Great Yarmouth council election, 2023
Most seats
19
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
39
across 17 wards
Turnout
29.0%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 19 | -1 | 19,247 | 43.5% | -8.7 |
| Labour Party | 18 | +3 | 20,192 | 45.7% | +9.1 |
| Independent | 2 | -1 | 3,018 | 6.8% | -0.8 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 889 | 2.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | +0 | 660 | 1.5% | — |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 192 | 0.4% | — |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 0 | -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 39 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 39 | |
| Labour Party | 39 | |
| Independent | 7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | |
| Green Party | 5 | |
| Reform UK | 2 |
A party standing a full slate could field 39 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.
Bradwell North 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carl Smith Elected | 888 | 52.6% | -35.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Daniel Candon Elected | 839 | 49.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graham Robert Plant Elected | 815 | 48.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Yvonne Craig | 765 | 45.3% | -19.7 |
| Labour Party | Scott William Wesson | 756 | 44.8% | — |
| Labour Party | James Louis Borg | 728 | 43.1% | — |
| Majority | 50 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,130 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,688 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Bradwell South and Hopton 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carl Adrian Annison Elected | 995 | 54.0% | -41.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Katy Stenhouse Elected | 740 | 40.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Antony Daniel Capewell Elected | 738 | 40.1% | -11.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Edward Price | 690 | 37.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Lesley Rodin | 680 | 36.9% | — |
| Labour Party | David John Greggs | 660 | 35.8% | — |
| Independent | Sue Hacon | 207 | 11.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Godfrey | 119 | 6.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | John Richard Shreeve | 89 | 4.8% | — |
| Majority | 48 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,462 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,842 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Caister North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Penny Carpenter Elected | 606 | 54.8% | -23.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gary William Boyd Elected | 582 | 52.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Michael Winterburn | 402 | 36.4% | -7.4 |
| Labour Party | Rae Williamson | 320 | 29.0% | — |
| Green Party | Anne Marie Killett | 174 | 15.7% | — |
| Majority | 180 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,670 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,105 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Caister South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Brian Alfred Lawn Elected | 604 | 56.2% | -10.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Malcolm Dudley Bird Elected | 570 | 53.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Sandy Griffiths | 468 | 43.5% | +5.1 |
| Labour Party | Michael Anthony Moore | 374 | 34.8% | — |
| Majority | 102 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,598 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,075 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Central And Northgate 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Mike Smith-Clare Elected | 596 | 52.9% | +1.6 |
| Labour Party | Jade Marlene Marie Martin Elected | 578 | 51.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach Elected | 574 | 50.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tamsin Eleanor Lodge | 318 | 28.2% | +0.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Oscar Tala Houseago | 295 | 26.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Aurelio Goncalves Spinola | 258 | 22.9% | — |
| Independent | Carrie Amy Talbot | 228 | 20.2% | -20.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ashton-Barnes | 153 | 13.6% | — |
| Majority | 256 | |||
| Turnout | 20.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,768 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,127 | |||
Labour Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP) · Labour Party hold
Claydon 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Carol Ann Borg Elected | 810 | 65.2% | +18.1 |
| Labour Party | Jeanette McMullen Elected | 775 | 62.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Bernard Williamson Elected | 767 | 61.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Linda Jane Phillips | 403 | 32.4% | -20.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Frederic Hirst | 363 | 29.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Louise Rebecca Bensly | 362 | 29.1% | — |
| Majority | 364 | |||
| Turnout | 22.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,641 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,243 | |||
Labour Party hold
East Flegg 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James William Bensly Elected | 755 | 61.3% | -30.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Noel Douglas Galer Elected | 573 | 46.5% | — |
| Green Party | Emma Jayne Punchard | 297 | 24.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul James Hendry | 245 | 19.9% | -14.5 |
| Labour Party | Colleen Walker | 230 | 18.7% | — |
| Green Party | Ken Petersen | 206 | 16.7% | — |
| Majority | 276 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,008 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,232 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Fleggburgh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Adrian David Thompson Elected | 1,110 | 94.6% | +10.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Thomas Steven Charles Garrod | 37 | 3.2% | -8.9 |
