Council profile

Norfolk

Data through 26 October 2026

County council · East of England · 84 seats in 84 divisions · All seats elected every four years · Next election 3 May 2029

Reform UK run Norfolk County Council as a minority administration. The council has 84 councillors in 84 divisions. Seats by party: Reform 39, Lib Dem 13, Green 12, Conservative 9, Great Yarmouth First 8, Other 2, Labour 1. The next election is on 3 May 2029.

The government withdrew its plan to reorganise councils in Norfolk on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Seats by party

Reform UK (Minority)
84 seats - 43 for a majority
39
1
9
13
12
8
2
Reform 39Labour 1Conservative 9Lib Dem 13Green 12Great Yarmouth First 8Other 2
Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Conservative +1 Other +1 Reform −1 Great Yarmouth First −1
Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (84 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Reform31.2%40
Conservative19.8%8
Green16.6%12
Lib Dem14.7%13
Labour10.3%1
Great Yarmouth First4.8%9
Other2.7%1

2026 election results for Norfolk, ward by ward

Next election
3 May 2029
all 84 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Reform 39
4 short of the 43 needed for a majority
Closest result
Labour won by 3 votes over Reform, 7 May 2026
Latest by-election
Conservative gain from Reform, 16 July 2026 (10 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
58%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

AcleAttleboroughAylshamBlofield & BrundallBowthorpeBreydonCatton GroveClenchwarton & King's Lynn SouthColtishall & SpixworthCostesseyCromeCromerDereham North & ScarningDereham SouthDersinghamDiss & RoydonDockingDownham MarketDrayton & HorsfordEast DepwadeEatonElmham & MattishallErpinghamFakenham & The RaynhamsFeltwellForehoeFreebridge LynnGaywood North & CentralGaywood SouthGorlestonGuiltcrossHellesdonHensteadHethersettHinghamHoltHovetonKing's Lynn North & CentralLakenhamLaunditchLoddonLong StrattonLothinglandMagdalenMancroftMarshland NorthMarshland SouthMile CrossNar & Wissey ValleysNelsonNorth Caister & OrmesbyNorth CoastNorth Walsham EastNorth Walsham West & MundesleyOld CattonReephamSewellSheringhamSouth Caister & BureSprowstonStalhamSwaffhamTaverhamThe BrecksThe FleggsThetford EastThetford WestThorpe HamletThorpe St AndrewTown CloseUniversityWatlington & The FensWattonWaveney ValleyWellsWensumWest DepwadeWoodsideWroxhamWymondhamYare & NectonYare ValleyYarmouth Nelson & SouthtownYarmouth North & Central
LabourConservativeLib DemReformGreenGreat Yarmouth FirstIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Acle
Justine Thomas
7 May 2026
Reform 39.3% lead 10.9 pts
Attleborough
Daniel Piddington
7 May 2026
Reform 49.0% lead 30.3 pts
Aylsham
Sue Catchpole
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 45.0% lead 16.8 pts
Blofield & Brundall
Jan Davis
7 May 2026
Green 36.1% lead 6.7 pts
Bowthorpe
Amber Smith
7 May 2026
Green 34.8% lead 2.8 pts
Breydon
Michael French
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 46.0% lead 25.2 pts
Catton Grove
Mike Conroy
7 May 2026
Reform 30.6% lead 2.1 pts
Clenchwarton & King's Lynn South
Alexandra Kemp
7 May 2026
Independent 39.1% lead 0.4 pts
Coltishall & Spixworth
Daniel Roper
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 44.4% lead 12.7 pts
Costessey
David Henson
7 May 2026
Reform 32.6% lead 9.4 pts
Crome
Tim Day
7 May 2026
Reform 35.0% lead 7.2 pts
Cromer
Tim Adams
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 58.8% lead 32.1 pts
Dereham North & Scarning
Alison Webb
7 May 2026
Conservative 37.2% lead 3.0 pts
Dereham South
Robin Hunter-Clarke
7 May 2026
Reform 42.1% lead 20.7 pts
Dersingham
Lee Jarvis
7 May 2026
Reform 36.0% lead 12.6 pts
Diss & Roydon
Will Porteous
7 May 2026
Green 34.3% lead 2.1 pts
Docking
Julie Costley
7 May 2026
Reform 37.7% lead 13.1 pts
Downham Market
Pat Gould
7 May 2026
Reform 39.4% lead 20.3 pts
Drayton & Horsford
Jason Butler
7 May 2026
Reform 36.5% lead 10.5 pts
East Depwade
Joseph Kerrison
7 May 2026
Reform 28.9% lead 2.8 pts
Eaton
Brian Watkins
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 41.9% lead 22.1 pts
Elmham & Mattishall
Paul Carr
7 May 2026
Reform 35.1% lead 1.3 pts
Erpingham
Callum Ringer
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 47.9% lead 18.3 pts
Fakenham & The Raynhams
Robert Jamieson
7 May 2026
Reform 37.7% lead 7.7 pts
Feltwell
