South Norfolk
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South Norfolk District | |
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District | |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East of England |
Administrative county | Norfolk |
Formed | 1 April 1974 Local Government Act 1972 |
Admin. HQ | Long Stratton |
Government | |
• Type | District Council |
• Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
• Executive: | Conservative |
• MPs: | Richard Bacon (C), George Freeman (C), Clive Lewis (L) |
Area | |
• Total | 350.5 sq mi (907.7 km2) |
Area rank | 34th |
Population (mid-2014 est.) | |
• Total | 129,226 |
• Rank | Ranked 163rd |
• Density | 370/sq mi (140/km2) |
Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
• Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) |
ONS code | 33UH (ONS) E07000149 (GSS) |
Ethnicity | 98.9% White |
Website | south-norfolk.gov.uk |
South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census.[1]
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History[edit]
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Diss Urban District, Wymondham Urban District, Depwade Rural District, Forehoe and Henstead Rural District and Loddon Rural District.
History of governance[edit]
The below table outlines the composition of South Norfolk Council from 1973 to 2015.[2]
Year | Conservative | Lib Dems | Labour | Other | Governance | ||||
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1973 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 33 | Independent | ||||
1976 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Conservative | ||||
1979 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Conservative | ||||
1983 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 8 | Conservative | ||||
1987 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 5 | Conservative | ||||
1991 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | No overall control | ||||
1995 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 2 | Liberal Democrat | ||||
1999 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrat | ||||
2003 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrat | ||||
2007 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | ||||
2011 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | ||||
2015 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conservative |
Recent elections[edit]
2015 saw the Conservatives achieve their best ever result in the District: they won 54.2% of the vote and record 40 seats in total. No other party or combined group of independents had previously topped this number of seats. The Conservatives held all of their seats from 2011, gained Forncett and one of the Old Costessey seats from the Liberal Democrats, who held their other 6 seats despite falling to 16.8% of the vote. The other parties standing received 28.0% of the total vote, but won no seats.
South Norfolk election results, May 2015 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Votes % | Seats | Seats % | |
Conservative | 50,249 | 54.2 | 40 | 87.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | 15,536 | 16.8 | 6 | 13.0 | |
Labour | 17,993 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 3,982 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | |
Others [1] | 4,932 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 92,692 | 46 |
[1] Others: Independents, UKIP and EDP.
Political composition[edit]
Elections are held every four years, with the last elections occurring in May 2015. The next elections are due to take place in May 2019.
Party | Councillors | Change (on 2011) |
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Conservative | 40 | +2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 6 | -2 | |
Total | 46 | - | |
Electoral divisions[edit]
Ward | Parishes | Councillor(s) Elected 2015 | ||
Abbey | Wymondham | Conservative | Robert Savage | |
Beck Vale | Pulham Market; Pulham St Mary; Starston | Conservative | Clayton Hudson | |
Bressingham and Burston | Bressingham & Fersfield; Burston & Shimpling; Gissing; Heywood; Shelfanger; Winfarthing | Conservative | Barry Stone | |
Brooke | Bergh Apton; Brooke; Howe; Kirstead; Mundham; Seething | Conservative | John Fuller | |
Bunwell | Aslacton; Bunwell; Carleton Rode; Tibenham | Conservative | Charles Easton | |
Chedgrave and Thurton | Ashby St Mary; Carleton St Peter; Chedgrave; Claxton; Langley with Hardley; Thurton | Conservative | Jaan Larner | |
Cringleford | Bawburgh; Colney; Cringleford; Keswick & Intwood; Little Melton | Conservative | Christopher Kemp | |
Conservative | Garry Wheatley | |||
Cromwells | Wymondham | Conservative | Jack Hornby | |
Dickleburgh | Dickleburgh & Rushall; Great Moulton; Tivetshall St Margaret; Tivetshall St Mary | Conservative | Martin Wilby | |
Diss | Diss | Conservative | Tony Palmer | |
