One third of
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth (), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. A pop ...
Borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
Council in
Norfolk
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,
England
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is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 39
councillor
A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries.
Canada
Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
s have been elected from 17
wards
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Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
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.
Great Yarmouth rejected the introduction of a
directly elected mayor by 15,595 votes to 10,051 in a
referendum
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in 2011, held at the same time as the
2011 election.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Leadership
The
leaders of the council since 1999 have been:
Council elections
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1973 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1976 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1979 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1980 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1982 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1983 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1984 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1986 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1987 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1988 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1990 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1991 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1992 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1994 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1995 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1996 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1998 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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1999 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2000 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2002 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2003 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2004 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9)
[legislation.gov.uk ]
The Borough of Great Yarmouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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2006 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2010 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2011 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2012 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2014 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2015 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2016 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2018 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
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2019 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
Borough result maps
File:Great Yarmouth UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map
File:Great Yarmouth UK local election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map
File:Great Yarmouth UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map
File:Great Yarmouth UK local election 2008 map.svg, 2008 results map
File:Great Yarmouth UK local election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map
File:Great Yarmouth UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map
File:Great Yarmouth wards 2016.svg, 2016 results map
By-election results
1997-2001
2005-2009
2009-2013
References
By-election results
External links
Great Yarmouth Council
{{Norfolk elections
Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth
Council elections in Norfolk
District council elections in England