| Labour Party | Claire Wardley | 26 | 2.2% | -1.5 |
| Majority | 1,073 | |||
| Turnout | 53.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,200 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,173 | |||
Independent hold
Gorleston 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Emma Claire Flaxman-Taylor Elected | 685 | 48.9% | -27.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Anthony George Wells Elected | 674 | 48.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Steve Taylor | 508 | 36.3% | -13.2 |
| Labour Party | Michael Wemyss | 457 | 32.6% | — |
| Green Party | Rebecca Elizabeth Anne Durant | 111 | 7.9% | — |
| Green Party | Nicola Jane Albon | 101 | 7.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerald Andrew Rouse | 69 | 4.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Stanley Smith | 65 | 4.6% | — |
| Majority | 166 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,132 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,400 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Lothingland 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graham Carpenter Elected | 518 | 41.9% | -16.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ivan Leo Murray-Smith Elected | 508 | 41.1% | — |
| Independent | Adrian Paul Myers | 469 | 37.9% | -25.9 |
| Labour Party | Chris Williamson | 388 | 31.4% | -0.5 |
| Labour Party | Euan Duffield | 304 | 24.6% | — |
| Majority | 39 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,274 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,236 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Magdalen 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Trevor John Wainwright Elected | 786 | 59.7% | -7.5 |
| Labour Party | Alison Green Elected | 691 | 52.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Brian Pilkington Elected | 642 | 48.8% | — |
| Independent | Matt Smith | 386 | 29.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bob Whitaker | 349 | 26.5% | -12.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Margaret O'Dell | 323 | 24.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tracy Lynn Cameron | 277 | 21.0% | — |
| Majority | 256 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,252 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,316 | |||
Labour Party hold
Nelson 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Michael Jeal Elected | 553 | 61.7% | -1.8 |
| Labour Party | Kerry Robinson-Payne Elected | 530 | 59.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Tony Wright Elected | 515 | 57.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Oliver James Bensly | 248 | 27.7% | +4.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ann Lawn | 221 | 24.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Frank Ronald Stafferton | 200 | 22.3% | — |
| Reform UK | Mick Riley | 118 | 13.2% | — |
| Majority | 267 | |||
| Turnout | 17.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,339 | |||
| Ballots cast | 896 | |||
Labour Party hold
Ormesby 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Justin Paul Rundle Elected | 548 | 44.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Geoff Freeman Elected | 514 | 42.1% | -32.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ron Hanton | 511 | 41.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Malcolm Boocock | 366 | 30.0% | +4.5 |
| Labour Party | Brian Walker | 201 | 16.4% | — |
| Majority | 3 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,832 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,222 | |||
Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Southtown and Cobholm 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Paula Waters-Bunn Elected | 405 | 57.9% | -10.2 |
| Labour Party | Jennifer Constance Newcombe Elected | 402 | 57.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Laura May Candon | 220 | 31.5% | -5.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alvin Murray | 191 | 27.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Dyer | 77 | 11.0% | — |
| Majority | 182 | |||
| Turnout | 19.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,633 | |||
| Ballots cast | 699 | |||
Labour Party hold
St Andrews 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Barbara Ann Wright Elected | 575 | 63.3% | -0.1 |
| Labour Party | Ron Upton Elected | 555 | 61.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan James Popham | 310 | 34.1% | -3.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lionel John O'Dell | 276 | 30.4% | — |
| Majority | 245 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,542 | |||
| Ballots cast | 908 | |||
Labour Party hold
West Flegg 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Grant Elected | 809 | 60.5% | -17.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Leslie John Mogford Elected | 798 | 59.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Matt Borg | 467 | 34.9% | -12.8 |
| Labour Party | David Michael Jeal | 458 | 34.2% | — |
| Majority | 331 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,336 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,338 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Yarmouth North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Donna Kay Hammond Elected | 470 | 43.5% | -0.9 |
| Labour Party | Amy Louise Sharp Elected | 453 | 41.9% | +0.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Charles Hammond | 452 | 41.8% | — |
| Labour Party | James Dwyer-McCluskey | 444 | 41.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Harris | 88 | 8.1% | — |
| Reform UK | Angie Andrews | 74 | 6.8% | — |
| Independent | Paul Eric Toplass | 70 | 6.5% | — |
| Majority | 1 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,418 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,081 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party