South Norfolk Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · East of England · 46 seats in 26 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

The Conservatives run South Norfolk Council as a minority administration. The council has 46 councillors in 26 wards. Seats by party: Conservative 23, Lib Dem 9, Labour 9, Other 4, Green 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

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

Control

Seats by party

Conservative (Minority)

46 seats - 24 for a majority

Labour 9Conservative 23Lib Dem 9Green 1Other 4

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +2 Green +1 Conservative −1 Lib Dem −2

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (46 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Conservative35.0%24

Labour27.0%9

Lib Dem22.0%11

Green12.4%0

Other3.5%2

Reform0.3%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 46 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Conservative 23

1 short of the 24 needed for a majority

Closest result

Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse

Labour won the last seat by 5 votes over Conservative, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Central Wymondham

Conservative hold, 22 January 2026 (4 since 2021)

Constituencies

4 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

52%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib DemGreenIndependent

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.

All 26 wards

Councillors and last results

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

Ward and councillors	Last election
Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole Delme Thompson, Clayton Hudson	4 May 2023 Independent 33.2% lead 11.5 pts
Bressingham & Burston James Easter	4 May 2023 Conservative 50.8% lead 34.2 pts
Brooke Lord Fuller	4 May 2023 Conservative 50.9% lead 26.3 pts
Bunwell Suzanne Wateridge	4 May 2023 Conservative 48.0% lead 25.4 pts
Central Wymondham Robert Savage, Jonathan Purle	4 May 2023 Conservative 35.6% lead 6.0 pts
Cringleford Deborah Sacks, Daniel Elmer	4 May 2023 Labour 39.6% lead 2.2 pts
Diss & Roydon Graham Minshull, Keith Kiddie, Kieran Murphy	4 May 2023 Conservative 41.4% lead 17.9 pts
Ditchingham & Earsham Chris Brown, Brendon Bernard	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 38.3% lead 9.2 pts
Easton Margaret Dewsbury	4 May 2023 Conservative 59.6% lead 19.2 pts
Forncett Kim Carsok	4 May 2023 Conservative 38.0% lead 9.1 pts
Harleston Trevor Graham, James Eddy	4 May 2023 Conservative 29.6% lead 1.8 pts
Hempnall Martyn Hooton	4 May 2023 Conservative 53.6% lead 7.2 pts
Hethersett Kathryn Cross, David Bills, John Morland	4 May 2023 Conservative 29.8% lead 3.1 pts
Hingham & Deopham Josh Woolliscroft	4 May 2023 Conservative 53.8% lead 27.2 pts
Loddon & Chedgrave Jeremy Rowe, Kay Billig	4 May 2023 Labour 43.0% lead 9.6 pts
Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross Jim Webber, Ian Spratt, Bob McClenning	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 48.5% lead 13.5 pts
New Costessey Jenny McCloskey, Gary Blundell	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 35.3% lead 6.7 pts
Newton Flotman John Cook	4 May 2023 Independent 41.3% lead 7.9 pts
North Wymondham Michael Rosen, Dave Roberts	4 May 2023 Labour 35.6% lead 3.1 pts
Old Costessey Sharon Blundell, Terry Laidlaw, Justin Cork	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 41.2% lead 14.7 pts
Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse John Overton, Nicola Fowler, Lisa Overton-Neal	4 May 2023 Conservative 35.2% lead 2.1 pts
Rockland Vic Thomson	4 May 2023 Conservative 40.7% lead 4.7 pts
South Wymondham Carmina McConnell, Suzanne Nuri-Nixon	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 47.4% lead 19.5 pts
Stratton Georgina Race, Jonathan Carver	4 May 2023 Labour 40.7% lead 1.1 pts
Thurlton Andrew Evans	4 May 2023 Conservative 40.0% lead 0.7 pts
Wicklewood Richard Elliott	4 May 2023 Conservative 51.3% lead 26.4 pts

Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole

Clayton Hudson IndependentDelme Thompson Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Independent33.2%

