Norfolk County Council
| Norfolk County Council | |
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Council logo
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| Seats | 84 councillors |
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Joint committees
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East of England Local Government Association |
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42 / 84
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14 / 84
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12 / 84
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12 / 84
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3 / 84
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2 / 84
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
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Last election
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2 May 2013 |
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Next election
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2017 |
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Norfolk County Council is the council of Norfolk, England, which is split into seven local government districts. These are Norwich City, Breckland District, Broadland District, Great Yarmouth Borough, North Norfolk District, King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough and South Norfolk. Since 2016 the Conservative Party has had control of five districts, while Norwich is governed by a majority Labour Party administration and Great Yarmouth has no overall control. As of 2010, the chief executive of the council was David White. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.
The United Kingdom local elections, 2013 saw UKIP become the second largest party in Norfolk County Council and the Labour Party third, toppling the Conservative majority for the first time since 1997. As a result, a UKIP-Labour-Liberal Democrat alliance, with conditional support from the Green Party and an independent, took control of the council. The Conservatives took back control of the council in May 2016 when the four Green councillors abstained in the election for council Leader, resulting in Conservative Cliff Jordan winning by 41 votes to 37.
In 1902, the council consisted solely of landowners. In 1967, Norfolk County Council and Norwich City Council purchased the Royal Air Force airfield at Horsham St Faiths.
Norfolk has traditionally been known for its Conservative stronghold, as they have won over half of Norfolk's parliamentary constituencies since 1979. The countryside is almost all Conservative territory, with a few areas being strong for the Liberal Democrats. The constituency of North Norfolk is often closely fought between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. The district council of South Norfolk was run by the Liberal Democrats from 1995 to 2007, when the Conservatives gained control there.
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