2016 Norwich City Council election

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2016 Norwich City Council election
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13 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 before22143
Seats won1111
Seats after26103
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg4Steady2.svg
Popular vote15,5427,3913,743
Percentage44.3%21.1%10.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.6 pp Decrease2.svg9.3pp Decrease2.svg2.3pp
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Map showing the 2016 local election results in Norwich.
Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 2016 Norwich City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party increased their majority at the expense of the Green Party, capturing 4 previously Green-held seats; the Greens retained only Thorpe Hamlet ward, by a margin of 31 votes. [2]

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The Labour Party achieved its best result in the city since 1998, winning 44% of the vote and 11 of 13 seats up for election, with the Greens dropping to their worst percentage result since 2005. UKIP achieved its best-ever result in the city, at 10.5%.

The scale of the Labour victory was reported to have surprised both Labour and the Green Party and was partly attributed to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party bringing "some voters who had previously switched to the Greens back to Labour". [3]

All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2012 election, the last time these seats were contested.

Overall result

Norwich City Council Election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1140+484.644.315,542+4.6
  Green 104-47.721.17,391-9.3
  Conservative 0−−−−13.44,709-2.9
  Liberal Democrats 1−−−7.710.73,743-2.3
  UKIP 0−−−−10.53,697+9.8
Total13Turnout36.25 35,082

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2012.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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22143
LabourGreenLib Dem

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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26103
LabourGreenLib Dem

Ward Results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sally Ann Button1,21853.5+1.2
Conservative James Edward Burgess38717.0-8.2
UKIP Michelle Newton37116.3‘‘N/A’’
Green Helen Carter2139.4-5.7
Liberal Democrats Yan Leon Malinowski893.9-1.1
Majority83136.5
Turnout 2,27826.0
Labour hold Swing

Catton Grove

Catton Grove ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gail Paula Harris1,15047.4+0.2
Conservative Daniel Edward Elmer60725.0-7.0
UKIP Michelle Ho37215.3‘‘N/A’’
Green Tony Park1757.2-7.9
Liberal Democrats Leigh Tooke1235.1-0.6
Majority54322.4
Turnout 2.427
Labour hold Swing

Crome

Crome ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Charles Bradford1,20154.1-7.7
UKIP Ann Williams39617.8‘‘N/A’’
Conservative Stephen Mark Barber37516.9-2.0
Green Judith Marianne Ford1637.3-6.0
Liberal Democrats Samuel Neal853.8-2.3
Majority80536.3
Turnout 2,220
Labour hold Swing

Eaton

Eaton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Lubbock1,95653.7+3.4
Conservative William Robb72519.9-5.9
Labour Chris Elderton68918.9+0.3
Green Jane Saunders2747.5-2.8
UKIP Gordon Cullingworth1945.3‘‘N/A’’
Majority1,23133.8
Turnout 3,644
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lakenham

Lakenham ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Manning1,27953.1+7.5
UKIP Steve Emmens39316.3+7.8
Green Christopher Hull28011.6-2.7
Conservative Andrew Roy Wiltshire2349.7+4.3
Liberal Democrats Emily Rachel Cutler2239.3-16.8
Majority88636.8
Turnout 2,409
Labour hold Swing

Mancroft

Mancroft ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Fullman1,23243.8+6.3
Green Amanda Chapman87731.2-11.6
UKIP Michael Ball28710.2‘‘N/A’’
Conservative Joshua Waller2719.6-1.9
Liberal Democrats Thomas Crisp1445.1-3.1
Majority35512.6
Turnout 2,811
Labour gain from Green Swing

Mile Cross

Mile Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vivien Thomas1,02452.4-2.4
UKIP David Rowell33817.3‘‘N/A’’
Green Lisa Jayne Shaw26413.5-8.5
Conservative John Fisher23912.2-3.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Dymoke894.6-2.6
Majority68635.1
Turnout 1,954
Labour hold Swing

Nelson

Nelson ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugo Malik1,71850.6+25.4
Green Roland Pascoe1,21735.8-23.7
Liberal Democrats David Fairbairn2086.1-0.2
Conservative Alexander Haines1765.2-3.8
UKIP Steven Bradley792.3New
Majority50114.8
Turnout 3,39843.93
Labour gain from Green Swing

Sewell

Sewell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Coleshill1,25752.5+6.3
Green Gunnar Eigener40216.8-15.8
Conservative Mary Chacksfield32113.4-2.1
UKIP Glenn Tingle25410.6New
Liberal Democrats Richard Smith1606.7+1.0
Majority85535.7
Turnout 2,394
Labour hold Swing

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Benjamin Price1,12336.3-6.4
Labour Eamonn Burgess1,09235.3+4.8
Conservative Michael Gillespie45814.8-2.0
UKIP Nicholas Landsdell2307.4‘‘N/A’’
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Elias1886.1-3.9
Majority311.0
Turnout 3,09133.3
Green hold Swing

Town Close

Town Close ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Davis1,42038.9+10.6
Green Paul Neale1,23333.7-12.4
Conservative Jonathan Gillespie50913.9-2.8
Liberal Democrats James Anthony2767.6-1.2
UKIP Tania Emmens2155.9‘‘N/A’’
Majority1885.2
Turnout 3,652
Labour gain from Green Swing

University

University ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beth Jones1,15258.8+1.8
Green Phil Di Palma31516.1-8.3
UKIP Drew Collins1899.6‘‘N/A’’
Conservative Henry Newton1799.1-3.1
Liberal Democrats Adam Stokes1256.4±0.0
Majority83742.7
Turnout 1,96028.9
Labour hold Swing

Wensum

Wensum ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Maguire1,11041.9+3.6
Green Richard Edwards85532.3-18.8
UKIP Paul Harley37914.3‘‘N/A’’
Conservative William Richardson2288.6+1.4
Liberal Democrats Jack Spoor772.9-0.5
Majority2559.6
Turnout 2,649
Labour gain from Green Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Local election results May 2016". Norwich City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Grimmer, Annabelle Dickson And Dan (6 May 2016). "Torrid night for Greens in Norwich as Labour increase its hold on the city". Eastern Daily Press.
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