Norwich City Council elections

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Map of Norwich, showing the political composition of the council after the 2023 Election. Labour in red, Greens in green and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Norwich UK Political Composition Map.svg
Map of Norwich, showing the political composition of the council after the 2023 Election. Labour in red, Greens in green and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

One third of the Norwich City Council in Norfolk, England is elected each year. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 39 councillors have been elected from 13 wards. [4]

Contents

Year Lab LD [n 1] Con Grn IND
2024 193-152
2023 233-13
2022 253-11
2021 263-10
2019 273-9
Ward boundary changes
2018 313-5
2016 263-10
2015 223-14
2014 213-15
2012 213-15
2011 184215
2010 165414
2008 156513
2007 1511310
2006 161229
2004 151815
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 48 to 39
2003 153012
2002 192612
2000 26211-
1999 3315--
1998 3513--
1996 3711--
1995 37101-
1994 36102-
1992 3693-
1991 3873-

Council elections

Result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Lakenham By-Election 3 October 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 95652.7
Liberal Democrats 63735.1
Conservative 22012.1
Majority31917.6
Turnout 1,81332.6
Labour hold Swing
Henderson By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 2,08856.0-8.1
Liberal Democrats 1,22632.9+15.9
Green 41311.0+1.1
Majority86213.1
Turnout 3,727
Labour hold Swing

1998-2002

Thorpe Hamlet By-Election 9 April 2001 (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 755
Liberal Democrats 738
Labour 431
Labour 407
Conservative 144
Conservative 142
Green 81
Green 74
Turnout 2,77222.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006-2010

Mile Cross By-Election 27 July 2006 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carl Mayhew78946.1+11.7
Labour Barbara James70241.0-0.7
Green Susan Curran1156.7-5.6
Conservative David Mackie1066.2-5.4
Majority875.1
Turnout 1,71224.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bowthorpe By-Election 12 March 2009 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Wiltshire91535.8-10.2
Labour Jo Storie76129.8-5.7
Liberal Democrats Dave Thomas68626.8+19.8
Green Christine Way1937.6-3.9
Majority1546.0
Turnout 2,55531.0
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

Crome By-Election 19 December 2012 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marion Frances Maxwell88459.3-2.5
Conservative Evelyn Jean Collishaw25917.4-1.5
UKIP Glenn Stuart Tingle23215.6+15.6
Green Judith Ford734.9-8.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Anthony Sutton-Croft422.8-3.3
Majority625
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Nelson By-Election 19 December 2012 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Andrew Boswell1,12156.0-3.5
Labour Layla Dickerson59929.9+4.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Anne Whitworth1748.7+2.4
Conservative Alexandra Rhiannon Davies1085.4-3.6
Majority522
Turnout
Green hold Swing
Mancroft By-Election 7 May 2013 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Simeon Jackson1,15246.1+3.3
Labour Tony Waring86134.5-3.0
Conservative Samuel Stringer30812.3+0.8
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Hooke1777.1-1.1
Majority29111.6
Turnout 2,498
Green hold Swing

Notes

  1. Seat totals include those elected for the Liberal and SDP parties as both participated in the SDP-Liberal Alliance and subsequently merged to form the Liberal Democrats

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