Sue Prigg
7 May 2026
Reform 46.0% lead 19.2 pts
Forehoe
Daniel Elmer
7 May 2026
Conservative 28.3% lead 6.3 pts
Freebridge Lynn
Jacqueline Fry
7 May 2026
Reform 32.6% lead 5.5 pts
Gaywood North & Central
Robert Colwell
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 45.7% lead 15.5 pts
Gaywood South
Rob Williams
7 May 2026
Reform 35.6% lead 17.2 pts
Gorleston
Barry Gravenell
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 41.4% lead 25.2 pts
Guiltcross
Jacob Allen
7 May 2026
Reform 35.9% lead 7.2 pts
Hellesdon
Nick Taylor
7 May 2026
Reform 34.8% lead 2.0 pts
Henstead
Jim Webber
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 29.6% lead 1.5 pts
Hethersett
Ben Weston
7 May 2026
Labour 26.3% lead 3 votes
Hingham
Gary Douglas-Beet
7 May 2026
Reform 30.4% lead 4.5 pts
Holt
Andrew Brown
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 41.6% lead 10.4 pts
Hoveton
Adam Varley
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 39.6% lead 3.1 pts
King's Lynn North & Central
Ben Griffin
7 May 2026
Reform 37.6% lead 21.4 pts
Lakenham
Tom Ludson
7 May 2026
Green 38.2% lead 12.7 pts
Launditch
Tom Dickerson
7 May 2026
Reform 39.6% lead 14.1 pts
Loddon
Kay Mason Billig
7 May 2026
Conservative 28.9% lead 2.0 pts
Long Stratton
Karl Catchpole
7 May 2026
Reform 34.6% lead 12.4 pts
Lothingland
Jonathan Wedon
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 43.1% lead 22.5 pts
Magdalen
Kevin Huggins
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 49.6% lead 30.8 pts
Mancroft
Serene Sexton
7 May 2026
Green 56.1% lead 37.0 pts
Marshland North
Julian Kirk
7 May 2026
Reform 56.6% lead 34.9 pts
Marshland South
Tina Kiddell
7 May 2026
Reform 44.1% lead 6.8 pts
Mile Cross
Helena Wysocki
7 May 2026
Green 48.2% lead 18.9 pts
Nar & Wissey Valleys
Mike Westman
7 May 2026
Reform 42.7% lead 23.7 pts
Nelson
Paul Neale
7 May 2026
Green 60.7% lead 38.7 pts
North Caister & Ormesby
Glenn Hurren
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 47.9% lead 26.8 pts
North Coast
Peter Lawrence
7 May 2026
Reform 33.2% lead 1.5 pts
North Walsham East
Lucy Shires
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 49.8% lead 15.0 pts
North Walsham West & Mundesley
Mal Gray
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 41.0% lead 2.8 pts
Old Catton
Antony Little
7 May 2026
Reform 30.0% lead 3.9 pts
Reepham
David Thomas
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 32.4% lead 0.7 pts
Sewell
Jenny Knight
7 May 2026
Green 61.3% lead 45.5 pts
Sheringham
Liz Withington
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 46.0% lead 18.7 pts
South Caister & Bure
Daniel McGrath
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 47.0% lead 23.8 pts
Sprowston
Stephen Bailey
7 May 2026
Reform 37.6% lead 16.4 pts
Stalham
Matthew Taylor
7 May 2026
Conservative 37.6% lead 4.7 pts
Swaffham
Jaden Lister
7 May 2026
Reform 46.0% lead 20.9 pts
Taverham
Stuart Clancy
7 May 2026
Conservative 40.4% lead 12.7 pts
The Brecks
Scott Hussey
7 May 2026
Reform 44.6% lead 12.4 pts
The Fleggs
Jason Hughes
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 41.8% lead 21.9 pts
Thetford East
Dee Hilton
7 May 2026
Reform 42.8% lead 19.1 pts
Thetford West
David Bick
7 May 2026
Reform 47.9% lead 27.2 pts
Thorpe Hamlet
Jo Smith
7 May 2026
Green 43.4% lead 15.4 pts
Thorpe St Andrew
Ian Mackie
7 May 2026
Conservative 34.0% lead 9.1 pts
Town Close
Maxine Webb
7 May 2026
Green 44.3% lead 13.8 pts
University
Niall Adams
7 May 2026
Green 42.4% lead 23.2 pts
Watlington & The Fens
Olivia Morris
7 May 2026
Reform 47.7% lead 21.8 pts
Watton
Jack White
7 May 2026
Reform 46.8% lead 17.9 pts
Waveney Valley
George Boyd
7 May 2026
Reform 34.6% lead 12.3 pts
Wells
Victoria Holliday
7 May 2026
Conservative 32.4% lead 3.5 pts
Wensum
Ben Price
7 May 2026
Green 49.8% lead 24.5 pts
West Depwade
Margaret Thomas
7 May 2026
Reform 34.3% lead 5.0 pts
Woodside
Wendy Atkinson
7 May 2026
Reform 32.9% lead 11.2 pts
Wroxham
Ed Matthews
7 May 2026
Reform 33.8% lead 0.8 pts
Wymondham
Robert Savage
7 May 2026
Conservative 35.2% lead 10.6 pts
Yare & Necton
Kabeer Kher
7 May 2026
Reform 44.5% lead 18.6 pts
Yare Valley
Malcolm Latarche
7 May 2026
Reform 27.7% lead 1.6 pts
Yarmouth Nelson & Southtown
Callum Ward-Kendall
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 48.3% lead 31.7 pts
Yarmouth North & Central
Steven Grimmer
7 May 2026
Great Yarmouth First 51.2% lead 34.1 pts

