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Norwich City Council elections

One third of the Norwich City Council in Norfolk, England is elected each year. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 39 councillors have been elected from 13 wards.[1]

Council elections

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Composition

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Year Lab LD[n 1] Con Grn IND
2024 19 3 - 15 2
2023 23 3 - 13
2022 25 3 - 11
2021 26 3 - 10
2019 27 3 - 9
Ward boundary changes
2018 31 3 - 5
2016 26 3 - 10
2015 22 3 - 14
2014 21 3 - 15
2012 21 3 - 15
2011 18 4 2 15
2010 16 5 4 14
2008 15 6 5 13
2007 15 11 3 10
2006 16 12 2 9
2004 15 18 1 5
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 48 to 39
2003 15 30 1 2
2002 19 26 1 2
2000 26 21 1 -
1999 33 15 - -
1998 35 13 - -
1996 37 11 - -
1995 37 10 1 -
1994 36 10 2 -
1992 36 9 3 -
1991 38 7 3 -

Result maps

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By-election results

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1994-1998

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Lakenham By-Election 3 October 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 956 52.7
Liberal Democrats 637 35.1
Conservative 220 12.1
Majority 319 17.6
Turnout 1,813 32.6
Labour hold Swing
Henderson By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,088 56.0 −8.1
Liberal Democrats 1,226 32.9 +15.9
Green 413 11.0 +1.1
Majority 862 13.1
Turnout 3,727
Labour hold Swing

1998-2002

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Thorpe Hamlet By-Election 9 April 2001 (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 755
Liberal Democrats 738
Labour 431
Labour 407
Conservative 144
Conservative 142
Green 81
Green 74
Turnout 2,772 22.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006-2010

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Mile Cross By-Election 27 July 2006[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carl Mayhew 789 46.1 +11.7
Labour Barbara James 702 41.0 −0.7
Green Susan Curran 115 6.7 −5.6
Conservative David Mackie 106 6.2 −5.4
Majority 87 5.1
Turnout 1,712 24.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bowthorpe By-Election 12 March 2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Wiltshire 915 35.8 −10.2
Labour Jo Storie 761 29.8 −5.7
Liberal Democrats Dave Thomas 686 26.8 +19.8
Green Christine Way 193 7.6 −3.9
Majority 154 6.0
Turnout 2,555 31.0
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

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Crome By-Election 19 December 2012[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marion Frances Maxwell 884 59.3 −2.5
Conservative Evelyn Jean Collishaw 259 17.4 −1.5
UKIP Glenn Stuart Tingle 232 15.6 +15.6
Green Judith Ford 73 4.9 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Anthony Sutton-Croft 42 2.8 −3.3
Majority 625
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Nelson By-Election 19 December 2012[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Boswell 1,121 56.0 −3.5
Labour Layla Dickerson 599 29.9 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Anne Whitworth 174 8.7 +2.4
Conservative Alexandra Rhiannon Davies 108 5.4 −3.6
Majority 522
Turnout
Green hold Swing
Mancroft By-Election 7 May 2013[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Simeon Jackson 1,152 46.1 +3.3
Labour Tony Waring 861 34.5 −3.0
Conservative Samuel Stringer 308 12.3 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Hooke 177 7.1 −1.1
Majority 291 11.6
Turnout 2,498
Green hold Swing

Notes

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  1. ^ Seat totals include those elected for the Liberal and SDP parties as both participated in the SDP-Liberal Alliance and subsequently merged to form the Liberal Democrats

References

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  1. ^ "How the council works". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. ^ The City of Norwich (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  3. ^ "Norwich council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Norwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  5. ^ "September by-elections for Exeter and Norwich". BBC. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Lib Dems celebrate by-election win". Eastern Daily Press. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Bowthorpe ward by-election results". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  8. ^ a b "By-elections results December 2012". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Mancroft Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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