South Norfolk District
—  District  —
Shown within Norfolk
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Administrative county	Norfolk
Formed	1st April 1974 Local Government Act 1972
Admin. HQ	Long Stratton
Government
– Type	North Norfolk District Council
– Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
– Executive:	Conservative
– MPs:	Richard Bacon (C), George Freeman (C), Simon Wright (LD)
Area
– Total	350.5 sq mi (907.7 km2)
Area rank	34th
Population (2010 est.)
– Total	121,800
– Rank	Ranked 171st
– Density	347.5/sq mi (134.2/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
– Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	33UH
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	98.9% White
Website	south-norfolk.gov.uk

South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton.

History

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Diss Urban District, Wymondham Urban District, Depwade Rural District, Forehoe and Henstead Rural District and Loddon Rural District.

History of governance

The below table outlines the composition of South Norfolk Council from 1973 to 2007.^[1]

Recent elections

2007 saw the Conservatives win 55.1% of the vote and 39 seats in total, gaining 21 seats from the Liberal Democrats, who retained 7 seats despite having 39.2% of the vote. The other parties standing received only 5.7% of the total vote, and no seats.

The strongest local performances from other parties were Labour in Wymondham Rustens ward with 20.1%, and the Green Party in Cringleford ward with 14.4%.

^[1] Others: Independents, UKIP and EDP.

Political composition

Elections are held every four years, with the last elections occurring in May 2007. The next elections are due to take place in May 2011.^[2]

Electoral divisions

Geographical composition

The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 119 civil parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 909 km², with a population of 110,710 in 46,607 households.^[3]

The district contains the following civil parishes:

• Alburgh, Aldeby, Alpington, Ashby St. Mary, Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, Aslacton
• Barford, Barnham Broom, Bawburgh, Bedingham, Bergh Apton, Bixley, Bracon Ash, Bramerton, Bressingham, Brockdish, Brooke, Broome, Bunwell, Burgh St. Peter, Burston and Shimpling
• Caistor St. Edmund, Carleton Rode, Carleton St. Peter, Chedgrave, Claxton, Colney, Costessey, Cringleford
• Denton, Deopham and Hackford, Dickleburgh and Rushall, Diss, Ditchingham, Dunston
• Earsham, East Carleton, Easton, Ellingham
• Flordon, Forncett (comprising Forncett St Mary and Forncett St Peter), Framingham Earl, Framingham Pigot
• Geldeston, Gillingham, Gissing, Great Melton, Great Moulton
• Haddiscoe, Hales, Heckingham, Hedenham, Hellington, Hempnall, Heywood, Hethersett, Hingham, Holverston, Howe
• Keswick, Ketteringham, Kimberley, Kirby Bedon, Kirby Cane, Kirstead
• Langley with Hardley, Little Melton, Loddon, Long Stratton
• Marlingford and Colton,
• Morley, Morning Thorpe, Mulbarton, Mundham
• Needham, Newton Flotman, Norton Subcourse
• Poringland, Pulham Market, Pulham St. Mary
• Raveningham, Redenhall with Harleston, Rockland St. Mary, Roydon, Runhall
• Saxlingham Nethergate, Scole, Seething, Shelfanger, Shelton and Hardwick, Shotesham, Sisland, Starston, Stockton, Stoke Holy Cross, Surlingham, Swainsthorpe, Swardeston
• Tacolneston, Tasburgh, Tharston and Hapton, Thurlton, Thurton, Thwaite, Tibenham, Tivetshall St Margaret, Tivetshall St. Mary, Toft Monks, Topcroft, Trowse,
• Wacton, Wheatacre, Wicklewood, Winfarthing, Woodton, Wortwell, Wramplingham, Wreningham, Wymondham
• Yelverton

Neighbouring districts

Neighbouring Districts Norwich Broadland Breckland Great Yarmouth    South Norfolk     Mid Suffolk Waveney

References

1. ^ "South Norfolk District Council Election Statistics". South Norfolk Council. http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/2236.asp. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
2. ^ South Norfolk Council - Types of elections Dates of previous and future district council elections. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
3. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

• Diss Express - district's local newspaper website
• Long Stratton Community Forum (www.longstratton.co.nr)

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Coordinates: 52°29′31″N 1°13′52″E / 52.4920°N 1.2312°E / 52.4920; 1.2312