North Norfolk council election, 2023
Most seats
25
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
40
across 32 wards
Turnout
39.4%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 25 | -5 | 18,509 | 43.9% | -6.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 12 | +6 | 15,804 | 37.5% | +3.9 |
| Independent | 3 | -1 | 1,827 | 4.3% | -3.0 |
| Labour Party | 0 | +0 | 3,740 | 8.9% | +3.2 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 2,059 | 4.9% | +1.6 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 178 | 0.4% | — |
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 40 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 40 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 37 | |
| Labour Party | 34 | |
| Green Party | 17 | |
| Independent | 8 | |
| Reform UK | 2 |
A party standing a full slate could field 40 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.
Bacton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pauline Patricia Mary Porter Elected | 307 | 47.2% | +23.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fletcher | 253 | 38.9% | -6.3 |
| Labour Party | Mat Armitage | 91 | 14.0% | +6.6 |
| Majority | 54 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,023 | |||
| Ballots cast | 651 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
Beeston Regis & The Runtons
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kim Ann Toye Elected | 460 | 44.7% | -18.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rebecca Elke Hill | 365 | 35.5% | +2.0 |
| Green Party | Neil David Adams | 92 | 8.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Emma Caroline Lane | 61 | 5.9% | +2.3 |
| Reform UK | Russell John Wright | 51 | 5.0% | — |
| Majority | 95 | |||
| Turnout | 48.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,158 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,029 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Briston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Emma L Coleman Elected | 366 | 51.5% | -6.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jolanda Stenton | 288 | 40.6% | +2.3 |
| Labour Party | Bill O'Connor | 56 | 7.9% | +3.7 |
| Majority | 78 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,044 | |||
| Ballots cast | 710 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Coastal
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Victoria Holliday Elected | 619 | 59.2% | +0.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | David J Allison | 340 | 32.5% | +2.2 |
| Labour Party | Will Gee | 86 | 8.2% | -2.6 |
| Majority | 279 | |||
| Turnout | 53.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,966 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,045 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Cromer Town 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Adams Elected | 1,120 | 67.6% | +3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Averil Boyle Elected | 804 | 48.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Hilary Cox | 516 | 31.1% | +7.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen Scott-Fawcett | 310 | 18.7% | — |
| Green Party | Mike Bossingham | 180 | 10.9% | -3.3 |
| Labour Party | Jenni Randall | 116 | 7.0% | -0.2 |
| Labour Party | Jenny Tabecki | 79 | 4.8% | — |
| Majority | 288 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,021 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,658 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Erpingham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Toye Elected | 568 | 55.3% | +20.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jenny English | 254 | 24.7% | -3.3 |
| Green Party | Stephen John Green | 145 | 14.1% | +2.6 |
| Labour Party | Timothy John Bartlett | 61 | 5.9% | -1.3 |
| Majority | 314 | |||
| Turnout | 47.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,183 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,028 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Gresham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Edward Ringer Elected | 495 | 55.2% | +11.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Charles Henry Mack | 331 | 36.9% | +11.0 |
| Green Party | Alicia Jane Hull | 41 | 4.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Ruth Bartlett | 29 | 3.2% | -0.8 |
| Majority | 164 | |||
| Turnout | 46.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,944 | |||
| Ballots cast | 896 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Happisburgh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Luke James Paterson Elected | 323 | 40.0% | +9.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Jacques Martin Stockton | 273 | 33.8% | -14.8 |
| Green Party | Elizabeth Anne Dixon | 107 | 13.2% | +1.9 |
| Labour Party | Bryony Godwin Nierop-Reading | 105 | 13.0% | +3.0 |
| Majority | 50 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,111 | |||
| Ballots cast | 808 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
Hickling
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Blathwayt Elected | 475 | 56.3% | +4.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Carey Price | 307 | 36.4% | +12.2 |
| Labour Party | Bryonie Sarah Jones | 62 | 7.3% | +3.4 |
| Majority | 168 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,132 | |||
| Ballots cast | 844 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Holt 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Guy Batey Elected | 874 | 49.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Eric Vardy Elected | 702 | 39.5% | -7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jonny Perry-Warnes | 657 | 37.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul David Welsh | 381 | 21.4% | — |
| Green Party | Simon David Russell | 286 | 16.1% | — |
| Independent | Maggie Prior | 253 | 14.2% | -27.4 |
| Labour Party | Fiona Hayward | 133 | 7.5% | +1.2 |
| Majority | 45 | |||
