South Norfolk

South Norfolk District
South Norfolk District
District
	Shown within Norfolk
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	North Norfolk District Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Richard Bacon (C),; George Freeman (C),; Simon Wright (LD)
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.

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 2007.^[1]

Year	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Lib Dems	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Labour	Other	Governance
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" \|	Liberal Democrats
1999	16		27		2		2 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
2003	18		28		0		0 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	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

Recent elections

2011 saw the Conservatives win 57.2% of the vote and 38 seats in total. They lost a seat (Forncett) to the Liberal Democrats, who held their other 7 seats despite falling to 29.3% of the vote. The other parties standing received 13.5% of the total vote, but won no seats. Notable results for minor parties came in:

Chedgrave and Thurton - UKIP secured 19.3%
Thurlton - the Green Party secured 25.4%
Wymondham Northfields - Labour took 26.1%.

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" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |

South Norfolk election results, May 2011
Party		Votes	Votes %	Seats	Seats %
Conservative	33,647	57.2	38	82.6
Liberal Democrats	17,223	29.3	8	17.4
Green	2,313	3.9	0	0
Labour	4,672	7.9	0	0
Others ^[1]		982	1.7	0	0
Totals		58,837		46

^[1] Others: Independents, UKIP and EDP.

Political composition

Elections are held every four years, with the last elections occurring in May 2011. The next elections are due to take place in May 2015.^[2]

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Party		Councillors	Change (on 2007)
Conservative	38	-1
Liberal Democrats	8	+1
Total		46	-
Source: South Norfolk Council

Electoral divisions

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Ward	Parishes	Councillor(s) Elected 2011
Abbey	Wymondham style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	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	Keith Tilcock
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	Keith Weeks
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	Beverley Spratt
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	Derek Blake
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
Cringleford		Conservative	Garry Wheatley
Cromwells	Wymondham style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Neil Ward
Dickleburgh	Dickleburgh & Rushall; Great Moulton; Tivetshall St Margaret; Tivetshall St Mary style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Martin Wilby
Diss	Diss style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Glyn Walden
		Conservative	Tony Palmer
		Conservative	Keith Kiddie
Ditchingham and Broome	Broome; Ditchingham; Hedenham; Thwaite style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Allen
Earsham	Alburgh; Denton; Earsham; Topcroft; Wortwell style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	Murray Gray
Easton	Barford; Easton; Great Melton; Marlingford & Colton; Wramplingham style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Margaret Dewsbury
Forncett	Ashwellthorpe; Fundenhall; The Forncetts; Tacolneston style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	Bob McClenning
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 Billig
Harleston	Redenhall with Harleston style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Brian Riches
Harleston		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	Michael Windridge
Hethersett	Hethersett style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	David Bills
Hethersett		Conservative	Leslie Dale
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 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	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	Jon Herbert
Mulbarton		Conservative	Nigel Legg
New Costessey	Costessey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Watt
New Costessey		Liberal Democrats	Yan Hardinge
Newton Flotman	Flordon; Newton Flotman; Swainsthorpe; Wreningham style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Laura Webster
Northfields	Wymondham style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Joe Mooney
Old Costessey	Costessey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	Tim East
Old Costessey		Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Bell
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
Poringland and the Framinghams		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	Sue Thomson
Roydon	Roydon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	David Goldson
Rustens	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Colin Foulger
Scole	Brockdish; Needham; Scole style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Jenny Wilby
Stoke Holy Cross	Bixley; Caistor St Edmund; Dunston; Stoke Holy Cross; Trowse with Newton style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Trevor Lewis
Stratton	Long Stratton; Tharston; Hapton; Wacton style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Terry Blowfield
Stratton		Conservative	Andrew Pond
Tasburgh	Saxlingham Nethergate; Shotesham; Tasburgh style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	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 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	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.^[3]

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, 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 and Hackford, Dickleburgh and Rushall, Diss, Ditchingham, Dunston
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, Heywood, Hethersett, Hingham, Holverston, Howe
Keswick, Ketteringham, Kimberley, Kirby Bedon, Kirby Cane, Kirstead
Langley with Hardley, Little Melton, Loddon, Long Stratton
Marlingford and Colton,
Morley, Morning Thorpe, Mulbarton, Mundham
Needham, Newton Flotman, Norton Subcourse
Poringland, Pulham Market, Pulham St. Mary
Raveningham, Redenhall with Harleston, Rockland St. Mary, Roydon, Runhall
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 St Mary, Tibenham, Tivetshall St Margaret, Tivetshall St. Mary, Toft Monks, Topcroft, Trowse,
Wacton, Wheatacre, Wicklewood, Winfarthing, Woodton, Wortwell, Wramplingham, Wreningham, Wymondham
Yelverton

Neighbouring districts

References

^ "South Norfolk District Council Election Statistics". South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ South Norfolk Council - Types of elections Dates of previous and future district council elections. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

External links

Diss Express - district's local newspaper website

52°29′31″N 1°13′52″E / 52.4920°N 1.2312°E / 52.4920; 1.2312

[SNC-list-1] "South Norfolk District Council Election Statistics". South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

[2] South Norfolk Council - Types of elections Dates of previous and future district council elections. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

[3] Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

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