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13 out of 39 seats to Norwich City Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 35.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 2023 Norwich City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Norwich City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Norwich City Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. [3]
The council was under Labour majority control prior to the election. The leader of the council was Alan Waters, who had led the council since 2015. He chose not to stand for re-election. [4]
The Greens made two gains from Labour at the election, but Labour retained a majority of the seats on the council. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, Labour councillor Mike Stonard was appointed the new leader of the council. [5]
| 2023 Norwich City Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 7 |  2 | 53.8 | 16 | 23 | 59.0 | 15,497 | 42.7 |  4.7 | |
| Green | 5 | 2 | 38.5 | 8 | 13 | 33.3 | 11,983 | 33.0 | 2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 |  | 7.7 | 2 | 3 | 7.7 | 4,410 | 12.2 | 2.6 | |
| Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,328 | 11.9 | 2.1 | |
| Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2019.
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Norwich City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [6] [7] [8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Richard Prinsley | 1,185 | 60.6 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Tala Houseago | 295 | 15.1 | –5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Bennett | 238 | 12.2 | +2.9 | |
| Green | Maria Rampley | 236 | 12.1 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 890 | 45.5 | +7.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,954 | 28.1 | –1.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,963 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 3.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Jess Carrington | 1,309 | 56.7 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Edward Potter | 500 | 21.7 | –2.8 | |
| Green | Tony Park | 350 | 15.2 | –0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Williams | 148 | 6.4 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 809 | 35.0 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,307 | 29.2 | –0.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,939 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 2.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Matthew Packer | 1,299 | 54.1 | +1.7 | |
| Conservative | Simon Jones | 552 | 23.0 | –8.0 | |
| Green | James Killbery | 399 | 16.6 | +5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clifford Lubbock | 152 | 6.3 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 747 | 31.1 | +10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,402 | 28.8 | –2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,353 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Lubbock* | 2,215 | 54.1 | +5.7 | |
| Labour | Carli Harper | 913 | 22.3 | –8.3 | |
| Green | Jane Saunders | 501 | 12.2 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Morgan Gwynn | 463 | 11.3 | –1.8 | |
| Majority | 1,302 | 31.8 | +14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 4,092 | 52.3 | –3.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,855 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keith Driver* | 1,399 | 56.9 | +0.2 | |
| Green | Mark Finbow | 486 | 19.8 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | Eric Masters | 341 | 13.9 | –5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Arthur Wu | 231 | 9.4 | –0.3 | |
| Majority | 913 | 37.1 | –0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,457 | 31.9 | –0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,776 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Amanda Fox | 1,491 | 61.3 | –0.6 | |
| Labour | Jasper Haywood | 642 | 26.4 | –0.2 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Cornish | 225 | 9.2 | –0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Wright | 75 | 3.1 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 849 | 34.9 | –0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,433 | 32.5 | –2.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,519 | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | 0.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jacob Huntley* | 1,016 | 47.9 | –11.2 | |
| Green | Tom Holloway | 660 | 31.1 | +14.6 | |
| Conservative | Jane Fisher | 267 | 12.6 | –7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Desmond Fulcher | 122 | 5.8 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Abby Hoffman | 56 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 356 | 16.8 | –22.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,121 | 27.4 | +2.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,777 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 12.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Hannah Hoechner | 2,281 | 57.3 | +4.0 | |
| Labour | Michael Howard | 1,322 | 33.2 | –3.6 | |
| Conservative | John Fisher | 212 | 5.3 | –0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Fairbairn | 164 | 4.1 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 959 | 24.1 | +7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,979 | 49.0 | –0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,172 | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | 3.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Gillian Francis | 1,666 | 55.2 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | Julie Brociek-Coulton* | 1,091 | 36.1 | –2.4 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Bailey | 189 | 6.3 | –1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Arundell | 72 | 2.4 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 575 | 19.1 | +6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,018 | 39.2 | –1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,708 | ||||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | 3.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Josh Worley | 1,420 | 48.8 | –2.5 | |
| Labour | Jane Overhill | 997 | 34.2 | +4.1 | |
| Conservative | Victoria Saunders | 336 | 11.5 | –3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Hooke | 158 | 5.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 423 | 14.6 | –6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,911 | 37.3 | –0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,841 | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | 3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Karen Davis* | 1,835 | 55.3 | –2.4 | |
| Green | Iolo Jones | 696 | 21.0 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Mary Chacksfield | 543 | 16.4 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Chilton | 243 | 7.3 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 1,139 | 34.3 | –4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,317 | 41.9 | –1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,980 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Beth Jones* | 1,206 | 50.6 | –5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Hawketts | 512 | 21.5 | +14.4 | |
| Green | Sean Gough | 492 | 20.6 | –2.5 | |
| Conservative | Hassan Iqbal | 173 | 7.3 | –6.7 | |
| Majority | 694 | 29.1 | –3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,383 | 31.0 | +1.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,766 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 9.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Liam Calvert | 1,305 | 45.0 | +16.8 | |
| Labour | Laura McCartney-Gray | 1,283 | 44.2 | –9.3 | |
| Conservative | Benedict Baldwin | 232 | 8.0 | –6.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Dean | 80 | 2.8 | –1.4 | |
| Majority | 22 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,900 | 35.2 | +3.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,280 | ||||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | 13.1 | |||
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