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.[4]

Year Lab LD[n 1] Con Grn
2023233-13
2022253-11
2021263-10
2019273-9
Ward boundary changes
2018313-5
2016263-10
2015223-14
2014213-15
2012213-15
2011184215
2010165414
2008156513
20071511310
2006161229
2004151815
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 48 to 39
2003153012
2002192612
200026211-
19993315--
19983513--
19963711--
199537101-
199436102-
19923693-
19913873-

Map of Norwich, showing the political composition of the council after the 2023 Election. Labour in red, Greens in green and Liberal Democrats in yellow.[1][2][3]

Council elections

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By-election results
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
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
Mile Cross By-Election 27 July 2006[9]
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[10]
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
Crome By-Election 19 December 2012[11]
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[11]
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

The political make up of the council, following the by-elections held on 19 December 2012, was:
Labour 21 seats, Green 15, Liberal Democrat 3, Conservative 0.

Notes
  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
  1. Council, Norwich City. "Norwich City Council election results - 6 May 2021". www.norwich.gov.uk.
  2. "Norwich City Council election results - 5 May 2022". Norwich City Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. Council, Norwich City. "Norwich City Council election results - 4 May 2023". www.norwich.gov.uk.
  4. "How the council works". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  5. The City of Norwich (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  6. "Norwich council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  7. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Norwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. "September by-elections for Exeter and Norwich". BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  9. "Lib Dems celebrate by-election win". Eastern Daily Press. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  10. "Bowthorpe ward by-election results". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  11. "By-elections results December 2012". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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