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The 2024 Norwich City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Norwich City Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
At the previous local elections in 2023, Labour retained its overall majority despite losing two seats to the Green Party. However, in November of that year four councillors resigned from the ruling Labour group, depriving the party of their majority for the first time in more than eleven years. [1] [2] As a result, the council fell into no overall control.
After the 2023 election the composition of the council was:
| 23 | 13 | 3 |
| Lab | Grn | LD |
Prior to the 2024 election the composition of the council was:
| 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| Lab | Grn | Ind | LD |
Changes:
| 2024 Norwich City Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 6 |  | 46.2 | 13 | 19 | 48.7 | 14,588 | 40.0 | –2.7 | |
| Green | 6 |  2 | 46.2 | 9 | 15 | 38.5 | 11,600 | 31.8 | –1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | | 7.7 | 2 | 3 | 7.7 | 4,154 | 11.4 | –0.8 | |
| Independent | 0 |  2 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.1 | 1,598 | 4.4 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,754 | 10.3 | –1.6 | |
| Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 655 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Communist | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | 0.3 | N/A | |
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 8 April 2024. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sue Sands* | 1,201 | 61.9 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | Rebeka Jones | 342 | 17.6 | +2.5 | |
| Green | Oliver Springate-Baginski | 226 | 11.6 | –0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Bennett | 172 | 8.9 | –3.3 | |
| Majority | 859 | 44.3 | –1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,941 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Mike Stonard* | 1,178 | 53.5 | –3.2 | |
| Conservative | Simon Jones | 470 | 21.4 | –0.3 | |
| Green | Tony Park | 423 | 19.2 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Williams | 129 | 5.9 | –0.5 | |
| Majority | 708 | 32.1 | –2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,200 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adam Giles* | 1,260 | 53.3 | –0.8 | |
| Conservative | Tod James | 396 | 16.7 | –6.3 | |
| Green | James Killbery | 344 | 14.5 | –2.1 | |
| Reform UK | Nick Taylor | 260 | 11.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Lubbock | 105 | 4.4 | –1.9 | |
| Majority | 864 | 36.6 | +5.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,365 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | James Wright* | 2,207 | 54.1 | ±0.0 | |
| Labour | George Heaney | 860 | 21.1 | –1.2 | |
| Green | Jane Saunders | 518 | 12.7 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Iain Gwynn | 496 | 12.2 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 1,347 | 33.0 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 4,081 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Carli Harper | 1,433 | 58.2 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Ell Folan | 452 | 18.4 | –1.4 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hammond | 302 | 12.3 | –1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Chilton | 151 | 6.1 | –3.3 | |
| Independent | Nicola Aldous | 124 | 5.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 981 | 39.8 | +2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,462 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 1.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Martin Schmierer* | 1,579 | 61.8 | +0.5 | |
| Labour | Stuart McLaren | 675 | 26.4 | ±0.0 | |
| Conservative | Jane Fisher | 211 | 8.3 | –0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Wright | 88 | 3.4 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 904 | 35.4 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,553 | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | 0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Charlie Caine | 1,016 | 42.7 | +11.6 | |
| Labour | Jasper Haywood | 948 | 39.9 | –8.0 | |
| Reform UK | Stephen Bailey | 153 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Edita Szabo | 145 | 6.1 | –6.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Hardman | 74 | 3.1 | –2.7 | |
| Independent | Matty Watson | 42 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 68 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,378 | ||||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | 9.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Lucy Galvin* | 2,205 | 57.0 | –0.3 | |
| Labour | Michael Howard | 1,260 | 32.5 | –0.7 | |
| Conservative | John Fisher | 159 | 4.1 | –1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Jimenez | 125 | 3.2 | –0.9 | |
| Communist | Ben Clarke | 122 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 945 | 24.5 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,871 | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | 0.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Gary Champion* | 1,667 | 58.4 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | Paul Guille | 878 | 30.8 | –5.3 | |
| Conservative | Georgi Dimitrov | 128 | 4.5 | –1.8 | |
| Reform UK | Carl Hicks | 105 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Arundell | 75 | 2.6 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 789 | 27.6 | +8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,853 | 36.6 | -2.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,799 | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | 4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Ash Haynes* | 1,288 | 44.7 | –4.1 | |
| Labour | Jane Overhill | 1,142 | 39.6 | +5.4 | |
| Conservative | Alice Burt | 332 | 11.5 | ±0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Hooke | 121 | 4.2 | –1.2 | |
| Majority | 146 | 5.1 | –9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,883 | 35.8 | –1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,042 | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | 4.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Smith | 1,481 | 41.8 | –13.5 | |
| Independent | Ian Stutely* | 1,432 | 40.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mary Chacksfield | 445 | 12.5 | –3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Fairbairn | 188 | 5.3 | –2.0 | |
| Majority | 49 | 1.4 | –32.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,546 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Emma Hampton* | 1,212 | 48.4 | –2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Hawketts | 637 | 25.4 | +3.9 | |
| Green | Sean Gough | 487 | 19.4 | –1.2 | |
| Conservative | Cody Butler | 170 | 6.8 | –0.5 | |
| Majority | 575 | 23.0 | –6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,506 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 3.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Toby Bolton | 1,395 | 49.3 | +4.3 | |
| Labour Co-op | Martin Peek* | 1,060 | 37.4 | –6.8 | |
| Conservative | John Ward | 158 | 5.6 | –2.4 | |
| Reform UK | Eric Masters | 137 | 4.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Dean | 82 | 2.9 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 335 | 11.9 | +11.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,832 | ||||
| Green gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | 5.6 | |||
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