Every council by-election since 2021

10 by-elections since July 2021, 8 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
16 July 2026Old CattonConservative gain from Reform34.6%
1 May 2025MancroftGreen hold50.3%
1 May 2025Marshland NorthReform gain from Conservative54.9%
1 May 2025Thetford WestReform gain from Labour47.9%
12 September 2024Freebridge LynnIndependent gain from Lib Dem
3 August 2023Freebridge LynnLib Dem gain from Conservative38.4%
13 July 2023West DepwadeGreen gain from Conservative29.0%
4 May 2023SwaffhamConservative hold50.8%
1 December 2022Gaywood North and CentralLib Dem gain from Conservative35.6%
29 July 2021Gaywood SouthLib Dem gain from Conservative39.3%

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Norwich North11%LabourLabour 40%
North West Norfolk11%ConservativeConservative 33%
South West Norfolk11%LabourReform 33%
Norwich South11%LabourLabour 39%
Great Yarmouth11%ReformOther 40%
Broadland and Fakenham11%ConservativeConservative 32%
South Norfolk10%LabourLabour 31%
Mid Norfolk10%ConservativeConservative 36%
North Norfolk10%Lib DemLib Dem 32%
Waveney Valley4%GreenGreen 29%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Norfolk

916,110 residents in 404,357 households

Voted Leave in 2016
58% 6 above GB
Degree or higher
27% 7 below GB
No qualifications
20% 2 above GB
Own their home
65% 4 above GB
Rent from a council or housing association
16% 1 below GB
Rent privately
18% 2 below GB
Aged 15 to 34
26% 5 below GB
Aged 65 and over
29% 7 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

Councils most like this one

Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.