Conservative21.7%

Green18.5%

Labour16.4%

Lib Dem10.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Clayton James Hudson Elected	Independent	870
Delme Rhys Thompson Elected	Conservative	570
Victoria Emma Tuck	Conservative	501
Hilary Claire Hardy	Green	485
Pam Reekie	Labour	429
Fiona Jane Wenman	Lib Dem	269
Ian John Boreham	Green	202

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bressingham & Burston

James Easter Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative50.8%

Lib Dem16.6%

Labour16.3%

Green16.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Easter Elected	Conservative	506	50.8%
Brian Richard Norman	Lib Dem	166	16.6%
Derek Einhard Rocholl	Labour	163	16.3%
David John Reynolds	Green	162	16.2%

Brooke

Lord Fuller Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative50.9%

Green24.6%

Labour24.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Charles Fuller Elected	Conservative	609	50.9%
Jon James Treby	Green	295	24.6%
Tom Fowler	Labour	293	24.5%

Bunwell

Suzanne Wateridge Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative48.0%

Labour22.6%

Lib Dem18.0%

Green11.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Stephen Ronald Ridley Elected	Conservative	418	48.0%
John Daniel Chapman	Labour	197	22.6%
Bodo Ulrich David Rissmann	Lib Dem	157	18.0%
Mike Gooch	Green	99	11.4%

Last by-election, 2 May 2024

Green40.5%

Conservative39.5%

Labour13.1%

Lib Dem6.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Suzanne Wateridge Elected	Green	404	40.5%
Charles Henry Easton	Conservative	394	39.5%
Mike Crouch	Labour	131	13.1%
Trevor Leonard Wenman	Lib Dem	68	6.8%

Central Wymondham

Jonathan Purle ConservativeRobert Savage Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative35.6%

Green29.6%

Labour29.2%

Reform5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kevin Leslie Hurn Elected	Conservative	697
Robert James Savage Elected	Conservative	659
Joe Barrett	Green	579
Todd Alexander Baker	Labour	571
Victoria Walters	Green	542
Lowell Patrick Doheny	Labour	454
Andrew David Pond	Reform	110

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 22 January 2026

Conservative31.1%

Green25.9%

Reform20.7%

Lib Dem12.0%

Labour10.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jonathan Richard Gerald Purle Elected	Conservative	545	31.1%
Paul Anthony Barrett	Green	454	25.9%
Anthony Spears	Reform	363	20.7%
Steve Witt	Lib Dem	211	12.0%
Lowell Patrick Doheny	Labour	182	10.4%

Cringleford

Daniel Elmer ConservativeDeborah Sacks Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour39.6%

Conservative37.4%

Lib Dem23.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Deborah Helen Sacks Elected	Labour	744
Daniel Edward Elmer Elected	Conservative	704
William Lewis Wilson Kemp	Conservative	694
David Bruce Vail	Labour	682
Ed Harris	Lib Dem	433

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Diss & Roydon

Graham Minshull ConservativeKeith Kiddie ConservativeKieran Murphy Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative41.4%

Lib Dem23.5%

Labour17.7%

Green17.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Graham Terrance Minshull Elected	Conservative	1,056
Keith Walter Kiddie Elected	Conservative	1,024
Kieran Francis Murphy Elected	Conservative	906
Sonia Leonora Browne	Lib Dem	598
Trevor Leonard Wenman	Lib Dem	553
Tim Daniel	Labour	452
Anne-Marie Emily Louise McGinty	Green	444
Ann Margaret Reeder	Labour	438
Andrew David Howard	Lib Dem	410
Ian Peter Copple	Labour	394
Matthew David Roe	Green	262
Thomas Williamson	Green	253

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Ditchingham & Earsham

Brendon Bernard Lib DemChris Brown Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem38.3%

Conservative29.1%

Green20.9%

Labour11.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Brendon Bernard Elected	Lib Dem	745
Christopher John Brown Elected	Lib Dem	641
Olly Clitheroe	Conservative	567
Martin James Wilby	Conservative	534
John Philip Connor	Green	407
Sally Ann Hobson	Green	337
Colin McDonald Kirk	Labour	228

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Easton

Margaret Dewsbury Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative59.6%

Labour40.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Margaret Dewsbury Elected	Conservative	304	59.6%
Elaine McKinna	Labour	206	40.4%

