# 2011 North Norfolk District Council election

The 2011 North Norfolk District Council election to the North Norfolk District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. The previous election was the 2007 North Norfolk District Council election
There were 48 seats up for election, all councillors from all wards. The results of the election produced a majority for the Conservatives who gained overall control of the council for the first time, replacing the Liberal Democrats.

## Election result

North Norfolk District Council Election, 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss |
| Conservative | 28 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 18 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Co-op | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UKIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Ward results

Astley Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Russell John Gregory Wright | 359 | 39.6 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben James Bix | 257 | 28.4 | −25.5 |
| | Labour | Ann Poberefsky | 156 | 17.2 | |
| | Green | Julia Margaret Bird | 134 | 14.8 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Briston Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Andrew Wyatt | 310 | 33.2 | −23.3 |
| | Conservative | Jenny English | 300 | 32.1 | −11.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | Aubrey Poberefsky | 164 | 17.5 | |
| | UKIP | Lynette Elizabeth Comber | 116 | 12.4 | |
| | Green | Sharon Suzanne Harvey | 45 | 4.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Chaucer Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthea Caroline Sweeney | 428 | 39.9 | −15.5 |
| | Conservative | Alistair James MacKay | 335 | 31.3 | −13.3 |
| | UKIP | Terry Comber | 134 | 12.5 | |
| | Labour | Ruth Evelyn Smith | 116 | 10.8 | |
| | Green | Anne Hilary Hood | 59 | 5.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Corpusty Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Perry-Warnes | 505 | 42.4 | −13.6 |
| | UKIP | David James Ramsbotham | 370 | 31.0 | +24.4 |
| | Labour | Joseph Flack | 130 | 10.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Lesley Dovey | 114 | 9.6 | −27.8 |
| | Green | Barbara Coppard | 73 | 6.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cromer Town Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Benjie Cabbell-Manners | 509 |
| | Conservative | Keith Edward Johnson | 476 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Yiasimi | 367 |
| | Labour | Phil Harris | 332 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Andrew Frosdick | 312 |
| | Labour | David Pritchard | 286 |
| | Green | Brigid Warner | 154 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Erpingham Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Robert Smith | 455 | 42.1 | −21.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Holmes | 352 | 32.6 | −4.3 |
| | Labour | Sebastian John Sutcliffe | 149 | 13.8 | |
| | Green | Jez Fredenburgh | 124 | 11.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Gaunt Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Robert Jones | 668 | 69.3 | +12.7 |
| | Labour | Paul David Dark | 158 | 16.4 | +10.5 |
| | Green | Peter Alan Crouch | 138 | 14.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Glaven Valley Ward(1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lindsay Mary Brettle | 500 | 50.3 | −6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Gent | 232 | 23.3 | −19.8 |
| | Labour | Ruth Bartlett | 95 | 9.6 | |
| | Green | Rupert Graham Hillard Rosser | 84 | 8.5 | |
| | UKIP | Irene Ramsbotham | 83 | 8.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Happisburgh Ward(1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Walker | 720 | 79.6 | +17.0 |
| | Labour | Barry Charles Hester | 185 | 20.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
High Heath Ward(1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Alan Young | 581 | 68.3 | +14.2 |
| | Green | Rosalind Redfern | 159 | 18.7 | |
| | Labour | Sam Cooper | 111 | 13.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Holt Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UKIP | Michael John Morton Baker | 946 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Wesley High | 819 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Ena Young | 260 |
| | Labour | Jono Read | 237 |
| | Green | Paula Mary D'Attoma | 113 |
| | Green | Peter Ian Morrison | 96 |
| | Labour | Tom Shirley | 93 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | UKIP gain from Independent | UKIP gain from Independent | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hoveton Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel David Dixon | 554 | 59.7 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Stephen Gent | 215 | 23.2 | +10.6 |
| | Labour | Michael Anthony Cullingham | 159 | 17.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lancaster North Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Annie Claussen-Reynolds | 423 |
| | Conservative | Roy Reynolds | 420 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Colin Mears | 402 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lisa Claire Smerdon | 356 |
| | Labour | Brenda Mary Coldrick | 258 |
| | Labour | Tony Pope | 197 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Lancaster South Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Nicholas Punchard | 509 |
| | Conservative | Steven David Ward | 447 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gloria Lisher | 326 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Lisher | 308 |
| | Labour | Allan Peter Rands | 254 |
| | Labour | Pam Cowburn | 217 |
| | Green | Frances Lee Collinson | 130 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Mundesley Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Wyndham James Northam | 921 |
| | Conservative | Barry Smith | 728 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucy Cass | 590 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Spencer Toby Whalley | 332 |
| | Labour | Daniel Edward Spencer | 206 |
| | Labour | Martyn George Morgan Sloman | 203 |
| | Green | Tony Ashford | 140 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
North Walsham East Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter William Moore | 881 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Frances Uprichard | 723 |
| | Labour | Jeanne Henrietta Heal | 409 |
| | Labour | Stephen Bernard Burke | 363 |
