2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
The 2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
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All 39 seats to Great Yarmouth Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() The winner of each seat in the 2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council Election | |||||||||||||||||
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Summary
Election result
2023 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 39 | 19 | -1 | 48.72 | 43.56 | 19,247 | ||||
Labour | 39 | 18 | +3 | 46.15 | 45.66 | 20,174 | ||||
Independent | 7 | 2 | -1 | 5.13 | 6.83 | 3,018 | ||||
Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.01 | 889 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.49 | 660 | |||||
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.43 | 192 |
Candidates
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Great Yarmouth Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[2]
Bradwell North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Carl Smith* | 888 | 52.6 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Daniel Peter John Candon* | 839 | 49.7 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Graham Robert Plant* | 815 | 48.3 | -11.3 | |
Labour | Yvonne Craig | 765 | 45.3 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Scott Wesson | 756 | 44.8 | N/A | |
Labour | James Borg | 728 | 43.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,688 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Bradwell South & Hopton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Carl Andrew Annison* | 995 | 54.0 | -12.3 | |
Conservative | Katy Stenhouse* | 740 | 40.2 | -10.9 | |
Labour | Antony Capewell | 738 | 40.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Price | 690 | 37.5 | -17.1 | |
Labour | Lesley Rodin | 680 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Labour | David John Greggs | 660 | 35.8 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Sue Hacon* | 207 | 11.2 | -43.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Godfrey | 119 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Shreeve | 89 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,842 | 28.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Caister North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Penny Carpenter* | 606 | 54.8 | -7.8 | |
Conservative | Gary William Boyd | 582 | 52.7 | -9.8 | |
Labour | Michael Winterburn | 402 | 36.4 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Rae Williamson | 320 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Green | Anne Marie Killett | 174 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,105 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Caister South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Alfred Lawn* | 604 | 56.2 | -7.5 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Dudley Bird* | 570 | 53.0 | -7.8 | |
Labour | Sandy Griffiths | 468 | 43.5 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Michael Moore | 374 | 34.8 | +4.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,075 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Central & Northgate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Smith-Clare | 596 | 52.9 | +11.4 | |
Labour | Jade Martin | 578 | 51.3 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Cathy Cordiner-Achebach | 574 | 50.9 | +16.4 | |
Conservative | Tamsin Lodge | 318 | 28.2 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Oscar Houseago | 295 | 26.2 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Aurelio Spinola | 258 | 22.9 | +6.6 | |
Independent | Carrie Amy Talbot* | 228 | 20.2 | -15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ashton-Barnes | 153 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,127 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Claydon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carol Ann Borg* | 810 | 64.6 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Jeanette McMullen | 775 | 61.9 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Bernard John Williamson* | 767 | 61.2 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Linda Phillips | 403 | 32.2 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | John Hirst | 363 | 29.0 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | Louise Bensly | 362 | 28.9 | -0.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,253 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
East Flegg
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James William Bensly* | 755 | 61.3 | -12.9 | |
Conservative | Noel Douglas Galer* | 573 | 46.5 | -13.4 | |
Green | Emma Jayne Punchard | 297 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Paul James Hendry | 245 | 19.9 | -8.0 | |
Labour | Colleen Walker | 230 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Green | Kenneth Peter Petersen | 206 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,232 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Fleggburgh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Adrian David Thompson* | 1,110 | 94.6 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Thomas Garrod | 37 | 3.2 | -8.9 | |
Labour | Claire Samantha Wardley | 26 | 2.2 | -1.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,173 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Gorleston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Emma Claire Louise Flaxman-Taylor* | 685 | 48.9 | -10.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Anthony George Wells* | 674 | 48.1 | -10.0 | |
Labour | Steve Taylor | 508 | 36.3 | -2.2 | |
Labour | Michael Wemyss | 457 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Green | Rebecca Durant | 111 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Green | Nicola Albion | 101 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gerald Rouse | 69 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Smith | 65 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,400 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lothingland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Carpenter | 518 | 41.9 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Ivan Murray-Smith | 508 | 41.1 | +4.8 | |
Independent | Adrian Paul Myers* | 469 | 37.9 | -13.0 | |
Labour | Chris Williamson | 388 | 31.4 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Euan Duffield | 304 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,236 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Magdalen
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Trevor John Wainwright* | 786 | 59.7 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Alison Green | 691 | 52.5 | -6.6 | |
Labour | Brian Pilkington | 642 | 48.8 | -8.4 | |
Independent | Matt Smith | 386 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bob Whitaker | 349 | 26.5 | -9.2 | |
Conservative | Susan O'Dell | 323 | 24.5 | -7.6 | |
Conservative | Tracy Cameron | 277 | 21.0 | -7.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,316 | 25.1 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Nelson
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Thomas Jeal* | 552 | 61.6 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Tony Wright* | 515 | 57.5 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Kerry Susanne Robinson-Payne* | 513 | 57.3 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Oliver Bensly | 248 | 27.7 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Ann Lawn | 221 | 24.7 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Stafferton | 200 | 22.3 | +7.5 | |
Reform UK | Michael John Riley | 118 | 13.2 | -12.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 896 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ormesby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Justin Rundle | 548 | 44.8 | -13.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Eynon Freeman* | 514 | 42.1 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | Ron Hanton | 511 | 41.8 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Malcolm Boocock | 366 | 30.0 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Brian Walker | 201 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,222 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Southtown & Cobholm
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paula Waters-Bunn* | 405 | 57.9 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Jennifer Newcombe | 402 | 57.5 | -5.4 | |
Conservative | Laura Candon | 220 | 31.5 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Alvin Murray | 191 | 27.3 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Dyer | 77 | 11.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 699 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St Andrews
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barbara Ann Wright* | 575 | 63.3 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Ron Upton | 555 | 61.1 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Alan Popham | 310 | 34.1 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | Lionel O'Dell | 276 | 30.4 | -5.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 908 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
West Flegg
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andy Grant* | 809 | 60.5 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Leslie John Mogford* | 798 | 59.6 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Matt Borg | 467 | 34.9 | -2.1 | |
Labour | David Jeal | 458 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,338 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Yarmouth North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donna Kay Hammond* | 470 | 43.5 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Amy Sharp | 453 | 41.9 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Charles Hammond* | 452 | 41.8 | +5.9 | |
Labour | James Dwyer-McCluskey | 444 | 41.1 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Harris | 88 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Angie Andrews | 74 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Toplass | 70 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,081 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
References
- "Notice of election of councillors". Great Yarmouth Borough Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Great Yarmouth Borough Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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