2001 Norfolk County Council election

← 1997

7 June 2001

2005 →

All 84 council division seats
43 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	36 seats, 35.1%	34 seats, 37.1%	13 seats, 24.4%
Seats won	48	26	10
Seat change	12	8	3
Popular vote	158,361	125,620	90,544
Percentage	40.2%	31.9%	23.0%
Swing	5.2%	5.2%	1.4%

Party before election

No Overall Control

Elected Party

Conservative

The Norfolk County Council election took place on 7 June 2001, coinciding with local elections for county councils in England and the 2001 general election.

The Conservatives returned to office with a majority of 12 seats, with Labour losing 8 seats and the Lib Dems losing 3, and went on to rule for three consecutive terms until narrowly losing power in 2013.

Other parties and independent candidates stood without winning seats and making little impact.

Summary of results

Norfolk County Council election results 2001^[1]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	48	+12	57.1	40.2	158,361	+5.2
	Labour	26	-8	31.0	31.9	125,620	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	10	-3	11.9	23.0	90,544	-1.4
	Green	0	±0		4.2	16,457	+2.9
	Independent	0	-1		0.8	2,549	-1.5
Total		84

Election of Group Leaders

Alison King (Humbleyard) was re-elected leader of the Conservative Group,^[2] Celia Cameron (St. Stephen) remained leader of the Labour Group^[3] and Barbara Hacker (Thorpe Hamlet) was elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Group.^[4]

Election of Leader of the Council

Alison King (Humbleyard) the leader of the Conservative group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a Conservative administration.

Results by District

Breckland

Broadland

Great Yarmouth

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

North Norfolk

Norwich

South Norfolk

References

^ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "Local Election Handbook 2001" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk.
^ "Blairite Tory couldn't care more". The Guardian. 4 December 2002.
^ "Celia Cameron CBE". uk.linkedin.com.
^ "Lib Dem leader at County Hall to stand down". Eastern Daily Press. 1 May 2007.

v t e Council elections in Norfolk
Norfolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Breckland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Broadland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Great Yarmouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2023
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
North Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Norwich City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
South Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (2000 ←) 2001 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2002)
County councils	Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Wiltshire Worcestershire
Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Halton Isle of Wight Peterborough Reading Slough Southend-on-Sea Thurrock Warrington Wokingham
District councils (Northern Ireland)	Antrim Ards Armagh Ballymena Ballymoney Banbridge Belfast Carrickfergus Castlereagh Coleraine Cookstown Craigavon Derry Down Dungannon and South Tyrone Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Magherafelt Moyle Newry and Mourne Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strabane
Sui generis	Isles of Scilly
See also: UK General election

This page was last edited on 9 June 2023, at 15:37