2019 Breckland District Council election

The 2019 Breckland District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Breckland District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The boundaries for this election were the same as those used in 2015.

2019 Breckland District Council election

2 May 2019

All 49 council seats
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election 42 2 1
Seats won 37 6 4
Seat change -5 +4 +3

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green UKIP
Last election 0 4
Seats won 2 0
Seat change +2 -4

Map of the 2019 election results. For vote leaders in the split wards, see the full results section.

Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

The Conservative Party held the council with a very large majority, losing one seat to the Green Party (who also won an independent seat and thereby gained their first ever seats in the district) and three to independent candidates, though they gained one seat from UKIP. UKIP lost all four of its seats, with the remaining three being taken by the Labour Party, which became the second largest party on the council with six seats.

Results

Breckland Council election result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 37 1 6 -5 75.5 58.3 28126 +11.5
  Labour 6 3 0 +4 12.2 21.2 10247 +2.3
  Independent 4 3 0 +3 8.2 11.1 5346 +6.1
  Green 2 2 0 +2 4.1 7.1 3410 +0.5
  UKIP 0 0 4 -4 0 1.3 630 -20.6
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 521 +0.2

Total votes cast: 48280.

In addition to the elections, a referendum was held on the Swaffham neighbourhood plan. This passed 1572 votes in favour (81.5%) to 334 votes against (18.5%). 1930 ballot papers were issued and the turnout was 30.5%.

Breckland Politics 2015-2019

After the 2015 election, 42 councillors were Conservatives, 4 were UKIP, 2 Labour, and 1 independent. This had changed by 2015 in the following ways:

Party Seats (2015 election) Seats (April 2015)
Conservative 42 38
UKIP 4 3
Labour 2 3
Independent 1 3
Independent Unionist 0 1
Total 49 48

The Conservatives retained control of the council with a sizeable majority throughout this period, despite losing four councillors. The changes were caused by three defections or resignations from the Conservative group, one seat change in a by-election, and one death shortly before the 2019 election. Two Conservative councillors left to sit as independents. One was Pablo Dimoglou of Mattishall, who resigned after accusing Council leader William Nunn of an undisclosed connection to the ownership of a local golf club in which the council had invested, before apologising for the allegation and resigning from the group; the other was Thomas Monument of Dereham Withburga, who was found guilty of assault after head-butting and punching an ex girlfriend.[1][2] One Conservative (John Rogers of Saham Toney) left to sit as a Unionist. There was also a Labour gain from the Conservatives in a by-election in the Thetford Priory ward in September 2017.[3] A UKIP councillor, John Newton of Castle Ward in, died in January 2019; his seat was not filled by a by-election due to the close proximity of this election.[4]

There were also a number of Conservative holds in by-elections: Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe in 2016, and Harling & Heathlands and Saham Toney in 2017.

In the run-up to the 2019 election, the parties nominated a variable number of candidates. The Conservatives again by a wide margin nominated the most candidates, this time nominating one fewer than in 2015 and thus failing to contest just two of the 49 council seats. The Labour Party nominated 31 candidates, up from a previous 25, being the only party to significantly increase their candidate total. This was a major factor in far fewer wards being uncontested than in 2015. There were also more independent candidates, a total of eight, up from a previous total of three. The Green party meanwhile nominated two fewer candidates; the largest drop in candidate numbers was seen by UKIP, who having stood eighteen candidates previously now only stood two. The Liberal Democrats further decreased their number of candidates from two to one.

Conservative Party (47/49)





Labour Party (31/49)





Independent (8/49)





Green Party (7/49)





UKIP (2/49)





Liberal Democrats (1/49)





Unlike in 2015, none of the council's 27 wards were uncontested.

Full results by ward

All Saints & Wayland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Elizabeth Suggitt 983 71.9 +6.2
Conservative Phil Cowen 971
Labour Irene Macdonald 384 28.1 +28.1
Labour Joseph Dickerson 383
Majority
Turnout 1614 32.38
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ashill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fabian Royston Eagle 513 64.8 +14.0
Green Anne Patricia Melba Rix 179 22.6 +6.7
Labour James Gornall 100 12.6 +12.6
Majority
Turnout 814 37.39
Conservative hold Swing
Attleborough Burgh & Havercroft (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Martin 563 44.3 -9.0
Independent Taila Taylor 462 36.3 +13.2
Conservative Adrian Charles Stasiak 428
Labour Timothy Clarke 247 19.4 -4.1
Labour Peter Panayi 167
Majority
Turnout 1151 28.85
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vera Julia Dale 712 43.7 +3.4
Conservative Tristan John Ashby 593
Conservative Oliver Rhodri 578
Independent Anthony Crouch 526 32.3 +32.3
Labour Phil Spiby 393 24.1 +5.8
Majority
Turnout 1333 24.51
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Note: Anthony Crouch also contested this seat for UKIP in 2015, getting 23.1% on that occasion.

Bedingfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Natasha Morgan 167
Conservative Mike Nairn 483
Majority
Turnout 709 29.59
Conservative hold Swing
The Buckenhams and Banham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Askew 458
Labour Chrissie Nebbett 106
Green Jan Prior 270
Majority
Turnout 843 33.10
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Neatherd (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Helen Monument 821
Green Philip Neil Morton 837
Conservative William Robert James Richmond 750
Conservative Alison Mary Webb 834
Majority
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Toftwood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Bunting 470
Conservative Hilary Bushell 541
Labour Kendra Cogman 397
Conservative Philip James Duigan 556
Majority
Turnout 1129 25.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Withburga (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amy-Jane Brooks 383
Labour Harry Clarke 455
Conservative Kay Elizabeth Grey 401
Independent Thomas Monument 376
Majority
Turnout 1035 23.45
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Forest (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Hayden Chapman-Allen 459
Labour David Hodgkinson 168
Conservative Robert George Kybird 394
Majority
Turnout 692 31.07
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Guiltcross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marion Penelope Chapman-Allen 584
Labour James Waters 279
Majority
Turnout 907 36.78
Conservative hold Swing
Harling and Heathlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Bernard 213
Conservative William Nunn 535
Majority
Turnout 785 30.76
Conservative hold Swing
Hermitage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dawn Karen Fairbrother 226
Conservative Trevor Richard Carter 561
Majority
Turnout 828 37.13
Conservative hold Swing
Launditch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Hirst 170
Conservative Mark Kiddle-Morris 472
Majority
Turnout 690 33.81
Conservative hold Swing
Lincoln (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Roger David Atterwill 732
Conservative Richard William Duffield 696
Green Henry Johnson 421
Conservative Robert Ramsay Richmond 619
Majority
Turnout 1498 35.59
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Mattishall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Donald Claussen 894
Independent Pablo Martin Marino Dimoglou 556
Labour Elizabeth Hunton 508
Conservative Ian Robert Martin 931
Majority
Turnout 1743 39.72
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Nar Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vic Peters 169
Conservative Peter Samuel Wilkinson 496
Majority
Turnout 702 31.95
Conservative hold Swing
Necton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe Sisto 280
Conservative Nigel Charles Wilkin 445
Majority
Turnout 756 35.59
Conservative hold Swing
Saham Toney (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Timothy Edward Birt 525
Conservative Helen Susan Crane 522
Conservative Theresa Ruth Hewett 469
Majority
Turnout 1020 25.77
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shipdham With Scarning (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Goreham 364
Conservative Paul Jonathan Hewett 645
Conservative Lynda Susan Turner 579
Majority
Turnout 1085 25.26
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Swaffham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ed Colman 946
Conservative Paul Darby 833
Labour Joanna Navarre 608
Conservative Ian Sherwood 876
Independent David Sydney Wickerson 1187
Labour John Zielinski 511
Majority
Turnout 2199 34.55
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Thetford Boudica (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Elizabeth Polley 335
Conservative Mark Steven Robinson 419
Labour Stuart David Terry 360
Majority
Turnout 823 23.04
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Thetford Burrell (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carla Barreto 233
Conservative Mia Browne 205
UKIP Denis Melvin Crawford 236
Labour Chris Harvey 400
Labour Terry Jermy 507
Conservative Jason Allan Smith 188
Majority
Turnout 1092 26.21
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Thetford Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Brame 467
Labour David Curzon-Berners 336
Conservative Jane Lilian James 441
Labour Toby Stokes 310
Majority
Turnout 1012 23.95
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Thetford Priory (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G.J. Bamber 243
Labour Mike Brindle 489
Labour Susan Dowling 410
Conservative David Edward Hills 227
UKIP Mark Petrie Taylor 394
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Upper Wensum (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Gordon Bambridge 885
Conservative William Patrick Borrett 873
Green Jane Keidan-Cooper 635
Liberal Democrats Mark Foley 521
Majority
Turnout 1712 34.56
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Watton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Peter Kevin Bate 543
Conservative Claire Rosemary Bowes 805
Independent Keith Stephen Gilbert 1274
Conservative Tina Kiddell 897
Labour Keith David Prince 287
Majority
Turnout 1854 29.63
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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