2010 Norwich City Council election

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2010 Norwich City Council election
  2008 9 September 2010 2011  

13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Labour Green
Seats before1513
Seats won75
Seats after1614
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Popular vote9,9067,761
Percentage34.6%27.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.8%Increase2.svg2.6%

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before65
Seats won10
Seats after54
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote4,9105,532
Percentage17.1%19.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg9.8%Increase2.svg0.2%

Norwich wards 2014, 2012, 2011 and 2010.png
Map showing the 2010 local election results in Norwich.

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

The 2010 Norwich City Council election took place on 9 September 2010 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election. [1] The elections took place later in the year than other local elections. Norwich had previously been granted permission to become a unitary authority, with local elections postponed until 2011. [2] When the Coalition Government won the general election earlier that year, Norwich's permission to form a unitary authority was overturned. Because of this, the High Court ruled that those councillors who had stayed on beyond their four-year term were no longer constitutionally elected, and would need to seek re-election. This resulted in there being an election in every ward in September to renew the mandate for the wards. [3]

Contents

All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2006 election, the last time these seats were contested.

Election result

Norwich City Council Election, 2010 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 710+153.834.69,906+6.8
  Green 510+138.527.17,761+2.6
  Conservative 001-119.35,532+0.2
  Liberal Democrats 101-17.717.14,910-9.8
  UKIP 01.8529+1.5
Total13Turnout28.128,638

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2006.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

151365
LabourGreenLib DemCon

After the election, the composition of the council was:

161454
LabourGreenLib DemCon

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Storie 862 41.3 +5.8
Conservative Anthony Little81639.1−6.9
Green Jean Bishop22510.8+0.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Perrett1848.8+1.7
Majority 462.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg6.4

Catton Grove

Catton Grove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Westmacott 835 42.8 +8.0
Conservative Charlotte Casimir65033.3−6.7
Green Rebecca Smith20810.7−3.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Thomas1356.9−4.2
UKIP Paul Williams1236.3N/A
Majority 1859.5
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg7.4

Crome

Crome
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Lay 1,085 55.2 +13.3
Conservative Christopher Baxter54327.6−3.3
Green Paul McAlenan19910.1−5.2
Liberal Democrats Alexander Findlow1377.0−5.0
Majority 54226.3+15.3
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg8.3

Easton

Eaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Wright 1,356 41.4 −5.3
Conservative Tak-Man Li93728.6−7.9
Labour Benjamin Dilks54916.8+9.0
Green Nicholas Clinch43113.2+4.2
Majority 41912.8+2.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg1.3

Lakenham

Lakenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Victoria MacDonald 899 35.7 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Howard Lee 65225.9−15.9
Green Kit Jones60824.2+14.8
Conservative Christopher Benjamin2439.7−1.7
UKIP Steve Emmens1134.5−3.9
Majority 2479.8
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg11.3

Mancroft

Mancroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Graeme Gee 813 37.6 −5.5
Labour Marion Maxwell67331.1+7.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Nobbs37117.2+3.1
Conservative Suzie Pulford30514.1−5.2
Majority 1406.5−13.2
Green hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.6

Mile Cross

Mile Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Viv Thomas 797 43.2 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Carl Mayhew45524.6+2.5
Conservative Oscar Pinnington26614.4−7.9
Green Jo Henderson23812.9−3.5
UKIP Richard Crooks904.9N/A
Majority 34218.6+1.7
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.8

Nelson

Nelson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Claire Stephenson 1,297 58.5 −6.8
Labour Marian Chapman53524.1+11.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Johnston1988.9−3.3
Conservative Stefan Rose1868.4−1.3
Majority 76234.4−18.6
Green hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.3

Sewell

Sewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Sands 792 39.6 +10.2
Green Jessica Goldfinch60430.2+5.4
Conservative David Mackie33316.7−1.5
Liberal Democrats Selwyn Taylor1688.4−4.0
UKIP Glenn Tingle 1035.2N/A
Majority 1889.4+4.8
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg2.4

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Lesley Grahame 859 41.3 −4.8
Labour Shane Mann41219.8+9.5
Liberal Democrats Dave Thomas40919.7−9.4
Conservative Hannah Feiner40119.3+9.0
Majority 44721.5+4.5
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Decrease2.svg7.2

Town Close

Town Close
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ash Haynes 983 38.2 −3.7
Labour Gareth Hardy56021.8+6.4
Liberal Democrats Sam Bailey55021.4−2.5
Conservative Eileen Wyatt47918.6−0.2
Majority 42316.4−1.7
Green hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.1

University

University
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bert Bremner 1,164 63.4 +20.0
Green Sue Carpenter40922.3−6.9
Conservative Nicholas Hindley1407.6−6.1
Liberal Democrats James Ebelewicz1236.7−7.0
Majority 75541.1+26.9
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg13.5

Wensum

Wensum
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Steven Altman 887 43.6 −7.0
Labour Thomas Vaughan74336.5+12.0
Conservative Stephen Karanicholas23311.4−3.0
Liberal Democrats Clare Dennis1728.5−2.0
Majority 1447.1−19.1
Green hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.5

References

  1. "Local Election Results 2010". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. "'Super councils' in Exeter and Norwich get go ahead". BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Pickles stops unitary councils in Exeter, Norwich and Suffolk". Department for Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2010 - Norwich". www.andrewteale.me.uk.