ELECTION 2021 - Conservatives dominate West Norfolk seats in county council elections
The political map of West Norfolk remains a deep shade of blue this evening as the Conservatives dominated the county council elections.
All 14 seats for the borough have now been declared, with the Tories winning 12, the same as at the last election four years ago.
Independent candidates have claimed the borough's other divisions, with Labour losing their one seat.
Among the winners was the former West Norfolk Council leader Nick Daubney, who won the Freebridge Lynn seat.
But any hopes of a Tory sweep of the borough's seats, as happened in 2009, were ended early on when Independent Alexandra Kemp retained her Clenchwarton and Lynn South seat.
And the biggest cheer of the day came when another Independent, Jim Moriarty, took the Gayton and Nar Valley division.
Elsewhere, Conservative Tom FitzPatrick, a member of the County Hall cabinet in the last term, was re-elected in Fakenham.
And the Tories were celebrating a gain in Holt, where they have unseated the Liberal Democrat North Norfolk district council leader Sarah Butikofer.
With results in 83 out of the 84 county electoral divisions, the Conservatives have 58 seats, up three on the last election in 2017.
Labour remains the main opposition, but now with only 11 councillors, down six on last time, while the Liberal Democrats are on eight, down three.
The other big winners have been the Green Party, who have climbed from zero to three seats, the same number as the Independents.
One contest, in the Sewell division in Norwich, did not take place yesterday following the death of the Conservative candidate Evelyn Collishaw. A by-election will be held there next month.
Results in our area are as follows:
Clenchwarton and King's Lynn South division: Alexandra Kemp (Ind) 1,280 votes; Liam Hind (Con) 743; Adam Giles (Lab) 187. Turnout: 28.19 per cent.
Dersingham division: Stuart Dark (Con) 2,290 votes; Jordan Stokes (Green) 456; George Lankester (Lab) 238; Erika Coward (Lib Dem) 149. Turnout: 35.95 per cent.
Docking division: Michael Chenery (Con) 1,499 votes; Chris Morley (Ind) 706; Michelle Carter (Lab) 448. Turnout: 35.18 per cent.
Downham Market division: Tony White (Con) 1,395 votes; Josie Ratcliffe (Lib Dem) 641; Eamonn McCusker (Lab) 372; Jackie Westrop (Ind) 280. Turnout: 31.56 per cent.
Fakenham division: Tom FitzPatrick (Con) 1,376 votes; John Rest (Ind) 569; Ruth Goodall (Lab) 371; Kris Marshall-Smith (Green) 256. Turnout: 30.61 per cent.
Feltwell division: Martin Storey (Con) 1,983 votes; Tom Ryves (Ind) 456' Chris Harvey (Lab) 416; Neil Aldridge (Ind) 185. Turnout: 30.96 per cent.
Fincham division: Brian Long (Con) 1,510 votes; Alan Holmes (Ind) 629, Jo Smith (Lab) 396. Turnout: 29.48 per cent.
Freebridge Lynn division: Nick Daubney (Con) 1,670 votes; Michael de Whalley (Green) 510; Francis Bone (Lab) 403. Turnout: 34.76 per cent.
Gayton and Nar Valley division: Jim Moriarty (Ind) 1,370 votes; Olivia Morris (Con) 1,156; David Collis (Lab) 296. Turnout: 35.48 per cent.
Gaywood North and Central division: Graham Middleton (Con) 1,031 votes; Helen Dalgliesh (Lab) 616; David Mills (Lib Dem) 131; Jim Perkins (UKIP) 61. Turnout: 24.4 per cent.
Gaywood South division: Thomas Smith (Con) 908 votes; Micaela Bartrum (Lab) 724; Rob Colwell (Lib Dem) 228; Michael Stone (UKIP) 99. Turnout: 20.52 per cent.
King's Lynn North and Central division: Lesley Bambridge (Con) 520 votes; Wilfred Lambert (Lab) 482); Rob Archer (Green) 256; Richard Coward (Lib Dem) 66; Gary Bramham (Reform UK) 56. Turnout: 17.5 per cent.
Marshland North division: Julian Kirk (Con) 1,224 votes; Sandra Squire (Ind) 574; Matthew Hannay (Lab) 305. Turnout: 25.98 per cent.
Marshland South division: Chris Dawson (Con) 1,679 votes; Colin Rose (Ind) 546; David Hodgkinson (Lab) 253, Alastair Kent (Green) 196. Turnout: 26.03 per cent.
Necton and Launditch division: Mark Kiddle-Morris (Con) 2,099 votes; Joseph Sisto (Lab) 569; Jane Keidan-Cooper (Green) 452; Matthew Weatherill (Lib Dem) 195. Turnout 37.33 per cent.
North Coast division: Andrew Jamieson (Con) 1,847 votes; John Crofts (Lib Dem) 782; John Simmons (Lab) 252. Turnout: 40.78 per cent.
Swaffham division: Ed Colman (Con) 1,766 votes; John Zielinski (Lab) 428; Peter Bate (Green) 233, Paul Auber (Lib Dem) 147.
The Brecks division: Fabian Eagle (Con) 2,172 votes; Stuart Terry (Lab) 415; Anne Rix (Green) 291; Evie-May Ellis (Lib Dem) 170. Turnout 32.54 per cent.
Wells division: Michael Dalby (Con), 1,312 votes; Andrew Brown (Lib Dem) 916; Xenia Horne (Lab) 205; Stephen Green (Green) 204. Turnout: 40.02 per cent.
