By Geoff Fisher 
The Liberal Democrats narrowly won the Reepham Division seat in the Norfolk County Council election on Thursday 7 May.
The Lib Dem’s Dave Thomas (pictured) won the seat by 27 votes ahead of Reform UK’s Geraldine Gray.
The seat was previously held by Greg Peck (Conservative), who did not stand for re-election.
The full results were:
- David Thomas (Lib Dem) – 1,344
- Geraldine Gray (Reform UK) – 1,317
- Peter Bulman (Conservative) – 900
- Sarah Morgan (Green) – 402
- Jo Emmerson (Labour) – 191
Turnout: 4,154 (49.7%)
Mr Thomas, who lives in Reepham, also represents the Eynsford Ward on Broadland District Council, which covers Cawston, Foulsham, Guestwick, Heydon, Salle, Themelthorpe and Wood Dalling.
The 84-seat Norfolk County Council is now under no overall political control, after Reform UK missed out on a majority by three seats. It had been controlled since 2017 by the Conservatives, who saw major losses, with Reform UK, the Greens, the Lib Dems and Great Yarmouth First making gains.
The total number of councillors elected to the new county council is:
- Reform UK – 40 (+40)
- Liberal Democrat – 13 (+5)
- Green – 12 (+9)
- Independents and others – 10 (+9)
- Conservative – 8 (-52)
- Labour – 1 (-11)
The total number of votes cast was 325,335, which is 45.4% of the electorate.
See our earlier story:
Reepham Division candidates announced for county council election
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