Forncett

Kim Carsok Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative38.0%

Lib Dem28.9%

Labour17.7%

Green15.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kim Carsok Elected	Conservative	361	38.0%
Bob McClenning	Lib Dem	274	28.9%
Peter James Reason	Labour	168	17.7%
Carol Gale Sharp	Green	146	15.4%

Harleston

James Eddy LabourTrevor Graham Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative29.6%

Labour27.8%

Lib Dem23.8%

Green18.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Trevor Graham Elected	Conservative	583
James Eddy Elected	Labour	547
Ben James Potterton	Conservative	512
Susan Evelyn Kuzmic	Lib Dem	468
Andrew John Newby	Green	372
Sandra Browne	Green	257

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hempnall

Martyn Hooton Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative53.6%

Labour46.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Martyn Hooton Elected	Conservative	508	53.6%
Elana Katz	Labour	440	46.4%

Hethersett

David Bills ConservativeJohn Morland LabourKathryn Cross Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative29.8%

Labour26.7%

Green19.2%

Lib Dem17.4%

Independent6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Bills Elected	Conservative	1,001
Kathryn Elizabeth Cross Elected	Conservative	922
John Morland Elected	Labour	896
Salena Dawson	Conservative	847
Jakob Marshall	Labour	690
Paul Anthony Barrett	Green	643
Steven William Palmer	Labour	592
Paul Wynter Blathwayt	Lib Dem	584
Francisco Domingo Paco	Independent	230

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hingham & Deopham

Josh Woolliscroft Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative53.8%

Labour26.6%

Green19.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Joshua Blair Woolliscroft Elected	Conservative	451	53.8%
Gavin Nobes	Labour	223	26.6%
Corrina Mary Lynes Willmoth	Green	164	19.6%

Loddon & Chedgrave

Jeremy Rowe LabourKay Billig Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour43.0%

Conservative33.4%

Green15.6%

Lib Dem8.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jeremy Bruce Rowe Elected	Labour	1,031
Kay Mason Billig Elected	Conservative	802
Carl Ernest Brown	Labour	422
Mike Melling	Conservative	412
Eric Wareham	Green	373
Trevor Lewis	Lib Dem	192

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross

Bob McClenning Lib DemIan Spratt Lib DemJim Webber Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem48.5%

Conservative35.0%

Labour16.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ian Victor Spratt Elected	Lib Dem	1,460
Julian Adrian Fulcher Elected	Lib Dem	1,342
Jim Webber Elected	Lib Dem	1,307
Nigel Gordon Macdonald Legg	Conservative	1,055
John Derek Hunter Irving	Conservative	893
Daniel Taylor	Conservative	819
Geraldine Mary Smith-Cullen	Labour	497
Michael Cutting	Labour	467
Neil Tracey	Labour	399

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 28 September 2023

Lib Dem37.1%

Conservative24.2%

Independent22.5%

Labour9.1%

Green7.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bob McClenning Elected	Lib Dem	667	37.1%
Tony Holden	Conservative	434	24.2%
Nigel Gordon Macdonald Legg	Independent	404	22.5%
Geraldine Mary Smith-Cullen	Labour	164	9.1%
Claire Sparkes	Green	128	7.1%

New Costessey

Gary Blundell IndependentJenny McCloskey Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem35.3%

Labour28.6%

Conservative21.2%

Green14.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gary Blundell Elected	Lib Dem	558
Jenny McCloskey Elected	Labour	452
Philip Allan Hardy	Conservative	335
Annette Elizabeth James	Lib Dem	308
Hilary Anne Gauthier	Conservative	306
Graham Arthur Shepherd	Labour	260
Owen James Watkins	Green	234

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Newton Flotman

John Cook Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Independent41.3%

Conservative33.4%

Labour25.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Cook Elected	Independent	414	41.3%
Laura Jane Webster	Conservative	335	33.4%
Steven Leigh Sewell	Labour	254	25.3%

North Wymondham

Dave Roberts Lib DemMichael Rosen Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour35.6%