Conservative | Graham Minshull | |||
Conservative | Keith Kiddie | |||
Ditchingham and Broome | Broome; Ditchingham; Hedenham; Thwaite | Liberal Democrat | Brendon Bernard | |
Earsham | Alburgh; Denton; Earsham; Topcroft; Wortwell | Liberal Democrat | Murray Gray | |
Easton | Barford; Easton; Great Melton; Marlingford & Colton; Wramplingham | Conservative | Margaret Dewsbury | |
Forncett | Ashwellthorpe; Fundenhall; The Forncetts; Tacolneston | Conservative | Barry Duffin | |
Gillingham | Ellingham; Geldeston; Gillingham; Hales; Heckingham; Kirby Cane; Raveningham; Stockton | Conservative | Kay Mason Billig | |
Harleston | Redenhall with Harleston | Conservative | Brian Riches | |
Conservative | Jeremy Savage | |||
Hempnall | Bedingham; Hempnall; Morningthorpe; Shelton & Hardwick; Woodton | Conservative | Alison Thomas | |
Hethersett | Hethersett | Conservative | Leslie Dale | |
Conservative | David Bills | |||
Hingham and Deopham | Deopham; Hingham | Conservative | Yvonne Bendle | |
Loddon | Loddon; Sisland | Conservative | Colin Gould | |
Mulbarton | Bracon Ash & Hethel; East Carleton; Ketteringham; Mulbarton; Swardeston | Conservative | Nigel Legg | |
Conservative | Colin Foulger | |||
New Costessey | Costessey | Liberal Democrat | John Amis | |
Liberal Democrat | Vivienne Bell | |||
Newton Flotman | Flordon; Newton Flotman; Swainsthorpe; Wreningham | Conservative | Phil Hardy | |
Northfields | Wymondham | Conservative | Joe Mooney | |
Old Costessey | Costessey | Conservative | Andrew Pond | |
Liberal Democrat | Sharon Blundell | |||
Poringland and the Framinghams | Framingham Earl; Framingham Pigot; Poringland | Conservative | John Overton | |
Conservative | Lisa Neal | |||
Rockland | Alpington; Hellington; Holverston; Kirby Bedon; Rockland St Mary; Surlingham; Yelverton | Conservative | Vic Thomson | |
Roydon | Roydon | Conservative | David Goldson | |
Rustens | Conservative | Peter Broome | ||
Scole | Brockdish; Needham; Scole | Conservative | Jenny Wilby | |
Stoke Holy Cross | Bixley; Caistor St Edmund; Dunston; Stoke Holy Cross; Trowse with Newton | Conservative | Trevor Lewis | |
Stratton | Long Stratton; Tharston; Hapton; Wacton | Conservative | Des Fulcher | |
Conservative | Kevin Worsley | |||
Tasburgh | Saxlingham Nethergate; Shotesham; Tasburgh | Conservative | Florence Ellis | |
Thurlton | Aldeby; Burgh St Peter; Haddiscoe; Norton Subcourse; Thurlton; Toft Monks; Wheatacre | Conservative | William Kemp | |
Town | Wymondham | Conservative | Lee Hornby | |
Wicklewood | Barnham Broom; Kimberley & Carleton Forehoe; Morley; Runhall; Wicklewood | Conservative | Michael Edney |
Geographical composition[edit]
The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 119 civil parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 909 km², with a population of 110,710 in 46,607 households.[3]
The district contains the following civil parishes:
- Alburgh, Aldeby, Alpington, Ashby St. Mary, Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, Aslacton
- Barford, Barnham Broom, Bawburgh, Bedingham, Bergh Apton, Bixley, Bracon Ash, Bramerton, Bressingham, Brockdish, Brooke, Broome, Bunwell, Burgh St. Peter, Burston and Shimpling
- Caistor St. Edmund, Carleton Rode, Carleton St. Peter, Chedgrave, Claxton, Colney, Costessey, Cringleford
- Denton, Deopham and Hackford, Dickleburgh and Rushall, Diss, Ditchingham, Dunston
- Earsham, East Carleton, Easton, Ellingham
- Flordon, Forncett (comprising Forncett St Mary and Forncett St Peter), Framingham Earl, Framingham Pigot
- Geldeston, Gillingham, Gissing, Great Melton, Great Moulton
- Haddiscoe, Hales, Heckingham, Hedenham, Hellington, Hempnall, Heywood, Hethersett, Hingham, Holverston, Howe
- Keswick, Ketteringham, Kimberley, Kirby Bedon, Kirby Cane, Kirstead
- Langley with Hardley, Little Melton, Loddon, Long Stratton
- Marlingford and Colton,
- Morley, Morning Thorpe, Mulbarton, Mundham
- Needham, Newton Flotman, Norton Subcourse
- Poringland, Pulham Market, Pulham St. Mary
- Raveningham, Redenhall with Harleston, Rockland St. Mary, Roydon, Runhall
- Saxlingham Nethergate, Scole, Seething, Shelfanger, Shelton and Hardwick, Shotesham, Sisland, Starston, Stockton, Stoke Holy Cross, Surlingham, Swainsthorpe, Swardeston
- Tacolneston, Tasburgh, Tharston and Hapton, Thurlton, Thurton, Thwaite St Mary, Tibenham, Tivetshall St Margaret, Tivetshall St. Mary, Toft Monks, Topcroft, Trowse,
- Wacton, Wheatacre, Wicklewood, Winfarthing, Woodton, Wortwell, Wramplingham, Wreningham, Wymondham
- Yelverton
Neighbouring districts[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Local Authority District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "South Norfolk District Council Election Statistics". South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
External links[edit]
- Diss Express - district's local newspaper website