2013 Norfolk County Council election

2013 Norfolk County Council election
2 May 2013
All 84 council division seats
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bill Borrett Rex Parkinson-Hare George Nobbs
Party Conservative UKIP Labour
Leader since February 2013 June 2009 June 2009
Leader's seat Elmham & Mattishall Yarmouth Nelson & Southtown Crome
Last election 60 seats, 45.9% 1 seat, 4.6% 3 seats, 13.5%
Seats before 60 1 5
Seats won 40 15 14
Seat change 20 14 11
Popular vote 70,249 50,568 49,028
Percentage 32.6% 23.5% 22.8%
Swing 13.3% 18.9% 9.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Mike Brindle Richard Bearman
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since June 2012 10 January 2012
Leader's seat Thetford West (Retired) Mancroft
Last election 13 seats, 22.7% 7 seats, 10.9%
Seats before 9 6
Seats won 10 4
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 23,645 14,119
Percentage 11.0% 6.6%
Swing 11.7% 4.3%
Map showing the results of the 2013 Norfolk County Council elections.
Party before election

Conservative

 Elected Party

No Overall Control

The Norfolk County Council election took place across Norfolk on 2 May 2013, coinciding with local elections for all county councils in England. The results were announced the following day, Friday 3 May 2013. The result brought to an end 12 years of Conservative administration, who finished three seats short of a majority after losing 20 seats, leaving the Council in no overall control (NOC). UKIP and the Labour Party both made gains of 14 and 11 seats respectively. The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party both lost three seats each, whilst an independent won a single seat in North Norfolk.

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