Local Election Results 2005
Norfolk
New division boundaries came into force at this election.
Note:— The election in Town Close (Norwich) was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
LCA = Legalise Cannabis Alliance
Other results for Norfolk:
2009
2013
2017
2021
By-elections for Norfolk (may be incomplete): 4th May 2006 (Humbleyard)
— 3rd May 2007 (Clavering)
— 22nd November 2007 (Aylsham)
— 13th January 2011 (Humbleyard)
— 5th May 2011 (Lothingland)
— 14th July 2011 (Old Catton)
— 24th November 2011 (Lakenham)
— 27th September 2012 (Clenchwarton & King's Lynn S.)
— 1st August 2013 (Thetford W.)
— 24th October 2013 (North Walsham E.)
— 7th May 2015 (Loddon)
— 16th July 2015 (Gorleston St Andrews; Mile Cross)
— 24th September 2015 (Loddon)
— 19th November 2015 (South Smallburgh; Watton)
— 12th July 2018 (Yare & All Saints)
— 4th April 2019 (Wroxham)
— 29th July 2021 (Gaywood S.)
Results for district councils — Breckland 2003
2007
2011
2015
— Broadland 2002
2003
2004
2007
2011
2015
— Great Yarmouth 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
— King's Lynn and West Norfolk 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— North Norfolk 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Norwich 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
— South Norfolk 2003
2007
2011
2015
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
158942 |
39.2% |
46 |
| Liberal Democrat |
113048 |
27.9% |
14 |
| Labour |
108043 |
26.6% |
22 |
| Green Party |
18786 |
4.6% |
2 |
| UK Independence Party |
3072 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Independent |
2799 |
0.7% |
0 |
| Norwich over the Water |
423 |
0.1% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
397 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Legalise Cannabis Alliance |
233 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Brian Iles |
C |
1894 |
41.9% |
| Elsie Grimson |
Lab |
1442 |
31.9% |
| Joyce Groves |
LD |
1183 |
26.2% |
| Alexander Byrne |
C |
2332 |
45.3% |
| Robert Smith |
Lab |
1557 |
30.2% |
| Susan Yetton |
LD |
1262 |
24.5% |
| Graham Rix |
LD |
1862 |
37.4% |
| Derek Turnbull |
C |
1833 |
36.9% |
| Deborah Kemp |
Lab |
1279 |
25.7% |
| Christian Mowle |
C |
2328 |
46.1% |
| Philip Matthew |
LD |
1367 |
27.1% |
| Christine Hemmingway |
Lab |
1354 |
26.8% |
| Gail Loveday |
Lab |
1836 |
47.7% |
| Simon Richardson |
LD |
871 |
22.6% |
| Victor Hopes |
C |
816 |
21.2% |
| Nicholas Bishop |
Grn |
325 |
8.4% |
| Ian Monson |
C |
2997 |
53.2% |
| Dennis Sully |
Lab |
1401 |
24.9% |
| Kenneth Rooke |
LD |
1238 |
22.0% |
| Trevor Wainwright |
Lab |
2445 |
48.3% |
| Robert Christmas |
C |
1711 |
33.8% |
| Jennifer Pitchford |
LD |
617 |
12.2% |
| Alan Baugh |
UKIP |
290 |
5.7% |
| Patrick Hacon |
