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Great Yarmouth 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

9 ward races
9 seats
3 elected below the proportional quota
33.3% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 9 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 9 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party12,42858.8%777.8%666.7%+1
Labour Party5,82127.5%222.2%333.3%-1
Green Party1,6277.7%00.0%00.0%0
Independent5662.7%00.0%00.0%0
Liberal Democrats5002.4%00.0%00.0%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)1210.6%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK740.4%00.0%00.0%0
Total21,137100.0%9100.0%9100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Yarmouth Nelson & Southtown · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,703

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Smith-Clare M.Labour Party76044.6%Elected
2Candon D.P.J.Conservative and Unionist Party68140.0%
3Durant R.E.A.Green Party1096.4%
4Godfrey M.Liberal Democrats794.6%
5Riley M.Reform UK744.3%

Electorate 9,016 · Ballots cast 1,703 · EC ward code E58001039 · Back to ward index

Yarmouth North & Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,262

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Carpenter G.P.Conservative and Unionist Party1,04946.4%Elected
2Lysaght S.Labour Party69930.9%
3Ellis R.Independent2139.4%
4Talbot C.A.UK Independence Party (UKIP)1215.3%
5Killett A.M.Green Party914.0%
6Harris T.Liberal Democrats893.9%

Electorate 9,001 · Ballots cast 2,262 · EC ward code E58001040 · Back to ward index

Magdalen · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,243

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Walker C.Labour Party1,08248.2%Elected
2Murray-Smith I.Conservative and Unionist Party97843.6%
3Oatley G.Green Party1838.2%

Electorate 8,239 · Ballots cast 2,243 · EC ward code E58001002 · Back to ward index

Gorleston St. Andrews · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.9 pts Valid ballots 2,408

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Plant G.R.Conservative and Unionist Party1,36956.9%Elected
2Thurtle J.Labour Party73430.5%
3Darnell T.A.Green Party1817.5%
4Smith G.S.Liberal Democrats1245.1%

Electorate 7,800 · Ballots cast 2,408 · EC ward code E58000988 · Back to ward index

Lothingland · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.6 pts Valid ballots 2,693

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Annison C.A.Conservative and Unionist Party1,68762.6%Elected
2Wright T.Labour Party51419.1%
3Myers A.P.Independent35313.1%
4Rawson T.Green Party1395.2%

Electorate 9,553 · Ballots cast 2,693 · EC ward code E58001001 · Back to ward index

Breydon · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.5 pts Valid ballots 2,545

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Smith C.Conservative and Unionist Party1,61563.5%Elected
2Wainwright T.J.Labour Party67626.6%
3Morris H.Green Party1716.7%
4Howe G.M.R.Liberal Democrats833.3%

Electorate 8,764 · Ballots cast 2,545 · EC ward code E58000961 · Back to ward index

Caister-On-Sea · single-seat

Marginal winner 66.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −16.9 pts Valid ballots 2,453

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Carpenter P.Conservative and Unionist Party1,64266.9%Elected
2Hellingsworth S.P.Labour Party68527.9%
3Petersen K.P.Green Party1265.1%

Electorate 7,337 · Ballots cast 2,453 · EC ward code E58000962 · Back to ward index

West Flegg · single-seat

Marginal winner 68.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −18.2 pts Valid ballots 2,100

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Grant A.Conservative and Unionist Party1,43268.2%Elected
2Punchard E.J.Green Party29914.2%
3Wardley C.S.Labour Party28713.7%
4Woods R.A.Liberal Democrats823.9%

Electorate 6,483 · Ballots cast 2,100 · EC ward code E58001034 · Back to ward index

East Flegg · single-seat

Marginal winner 72.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −22.3 pts Valid ballots 2,730

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bensly J.W.Conservative and Unionist Party1,97572.3%Elected
2Bush E.Labour Party38414.1%
3Gray H.G.Green Party32812.0%
4Read N.O.Liberal Democrats431.6%

Electorate 7,910 · Ballots cast 2,730 · EC ward code E58000977 · Back to ward index