2014 Norwich City Council election

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2014 Norwich City Council election
  2012 22 May 2014 2015  

14 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Seats before21153
Seats won851
Seats after21153
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote13,88211,8993,935
Percentage35.4%30.3%10.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.8pp Increase2.svg3.2 pp Decrease2.svg7.1pp

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

Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

Council elections for the Norwich City Council were held on 22 May 2014 as part of the 2014 United Kingdom local elections. The elections were moved from earlier on in May to coincide with the East of England 2014 European Parliament election.

Contents

One third of the council's 39 seats were up for election in 2014, plus an extra seat in University ward, meaning a total of 14 seats in 13 wards. The other 25 seats were not contested in 2014.

The election saw no seats change hands, with the Council staying exactly as it had been in 2012. The Green Party had lost the County Council seat in Town Close ward to Labour in the 2013 election, but held their city council seat in these elections.

All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2010 election, the last time these seats were contested.

Previous Composition

Before the election, Labour held all the seats in seven wards: Bowthorpe, Catton Grove, Chrome, Lakenham, Mile Cross, Sewell and University; the Green Party held all the seats in five wards: Mancroft, Nelson, Thorpe Hamlet, Town Close and Wensum; and the Liberal Democrats held all the seats in Eaton ward.

Election result

[1]

Norwich City Council Election, 2014
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 800057.135.413,882+0.8
  Green 500035.730.311,899+3.2
  Conservative 000016.56,482-2.8
  Liberal Democrats 10007.110.03,935-7.1
  UKIP 00007.62,970+5.8
  Left Unity 00000.296N/A
Total14Turnout38.1%41,378

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2010.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

21153
LabourGreenLib Dem

After the election, the composition of the council was:

21153
LabourGreenLib Dem

Ward results

Below are the ward-by-ward results. [2]

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Sands1,31447.9+6.6
Conservative Paul Anthony George Wells66324.2-14.9
Green Jean Kathleen Bishop61322.3+11.5
Liberal Democrats Rod Beale1535.6-3.2
Majority
Turnout 2,743
Labour hold Swing

Catton Grove

Catton Grove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Michael John Stonard1,02637.6-5.2
UKIP Michelle Ho66424.3+18.0
Conservative Evelyn Jean Collishaw59221.7-11.6
Green Tony Arthur Park33912.4+1.7
Liberal Democrats Leigh John Tooke1073.9-3.0
Majority
Turnout 2,728
Labour hold Swing

Crome

Crome
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Marion Frances Maxwell1,07141.6-11.0
UKIP Ann Doris Williams69727.1n/a
Conservative Natasha Allen41816.2-10.1
Green Judith Marianne Ford25710.0+0.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Thomas863.3-3.3
Left Unity Julian Joseph Bell441.7n/a
Majority
Turnout 2,573
Labour hold Swing

Eaton

Eaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James William Wright1,44436.8-4.6
Conservative Antony Daniel Little1,17629.9+1.3
Labour Chris Elderton71118.1+1.3
Green Jane Isobel Saunders59815.2+2.0
Majority
Turnout 3,929
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lakenham

Lakenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Chris Herries97134.7-1.0
UKIP Steve Emmens59521.2+16.7
Liberal Democrats David Angus Fairbairn58420.8-5.1
Green Laura Jane Middleton41514.8-9.4
Conservative Jonathan Richard Gillespie2368.4-1.3
Majority
Turnout 2,801
Labour hold Swing

Mancroft

Mancroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Simeon Jackson1,36845.4+7.8
Labour Stephanie Ann Friend99032.9+1.8
Conservative Stefano Joseph Pollard42914.3+0.2
Liberal Democrats Caroline Elizabeth Aliwell2237.4-9.8
Majority
Turnout 3,010
Green hold Swing

Mile Cross

Mile Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charmain Louise Woollard98640.4-2.8
UKIP Steven David Bradley56823.3+18.4
Green Richard Alan Edwards48119.7+6.8
Conservative Jessica Irene Victoria Lancod-Frost29212.0-2.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Anthony Sutton-Croft1124.6-20.0
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Nelson

Nelson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tim Michael Jones1,91253.0-5.5
Labour Co-op Beth Jones1,13731.5+7.4
Liberal Democrats Ryan Jonathan Mercer2878.0-0.9
Conservative Robert Alexander Hansard2747.6-0.8
Majority775
Turnout 3,610
Green hold Swing

Sewell

Sewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Robert Packer98337.0-2.6
Green Matthew John Townsend71226.8-3.4
UKIP Glenn Stuart Tingle44616.8+11.6
Conservative Daniel Edward Elmer34312.9-3.8
Liberal Democrats Samuel Neal1214.6-3.8
Left Unity Karen Elaine Michael522.0n/a
Majority
Turnout 2,657
Labour hold Swing

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Lesley Juliet Grahame1,37842.2+0.9
Labour Eamonn Patrick Burgess96829.6+9.8
Conservative Michael David Gillespie64519.8+0.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Nobbs2748.4-11.3
Majority
Turnout 3,265
Green hold Swing

Town Close

Town Close
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ash Haynes1,63242.1+3.9
Labour Co-op Jamal Sealey1,28933.2+11.4
Conservative Barry Cochrane71818.5-0.1
Liberal Democrats Steffan Luke Aquarone2426.2-15.2
Majority
Turnout 3,881
Green hold Swing

University

University ward elected two seats in this election, with each voter casting up to two votes under the plurality-at-large voting system.

University
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bert Bremner1,38651.8-11.6
Labour Roger Ryan1,016
Green Phillip Anthony Di Palma78728.4+6.1
Green Spinoza Pitman635
Conservative Joe David Ferris32412.1+4.5
Conservative Hannah Emma Wiltshire296
Liberal Democrats Tom Crisp1796.7±0.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Jimenez167
Majority
Turnout 4,790
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wensum

Wensum
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sandra Bogelein1,40747.7+4.1
Labour Martin Alan Peek1,05035.6-0.9
Conservative James Kenneth Wight37212.6+1.2
Liberal Democrats Helen Anne Whitworth1234.2-4.3
Majority357
Turnout 2,952
Green hold Swing

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References

  1. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Norwich". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  2. "Local election results May 2014". norwich.gov.uk. Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.