Note that the net gains and losses do not add up as the Conservatives lost several additional seats due to boundary changes.

This had changed by 2015 in the following ways: In the run-up to the 2015 election, the parties nominated a variable number of candidates.

Only the Conservatives came close to standing a full slate of candidates across the district.

Note that the holds and gains mentioned here are strictly nominal and should only be treated as a rough guideline, as the ward map changed significantly between 2011 and 2015.

The seats of Bedingfield, Harling and Heathland, Launditch, and Swaffham were uncontested.