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]

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
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 -

Council elections

Result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

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

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

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

2010-2014

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
Mancroft By-Election 7 May 2013[12]
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

  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. ^ a b "By-elections results December 2012". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Mancroft Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

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