Norfolk County Council election, 2017

Norfolk County Council election, 2017

← 2013 4 May 2017 2021 →
All 84 seats to Norfolk County Council 43 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Last election 40 seats, 32.6% 14 seats, 22.8% 10 seats, 11.0% Seats won 55 17 11 Seat change 15 3 1 Popular vote 114,038 54,231 40,680 Percentage 48.8% 23.2% 17.4% Swing 16.2% 0.4% 6.4%
Map showing the results of the 2017 Norfolk County Council elections.
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election Conservative Party

No Overall Control

Conservative Party

The 2017 Norfolk County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won control of the council from No Overall Control.

All three major parties made gains at the expense of the UK Independence Party and the Green Party of England and Wales, both of which lost all their seats. The Conservatives benefited the most, making a net gain of 15 seats, while Labour bucked its national trend of poor results and made a net gain of 3 seats. The Liberal Democrats saw their seat number rise from 10 to 11. An independent candidate was also elected. This was the first election since 2001 in which no UKIP or Green candidates were elected.

The election also saw significant changes in the popular vote, with UKIP's vote share declining by 17.5 percentage points and the Green Party winning just 4% of the county-wide vote, its worst result in Norfolk since the 1997 election.

In between the 2013 election and the 2017 election, the following council seats changed hands:

The leadership of the Council also changed from 2013. In 2016, a Leadership election saw George Nobbs (Labour) removed as Council Leader and replaced with Conservative Cliff Jordan. The vote was 41 for Jordan and 37 for Nobbs, with the 4 Green councillors abstaining.

†Alexandra Kemp was elected as a Labour councillor for Clenchwarton & King's Lynn South in May 2013, but left the party on 27 February 2014 to sit as an independent councillor.