee	821	35.7
	Conservative	Nigel Glenn Pearce	607	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neale Grearson	525	22.8
	UKIP	Robert Hipkiss	495	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Lidgley	491	21.3
	Labour	Timothy Robert Geoffrey Adams	432	18.8
	Labour	Philip Alan Harris	417	18.1
	Green	Lynne Janine Beshir	178	7.7
	Green	Julian Arthur Drury	146	6.3
Majority
Turnout			2,317	69.62
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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
Majority
Turnout			1,289	64.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

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
Turnout			1,369	77.13
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Walsingham Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Joseph Fitzpatrick	687	54.9	+9.7
	UKIP	Keith Loads	244	19.5
	Labour	Pamela Margaret Cowburn	216	17.3	+0.3
	Green	Jenny May Fairbrass	105	8.4
Majority
Turnout			1,263	69.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterside Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Kenneth Rice	882	34.6
	Conservative	Benjamin Joseph Francis Jarvis	845	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Howard Williams	538	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Clive Stockton	537	21.1
	UKIP	Jeffrey Parkes	505	19.8
	UKIP	Barry Whitehouse	393	15.4
	Labour	Elaine Addison	210	8.2
	Labour	Nicola Jane O’Connor	160	6.3
	Green	Anne Patricia Filgate	158	6.2
	Green	Michael Graham Macartney-Filgate	142	5.6
Majority
Turnout			2,570	71.95
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Waxham Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Carey Price	525	39.7	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Jane Anderson	467	35.3
	Green	Philip James Mole	172	13.0	−6.2
	Labour	Paul David Dark	159	12.0	−21.6
Majority
Turnout			1,341	74.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wensum Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Rosemary Green	540	40.8	−7.9
	UKIP	Allan Pink	283	21.4
	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
Turnout			1,335	71.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worstead Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Glyn Williams	597	41.8	+13.0
	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
Turnout			1,444	74.17
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing