Breckland District Council elections

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

Council elections

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

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Green	UKIP	Independent	Council control after election
Year							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

Hermitage By-Election 14 August 1997
Party		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		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		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		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		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		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

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

^ The District of Breckland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Breckland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Breckland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.