Breckland council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 27 wards · 49 seats contested

Most seats
30
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
49
across 27 wards
Turnout
29.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 30 -7 24,550 44.6% -13.6
Labour Party 12 +6 15,380 28.0% +6.7
Independent 5 +1 8,984 16.3% +5.3
Liberal Democrats 1 +1 3,170 5.8% +4.7
Green Party 1 -1 2,464 4.5% -2.6
Reform UK 0 +0 313 0.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 153 0.3% -1.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 49
Conservative and Unionist Party 43
Labour Party 39
Independent 21
Green Party 6
Liberal Democrats 6
Reform UK 2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1

A party standing a full slate could field 49 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

All Saints & Wayland 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Elizabeth Suggitt Elected 848 47.2% -25.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Cowen Elected 790 43.9% —
Liberal Democrats Ian Minto 626 34.8% —
Liberal Democrats Ulrike Corinna Behrendt 504 28.0% —
Labour Party Ed Szczepanowski 305 17.0% -11.3
Labour Party Prue Szczepanowski 301 16.7% —
Majority164
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors5,483
Ballots cast1,798

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Ashill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Fabian Royston Eagle Elected 549 69.6% +4.8
Labour Party Nicola Joanne Newell 137 17.4% +4.7
Green Party Anne Patricia Melba Rix 103 13.1% -9.5
Majority412
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors2,240
Ballots cast789

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Taila Joan Taylor Elected 613 53.1% -7.2
Independent Stephen Paul Fraser Elected 431 37.3% -12.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Michelle Julie Barron 378 32.8% —
Labour Party David Hodgkinson 278 24.1% -2.4
Labour Party Tom Stewart 244 21.1% —
Majority53
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,087
Ballots cast1,154

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent hold

Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Taylor Elected 685 47.2% -29.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Tristan John Ashby Elected 685 47.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rhodri Oliver Elected 558 38.4% —
Labour Party Marcia Solloway-Brown 484 33.3% -8.7
Labour Party Paul Smith 421 29.0% —
Labour Party Vic Peters 410 28.2% —
Independent Debbie Lane 409 28.2% -28.1
Reform UK Kabeer Kher 142 9.8% —
Majority74
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors6,143
Ballots cast1,452

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bedingfeld

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Sherwood Elected 377 52.6% -21.7
Labour Party Doug Jefferson 194 27.1% +1.4
Independent Ruth Louise Hargreaves 146 20.4% —
Majority183
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors2,450
Ballots cast717

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Dereham Neatherd 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alison Mary Webb Elected 828 46.7% -30.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Linda Monument Elected 744 42.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party William Richmond Elected 701 39.5% —
Green Party Philip Neil Morton 688 38.8% -38.6
Independent Zoe Flint 569 32.1% —
Labour Party Issy Myhill 555 31.3% —
Labour Party Howard Hawkes 475 26.8% —
Majority13
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors5,947
Ballots cast1,773

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Green Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Dereham Toftwood 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kendra Cogman Elected 572 49.7% +1.9
Labour Party Sarah Taylor Elected 555 48.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Richard Green 518 45.0% -11.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Phillip James Duigan 512 44.5% —
Majority37
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors4,540
Ballots cast1,150

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Dereham Withburga 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Harry Clarke Elected 665 67.0% +10.7
Labour Party Ray O'Callaghan Elected 574 57.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robin Hunter-Clarke 305 30.7% -18.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Judy Rogers 263 26.5% —
Majority269
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,329
Ballots cast993

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

Forest 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Chapman-Allen Elected 469 66.1% -23.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Kybird Elected 455 64.1% —
Labour Party Viola Ross-Smith 217 30.6% -2.4
Labour Party Matthew Stirrup 193 27.2% —
Majority238
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors2,487
Ballots cast710

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Guiltcross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Marion Chapman-Allen Elected 479 53.5% -14.2
Labour Party Liz Bernard 416 46.5% +14.2
Majority63
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors2,577
Ballots cast895

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Harling & Heathlands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party William Nunn Elected 498 64.2% -7.3
Labour Party Hayley Balster 278 35.8% +7.3
Majority220
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors2,681
Ballots cast776

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hermitage

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Thurbon Elected 316 41.0% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Hambidge 297 38.5% -6.5
Labour Party John Peter Barnard 155 20.1% +7.9
Majority19
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors2,266
Ballots cast771

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Launditch

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Alexander Kiddle-Morris Elected 378 51.6% -21.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Weatherill 213 29.1% —
Labour Party Paul Richard Siegert 139 19.0% -7.5
Majority165
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors2,094
Ballots cast732

