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The 2015 South Norfolk District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect the whole council as part of United Kingdom local elections, 2015 coinciding with the general election. The council continued to consist of 46 councillors and as immediately after the previous election, the council was controlled by local Conservatives, with local Liberal Democrats being the only opposition. The governing group's numbers were augmented by two councillors at the expense of that opposition group. Three defecting-from-majority independent councillors lost their council seats.
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Composition of council seats before election
After the 2011 election, 38 councillors were Conservatives and 8 were Liberal Democrats. Since then, three Conservative councillors have left the party's grouping. Two of them (Keith Weeks, Bressingham and Burston ward, and Jon Herbert, Mulbarton ward) now form the South Norfolk Independent Group, while the third (Terry Blowfield, Stratton ward) sits as an independent.
Candidates by party
South Norfolk has 36 wards, providing for 46 candidates. In this election, there are a total of 144 candidates standing (an increase of 23% from the 117 in the last election in 2011).
The two parties with incumbent councillors are the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives are standing in all wards, with a total of 44 candidates. The Liberal Democrats are standing 35 candidates in 32 wards.
Out of the other parties standing, Labour have 39 candidates in 32 wards, UKIP have 13 candidates in 13 wards, and the Green Party have 12 candidates in 12 wards. There is one independent candidate, Jackie Bircham, standing in Chedgrave and Thurton ward.
Candidates by ward
South Norfolk council is made up of 46 councillors elected in 36 different wards. 27 wards elect one councillor, 8 wards elect two councillors, and one ward (Diss) elects three councillors.
29 incumbent councillors are re-standing in the wards they represented before this election (denoted by a *).
Hethersett ward
Jacky Sutton stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate in Hethersett in 2011. Her vote-share here is compared with the performance of the Labour candidate in 2011.
Stratton ward
Linden Parker stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in Stratton in 2011.