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Town Hall & politics · Breckland Council

South West Norfolk was decided by 630 votes in 2024

Weeting is run by Breckland Council and Norfolk County Council, with Weeting-with-Broomhill parish council for local matters. The Conservatives have a majority on Breckland Council and Norfolk County Council. Its MP is Terry Jermy (Labour), member for South West Norfolk.

Council tax 2026–27

£2,410

Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.

Where it goes →
Band D council tax
£2,410
2026–27, a year
Ward councillors
2
1 ward · Breckland
MP
Terry Jermy
Labour · South West Norfolk
Turnout, July 2024
59%
South West Norfolk · England 60%
What stands out · In brief

How Weeting’s politics has changed since 2021

A majority on Breckland Council

The Conservatives hold a majority on Breckland Council: 31 of its 49 seats as elected. Labour holds 9, independents 5, Reform UK 3 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 ↓

A close seat

Terry Jermy (Labour) won South West Norfolk by 630 votes in July 2024, 1.4% of votes cast: the 26th-narrowest result of 543 in England. Parliament ↓

Council tax

A Band D bill in Weeting is £2,410 for 2026–27; Breckland Council keeps 5% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 57% in ten years, in line with 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’s in charge

Who holds the seats on Weeting’s councils

Seats by party as elected. A party needs 25 of Breckland’s 49 or 43 of Norfolk’s 84 seats to run the council alone.

District council · 49 councillorsBreckland CouncilConservative majority
GreenLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeReform UKReform UKReform UK49seats
  • Conservative31
  • Labour9
  • Independent5
  • Reform UK3
  • Green1

Latest election: May 2023.

County council · 84 councillors · Weeting elects 1Norfolk County CouncilConservative majority
GreenGreenGreenGreenLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeReform UKReform UK84seats
  • Conservative53
  • Labour11
  • Liberal Democrat10
  • Green4
  • Independent4
  • Reform UK2

Latest election: May 2021.

GreenLabourLiberal DemocratIndependentConservativeReform UK

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.

Who runs Weeting

Two tiers of council, and a parish tier

Weeting has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.

Town or parish councilWeeting-with-Broomhill parish council

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 Weeting’s residents · Band D precept £96

District councilBreckland Council

Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.

Website ↗
County councilNorfolk County Council

Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.

Website ↗

Who to ask

Bins and recyclingBreckland Council
Planning applicationsBreckland Council
Council housing and homelessnessBreckland Council
Council tax billsBreckland Council
Parks and leisure centresBreckland Council
Allotments, play areas, benchesWeeting-with-Broomhill parish council
Potholes, roads and streetlightsNorfolk County Council
Schools and school placesNorfolk County Council
Adult and children’s social careNorfolk County Council
LibrariesNorfolk County Council
Tips and recycling centresNorfolk County Council
Police priorities and budgetNorfolk Constabulary police and crime commissioner

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.

Who represents Weeting

From the parish to Westminster

Every elected tier that speaks for Weeting, from the most recent elections.

  1. 1
    Town or parishParish tier
    Weeting-with-Broomhill parish council
  2. 2
    Breckland Council1 ward · 2 councillors
    Sam Chapman-AllenRobert Kybird
  3. 3
    Norfolk County Council1 division · 1 councillor
    Fabian Royston Eagle
  4. 4
    Police and crime commissionerNorfolk Constabulary · elected July 2026
    Colin Sutton
  5. 5
    House of CommonsSouth West Norfolk
LabourConservativeReform UK

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.

Councillors

2 councillors 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.

Forest
1,883 residents · 60% in Weeting
  • Sam Chapman-AllenConservative · May 2023
  • Robert KybirdConservative · May 2023
Conservative
Show as a table, with Norfolk County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
WardSeatsElectedWhen
Forestmostly in Weeting · 1,883 residents2 seats · May 20232
Sam Chapman-AllenRobert Kybird
May 2023

Norfolk County Council: county divisions

DivisionSeatsElectedWhen
The Brecks ED13% in Weeting · 1,883 residents1 seat · May 20211
Fabian Royston Eagle
May 2021

Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Breckland 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).

Local elections

Breckland council election, May 2023

Results in the wards that make up Weeting, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.

Seats won in Weeting’s wards2 seats · 4 May 2023
Conservative2

1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.

Next elections

No election is scheduled yet for Weeting’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.

Who can I vote for? ↗
Forest4 May 2023
Sam Chapman-Allen ElectedConservative35.2%
Robert Kybird ElectedConservative34.1%
Viola Ross-SmithLabour16.3%
Matthew StirrupLabour14.5%

1,334 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each

LabourConservative

Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.

Parliament

Weeting is in South West Norfolk constituency

The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Weeting).

South West Norfolk · general election4 July 2024
Terry Jermy ElectedLabour26.7%
Liz TrussConservative25.3%
Tobias McKenzieReform UK22.5%
James BaggeIndependent14.2%
Josie RatcliffeLiberal Democrat5.9%
Pallavi DevulapalliGreen4.1%
Earl Elvis Of East AngliaOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party0.8%
Gary ConwayHeritage Party0.4%
Lorraine DouglasCommunist Party of Britain0.2%

44,335 votes for candidates · majority 630

MP for South West Norfolk

Terry Jermy

Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.

59%

turnout in July 2024: 44,335 votes from 74,724 registered voters. England: 60%.

Majority 630 of 44,335 votes (1.4%): the 26th-narrowest of 543 in England.

LabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReform UKGreenIndependentOther parties

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.

Council money

Weeting’s Band D council tax is £2,410 a year

Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.

COUNCIL TAXBand D · 2026–27 · a Band D home in Weeting-with-Broomhill
Weeting-with-Broomhill parish councilparish precept£96.38
Breckland Councildistrict council£125.45
Norfolk County Councilcounty council£1,843.38
Norfolk police and crime commissionerpolice and crime£344.79
A year£2,410.00
Bills by band run from 6/9 of Band D (Band A) to 18/9 (Band H). Discounts and support reduce many bills.

Breckland Council keeps £125.45 of a Band D bill (5%); the rest goes to the Weeting-with-Broomhill parish council, Norfolk County Council and the Norfolk police and crime commissioner.

Band D since 1993

£0£500£1K£1.5K£2K£2.5K1995200020052010201520202025England, 1993–94: £567.95England, 1994–95: £580.11England, 1995–96: £609.00England, 1996–97: £646.00England, 1997–98: £688.00England, 1998–99: £747.00England, 1999–00: £798.00England, 2000–01: £847.00England, 2001–02: £901.33England, 2002–03: £975.56England, 2003–04: £1,101.75England, 2004–05: £1,166.56England, 2005–06: £1,213.81England, 2006–07: £1,267.91England, 2007–08: £1,321.32England, 2008–09: £1,373.08England, 2009–10: £1,413.84England, 2010–11: £1,439.22England, 2011–12: £1,439.33England, 2012–13: £1,444.13England, 2013–14: £1,455.60England, 2014–15: £1,467.98England, 2015–16: £1,483.58England, 2016–17: £1,529.56England, 2017–18: £1,590.55England, 2018–19: £1,671.46England, 2019–20: £1,749.88England, 2020–21: £1,817.67England, 2021–22: £1,898.48England, 2022–23: £1,965.71England, 2023–24: £2,065.05England, 2024–25: £2,170.99England, 2025–26: £2,280.21England, 2026–27: £2,391.52Breckland, 1993–94: £502.88Breckland, 1994–95: £520.88Breckland, 1995–96: £559.13Breckland, 1996–97: £577.16Breckland, 1997–98: £601.80Breckland, 1998–99: £682.23Breckland, 1999–00: £750.21Breckland, 2000–01: £799.97Breckland, 2001–02: £855.32Breckland, 2002–03: £944.18Breckland, 2003–04: £1,090.26Breckland, 2004–05: £1,165.09Breckland, 2005–06: £1,202.42Breckland, 2006–07: £1,264.08Breckland, 2007–08: £1,326.55Breckland, 2008–09: £1,384.21Breckland, 2009–10: £1,429.36Breckland, 2010–11: £1,457.65Breckland, 2011–12: £1,455.42Breckland, 2012–13: £1,463.72Breckland, 2013–14: £1,484.80Breckland, 2014–15: £1,495.17Breckland, 2015–16: £1,499.89Breckland, 2016–17: £1,558.80Breckland, 2017–18: £1,629.50Breckland, 2018–19: £1,725.88Breckland, 2019–20: £1,798.16Breckland, 2020–21: £1,871.80Breckland, 2021–22: £1,948.60Breckland, 2022–23: £2,010.63Breckland, 2023–24: £2,114.41Breckland, 2024–25: £2,219.32Breckland, 2025–26: £2,328.59Breckland, 2026–27: £2,443.67Breckland £2,444England £2,392

Breckland’s Band D bill has risen 57% in ten years, from £1,558.80 in 2016–17, in line with England’s average (56%). It was £502.88 in 1993–94.

Your bill by band

Band A 6/9£1,607
Band B 7/9£1,874
Band C 8/9£2,142
Band D 9/9£2,410
Band E 11/9£2,946
Band F 13/9£3,481
Band G 15/9£4,017
Band H 18/9£4,820

A Band D home in Weeting-with-Broomhill, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.

Norfolk’s councils

Great Yarmouth£2,414
King's Lynn and West Norfolk£2,430
Broadland£2,438
Breckland£2,444
North Norfolk£2,460
South Norfolk£2,483
Norwich£2,503

Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,300.

Council budgets per resident, 2026–27

ServiceBreckland + Norfolkvs England
Adult social care£504+£17
Children’s social care£259−£31
Roads and transport£54+£13
Housing (not council homes’ rents)£31−£30
Bins, street cleaning, environment£125+£6
Libraries, leisure, culture£46+£2
Planning and development£38+£12
Public health£60−£18
Running the council£66+£7
Other£49+£30
Weeting’s councils, per residentEngland, all councils
Show as a table, with Norfolk
Breckland + NorfolkWeeting’s councilsNorfolkEngland
Adult social care£504£505£487
Children’s social care£259£259£290
Roads and transport£54£40£41
Housing (not council homes’ rents)£31£37£61
Bins, street cleaning, environment£125£125£119
Libraries, leisure, culture£46£43£44
Planning and development£38£41£26
Public health£60£60£78
Running the council£66£69£59
Other£49£39£19
Total, schools apart£1,282£1,268£1,234

Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Breckland 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.

Get involved

Having a say in how Weeting is run

Register to vote

It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.

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Contact your councillors or MP

Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.

WriteToThem ↗
Report a pothole or a broken streetlight

GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.

gov.uk ↗
Watch or speak at a council meeting

Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.

breckland.gov.uk ↗
Comment on a planning application

Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.

breckland.gov.uk ↗
Stand for election

The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.

Electoral Commission ↗

Questions about how Weeting is run

Which council runs Weeting?

Weeting is run by Breckland Council and Norfolk County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.

Does Weeting have a town council?

Yes: Weeting has its own parish-tier council (Weeting-with-Broomhill parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £96 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.

Who is the MP for Weeting?

Terry Jermy (Labour) is the MP for South West Norfolk, which covers Weeting.

How many councillors does Weeting have?

2 ward councillors represent Weeting’s 1 ward, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.

When are the next elections in Weeting?

No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Weeting’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.

How much is council tax in Weeting?

Band D council tax in Weeting is £2,410 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).

Who controls Breckland Council?

The Conservatives have a majority: 31 of 49 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.

Who won the 2023 council election in Weeting?

In Weeting’s wards on 4 May 2023, Conservative 2 of the 2 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 69.3%.

Is South West Norfolk a marginal seat?

Terry Jermy (Labour) won it by 630 votes in July 2024, 1.4% of votes cast: the 26th-narrowest result of 543 in England.

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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