Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on South Norfolk District Council
Hingham is run by South Norfolk District Council and Norfolk County Council, with Hingham parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on South Norfolk District Council. The Conservatives have a majority on Norfolk County Council. Its MP is George Freeman (Conservative), member for Mid Norfolk.
£2,472
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Hingham’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on South Norfolk District Council
The Conservatives, the largest group, hold 23 of its 46 seats as elected, one short of the 24 needed. The Liberal Democrats hold 11, Labour 9, independents 2 and the Greens 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Norfolk in 2021
Norfolk County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, has a Conservative majority at the May 2021 election: the Conservatives won 53 of 84 seats. Norfolk ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Hingham is £2,472 for 2026–27; South Norfolk District Council keeps 7% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 54% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Hingham’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 24 of South Norfolk’s 46 or 43 of Norfolk’s 84 seats to run the council alone.
- Conservative23
- Liberal Democrat11
- Labour9
- Independent2
- Green1
Latest election: May 2023.
- Conservative53
- Labour11
- Liberal Democrat10
- Green4
- Independent4
- Reform UK2
Latest election: May 2021.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Hingham has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Hingham’s residents · Band D precept £103
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Hingham, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierHingham parish council
- 2South Norfolk District Council1 ward · 1 councillorJoshua Blair Woolliscroft
- 3Norfolk County Council1 division · 1 councillorMargaret Dewsbury
- 4Police and crime commissionerNorfolk Constabulary · elected July 2026Colin Sutton
- 5House of CommonsMid Norfolk
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Joshua Blair WoolliscroftConservative · May 2023
Show as a table, with Norfolk County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hingham & Deophammostly in Hingham · 2,304 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Joshua Blair Woolliscroft | May 2023 |
Norfolk County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hingham ED26% in Hingham · 2,304 residents1 seat · May 2021 | 1 | Margaret Dewsbury | May 2021 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. South Norfolk District Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
South Norfolk council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Hingham, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Hingham’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗838 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Hingham is in Mid Norfolk constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Hingham).
45,897 votes for candidates · majority 3,054
Conservative, MP since 6 May 2010.
turnout in July 2024: 45,897 votes from 75,238 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 3,054 of 45,897 votes (6.7%): the 122nd-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Hingham’s Band D council tax is £2,472 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
South Norfolk District Council keeps £180.14 of a Band D bill (7%); the rest goes to the Hingham parish council, Norfolk County Council and the Norfolk police and crime commissioner.
Band D since 1993
South Norfolk’s Band D bill has risen 54% in ten years, from £1,607.04 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £507.38 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Hingham, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Norfolk’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,300.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Norfolk
| South Norfolk + Norfolk | Hingham’s councils | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £507 | £505 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £259 | £259 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £51 | £40 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £31 | £37 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £118 | £125 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £38 | £43 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £38 | £41 | £26 |
| Public health | £60 | £60 | £78 |
| Running the council | £46 | £69 | £59 |
| Other | £35 | £39 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,233 | £1,268 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: South Norfolk per its residents plus Norfolk per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Norfolk and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Hingham is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Hingham is run
Which council runs Hingham?
Hingham is run by South Norfolk District Council and Norfolk County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Hingham have a town council?
Yes: Hingham has its own parish-tier council (Hingham parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £103 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Hingham?
George Freeman (Conservative) is the MP for Mid Norfolk, which covers Hingham.
How many councillors does Hingham have?
1 ward councillors represent Hingham’s 1 ward, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Hingham?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Hingham’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Hingham?
Band D council tax in Hingham is £2,472 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls South Norfolk District Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Conservative 23 · Liberal Democrat 11 · Labour 9 · Independent 2 · Green 1 of 46 seats; a majority needs 24. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Norfolk County Council?
The Conservatives have a majority: 53 of 84 seats as elected.
Who won the 2023 council election in Hingham?
In Hingham’s wards on 4 May 2023, Conservative 1 of the 1 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 53.8%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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