2006 Norwich City Council election

2006 Norwich City Council election^[1]^[2]
13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council ; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the 2006 local election results in Norwich.
Council control before election; No Overall Control ;	Council control after election; No Overall Control ;

Last updated July 19, 2021

The 2006 Norwich City Council election took place on 6 May 2006 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council remained under no overall control, with the Labour Party overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the largest party.^[2]

Results summary

2006 Norwich City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	6	1	40.0	10	16	41.0	10,523	27.7	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	3	6	20.0	9	12	30.8	10,448	27.5	-5.7
	Green	5	4	33.3	4	9	23.1	9,356	24.6	+7.2
	Conservative	1	1	6.7	1	2	5.1	7,074	18.6	+0.3
	NOTW	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	463	1.2	-0.3
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	98	0.3	N/A

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Little	1,055	41.7	+6.4
	Labour	Ronald Borrett	916	36.2	-1.3
	Green	Nicholas Bishop	290	11.5	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Richardson	268	10.6	-4.6
Majority			139	5.5	—
Turnout			2,529	33.0	-16.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.9

Catton Grove

Catton Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Morrey	823	38.0	+6.3
	Conservative	Ian Mackie	677	31.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kendrick	357	16.5	-2.5
	Green	Fiona Dawson	306	14.1	-0.6
Majority			146	6.7	—
Turnout			2,163	29.4	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

Crome

Crome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Lay	1,058	44.9	+3.2
	Conservative	John Fisher	645	27.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Esther Harris	357	15.2	-5.3
	Green	Christopher Webb	296	12.6	+1.1
Majority			413	17.5	—
Turnout			2,356	32.9	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

Eaton

Eaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Watkins	1,757	47.0	-6.4
	Conservative	Victor Hopes	1,138	30.4	+3.7
	Labour	Josephine Smith	424	11.3	+0.7
	Green	Neville Bartlett	419	11.2	+3.7
Majority			619	16.6	—
Turnout			3,738	52.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.1

Lakenham

Lakenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Cannell	1,015	37.8	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clark	1,000	37.2	-2.5
	Conservative	Eileen Wyatt	336	12.5	+1.4
	Green	Stephen Little	334	12.4	+3.7
Majority			15	0.6	—
Turnout			2,685	38.4	+4.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	1.4

Mancroft

Mancroft (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Howard Jago	849	35.1	+15.8
	Green	Steven Altman	747
	Labour	David Fullman	687	28.4	+0.3
	Labour	Daniel Douglas	686
	Liberal Democrats	April Pond	563	23.3	-11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nesar Ahmed	550
	Conservative	George Richards	321	13.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Giovanna Maurizio	294
Turnout				38.5	+9.5
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Mile Cross

Mile Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Blakeway	849	41.7	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Mayhew	700	34.4	-4.0
	Green	Susan Curran	250	12.3	+2.1
	Conservative	David Mackie	235	11.6	+1.4
Majority			149	7.3	—
Turnout			2,034	29.4	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

Nelson

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Claire Stephenson	1,805	61.3	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Fairbairn	523	17.8	-12.1
	Labour	Peter Bartram	353	12.0	+1.0
	Conservative	Lisa Ivory	264	9.0	+2.6
Majority			1,282	43.5	—
Turnout			2,945	43.3	-2.7
	Green hold		Swing	14.3

Sewell

NOTW = Norwich Over The Water

Sewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Sands	674	29.7	-0.4
	NOTW	Paul Scruton	463	20.4	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Nobbs	416	18.3	+2.0
	Green	Richard Edwards	401	17.7	+4.5
	Conservative	Matthew Brice	317	14.0	-0.1
Majority			211	9.3	—
Turnout			2,271	32.5	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Divers	1,004	41.0	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hooke	869
	Labour	Thomas Gordon	542	22.1	+1.5
	Labour	Robin Taylor	506
	Green	James Conway	497	20.3	+4.0
	Conservative	Trevor Ivory	408	16.6	-1.3
	Green	Penelope Lawrence	378
	Conservative	Christine Page	372
Turnout				33.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Town Close

Town Close
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Janet Bearman	1,319	39.8	+20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Billy Boulton	923	27.9	-13.2
	Conservative	John Wyatt	582	17.6	+0.1
	Labour	Paula Skelton	487	14.7	-4.6
Majority			396	11.9	—
Turnout			3,311	42.7	+6.7
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	16.8

University

University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Bremner	893	41.5	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Rooza	658	30.6	-6.6
	Green	Jack Guest	301	14.0	+1.7
	Conservative	Rachael Howarth	201	9.3	+0.2
	UKIP	Vandra Ahlstrom	98	4.6	N/A
Majority			235	10.9	—
Turnout			2,151	31.1	-0.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	5.5

Wensum

Wensum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tom Llewellyn	1,164	46.4	+15.0
	Labour	Benjamin Hathway	610	24.3	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne	503	20.1	-10.1
	Conservative	Louise Little	229	9.1	-0.8
Majority			554	22.1	—
Turnout			2,505	35.0	+2.0
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.9

By-elections

Mile Cross

Mile Cross: 27 July 2006^[3]
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	6.2

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↑ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2006 - Norwich". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
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↑ "Lib Dems celebrate by-election win". Eastern Daily Press . 27 July 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

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2006 Norwich City Council election

Contents

Results summary

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Catton Grove

Crome

Eaton

Lakenham

Mancroft

Mile Cross

Nelson

Sewell

Thorpe Hamlet

Town Close

University

Wensum

By-elections

Mile Cross

Related Research Articles

References