| Turnout | 46.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,912 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,777 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Hoveton & Tunstead 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nigel David Dixon Elected | 819 | 50.1% | -14.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gerard Martin Mancini-Boyle Elected | 634 | 38.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Roy Cameron Hoy | 423 | 25.9% | -15.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Judeline Nicholas | 412 | 25.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Clive William Sellick | 312 | 19.1% | +9.0 |
| Labour Party | Richard Paul Stowe | 277 | 16.9% | — |
| Reform UK | Jason Patchett | 127 | 7.8% | — |
| Majority | 211 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,344 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,636 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Lancaster North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christopher Thomas Cushing Elected | 306 | 49.0% | -6.5 |
| Independent | Annie Claussen-Reynolds | 155 | 24.8% | — |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Sue Brisbane | 109 | 17.5% | — |
| Green Party | Natasha Southerland | 54 | 8.7% | — |
| Majority | 151 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,056 | |||
| Ballots cast | 624 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Lancaster South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Liz Vickers Elected | 466 | 39.9% | -2.6 |
| Independent | Jeremy Nicholas Punchard Elected | 376 | 32.2% | -21.8 |
| Independent | John Victor Rest | 372 | 31.8% | — |
| Green Party | Kris Marshall-Smith | 334 | 28.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Talon Robin Albert Fast | 321 | 27.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Tony Bertie Pope | 280 | 24.0% | +3.8 |
| Majority | 4 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,293 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,169 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent · Independent hold
Mundesley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Sarah Fredericks Elected | 682 | 68.5% | +8.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Derek Alan Smith | 251 | 25.2% | -6.2 |
| Labour Party | Ruth Evelyn Smith | 63 | 6.3% | — |
| Majority | 431 | |||
| Turnout | 46.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,171 | |||
| Ballots cast | 996 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
North Walsham East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Garry Robert William Bull Elected | 656 | 59.2% | -11.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Julius Howes Heinrich Elected | 613 | 55.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tracey Michala Ginbey | 347 | 31.3% | +8.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nick Lee | 308 | 27.8% | — |
| Labour Party | David Charles Marten | 121 | 10.9% | -2.0 |
| Majority | 266 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,711 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,108 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
North Walsham Market Cross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Sims Elected | 427 | 50.4% | -13.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul David East | 318 | 37.5% | +9.1 |
| Labour Party | Rebecca Sarah Shaw | 103 | 12.1% | +4.4 |
| Majority | 109 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,185 | |||
| Ballots cast | 848 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
North Walsham West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Doreen Emma Shires Elected | 803 | 61.2% | -3.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Don Birch Elected | 769 | 58.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rob Scammell | 351 | 26.7% | +9.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ferdi Reis | 285 | 21.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Julia Marie Cavanagh | 207 | 15.8% | +4.2 |
| Majority | 418 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,314 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,313 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Poppyland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Angie Fitch-Tillett Elected | 324 | 40.2% | +7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rex A Parfitt | 196 | 24.3% | +0.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Crispian William James Riley-Smith | 168 | 20.8% | -0.1 |
| Green Party | Melissa Fleur Sargent | 61 | 7.6% | -10.9 |
| Labour Party | Steven Christian Moore | 57 | 7.1% | +3.1 |
| Majority | 128 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,032 | |||
| Ballots cast | 806 | |||
Independent hold
Priory
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Elizabeth Jane Butikofer Elected | 371 | 45.6% | +6.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Dye | 351 | 43.1% | +14.6 |
| Labour Party | Jacqueline Elizabeth Moore | 92 | 11.3% | +5.7 |
| Majority | 20 | |||
| Turnout | 42.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,936 | |||
| Ballots cast | 814 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Roughton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Roy MacDonald Elected | 338 | 44.0% | -10.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tim Blyth | 268 | 34.9% | -11.0 |
| Green Party | Clare Wilson | 65 | 8.5% | — |
| Independent | Nick Coppack | 51 | 6.6% | — |
| Labour Party | David Edwin Russell | 47 | 6.1% | — |
| Majority | 70 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,276 | |||
| Ballots cast | 769 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Sheringham North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Withington Elected | 403 | 50.1% | +1.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Cliff Morris | 322 | 40.0% | -2.9 |