Lab |
2111 |
45.9% |
| Barry Cunniffe |
C |
1849 |
40.2% |
| Nicholas Dyer |
LD |
642 |
14.0% |
| Brian Morrey |
Lab |
1687 |
45.8% |
| Leslie Mogford |
C |
906 |
24.6% |
| Esther Harris |
LD |
753 |
20.4% |
| Richard Bearman |
Grn |
338 |
9.2% |
| Alan Burrell |
LD |
2549 |
43.7% |
| Anthony Tomkinson |
C |
2381 |
40.8% |
| Derek West |
Grn |
444 |
7.6% |
| David Gifford |
UKIP |
286 |
4.9% |
| Alan Squirrell |
EDP |
177 |
3.0% |
| Judith Brown |
LD |
1483 |
34.6% |
| Michael Chenery |
C |
1470 |
34.3% |
| Margaret Wilkinson |
Lab |
1333 |
31.1% |
| Tim East |
LD |
2557 |
50.9% |
| Ronald Smith |
C |
1193 |
23.7% |
| Cyril Gibbs |
Lab |
1041 |
20.7% |
| John Oxley |
Grn |
233 |
4.6% |
| George Nobbs |
Lab |
2110 |
51.3% |
| Irene Bowling |
LD |
896 |
21.8% |
| John Fisher |
C |
866 |
21.1% |
| Christopher Webb |
Grn |
242 |
5.9% |
| Barry Connell |
LD |
2161 |
38.7% |
| Thomas Manners |
C |
2065 |
37.0% |
| David Spencer |
Lab |
981 |
17.6% |
| Peter Crouch |
Grn |
374 |
6.7% |
| John Gretton |
C |
1744 |
39.2% |
| Julian Crutch |
Lab |
1425 |
32.0% |
| Jean Markwell |
LD |
749 |
16.8% |
| Ann Bowyer |
Grn |
281 |
6.3% |
| David Wilson |
UKIP |
249 |
5.6% |
| Robin Goreham |
Lab |
1964 |
40.9% |
| Phillip Duigan |
C |
1777 |
37.0% |
| Michael Blake |
LD |
806 |
16.8% |
| Timothy Birt |
Grn |
252 |
5.3% |
| Janice Eells |
C |
2651 |
43.9% |
| Kathleen Sayer |
LD |
2231 |
36.9% |
| Ruth Barber |
Lab |
1156 |
19.1% |
| Jennifer Chamberlin |
C |
1846 |
40.1% |
| Jane Trippett-Jones |
LD |
1701 |
37.0% |
| Albert Paines |
Lab |
801 |
17.4% |
| Graham Sessions |
Grn |
253 |
5.5% |
| Rosalie Monbiot |
C |
2620 |
48.2% |
| David Collis |
Lab |
1752 |
32.3% |
| Colin Sayer |
LD |
1059 |
19.5% |
| Shelagh Hutson |
C |
2494 |
59.6% |
| Caroline Russell |
LD |
1689 |
40.4% |
| Anthony Adams |
C |
1958 |
40.0% |
| Daniel Roper |
Lab |
1354 |
27.7% |
| Veronica Beadle |
LD |
1314 |
26.9% |
| Rachel Heeds |
Grn |
263 |
5.4% |
| John Pitt-Pladdy |
LD |
2116 |
44.9% |
| Jeremy Savage |
C |
2099 |
44.5% |
| Mercy Harmer |
Grn |
498 |
10.6% |
| James Shrimplin |
C |
2455 |
51.5% |
| Derrick Sweeting |
Lab |
1367 |
28.7% |
| Pamela Mayhew |
LD |
693 |
14.5% |
| Mark Maguire |
Grn |
248 |
5.2% |
| Mervyn Scutter |
LD |
2578 |
48.1% |
| Nathan Bennett |
C |
1402 |
26.2% |
| Nicholas Waters |
Lab |
939 |
17.5% |
| Neville Bartlett |
Grn |
408 |
7.6% |
| Farooque Ahmed |
LCA |
29 |
0.5% |
| Ingrid Blackman |
C |
2855 |
48.6% |
| Janice Smith |
Lab |
1524 |
25.9% |
| Susan Matthew |
LD |
1078 |
18.3% |
| David Bowyer |
Grn |
420 |
7.1% |
| David Callaby |
LD |
2181 |
42.1% |
| Roy Banham |
C |
1722 |
33.2% |
| Brenda Coldrick |
Lab |
1038 |
20.0% |
| Timothy Doncaster |
Grn |
238 |
4.6% |
| Anthony White |
C |
2847 |
53.0% |
| Martin Farrelly |
LD |
1775 |
33.1% |
| Andrew Smith |
Grn |
748 |
13.9% |
| Richard Rockcliffe |
C |
2909 |
55.9% |
| Steve Everett |
Lab |
1467 |
28.2% |
| Roy Baldwin |
LD |
829 |
15.9% |
| Andrew Pond |
C |
1980 |
39.0% |
| Joanna Newman |
LD |
1798 |
35.4% |
| Mark Wells |
Lab |
1000 |
19.7% |
| Roy Walmsley |
Grn |
294 |
5.8% |
| David Rye |
C |
2670 |
52.8% |
| David Berry |
Lab |
1345 |
26.6% |
| Matthew Farthing |
LD |
1041 |
20.6% |
| Heather Bolt |
C |
2718 |
53.3% |
| Lawrence Wilkinson |
Lab |
1363 |
26.8% |
| Scott Livesey |
LD |
671 |
13.2% |
| Catherine Hill |
Grn |
343 |
6.7% |
| John Collop |
Lab |
1906 |
42.8% |
| Paul Foster |
C |
1771 |
39.8% |
| Hazel Fredericks |
LD |
772 |
17.4% |
| Charles Joyce |
Lab |
2130 |
44.2% |
| Michael Langwade |
C |
1765 |
36.6% |
| Teresa Brandon |
LD |
926 |
19.2% |
| Bertie Collins |
C |
1798 |
40.7% |
| Anthony Blyth |
Lab |
1654 |
37.5% |
| Ivan Lees |
LD |
736 |
16.7% |
| Terence Wake |
UKIP |
225 |
5.1% |
| John Baskerville |
C |
2677 |
49.1% |
| Stephen Gordon |
LD |
1590 |
29.1% |
| Jean Hay |
Lab |
1189 |
21.8% |
| Shelagh Gurney |
C |
2158 |
36.4% |
| Peter Balcombe |
LD |
1711 |
28.9% |
| Wendy Thorogood |
Lab |
1659 |
28.0% |
| John Youles |
UKIP |
221 |
3.7% |
| Jennifer Parkhouse |
Grn |
172 |
2.9% |
| Graham Hemming |
C |
2006 |
39.6% |
| Christopher Walker |
LD |
1846 |
36.5% |
| Nicola Fowler |
Lab |
903 |
17.8% |
| Areti Brockbank |
Grn |
309 |
6.1% |
| Anthony Williams |
C |
2094 |
44.1% |
| Jeffery Read |
Lab |
1458 |
30.7% |
| Balvinder Singh Kular |
LD |
1199 |
25.2% |
| Steven Dorrington |
C |
2000 |
45.3% |
| John Devenney |
LD |
1336 |
30.3% |
| John Cowan |
Lab |
770 |
17.4% |
| Andrew Brockbank |
Grn |
310 |
7.0% |
| John Perry-Warnes |
C |
2717 |
49.1% |
| John Sweeney |
LD |
2023 |
36.5% |
| Desmond Hewitt |
Lab |
510 |
9.2% |
| Alan Marett |
Grn |
285 |
5.1% |
| Michael Wright |
C |
1842 |
38.1% |
| Catherine Wilkins |
LD |
1519 |
31.4% |
| Sheila Cullingham |
Lab |
1275 |
26.4% |
| Deborah Meredith |
Grn |
200 |
4.1% |
| Alison King |
C |
2533 |
46.1% |
| Jaqueline Sutton |
LD |
1828 |
33.3% |
| Alan Waddington |
Lab |
810 |
14.7% |
| Frances Mortimer |
Grn |
324 |
5.9% |
| Irene Macdonald |
Lab |
1738 |
50.3% |
| Mark Shorting |
C |
1053 |
30.5% |
| Mark Seaman |
LD |
662 |
19.2% |
| Susan Whitaker |
Lab |
1977 |
48.0% |
| Nersi Shahidi |
LD |
1137 |
27.6% |
| Eileen Wyatt |
C |
652 |
15.8% |
| Peter Anderson |
Grn |
356 |
8.6% |
| Adrian Gunson |
C |
3834 |
65.1% |
| Justin Barnard |
LD |
939 |
15.9% |
| Timothy Sanders |
Lab |
802 |
13.6% |
| Ingo Wagenknecht |
Grn |
318 |
5.4% |
| Stella Rice |
C |
2120 |
41.7% |
| Evelyn Domeyer |
LD |
2019 |
39.7% |
| Sally Blaikie |
Lab |
951 |
18.7% |
| Brian Walker |
Lab |
2109 |
40.4% |
