South Norfolk
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South Norfolk District | |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East of England |
Administrative county | Norfolk |
Formed | 1 April 1974 Local Government Act 1972 |
Admin. HQ | Long Stratton |
Government | |
• Type | District Council |
• Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
• Executive: | Conservative |
• MPs: | Richard Bacon (C), George Freeman (C), Clive Lewis (L) |
Area | |
• Total | 351 sq mi (908 km2) |
• Rank | 33rd |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 144,593 |
• Rank | Ranked 154th |
• Density | 410/sq mi (160/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
ONS code | 33UH (ONS) E07000149 (GSS) |
Ethnicity | 98.9% White |
Website | south-norfolk.gov.uk |
South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census.[1]
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Diss Urban District, Wymondham Urban District, Depwade Rural District, Forehoe and Henstead Rural District and Loddon Rural District.
History of governance
The below table outlines the composition of South Norfolk Council from 1973 to 2015.[2]
Year | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Lib Dems | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Labour | Other | Governance | |
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1973 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 33
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | ||||
1976 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 6
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||||
1979 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 6
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||||
1983 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 8
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||||
1987 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||||
1991 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | ||||
1995 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats | ||||
1999 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats | ||||
2003 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats | ||||
2007 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||||
2011 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||||
2015 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative |
Recent elections
2015 saw the Conservatives achieve their best ever result in the District: they won 54.2% of the vote and record 40 seats in total. No other party or combined group of independents had previously topped this number of seats. The Conservatives held all of their seats from 2011, gained Forncett and one of the Old Costessey seats from the Liberal Democrats, who held their other 6 seats despite falling to 16.8% of the vote. The other parties standing received 28.0% of the total vote, but won no seats.
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" |South Norfolk election results, May 2015 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Votes % | Seats | Seats % | |
Conservative | 50,249 | 54.2 | 40 | 87.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15,536 | 16.8 | 6 | 13.0 | |
Labour | 17,993 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 3,982 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | |
Others [1] | 4,932 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 92,692 | 46 |
[1] Others: Independents, UKIP and EDP.
Political composition
Elections are held every four years, with the last elections occurring in May 2015. The next elections are due to take place in May 2019. The composition of the council, after by-elections and defections, is as follows
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |Party | Councillors | Change (on 2015) | |
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Conservative | 39 | -1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | +1 | |
Total | 46 | - | |
- UK Youth Parliament
Although the UK Youth Parliament is an apolitical organisation, the elections are run in a way similar to that of the Local Elections. The votes come from 11-18 year olds and are combined to make the decision of the next, 2 year Member of Youth Parliament. The elections are run at different times across the country with South Norfolk’s typically being in early Spring and bi-annually.
The current Member of Youth Parliament for South Norfolk is Ewan Brett MYP.[3][4][5]
Electoral divisions
Ward | Parishes | Councillor(s) Elected 2015 | ||
Abbey | Wymondham
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Conservative | Robert Savage | |
Beck Vale | Pulham Market; Pulham St Mary; Starston
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Clayton Hudson | |
Bressingham and Burston | Bressingham & Fersfield; Burston & Shimpling; Gissing; Heywood; Shelfanger; Winfarthing
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Barry Stone | |
Brooke | Bergh Apton; Brooke; Howe; Kirstead; Mundham; Seething
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | John Fuller | |
Bunwell | Aslacton; Bunwell; Carleton Rode; Tibenham
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Charles Easton | |
Chedgrave and Thurton | Ashby St Mary; Carleton St Peter; Chedgrave; Claxton; Langley with Hardley; Thurton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Jaan Larner | |
Cringleford | Bawburgh; Colney; Cringleford; Keswick & Intwood; Little Melton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Christopher Kemp | |
Conservative | Garry Wheatley | |||
Cromwells | Wymondham
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Conservative | Jack Hornby | |
Dickleburgh | Dickleburgh & Rushall; Great Moulton; Tivetshall St Margaret; Tivetshall St Mary
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Conservative | Martin Wilby | |
Diss | Diss
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Tony Palmer | |
Conservative | Graham Minshull | |||
Conservative | Keith Kiddie | |||
Ditchingham and Broome | Broome; Ditchingham; Hedenham; Thwaite
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats | Brendon Bernard | |
