Norfolk Local Elections 2023: Conservatives lose Broadland, Yarmouth and West Norfolk
Votes have been counted across Norfolk after yesterday's Local Election.
Last updated 6th May 2023
The Conservatives have lost control of both Great Yarmouth, Broadland Councils and West Norfolk Councils, with the loss of both adding to pain for the party nationwide.
Both will now operate under no overall control amid gains for Labour and the Lib Dems.
The Tories have held onto Breckland and South Norfolk with reduced majorities.
The Liberal Democrats have kept control of North Norfolk, albeit with their majority slightly slimmed down.
They now have 25 seats overall after losing 5 to the Conservatives, who are on 12 overall. The remaining 3 seats are taken by Independent councillors.
It's a reverse of a trend nationally, which have seen the Tories lose dozens of seats to both the Lib Dems and Labour.
Labour has held onto Norwich, although they lost a few seats to the Green Party.
Norfolk's results so far:
(All figures are for the number of councillors overall, not just for those elected in 2023)
Breckland - CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Conservatives - 30 (-7)
Labour - 12 (+6)
Independents - 5 (+1)
Green - 1 (-1)
Liberal Democrats - 1 (+1)
Broadland - CONSERVATIVE LOSS TO NO OVERALL CONTROL
Conservatives - 21 (-12)
Liberal Democrats - 14 (+2)
Labour - 8 (+6)
Green - 4 (+4)
Great Yarmouth- CONSERVATIVE LOSS TO NO OVERALL CONTROL
Conservatives - 19 (-1)
Labour - 18 (+3)
Independents - 2 (-1)
UKIP - 0 (-1)
King's Lynn & West Norfolk - CONSERVATIVE LOSS TO NO OVERALL CONTROL
Conservative - 21 (-7)
Independent - 18 (+3)
Labour - 11 (+1)
Liberal Democrats - 3 (+2)
Green - 2 (+1)
North Norfolk - LIBERAL DEMOCRAT HOLD
Liberal Democrats - 25 (-5)
Conservatives - 12 (+6)
Independents - 3 (-1)
Norwich - LABOUR HOLD
Labour - 23 (-2)
Green - 13 (+2)
Liberal Democrats - 3 (+0)
South Norfolk - CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Conservative - 24 (-11)
Liberal Democrat - 11 (+1)
Labour - 9 (+8)
Independents - 2 (+2)
What's the picture nationally?
Sir Keir Starmer has celebrated "fantastic" council results as showing Labour is on course to win the next general election as Rishi Sunak remained defiant despite heavy losses.
The Labour leader told jubilant supporters they are progressing towards a majority in Westminster as initial local election results on Friday saw his party seize battlegrounds from the Tories.
The Liberal Democrats also made gains as the Tories lost control of nine councils across England after voters went to the polls on Thursday.
Labour snatched Medway off the Tories and will run the Kent council for the first time since 1998, with the outgoing Conservative council leader telling No 10 to "get their act together" on multiple fronts.
Mr Sunak vowed to push on with his agenda after reassuring staff in Conservative Campaign Headquarters, and insisted he is "not detecting any massive groundswell of movement towards the Labour Party or excitement for its agenda".
But the Tories will be concerned as the party suffered losses in the North, South and Midlands as the prospect of a general election in 2024 looms.