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King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council elections

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King's Lynn and West Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 55 councillors have been elected from 35 wards.^[1]

By-election results

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Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Green	Independent	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
1991	29	16	5	0	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}		No overall control
1995	7	37	5	0	10		Labour
1999	26	27	5	0	2		No overall control
2003	35	14	7	0	6		Conservative
2007	52	4	4	0	2		Conservative
2011	42	13	3	1	3		Conservative
2015	50	10	0	0	2		Conservative
2019	28	10	1	1	15		Conservative
2023	21	11	3	2	18		No overall control

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	540	48.3
	Conservative	491	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	87	7.8
Majority		49	4.4
Turnout		1,118	27.4
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,094	60.1	-21.8
	Conservative	482	26.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	243	13.4	+13.4
Majority		612	33.6
Turnout		1,819
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	402	40.1	+2.2
	Labour	259	25.8	-31.9
	Liberal Democrats	210	21.0	+21.0
	Independent	131	13.1	+13.1
Majority		143	14.3
Turnout		1,002
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	271	55.6	+17.0
	Labour	165	33.9	-7.8
	Liberal Democrats	51	10.5	-9.2
Majority		106	21.7
Turnout		487	26.9
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	592	62.6	+21.8
	Labour	353	37.4	-14.5
Majority		239	25.2
Turnout		945	50.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	852	44.2	+23.4
	Labour		590	30.6	+12.1
	Independent		487	25.2	-35.4
Majority			262	13.6
Turnout			1,929	47.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	437	47.2	+18.6
	Liberal Democrats	247	26.7	+26.7
	Labour	121	13.1	-0.9
	Independent	120	13.0	-44.5
Majority		190	20.5
Turnout		925	26.4
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Searle	908	55.5	+14.3
	Labour	Richard Bird	727	44.5	+13.8
Majority			181	11.0
Turnout			1,635	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Dobson	202	28.7	-17.4
	Labour	John Collop	194	27.5	-10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Swinton	167	23.7	+23.7
	BNP	David Fleming	90	12.8	+12.8
	Green	Vivienne Manning	52	7.4	+7.4
Majority			8	1.2
Turnout			705	18.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Young	348	45.7	+6.0
	Labour	Ken Hubbard	243	31.9	+5.6
	UKIP	Michael Stone	88	11.5	+11.5
	Green	Rob Archer	61	8.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Swinton	22	2.9	+2.9
Majority			105	13.8
Turnout			762
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Avril Wright	593	48.7	-20.6
	UKIP	Michael Stone	361	29.7	+29.7
	Labour	Richard Pennington	263	21.6	-9.1
Majority			232	19.1
Turnout			1,217
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Ashley Collins	179	45.5	+45.5
	Conservative	John Dobson	115	29.3	+29.3
	Labour	Emilia Rust	99	25.2	+7.7
Majority			64	16.3
Turnout			393
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Sandell	374	78.4	+5.6
	UKIP	Jean Smith	103	21.6	+21.6
Majority			271	56.8
Turnout			477
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Hipperson	305	45.7	+2.4
	UKIP	Bob Scully	233	34.9	+34.9
	Green	Jonathan Burr	72	10.8	-10.6
	Labour	Sebastian Polhill	57	8.5	-11.1
Majority			72	56.8
Turnout			10.8
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Valley Hill By-election 16 June 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Tilbrook	266	41.0	+6.9
	Labour	Edward Robb	157	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Sayer	102	15.7	+15.7
	UKIP	Andrew Carr	96	14.8	+14.8
	Green	Andrew de Whalley	27	4.2	+4.2
Majority			109	16.8
Turnout			648
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Heacham By-election 20 October 2016^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terence Parish	400	37.7	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Eyre	342	32.2	-38.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Colwell	83	7.8	N/A
	UKIP	Deborah Lemay	83	7.8	N/A
	Independent	Michael Press	79	7.4	N/A
	Labour	Edward Robb	74	7.0	-21.9
Majority			58	5.5
Turnout			1,064	26.27
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Snettisham By-election 2 August 2018^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Dark	613	77.4	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Erika Coward	66	8.3	+8.3
	Green	Nigel Walker	65	8.2	+8.2
	UKIP	Matthew Hannay	48	6.1	+6.1
Majority			547	69.1
Turnout			792
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upwell and Delph By-election 12 December 2019^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Spikings	2,126	66.4	+28.5
	Labour	Stewart Dickson	637	19.9	+19.9
	Independent	Terry Hipsey	438	13.7	+13.7
Majority			1,489	46.5
Turnout			3,201
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Howman	254	44.0	+5.3
	Conservative	Ronald Mortimer	189	32.8	+2.3
	UKIP	Michael Stone	68	11.8	-19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Colwell	66	11.4	N/A
Majority			65
Turnout				12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Taylor	253	36.2	-6.6
	Labour	Francis Bone	210	30.0	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Russell-Johnson	173	24.7	+24.7
	Green	Rob Archer	63	9.0	-15.1
Majority			43	6.2
Turnout			699
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing