Breckland District Council elections

Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England, is elected every four years.

Council elections

• 1973 Breckland District Council election
• 1976 Breckland District Council election
• 1979 Breckland District Council election (New ward boundaries)
• 1983 Breckland District Council election
• 1987 Breckland District Council election
• 1991 Breckland District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
• 1995 Breckland District Council election
• 1999 Breckland District Council election
• 2003 Breckland District Council election (New ward boundaries)
• 2007 Breckland District Council election
• 2011 Breckland District Council election
• 2015 Breckland District Council election (New ward boundaries)
• 2019 Breckland District Council election
• 2023 Breckland District Council election

For by-election results, please see the page on Breckland District Council By-elections.

Council composition

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Green	UKIP	Independent	Council control after election
1991	32	1	8	0	0	11		Conservative
1995	18	2	24	1	0	7		No overall control
1999	33	2	14	0	0	3		Conservative
2003	42	0	8	0	0	4		Conservative
2007	48	0	3	0	0	3		Conservative
2011	47	0	4	0	0	4		Conservative
2015	42	0	2	0	4	1		Conservative
2019	37	0	6	2	0	4		Conservative
2023	30	1	12	1	0	5		Conservative

District result maps

• 
  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
• 
  2023 results map

By-election results

Eynsford By-Election 6 February 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		235	40.1
	Conservative		211	36.0
	Liberal Democrats		140	23.9
Majority			24	4.1
Turnout			586	41.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hermitage By-Election 14 August 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		335	57.7	+6.4
	Conservative		214	36.8	+36.8
	Liberal Democrats		32	5.5	+5.5
Majority			121	20.9
Turnout			581	45.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Conifer By-Election 4 December 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		366	65.4	+21.4
	Labour		128	22.8	-33.2
	Liberal Democrats		66	11.8	+11.8
Majority			238	42.6
Turnout			560
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Upper Wensum By-Election 26 March 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		321	47.1
	Labour		166	24.4
	Independent		165	24.2
	Green		29	4.3
Majority			155	22.7
Turnout			681	45.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Thetford Guildhall By-Election 9 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		662	58.0	+39.3
	Labour		302	26.4	-12.1
	Liberal Democrats		178	15.6	-7.2
Majority			360	31.6
Turnout			1,142	20.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Thetford Barnham Cross By-Election 8 March 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		281	58.3	-12.4
	Conservative		163	33.8	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats		38	7.9	-1.5
Majority			118	24.5
Turnout			482	18.4
	Labour hold		Swing

East Dereham Town By-Election 28 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		278	51.6	+36.6
	Conservative		200	37.1	+6.7
	Green		61	11.3	+2.4
Majority			78	14.5
Turnout			539	25.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Swaffham By-Election 22 June 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Sharpe	851	66.3	+11.2
	Labour	Margaret Holmes	243	19.0	+19.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Thomas	189	14.7	-30.2
Majority			608	47.3
Turnout			1,283	24.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Attleborough Queens And Besthorpe 5 May 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Askew	546	42.0	+1.7
	Labour	Philip Andrew Spiby	393	30.2	+11.6
	Independent	Anthony Frederick Crouch	360	27.7	+27.7
Majority
Turnout			698	18.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Saham Toney 16 March 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa Ruth Hewett	335	48.1	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thorpe	105	15.1	+15.1
	Independent	Patricia Helena Warwick	104	14.9	+14.9
	UKIP	David Williams	80	11.5	-20.1
	Labour	Joseph Manuel Sisto	72	10.3	+10.3
Majority
Turnout			698	18.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harling & Heathlands 4 May 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert George Kybird	666	75.0
	Labour	Christopher Harvey	223	25.0
Majority
Turnout			900	35.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Note: swings cannot be given: Harling and Heathlands was previously uncontested.

Thetford Priory 28 September 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Patrick Brindle	503	57.7	+28.0
	Conservative	Jane Lillian James	257	29.5	-3.7
	UKIP	Dean Roberts	112	12.8	-24.3
Majority
Turnout			874	17.40
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

External links

• Breckland Council