Earsham | Alburgh; Denton; Earsham; Topcroft; Wortwell
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats | Murray Gray | |
Easton | Barford; Easton; Great Melton; Marlingford & Colton; Wramplingham
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Conservative | Margaret Dewsbury | |
Forncett | Ashwellthorpe; Fundenhall; The Forncetts; Tacolneston
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Conservative | Barry Duffin | |
Gillingham | Ellingham; Geldeston; Gillingham; Hales; Heckingham; Kirby Cane; Raveningham; Stockton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Kay Mason Billig | |
Harleston | Redenhall with Harleston
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Brian Riches | |
Conservative | Jeremy Savage | |||
Hempnall | Bedingham; Hempnall; Morningthorpe; Shelton & Hardwick; Woodton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Alison Thomas | |
Hethersett | Hethersett
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Leslie Dale | |
Conservative | David Bills | |||
Hingham and Deopham | Deopham; Hingham
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Yvonne Bendle | |
Loddon | Loddon; Sisland
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Conservative | Colin Gould | |
Mulbarton | Bracon Ash & Hethel; East Carleton; Ketteringham; Mulbarton; Swardeston
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Nigel Legg | |
Conservative | Colin Foulger | |||
New Costessey | Costessey
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats | John Amis | |
Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Bell | |||
Newton Flotman | Flordon; Newton Flotman; Swainsthorpe; Wreningham
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Phil Hardy | |
Northfields | Wymondham
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Joe Mooney | |
Old Costessey | Costessey
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Conservative | Andrew Pond | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Blundell | |||
Poringland and the Framinghams | Framingham Earl; Framingham Pigot; Poringland
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | John Overton | |
Conservative | Lisa Neal | |||
Rockland | Alpington; Hellington; Holverston; Kirby Bedon; Rockland St Mary; Surlingham; Yelverton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Vic Thomson | |
Roydon | Roydon
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | David Goldson | |
Rustens | Wymondham
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Peter Broome | |
Scole | Brockdish; Needham; Scole
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Conservative | Jenny Wilby | |
Stoke Holy Cross | Bixley; Caistor St Edmund; Dunston; Stoke Holy Cross; Trowse with Newton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Lewis | |
Stratton | Long Stratton; Tharston; Hapton; Wacton
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Liberal Democrats | Des Fulcher | |
Conservative | Kevin Worsley | |||
Tasburgh | Saxlingham Nethergate; Shotesham; Tasburgh
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Conservative | Florence Ellis | |
Thurlton | Aldeby; Burgh St Peter; Haddiscoe; Norton Subcourse; Thurlton; Toft Monks; Wheatacre
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | William Kemp | |
Town | Wymondham
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Conservative | Lee Hornby | |
Wicklewood | Barnham Broom; Kimberley & Carleton Forehoe; Morley; Runhall; Wicklewood
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Michael Edney |
Geographical composition
The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 119 civil parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 909 km², with a population of 110,710 in 46,607 households.[6]
The district contains the following civil parishes:
- Alburgh, Aldeby, Alpington, Ashby St. Mary, Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, Aslacton
- Barford, Barnham Broom, Bawburgh, Bedingham, Bergh Apton, Bixley, Bracon Ash, Bramerton, Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, Bressingham, Brockdish, Brooke, Broome, Bunwell, Burgh St. Peter, Burston and Shimpling
- Caistor St. Edmund, Carleton Rode, Carleton St. Peter, Chedgrave, Claxton, Colney, Costessey, Cringleford
- Denton, Deopham, Dickleburgh and Rushall, Diss, Ditchingham
- Earsham, East Carleton, Easton, Ellingham
- Flordon, Forncett (comprising Forncett St Mary and Forncett St Peter), Framingham Earl, Framingham Pigot
- Geldeston, Gillingham, Gissing, Great Melton, Great Moulton
- Haddiscoe, Hales, Heckingham, Hedenham, Hellington, Hempnall, Hethersett, Heywood, Hingham, Holverston, Howe
- Keswick and Intwood, Ketteringham, Kimberley, Kirby Bedon, Kirby Cane, Kirstead
- Langley with Hardley, Little Melton, Loddon, Long Stratton
- Marlingford and Colton,
- Morley, Morningthorpe and Fritton, Mulbarton, Mundham
- Needham, Newton Flotman, Norton Subcourse
- Poringland, Pulham Market, Pulham St. Mary
- Raveningham, Redenhall with Harleston, Rockland St. Mary, Roydon
- Saxlingham Nethergate, Scole, Seething, Shelfanger, Shelton and Hardwick, Shotesham, Sisland, Starston, Stockton, Stoke Holy Cross, Surlingham, Swainsthorpe, Swardeston
- Tacolneston, Tasburgh, Tharston and Hapton, Thurlton, Thurton, Thwaite, Tibenham, Tivetshall St Margaret, Tivetshall St. Mary, Toft Monks, Topcroft, Trowse with Newton,
- Wacton, Wheatacre, Wicklewood, Winfarthing, Woodton, Wortwell, Wramplingham, Wreningham, Wymondham
- Yelverton
Neighbouring districts
References
- ^ "Local Authority District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "South Norfolk District Council Election Statistics". South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "Members of Youth Parliament - Norfolk County Council". www.norfolk.gov.uk.
- ^ "Your Norfolk -". yournorfolk.norfolkpublications.org.uk.
- ^ Cope, Lauren. "Norfolk's four new Members of Youth Parliament are announced". Eastern Daily Press.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
External links
- Diss Express - district's local newspaper website