| Patrick Cook |
C |
2067 |
39.6% |
| Judith Tryggvason |
LD |
658 |
12.6% |
| Colin Aldred |
UKIP |
383 |
7.3% |
| Colleen Walker |
Lab |
2538 |
55.9% |
| Patricia Page |
C |
1197 |
26.4% |
| Allan Bedford |
LD |
495 |
10.9% |
| Michael Dix |
UKIP |
307 |
6.8% |
| Mary McKay |
Lab |
1321 |
36.7% |
| Paul Boulton |
LD |
1126 |
31.3% |
| Susan Curran |
Grn |
648 |
18.0% |
| Giovanna Maurizio |
C |
501 |
13.9% |
| Anthony Wright |
C |
2269 |
49.9% |
| James Moriarty |
Lab |
1240 |
27.3% |
| Florence James |
LD |
1038 |
22.8% |
| Harry Humphrey |
C |
2914 |
55.7% |
| Michael Brindle |
LD |
1150 |
22.0% |
| Roger Parnell |
Ind |
812 |
15.5% |
| David Markinson |
Ind |
354 |
6.8% |
| Jacqueline Howe |
LD |
1978 |
37.5% |
| Russell Wright |
C |
1977 |
37.5% |
| Aubrey Poberefsky |
Lab |
1318 |
25.0% |
| Peter Harwood |
Lab |
1787 |
51.9% |
| Peter Beard |
LD |
799 |
23.2% |
| David Mackie |
C |
537 |
15.6% |
| Karen Groom |
Grn |
322 |
9.3% |
| Wyndham Northam |
C |
2292 |
43.5% |
| Patrick Wilkins |
LD |
2107 |
39.9% |
| Michael Cox |
Lab |
657 |
12.5% |
| Rupert Rosser |
Grn |
219 |
4.2% |
| Christopher Owen |
C |
2440 |
42.1% |
| Christopher Holland |
Lab |
1684 |
29.1% |
| Helen Blake |
LD |
1057 |
18.2% |
| Alison Keidan-Cooper |
Grn |
316 |
5.5% |
| Simon Fletcher |
UKIP |
296 |
5.1% |
| Andrew Boswell |
Grn |
2135 |
44.9% |
| Andrew Higson |
LD |
1270 |
26.7% |
| Peter Bartram |
Lab |
879 |
18.5% |
| Lisa Ivory |
C |
467 |
9.8% |
| Stephen Bett |
C |
2908 |
57.3% |
| Peter Wilkinson |
Lab |
1184 |
23.3% |
| Paul Burall |
LD |
987 |
19.4% |
| Paul Morse |
LD |
2915 |
49.0% |
| Arthur Vincent |
C |
1883 |
31.6% |
| David Russell |
Lab |
933 |
15.7% |
| Christine Constable |
EDP |
220 |
3.7% |
| Peter Moore |
LD |
2240 |
46.6% |
| Peter Willcox |
C |
1740 |
36.2% |
| Patricia Hardy |
Lab |
824 |
17.2% |
| Stuart Dunn |
C |
1790 |
39.9% |
| Clifford Cutting |
Lab |
1456 |
32.5% |
| Martin Callam |
LD |
1019 |
22.7% |
| David Rogers |
Grn |
217 |
4.8% |
| James Joyce |
LD |
1840 |
43.1% |
| Brenda Ravencroft |
C |
1576 |
36.9% |
| Terry Glasspoole |
Lab |
857 |
20.1% |
| Catherine Ward |
Lab |
1632 |
41.0% |
| Simon Nobbs |
LD |
797 |
20.0% |
| Edwin Williams |
C |
643 |
16.1% |
| Richard Edwards |
Grn |
487 |
12.2% |
| David Bethell |
NWater |
423 |
10.6% |
| Brian Hannah |
LD |
2592 |
53.2% |
| Peter Fitch |
C |
1630 |
33.5% |
| David Thompson |
Lab |
451 |
9.3% |
| Peter Morrison |
Grn |
198 |
4.1% |
| Christopher How |
C |
2414 |
46.7% |
| Shirley Partridge |
LD |
2019 |
39.0% |
| Michael Ward |
Lab |
738 |
14.3% |
| Barbara Lashley |
Lab |
2149 |
34.2% |
| Dalmaine Dewgarde |
LD |
2100 |
33.4% |
| Tony Landamore |
C |
1782 |
28.4% |
| Sean Creaser |
Grn |
249 |
4.0% |
| Shirley Matthews |
C |
2018 |
44.1% |