| | Green | Jo Todd | 210 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
North Walsham North Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Paul Lloyd | 767 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric George Seward | 712 |
| | Labour | Liz Cornwall | 329 |
| | Labour | Tom Cornwall | 256 |
| | Green | Penny Day | 196 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
North Walsham West Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Virginia Ruth Gay | 910 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Margaret Moore | 834 |
| | Labour | David Gregory Spencer | 431 |
| | Labour | Brenda West | 366 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Poppyland Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Angie Fitch-Tillett | 542 | 54.1 | −15.7 |
| | Labour | Julie Tracy Spencer | 185 | 18.5 | |
| | UKIP | Stephen Scott-Fawcett | 152 | 15.2 | |
| | Green | Alicia Jane Hull | 122 | 12.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Priory Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jonathan David Savory | 748 |
| | Independent | Peter Andrew Terrington | 617 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Trett | 515 |
| | Labour | Mike Gates | 268 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Peter Curtis | 233 |
| | Labour | Cathy Gates | 229 |
| | UKIP | Derek Anthony Baxter | 217 |
| | Green | Sally Amesbury | 131 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Roughton Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sue Arnold | 451 | 47.7 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Payne Harbord | 267 | 28.3 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Timothy John Bartlett | 134 | 14.2 | −5.5 |
| | Green | Jim Spiller | 93 | 9.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Scottow Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Trevor Charles Colin Ivory | 335 | 43.2 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Granville Malcolm Yaxley | 309 | 39.9 | −15.7 |
| | Labour | James Allan Mannering | 131 | 16.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Sheringham North Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian John Hannah | 708 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Haydn Smith | 396 |
| | Conservative | Gerry Burns | 345 |
| | Independent | Noel Christopher Gant | 298 |
| | Labour | Alex Pritchard | 151 |
| | Labour | David James Thompson | 150 |
| | UKIP | David Nathaniel Wilson | 149 |
| | Green | Colin Millen | 122 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Sheringham South Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Richard Christopher Shepherd | 655 |
| | Conservative | Rhodri Oliver | 587 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penny Bevan Jones | 504 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Phyllis Moss | 414 |
| | Labour | Samuel Rushworth | 321 |
| | Labour | Callum Edward Ringer | 311 |
| | UKIP | Richard John Robert Amies | 195 |
| | Green | Marianne Isabelle Coleman | 89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
St. Benet Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Alexandra McGoun | 678 | 69.6 | +10.9 |
| | UKIP | Roger Philip Parkes | 148 | 15.2 | |
| | Labour | Clive William Sellick | 148 | 15.2 | +8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Stalham and Sutton Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Millicent Grove-Jones | 589 |
| | Conservative | Robert Douglas Mark Stevens | 501 |
| | Labour | Sheila Ann Cullingham | 449 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Partridge | 427 |
| | Labour | David Edwin Russell | 277 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Suffield Park Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Hilary Thompson | 791 |
| | Conservative | John Henry Auburn Lee | 647 |
| | Labour | Greg Hayman | 405 |
| | Labour | Scott Easwood | 370 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neale Grearson | 266 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Crampsie | 201 |
| | UKIP | Bob Russell | 168 |
| | Green | Ruby Warner | 138 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
The Raynhams Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Becky Palmer | 345 | 45.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Robert Callaby | 242 | 31.9 | −29.7 |
| | Labour | Trevor Raymond Potter | 171 | 22.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
The Runtons Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Helen Eales | 757 | 67.3 | +17.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Margaret Crane | 188 | 16.7 | −33.2 |
| | Labour | Iain Munro Manson | 122 | 10.8 | |
| | Green | Rupert Sandino Eris | 58 | 5.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Walsingham Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tom Fitzpatrick | 359 | 45.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Christopher Lanham | 301 | 37.9 | +12.3 |
| | Labour | Desmond Hewitt | 135 | 17.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Waterside Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ben Jarvis | 773 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Partridge | 752 |
| | Conservative | Sue Rhodes | 553 |
| | UKIP | Jeff Parkes | 318 |
| | Labour | Michael John French | 311 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Edward Webb | 220 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Waxham Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Carey Price | 405 | 47.1 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Denise Lesley Burke | 289 | 33.6 | +16.6 |
| | Green | Anne Patricia Filgate | 165 | 19.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wensum Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ann Rosemary Green | 468 | 48.7 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Ann Howe | 247 | 25.7 | −24.8 |
| | Labour | Caroline Craske | 152 | 15.8 | |
| | Green | Tim Doncaster | 94 | 9.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Worstead Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glyn Williams | 465 | 46.7 | −13.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter John Fitch | 287 | 28.8 | −11.1 |
| | Labour | Cameron Thomas Lugton | 159 | 16.0 | n/a |
| | Green | Elizabeth Mandy McKenna | 84 | 8.4 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 17.9 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 998 | 53.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.2 | |