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lincoln 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Roger David Atterwill Elected 958 65.0% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Duffield Elected 607 41.2% -15.2
Labour Party Danielle Glavin 421 28.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paula Ann Wood 389 26.4% —
Majority186
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors4,271
Ballots cast1,474

Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mattishall 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Claussen Elected 680 47.1% +5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Jonathan Plummer Elected 633 43.8% —
Labour Party Bob Burrell 620 42.9% +22.7
Green Party Ann Patricia Robertson Bowyer 580 40.1% —
Majority13
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors4,516
Ballots cast1,445

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Nar Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Samuel Wilkinson Elected 455 61.5% -13.1
Labour Party Cliff Wilson 285 38.5% +13.1
Majority170
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors2,275
Ballots cast740

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Necton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Wilkin Elected 397 50.9% -10.5
Labour Party Joe Sisto 383 49.1% +10.5
Majority14
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors2,191
Ballots cast780

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Saham Toney 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Crane Elected 674 61.6% -7.3
Green Party Peter Kevin Bate Elected 523 47.8% -21.5
Conservative and Unionist Party David Robert Mullenger Sawyer 407 37.2% —
Majority116
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors4,186
Ballots cast1,095

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Green Party hold

Shipdham-with-Scarning 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Hewett Elected 549 43.8% -37.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynda Turner Elected 502 40.1% —
Labour Party Timothy Philip Kinnaird 438 35.0% -10.9
Labour Party Michael Christopher O'Neil 353 28.2% —
Green Party Geoffrey Gilbert Plank 271 21.6% —
Reform UK Scott Daynes 171 13.7% —
Majority64
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,361
Ballots cast1,252

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Swaffham 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Judy Anscombe Elected 925 47.5% -24.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacob Morton Elected 847 43.5% -13.7
Independent David Sydney Wickerson Elected 838 43.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Darby 835 42.9% —
Independent Bob Wade 832 42.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Leanne Smart 781 40.1% —
Majority3
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors7,053
Ballots cast1,948

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

The Buckenhams & Banham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Askew Elected 486 59.9% +4.9
Labour Party Barry Sumner 326 40.1% +27.4
Majority160
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors2,637
Ballots cast812

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Thetford Boudica 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stuart Terry Elected 505 55.8% +4.8
Labour Party Terry Land Elected 477 52.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Joyce Tullett 324 35.8% -13.2
Independent Zak Marketis 123 13.6% —
Independent Philip Reynolds 118 13.0% —
Majority153
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors3,550
Ballots cast905

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

Thetford Burrell 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Chris Harvey Elected 546 54.3% -3.1
Labour Party David Blackbourn Elected 470 46.7% —
Independent Carla Barreto 293 29.1% +2.8
Independent Geoff Mealing 258 25.6% —
Independent Bob Seys 226 22.5% —
Majority177
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors4,229
Ballots cast1,006

Labour Party hold

Thetford Castle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ann Blackbourn Elected 465 43.2% -0.0
Labour Party Hazel McCambridge Elected 414 38.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Lillian James 318 29.6% -30.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Brame 305 28.3% —
Independent Kirstie Robb 159 14.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Denis Melvin Crawford 153 14.2% —
Independent Ijaz Karim 126 11.7% —
Majority96
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors4,397
Ballots cast1,076

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Thetford Priory 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Terry Jermy Elected 629 56.6% +1.1
Labour Party Mike Brindle Elected 551 49.6% —
Independent Ron Wood 320 28.8% —
Independent Gordon Margrie 200 18.0% —
Independent Mark Petrie Taylor 199 17.9% —
Majority231
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,988
Ballots cast1,112

Labour Party hold

Upper Wensum 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gordon Bambridge Elected 946 52.5% -8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Borrett Elected 917 50.9% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Foley 823 45.6% +9.9
Liberal Democrats Roger Keith Norman 688 38.2% —
Majority94
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors5,204
Ballots cast1,803

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Watton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Keith Stephen Gilbert Elected 903 49.3% -51.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Claire Rosemary Bowes Elected 798 43.6% -27.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Tina Kiddell Elected 770 42.0% —
Independent Pat Warwick 485 26.5% —
Independent Gillian Lee Turrant 466 25.4% —
Labour Party Brian English 341 18.6% -4.0
Labour Party Andrew Dujon 303 16.5% —
Green Party Jane Keidan-Cooper 299 16.3% -26.5
Labour Party Barry John Hale 285 15.6% —
Majority285
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors6,999
Ballots cast1,832

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent hold

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