2022 Norwich City Council election
← 2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2023 →
13 out of 39 seats to Norwich City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Seats before 26 10 3
Seats won 8 4 1
Seats after 25 11 3
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 16,336 10,540 3,711
Percentage 45.2% 29.2% 10.3%
Swing Increase7.2pp Decrease1.2pp Decrease4.5pp
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Norwich City Council election
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 2022 Norwich City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. 13 of 39 seats (one-third) were up for election.

Results summary

2022 Norwich City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 8 Decrease1 61.5 17 25 64.1 16,336 45.2 Increase7.2
  Green 4 Increase1 30.8 7 11 28.2 10,540 29.2 Decrease1.2
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,521 15.3 Increase1.3
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 7.7 2 3 7.7 3,711 10.3 Decrease4.5
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 41 0.1 Decrease1.8

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2019.

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Sands 1,170 59.0 +7.1
Conservative Oscar Houseago 409 20.6 -8.7
Green Maddie Lyall 221 11.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sean Bennett 184 9.3 +3.5
Majority 761 38.4
Turnout 29.1
Labour hold Swing Increase7.9

Catton Grove

Catton Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Kendrick 1,236 53.8 +6.3
Conservative Hassan Iqbal 563 24.5 -11.2
Green Tony Park 355 15.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Williams 143 6.2 +2.4
Majority 673 29.3
Turnout 2,297 29.5
Labour hold Swing Increase8.8

Crome

Crome
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claire Kidman 1,360 52.4 +7.8
Conservative Steve Barber 828 31.9 -7.1
Green James Killbery 294 11.3 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Lubbock 115 4.4 +1.2
Majority 532 20.5
Turnout 2,597 31.7
Labour hold Swing Increase7.5

Eaton

Eaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Ackroyd 2,069 48.4 +4.1
Labour Peter Prinsley 1,310 30.6 +8.0
Conservative John Ward 560 13.1 -9.5
Green Jane Saunders 336 7.9 -2.5
Majority 759 17.8
Turnout 4,275 55.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.0

Lakenham

Lakenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurpreet Padda 1,391 56.7 +9.2
Conservative Robert Hammond 464 18.9 -9.0
Green Sabine Virani 363 14.8 -0.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Davies 237 9.7 +0.6
Majority 927 37.8
Turnout 2,455 32.1
Labour hold Swing Increase9.1

Mancroft

Mancroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jamie Osborn 1,606 61.9 +7.5
Labour Co-op Jess Carrington 691 26.6 -3.4
Conservative Iain Gwynn 243 9.4 -4.0
Liberal Democrats Gordon Dean 55 2.1 -0.1
Majority 915 35.3
Turnout 2,595 35.3
Green hold Swing Increase5.5

Mile Cross

Mile Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vivien Thomas 1,135 59.1 +7.5
Conservative Eric Masters 382 19.9 -7.3
Green Gunnar Eigener 318 16.5 -0.1
Liberal Democrats Desmond Fulcher 87 4.5 -0.1
Majority 753 39.2
Turnout 1,922 25.2
Labour hold Swing Increase7.4

Nelson

Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Julie Young 2,138 53.3 -0.2
Labour Lynda Groves 1,476 36.8 +0.6
Conservative John Fisher 226 5.6 -2.1
Liberal Democrats David Fairbairn 132 3.3 +0.8
Independent Simon Redding 41 1.0 N/A
Majority 662 16.5
Turnout 4,013 49.4
Green hold Swing Decrease0.4

Sewell

Sewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alex Catt 1,580 51.4 +5.3
Labour Matt Packer 1,182 38.5 -1.2
Conservative Anthony Little 238 7.7 -4.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Arundell 71 2.3 +0.7
Majority 398 12.9
Turnout 3,071 40.7
Green gain from Labour Swing Increase3.3

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ben Price 1,450 51.3 +10.0
Labour Cavan Stewart 852 30.1 -3.9
Conservative Simon Jones 413 14.6 -4.4
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Hooke 114 4.0 ±0.0
Majority 598 21.2
Turnout 2,829 37.7
Green hold Swing Increase7.0

Town Close

Town Close
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cate Oliver 1,968 57.7 +6.1
Green Willem Buttinger 661 19.4 -1.2
Conservative Mary Chacksfied 534 15.7 -5.3
Liberal Democrats Carol Chilton 246 7.2 +0.4
Majority 1,307 38.3
Turnout 3,409 43.4
Labour hold Swing Increase3.7

University

University
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Matthew Fulton-McAlister 1,170 55.9 +2.1
Green Tom Holloway 483 23.1 +2.4
Conservative Jane Fisher 293 14.0 -5.7
Liberal Democrats James Hawketts 148 7.1 +1.3
Majority 687 32.8
Turnout 2,094 29.8
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.2

Wensum

Wensum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kevin Maguire 1,395 53.5 +6.4
Green Liam Calvert 735 28.2 ±0.0
Conservative David King 368 14.1 -7.1
Liberal Democrats Alex Atkins 110 4.2 +0.7
Majority 660 25.3
Turnout 2,608 32.2
Labour hold Swing Increase3.2

References

  1. ^ "Norwich City Council election results - 5 May 2022". Norwich City Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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