2017 Norfolk County Council election

2017 Norfolk County Council election

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All 84 seats to Norfolk County Council 43 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Cliff Jordan George Nobbs Marie Strong Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since March 2015 June 2009 May 2013 Leader's seat Yare & All Saints Crome Wells Last election 40 seats, 32.6% 14 seats, 22.8% 10 seats, 11.0% Seats before 42 14 10 Seats won 55 17 11 Seat change 15 3 1 Popular vote 114,038 54,231 40,680 Percentage 48.8% 23.2% 17.4% Swing 16.2% 0.4% 6.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Richard Toby Coke Richard Bearman Party UKIP Green Leader since May 2013 10 January 2012[1] Leader's seat Gayton & Nar Valley (Retiring) Mancroft (Retiring) Last election 15 seats, 23.5% 4 seats, 6.6% Seats before 12 3 Seats won 0 0 Seat change 15 4 Popular vote 14,078 9,316 Percentage 6.0% 4.0% Swing 17.5% 2.6%
Map showing the results of the 2017 Norfolk County Council elections.
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election Conservative Party

The 2017 Norfolk County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[2]

The Conservative Party won control of the council from No Overall Control.

All three major parties made gains at the expense of the UK Independence Party and the Green Party of England and Wales, both of which lost all their seats. The Conservatives benefited the most, making a net gain of 15 seats from UKIP and the Liberal Democrats, while Labour bucked its national trend of poor results and made a net gain of 3 seats. The Liberal Democrats saw their seat number rise from 10 to 11, winning one off UKIP. An independent candidate was also elected.

This was the first election since 2001 in which no UKIP or Green candidates were elected. The election saw significant changes in the popular vote, with UKIP's vote share declining by 17.5 percentage points and the Green Party winning just 4% of the county-wide vote, its worst result in Norfolk since the 1997 election.