North Norfolk

North Norfolk District
District

Shown within Norfolk
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region East of England
Administrative county Norfolk
Formed 1 April 1974
Local Government Act 1972
Admin. HQ Cromer
Government
 • Type North Norfolk District Council
 • Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive: Conservative
 • MPs: Norman Lamb (LD)
Keith Simpson (C)
Area
 • Total 371.6 sq mi (962.5 km2)
Area rank 28th
Population (mid-2017 est.)
 • Total 104,100
 • Rank Ranked 228th
 • Density 280/sq mi (110/km2)
Time zone UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code 33UF (ONS)
E07000147 (GSS)
Ethnicity 99.2% White
Website north-norfolk.gov.uk

North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer. The population at the 2011 Census was 101,149.[1]

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of Cromer Urban District, North Walsham Urban District, Sheringham Urban District, Wells-next-the-Sea Urban District, Erpingham Rural District, Smallburgh Rural District, and Walsingham Rural District.

The district was originally to be called Pastonacres, but changed its name by resolution of the council and permission of the Secretary of State for Environment before it formally came into existence on 1 April 1974.[2]

It is home to the Sheringham Little Theatre.

Politics

Elections to the district council are held every four years, with all of the 48 seats on the council up for election every fourth year. The Council is run by a Conservative administration, the Conservative party having gained a majority of 8 seats at the 2011 elections, which they increased to 18 at the 2015 elections. However, a series of subsequent by-elections[3] and defections[4] has put the council under No overall control. The council had previously been under Liberal Democrat control from 2003.

In the 2015 elections, the Conservatives won a second successive term after more than doubling their majority to 18. The district is run using the Leader and Cabinet model used by the majority of councils in England and Wales: the current Leader is Tom FitzPatrick, councillor for Walsingham Ward.

Following the United Kingdom local elections, 2015 and subsequent by-elections and defections,[5][6] the political composition of North Norfolk District Council is as follows:

YearConservativeLiberal DemocratIndependent
201822188

Historical composition

ElectionConservativeLiberal DemocratLabourUKIPOther Total
19991313701346
2003142800648
2007163000248
2011281801148
2015331500048
1999



2003



2007




2011



2015




Composition

The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 121 civil parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 994 square kilometres (384 sq mi), with a population of 98,382 in 43,502 households.[7]

The district contains the following civil parishes:

Cultural references

The 2013 movie Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa was filmed in the area.

References

  1. ↑ "Local Authority District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Councils want their names changed. The Times, 13 August 1973.
  3. ↑ North Norfolk DC [@NorthNorfolkDC] (9 February 2017). "Waterside by election result. Tony Lumbard (Con) 410, Marion Millership (Lib Dem) 649, David Russell (Lab) 41, Barry Whitehouse (UKIP) 77" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/conservatives-lose-north-norfolk-majority-as-eighth-councillor-resigns-1-5254134
  5. ↑ https://www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/search?q=election+results
  6. ↑ North Norfolk DC [@NorthNorfolkDC] (9 February 2017). "Waterside by election result. Tony Lumbard (Con) 410, Marion Millership (Lib Dem) 649, David Russell (Lab) 41, Barry Whitehouse (UKIP) 77" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

Coordinates: 52°56′N 1°18′E / 52.933°N 1.300°E / 52.933; 1.300

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