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The 2011 Norwich City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the nationwide referendum on the Alternative Vote.
All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2007 election, the last time these seats were contested.
Labour gained Bowthorpe and Catton Grove from the Conservatives, while the Greens seized Thorpe Hamlet from the Liberal Democrats.
In the affluent south west of the city, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had fought very hard to win Eaton following the decision of sitting Liberal Democrat Councillor, Ros Wright (wife of Norwich South MP Simon Wright), to stand down. The Liberal Democrats held on with Caroline Ackroyd securing a majority of 129, although there was a 4.9% swing to the Conservative candidate Chris Groves. Turnout was once again the highest in the city at 58.6%.
After the election, the new makeup of the City Council was:
Turnout across the city was 40.2%, with the AV Referendum being seen as partly responsible for the marked rise.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 7 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 53.8 | 36.8 | 14,990 | +7.9 | |
Green | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 38.5 | 28.0 | 11,388 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 8,345 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 5,101 | -10.6 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 904 | +1.3 |
Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2007.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
16 | 14 | 5 | 4 |
Labour | Green | Lib Dem | Con |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
18 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
Labour | Green | Lib Dem | Con |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Sands | 1,381 | 45.8 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Wiltshire | 1,053 | 34.9 | −3.2 | |
Green | Jean Kathleen Bishop | 406 | 13.5 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Haydn Perrett | 173 | 5.7 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 328 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,013 | 35.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Kendrick | 1,152 | 42.8 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Jean Collishaw | 922 | 33.2 | −8.8 | |
Green | Lee Claire Cozens | 284 | 10.2 | −2.9 | |
UKIP | Paul Williams | 221 | 8.0 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Thomas | 196 | 6.9 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 230 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 2775 | 35.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Henry Waters | 1450 | 52.4 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher John Baxter | 684 | 24.7 | −2.7 | |
Green | Christine Patricia Way | 267 | 9.7 | −2.4 | |
UKIP | Wendy Jane Atkinson | 217 | 7.8 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Lofgren Findlow | 148 | 5.4 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 766 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 2766 | 38.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Caroline Sarah Ackroyd | 1,467 | 34.2 | −6.5 | |
Conservative | Chris Groves | 1,338 | 31.2 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Verity Jane Sinclair | 937 | 21.8 | +10.0 | |
Green | Jeremy Bartlett | 549 | 12.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 129 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,291 | 58.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Malcolm Driver | 1,244 | 41.6 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Anne Whitworth | 637 | 21.3 | −14.9 | |
Green | Penny Edwards | 554 | 18.5 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Mathew John Morris | 243 | 11.8 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Steve Emmens | 201 | 6.7 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 607 | 20.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,989 | 41.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Amy Grace Stammers | 1,355 | 41.5 | +1.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Marion Frances Maxwell | 1,092 | 33.4 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Stefan Richard Rose | 491 | 15.0 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Richard Nobbs | 330 | 10.1 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 263 | 8.1 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,268 | 41.0 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ralph Edward Gayton | 1,227 | 51.0 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Oscar Pinnington | 445 | 18.5 | +5.4 | |
Green | Ben Francis Duffy | 343 | 14.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carl Edward Mayhew | 288 | 12.0 | −18.4 | |
UKIP | Richard Crooks | 105 | 4.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 782 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,408 | 32.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Denise Eileen Carlo | 2,059 | 54.8 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Marian Chapman | 986 | 26.2 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Hannah Charley Feiner | 425 | 11.3 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Hannah Atkins | 288 | 7.7 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 1,073 | 28.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,758 | 49.5 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Dawn Brociek-Coulton | 1,187 | 41.2 | +2.2 | |
Green | Megan Susannah Lewis | 720 | 25.0 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Tony Barton | 573 | 19.9 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Robert Williams | 243 | 8.4 | −9.5 | |
UKIP | Glenn Stuart Tingle | 160 | 5.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 467 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,883 | 38.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jo Henderson | 1,238 | 39.3 | +4.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Michael John Stonard | 753 | 23.9 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | William Samuel de Spretter | 694 | 22.0 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Nigel Hooke | 464 | 14.7 | −19.8 | |
Majority | 585 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,149 | 37.9 | |||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Stephen Ralph Little | 1763 | 44.2 | −0.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Chris Ovel | 991 | 24.8 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Christopher David Benjamin | 762 | 19.1 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Johnston | 464 | 11.6 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 772 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 3980 | 46.4 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Sarah Grenville | 1,382 | 57.3 | +7.1 | |
Green | Robbie Laird | 475 | 19.7 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Tom Cannon | 328 | 13.6 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Norris Wright | 228 | 9.4 | −11.1 | |
Majority | 907 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,413 | 31.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Lucy Frances Galvin | 1,375 | 43.7 | −5.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Thomas Vaughan | 1,208 | 38.4 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Michael Karanicholas | 387 | 12.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathy Riviere | 175 | 5.6 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 167 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,145 | 40.3 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
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