Broadland District Council elections

Broadland District Council in Norfolk, England is elected every four years. Up until 2004 one third of the Council was elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 47 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1994
No overall control	1994 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - present

Council elections

By-election results

1997-2001

Hellesdon West By-Election 14 August 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	370	38.9	+4.0
	Labour	328	34.5	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	211	22.2	−2.2
	Independent	41	4.3	+4.3
Majority		42	4.4
Turnout		950	27.5
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Sprowston East By-Election 26 March 1998
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	364	36.7
	Labour	315	31.7
	Liberal Democrats	313	31.6
Majority		49	5.0
Turnout		992	27.2
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Great Witchingham By-Election 11 November 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	245	43.9	+10.4
	Labour	155	27.8	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	125	22.4	−0.7
Majority		90	16.1
Turnout		525	34.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Cawston By-Election 14 December 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Beadle	211	38.7	+3.5
	Conservative	Josef Large	196	36.0	+36.0
	Labour	Terence Simons	138	25.3	+3.7
Majority			15	2.7
Turnout			545	29.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

2001-2011

Spixworth with St Faiths By-Election 12 January 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Balvinder Kular	902	65.8	+14.8
	Conservative	Mark Fiddy	469	34.2	−14.8
Majority			433	31.6
Turnout			1,371	31.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Buxton By-Election 5 March 2009^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Rix	555	71.3	+50.4
	Conservative	Ian Evans	201	25.8	−14.6
	Green	Nick Ball	22	2.8	+2.8
Majority			354	45.5
Turnout			778	40.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wroxham By-Election 1 October 2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben McGilvray	960	62.5	+57.9
	Conservative	Ian Evans	346	22.5	−9.5
	UKIP	Glenn Tingle	134	8.7	+8.7
	Green	Nick Ball	50	3.3	−2.8
	Labour	Malcolm Kemp	46	3.0	+0.0
Majority			614	40.0
Turnout			1,536	38.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Taverham North By-Election 18 March 2010^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nich Starling	630	54.5	+24.3
	Conservative	John Griffin	471	40.8	−3.0
	Green	Jennifer Parkhouse	54	4.7	+4.7
Majority			159	13.8
Turnout			1,155	31.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "council and democracy". Broadland District Council. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Broadland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ The District of Broadland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
^ Broadland Council election, 2003
^ Broadland Council election, 2004 Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Broadland council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Broadland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ Broadland Council election, 2007 Archived 2011-09-26 at the UK Government Web Archive
^ Broadland Council election, 2011 Archived 2011-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Broadland District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "new councillor elected". Broadland District Council. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Lib Dem victories in Wroxham and Walsingham by-elections". North Norfolk News. 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Lib Dems win Taverham North by-election". Eastern Daily Press. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2010-03-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

By-election results

External links

Broadland Council

[democracy-1] "council and democracy". Broadland District Council. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[hold-2] "Broadland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] The District of Broadland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977

[4] Broadland Council election, 2003

[5] Broadland Council election, 2004 Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[seats-6] "Broadland council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[7] slation.gov.uk - The District of Broadland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[8] Broadland Council election, 2007 Archived 2011-09-26 at the UK Government Web Archive

[9] Broadland Council election, 2011 Archived 2011-05-12 at the Wayback Machine

[spixworth-10] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Broadland District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[new-11] "new councillor elected". Broadland District Council. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[wroxham-12] "Lib Dem victories in Wroxham and Walsingham by-elections". North Norfolk News. 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[taverham-13] "Lib Dems win Taverham North by-election". Eastern Daily Press. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2010-03-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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See also: Wards Boundary changes