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Heacham

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · polled Thursday 6 August
Conservative defending

The ward last elected two councillors together, in May 2023; independents and others took the most votes with 43 per cent. Earlier contests were led by independents and others in 2019 and led by the Conservatives in 2015. 4 candidates are standing.

Result
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Party Share
Reform UK37.8%
Liberal Democrats28.7%
Conservative21.3%
Labour12.2%

How this ward has voted
ResultConservativeLabourIndependents
May 202338%20%43%
May 201942%-58%
May 201569%31%-

Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.

On the ballot
The council

King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a district council: it runs housing, planning and bin collections. Current control: Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green.

Current composition of 55 seats
Conservative 17Labour 5Liberal Democrats 2Reform UK 7Independents and others 24

Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by independents at elections since 2022.

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Ward profile
Degree-educated24%
Owner-occupied75%
Social renting10%
Upper tier

Schools, social care and highways here are run by Norfolk County Council, which is not affected by this vote.

In Westminster

The ward is part of the North West Norfolk constituency. Conservative MP James Wild won it at the 2024 general election with 36 per cent of the vote.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.