Lib Dem32.5%

Conservative32.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michael Rosen Elected	Labour	715
Dave Roberts Elected	Lib Dem	653
Tony Holden	Conservative	643
Jack Henry Hornby	Conservative	510

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Old Costessey

Justin Cork LabourSharon Blundell IndependentTerry Laidlaw Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem41.2%

Labour26.5%

Conservative18.7%

Green13.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sharon Louise Blundell Elected	Lib Dem	879
Terry Laidlaw Elected	Lib Dem	675
Justin Stephen Cork Elected	Labour	565
Ben Fiaz	Labour	557
Clare Elaine Mascall	Labour	522
Dean Robert Toms	Lib Dem	426
Leslie George Poingdestre Dale	Conservative	399
Jamie Laurence Mulhall	Conservative	377
Jane Mary Fisher	Conservative	362
David John Evans	Green	288

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse

John Overton ConservativeLisa Overton-Neal ConservativeNicola Fowler Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative35.2%

Labour33.1%

Lib Dem31.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
John Overton Elected	Conservative	1,151
Lisa Sharon Neal Elected	Conservative	1,110
Nicola Jeannette Fowler Elected	Labour	1,082
Trevor Spruce	Conservative	1,077
David Kenneth Bingham	Lib Dem	1,036
Anna Vivienne Knight	Labour	949

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rockland

Vic Thomson Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative40.7%

Labour36.0%

Green23.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Vic Thomson Elected	Conservative	472	40.7%
Martin Alistair White	Labour	418	36.0%
Juliette Dawn Harkin	Green	270	23.3%

South Wymondham

Carmina McConnell Lib DemSuzanne Nuri-Nixon Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem47.4%

Conservative27.9%

Labour24.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Suzanne Nuri-Nixon Elected	Lib Dem	752
Julian Lawrence Halls Elected	Lib Dem	661
Martyn Henry Brian Lemon	Conservative	443
Carmel Greene	Labour	392
Andrew Paul Powell	Conservative	356
Joe McCarthy	Labour	313

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 28 September 2023

Lib Dem35.0%

Conservative32.8%

Labour21.2%

Green10.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Carmina Claire McConnell Elected	Lib Dem	286	35.0%
Martyn Henry Brian Lemon	Conservative	268	32.8%
Lowell Patrick Doheny	Labour	173	21.2%
Victoria Walters	Green	89	10.9%

Stratton

Georgina Race LabourJonathan Carver Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour40.7%

Conservative39.6%

Green19.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Georgina Race Elected	Labour	361
Jonathan Henry Carver Elected	Conservative	351
Evie Scarborough-Taylor	Conservative	328
David Reekie	Labour	271
Claire Sparkes	Green	175

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Thurlton

Andrew Evans Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative40.0%

Lib Dem39.3%

Labour20.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Andrew Evans Elected	Conservative	405	40.0%
Peter Richard Harrison	Lib Dem	398	39.3%
Sally Laura Blaikie	Labour	210	20.7%

Wicklewood

Richard Elliott Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative51.3%

Green24.9%

Labour23.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard James Elliott Elected	Conservative	557	51.3%
Rachel Barrett	Green	270	24.9%
Mike Crouch	Labour	259	23.8%

Councillors

Changed party since the election

2 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
New Costessey	Gary Blundell	Lib Dem 2023	Independent
Old Costessey	Sharon Blundell	Lib Dem 2023	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

4 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
22 January 2026	Central Wymondham	Conservative hold	31.0%
9 May 2024	Bunwell	Green gain from Conservative	40.5%
29 September 2023	Mulbarton	Lib Dem hold
28 September 2023	South Wymondham	Lib Dem hold	35.0%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
South Norfolk	64%	Labour	Labour 31%
Waveney Valley	27%	Green	Green 29%
Mid Norfolk	6%	Conservative	Conservative 36%
Norwich South	3%	Labour	Labour 39%

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.

People

Who lives in South Norfolk

141,946 residents in 61,382 households

Voted Leave in 2016

52% same as GB

Degree or higher

32% 2 below GB

No qualifications

17% 1 below GB

Own their home

73% 12 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

12% 5 below GB

Rent privately

14% 6 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

24% 7 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.

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

Sources

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.