2005 Norfolk County Council election

The Norfolk County Council election took place on 5 May 2005, coinciding with local elections for all county councils in England and the 2005 general election. It was the first election to be held under new boundaries.[1]

5 May 2005

All 84 council division seats
43 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	48 seats, 40.2%	26 seats, 31.9%	10 seats, 23.0%
Seats before	47	26	11
Seats won	46	22	14
Seat change	2	4	4
Popular vote	158,942	108,043	113,048
Percentage	39.2%	26.6%	27.9%
Swing	1.1%	5.3%	4.9%

	Fourth party

Party	Green
Last election	0 seats, 4.2%
Seats before	0
Seats won	2
Seat change	2
Popular vote	18,786
Percentage	4.6%
Swing	0.4%

Map showing the results of the 2005 Norfolk County Council elections.

Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

The Conservatives were re-elected with a slightly smaller majority of 8 seats and the Liberal Democrats surpassed Labour in vote share (though not in seats). The Green Party won their first seats on the County Council, both in Norwich.

Other parties and independent candidates stood without winning seats and making little impact.

Summary of results

Norfolk County Council election results 2005[2]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	46	-2	54.8	39.2	158,942	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	14	+4	16.7	27.9	113,048	+4.9
	Labour	22	-4	26.2	26.3	108,043	-5.3
	Green	2	+2	2.4	4.6	18,786	+0.4
	UKIP	0	n/a		0.8	3,072	n/a
	Independent	0	±0		0.7	2,799	-0.2
	Norwich Over the Water	0	n/a		0.1	423	n/a
	English Democrat	0	n/a		0.1	397	n/a
	Legalise Cannabis	0	n/a		0.1	233	n/a
Total		84				402,562

Results by District

Breckland

Broadland

Great Yarmouth

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

North Norfolk

Norwich

South Norfolk

References

"The County of Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2005". www.legislation.gov.uk. 1 February 2005.
"Norfolk council". Andrew Teale. 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

Council elections in Norfolk
Norfolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Breckland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Broadland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019
Great Yarmouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2018 2019
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
North Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Norwich City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
South Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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Sui generis	Isles of Scilly
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See also: UK General election

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