| David Cannon |
LD |
1284 |
28.0% |
| Sylvia Armes |
Lab |
1072 |
23.4% |
| Nigel Walker |
Grn |
204 |
4.5% |
| Evelyn Collishaw |
C |
2247 |
43.7% |
| Jason Bill |
Lab |
1462 |
28.4% |
| Dawn Lister |
LD |
1105 |
21.5% |
| Julie Jameron |
Grn |
326 |
6.3% |
| Colin Armes |
Lab |
1408 |
36.5% |
| Marion Chapman-Allen |
C |
1382 |
35.8% |
| Daniel Jeffrey |
LD |
663 |
17.2% |
| John Harding |
Ind |
407 |
10.5% |
| Thelma Paines |
Lab |
2101 |
47.8% |
| Sharon O'Mahony |
C |
1268 |
28.8% |
| Colin Penning |
LD |
1027 |
23.4% |
| Barbara Hacker |
LD |
1587 |
40.6% |
| Robin Taylor |
Lab |
1116 |
28.5% |
| Trevor Ivory |
C |
723 |
18.5% |
| Stephen Little |
Grn |
486 |
12.4% |
| Ian Mackie |
C |
2181 |
45.5% |
| Susan Eltringham |
Lab |
1309 |
27.3% |
| Ann Wright |
LD |
1005 |
21.0% |
| John Tierney |
Grn |
298 |
6.2% |
| Christopher Hull |
Grn |
1151 |
36.1% |
| Moira Toye |
LD |
958 |
30.1% |
| David Fullman |
Lab |
606 |
19.0% |
| John Wyatt |
C |
470 |
14.8% |
| Roy Blower |
Lab |
1531 |
40.9% |
| Jane Rooza |
LD |
1225 |
32.7% |
| Katherine Willett |
Grn |
493 |
13.2% |
| Thomas Holland |
C |
440 |
11.8% |
| Vandra Ahlstrom |
UKIP |
52 |
1.4% |
| John Rogers |
C |
1975 |
48.6% |
| Christopher Walls |
Lab |
1127 |
27.7% |
| David Thomas |
LD |
964 |
23.7% |
| Derek Baxter |
C |
2054 |
39.1% |
| Anthony Groom |
LD |
1880 |
35.8% |
| Michael Gates |
Lab |
999 |
19.0% |
| Alicia Hull |
Grn |
314 |
6.0% |
| Harriet Panting |
Lab |
1449 |
35.9% |
| Tom Llewellyn |
Grn |
1045 |
25.9% |
| Phillip Bazley |
LD |
994 |
24.6% |
| Christopher Taylor |
C |
547 |
13.6% |
| Beverley Spratt |
C |
3072 |
53.0% |
| Bodo Rissmann |
LD |
2722 |
47.0% |
| Michael Carttiss |
C |
1743 |
46.5% |
| Barry Anderson |
Lab |
1158 |
30.9% |
| Rodney Cole |
LD |
849 |
22.6% |
| Nigel Shaw |
C |
1761 |
39.6% |
| Pamela Harwood |
Lab |
1727 |
38.8% |
| Shamsher Singh Sidar |
LD |
705 |
15.8% |
| Fiona Dowson |
Grn |
256 |
5.8% |
| Shaun Murphy |
C |
2096 |
39.1% |
| David Teager |
Ind |
1226 |
22.9% |
| Malcolm Kemp |
Lab |
948 |
17.7% |
| Alan Williams |
LD |
863 |
16.1% |
| Peter Reeve |
Grn |
224 |
4.2% |
| Daniel Cox |
C |
2416 |
41.3% |
| Ann Roberts |
Lab |
1561 |
26.7% |
| Susannah Beare |
LD |
1481 |
25.3% |
| Andrew Mitchell |
Grn |
391 |
6.7% |
| Clifton Jordon |
C |
2391 |
48.8% |
| Michael Fanthorpe |
Lab |
1211 |
24.7% |
| Jane Key |
LD |
964 |
19.7% |
| Jasmine Rising |
Grn |
331 |
6.8% |
| John Holmes |
Lab |
2239 |
56.1% |
| Elizabeth Giles |
C |
1103 |
27.6% |
| Jason Delf |
UKIP |
445 |
11.2% |
| Michael Skipper |
LCA |
204 |
5.1% |
| Michael Taylor |
Lab |
2458 |
49.3% |
| Peter Meah |
C |
1620 |
32.5% |
| Anthony Harris |
LD |
592 |
11.9% |
| Colin Warnes |
UKIP |
318 |
6.4% |
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