| Labour Party | Martin Langsdon | 79 | 9.8% | +1.2 |
| Majority | 81 | |||
| Turnout | 42.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,909 | |||
| Ballots cast | 804 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Sheringham South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Bailey Elected | 928 | 50.5% | -3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Heinink Elected | 869 | 47.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Judy Oliver | 718 | 39.1% | -4.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Michelle Dawn Allard | 711 | 38.7% | — |
| Green Party | Sue Brocklehurst | 158 | 8.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Tom Smith | 129 | 7.0% | +0.9 |
| Majority | 151 | |||
| Turnout | 44.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,164 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,836 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
St Benet's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Jonathan Varley Elected | 536 | 59.2% | -7.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tony Lumbard | 312 | 34.5% | +4.6 |
| Labour Party | Mike Lowenstein | 57 | 6.3% | +2.6 |
| Majority | 224 | |||
| Turnout | 45.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,012 | |||
| Ballots cast | 905 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Stalham 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Matthew Patrick Taylor Elected | 693 | 48.7% | -6.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kevin Terence Bayes Elected | 650 | 45.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Millicent Grove-Jones | 515 | 36.2% | -0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen HJ Lennane | 295 | 20.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Jacqui Cross | 206 | 14.5% | +6.7 |
| Green Party | Mike Macartney-Filgate | 205 | 14.4% | — |
| Majority | 135 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,446 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,422 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
Stibbard
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Hankins Elected | 393 | 41.3% | +8.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Helena Cushing Parker-Wright | 341 | 35.9% | -5.0 |
| Green Party | Barbara Ann Wyvill | 124 | 13.0% | -12.9 |
| Labour Party | Duncan Robert Pearson | 93 | 9.8% | — |
| Majority | 52 | |||
| Turnout | 44.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,186 | |||
| Ballots cast | 951 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Stody
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Brown Elected | 491 | 58.7% | -10.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Frank Cook | 285 | 34.1% | +9.6 |
| Labour Party | Martyn George Morgan Sloman | 61 | 7.3% | +0.6 |
| Majority | 206 | |||
| Turnout | 43.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,961 | |||
| Ballots cast | 837 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Suffield Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Jane Spagnola Elected | 517 | 61.1% | +1.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nigel Glenn Pearce | 220 | 26.0% | -5.1 |
| Labour Party | David Clifford Batley | 62 | 7.3% | -2.3 |
| Green Party | Paul Jonathan Harvey Sutcliff | 47 | 5.6% | — |
| Majority | 297 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,163 | |||
| Ballots cast | 846 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
The Raynhams
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Nigel Jeremy Housden Elected | 196 | 32.1% | -10.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julia Anne Marozzi | 145 | 23.7% | -15.3 |
| Independent | Vincent William Fitzpatrick | 100 | 16.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Christopher James Rowe | 81 | 13.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Evie-May Ellis | 49 | 8.0% | -10.4 |
| Green Party | Ritchie Lionel David Tennant | 40 | 6.5% | — |
| Majority | 51 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,130 | |||
| Ballots cast | 611 | |||
Independent hold
Trunch
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Nigel Neatherway Elected | 398 | 41.6% | +14.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola J Page | 382 | 40.0% | -12.1 |
| Labour Party | Graham Jones | 115 | 12.0% | +5.7 |
| Green Party | Peter Alan Crouch | 61 | 6.4% | -8.2 |
| Majority | 16 | |||
| Turnout | 45.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,164 | |||
| Ballots cast | 956 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
Walsingham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tom FitzPatrick Elected | 432 | 60.3% | +7.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ashley P R Perks | 174 | 24.3% | +6.8 |
| Labour Party | Adam Lawrence Coombes | 111 | 15.5% | — |
| Majority | 258 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,054 | |||
| Ballots cast | 717 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Wells with Holkham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Garry Fisher Elected | 357 | 48.8% | +5.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Michael Jonathan Dalby | 236 | 32.3% | +3.8 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Phil Harris | 138 | 18.9% | -9.2 |
| Majority | 121 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,849 | |||
| Ballots cast | 731 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Worstead
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Saul Michael Penfold Elected | 501 | 63.3% | -7.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christopher David Oakes | 169 | 21.4% | +4.3 |
| Labour Party | John Philip Alcock | 61 | 7.7% | +2.4 |
| Green Party | Diane Margaret Wiles | 59 | 7.5% | +1.0 |
| Majority | 332 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,077 | |||
| Ballots cast | 791 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold