
Broadland local elections
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Broadland
District
Council in Norfolk
, England
is elected every four years. Up until 2004 one third of the Council was elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 47 councillor
s have been elected from 27 wards
.
Broadland Council election, 1999
Broadland Council election, 2000
Broadland Council election, 2002
Broadland Council election, 2003
Broadland Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 2)
Broadland Council election, 2007
Broadland Council election, 2011
Broadland
Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew, which is a suburb of the City of Norwich.-History:The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of St...
District
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
Council in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
is elected every four years. Up until 2004 one third of the Council was elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 47 councillor
Councillor
A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...
s have been elected from 27 wards
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:Party in control | Years |
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No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
1973 - 1976 |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
1976 - 1994 |
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
1994 - 1999 |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
1999 - present |
Council elections
Broadland Council election, 1998Broadland Council election, 1999
Broadland Council election, 2000
Broadland Council election, 2002
Broadland Council election, 2003
Broadland Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 2)
Broadland Council election, 2007
Broadland Council election, 2011