Norwich City Council elections

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.[1]

Political control

Since the first elections to the council in 1973 under the new system brought in by the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973–2002
Liberal Democrats2002–2004
No overall control2004–2012
Labour2012–present
Year Lab LD[n 1] Con Grn
2021263-10
2019273-9
Ward boundary changes
2018313-5
2016263-10
2015223-14
2014213-15
2012213-15
2011184215
2010165414
2008156513
20071511310
2006161229
2004151815
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 48 to 39
2003153012
2002192612
200026211-
19993315--
19983513--
19963711--
199537101-
199436102-
19923693-
19913873-

Leadership
See also: List of mayors of Norwich

The role of Lord Mayor of Norwich is largely ceremonial, and is generally held by a different person each year. Political leadership is provided instead by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:[3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Arthur South Labour19741978
Len Stevenson[4] Labour19781983
Patricia Hollis[5] Labour19831988
Janet Sillett[6] Labour19881993
Alan Waters[7] Labour19931998
Nick Williams[8] Labour19982002
Ian Couzens[9] Liberal Democrats20022006
Steve Morphew Labour20062011
Brenda Arthur[10] Labour17 May 201126 May 2015
Alan Waters Labour26 May 2015

Council elections

Result maps
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By-election results
Lakenham By-Election 3 October 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 956 52.7
Liberal Democrats 637 35.1
Conservative 220 12.1
Majority 319 17.6
Turnout 1,813 32.6
Labour hold Swing
Henderson By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,088 56.0 -8.1
Liberal Democrats 1,226 32.9 +15.9
Green 413 11.0 +1.1
Majority 862 13.1
Turnout 3,727
Labour hold Swing
Thorpe Hamlet By-Election 9 April 2001 (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 755
Liberal Democrats 738
Labour 431
Labour 407
Conservative 144
Conservative 142
Green 81
Green 74
Turnout 2,772 22.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Mile Cross By-Election 27 July 2006[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carl Mayhew 789 46.1 +11.7
Labour Barbara James 702 41.0 -0.7
Green Susan Curran 115 6.7 -5.6
Conservative David Mackie 106 6.2 -5.4
Majority 87 5.1
Turnout 1,712 24.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bowthorpe By-Election 12 March 2009[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Wiltshire 915 35.8 -10.2
Labour Jo Storie 761 29.8 -5.7
Liberal Democrats Dave Thomas 686 26.8 +19.8
Green Christine Way 193 7.6 -3.9
Majority 154 6.0
Turnout 2,555 31.0
Conservative hold Swing
Crome By-Election 19 December 2012[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marion Frances Maxwell 884 59.3 -2.5
Conservative Evelyn Jean Collishaw 259 17.4 -1.5
UKIP Glenn Stuart Tingle 232 15.6 +15.6
Green Judith Ford 73 4.9 -8.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Anthony Sutton-Croft 42 2.8 -3.3
Majority 625
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Nelson By-Election 19 December 2012[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Boswell 1,121 56.0 -3.5
Labour Layla Dickerson 599 29.9 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Anne Whitworth 174 8.7 +2.4
Conservative Alexandra Rhiannon Davies 108 5.4 -3.6
Majority 522
Turnout
Green hold Swing

The political make up of the council, following the by-elections held on 19 December 2012, was:
Labour 21 seats, Green 15, Liberal Democrat 3, Conservative 0.

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

References
  1. "How the council works". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. "Norwich". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  3. "Council minutes". Norwich City Council. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. "Len Stevenson". Eastern Daily Press. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. Cope, Lauren (15 October 2018). "'Champion of Norwich' and Labour peer dies aged 77". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. Greenaway, John; Grantham, Andrew (2000). "Transport Policy Paradigms at the Local Level: The Norwich Inner Ring Road". Public Administration. 78 (4). Retrieved 25 June 2022. Interviews... Sillett, Janet, Labour Leader of Norwich City Council, 1988-93
  7. Grimmer, Dan (12 May 2015). "Labour leadership battle at Norwich City Council ends in triumph for Alan Waters". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. Hetherington, Peter (30 April 2002). "Socialist stronghold faces Lib Dem assault". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  9. "City Lib Dem leader steps down". Eastern Daily Press. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  10. "Norwich City Council appoints its new leader". BBC News. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. The City of Norwich (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  12. "Norwich council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  13. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Norwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  14. "September by-elections for Exeter and Norwich". BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  15. "Lib Dems celebrate by-election win". Eastern Daily Press. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  16. "Bowthorpe ward by-election results". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  17. "By-elections results December 2012". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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