Norwich City Council election, 2014

Norwich City Council election, 2014

22 May 2014

14 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council 20 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Green Liberal Democrat Seats won 21 15 3 Seat change Popular vote 13,882 11,899 6,482 Percentage 35.4% 30.3% 16.5% Swing 4.3% 0.1% 0.2%

Council control before election Labour Party (UK) Council control after election Labour Party (UK)

2014 local election results in Norwich

Council elections for the Norwich City Council were held on 22 May 2014 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2014. The elections have been moved from earlier on in May to coincide with the East of England European Parliament election, 2014.

One third of the council's 39 seats are scheduled to be up for election in 2014, plus an extra seat in University ward, meaning a total of 14 seats in 13 wards. The other 25 seats are not being contested this year.

Previous Composition

Before the election, Labour held all the seats in seven wards: Bowthorpe, Catton Grove, Chrome, Lakenham, Mile Cross, Sewell and University; the Green Party held all the seats in five wards: Mancroft, Nelson, Thorpe Hamlet, Town Close and Wensum; and the Liberal Democrats held all the seats in Eaton ward.

Election result

Norwich City Council Election, 2014
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	0	0	57.1	36.0	14,898
	Green	5	0	0	0	35.7	30.3	12,534
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	7.1	9.9	4,102
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	16.4	6,778
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	2,970
	Left Unity	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	96
Total		14	Turnout				38.1%	41,378

Ward results

Below are the ward-by-ward results.^[1]

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Sands	1,314	47.9	-6.8
	Conservative	Paul Anthony George Wells	663	24.2	-1.0
	Green	Jean Kathleen Bishop	613	22.3	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Beale	153	5.6	+0.6
Majority
Turnout			2,743
	Labour hold		Swing

Catton Grove

Catton Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael John Stonard	1,026	37.6	-10.1
	UKIP	Michelle Ho	664	24.3	+24.3
	Conservative	Evelyn Jean Collishaw	592	21.7	-9.8
	Green	Tony Arthur Park	339	12.4	-2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Leigh John Tooke	107	3.9	-1.7
Majority
Turnout			2,728
	Labour hold		Swing

Crome

Crome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Marion Frances Maxwell	1,071	41.6	-20.2
	UKIP	Ann Doris Williams	697	27.1	+27.1
	Conservative	Natasha Allen	418	16.2	-2.7
	Green	Judith Marianne Ford	257	10.0	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Thomas	86	3.3	-2.8
	Left Unity	Julian Joseph Bell	44	1.7	+1.7
Majority
Turnout			2,573
	Labour hold		Swing

Eaton

Eaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James William Wright	1,444	36.8	-10.8
	Conservative	Antony Daniel Little	1,176	29.9	+2.1
	Labour	Chris Elderton	711	18.1	+0.4
	Green	Jane Isobel Saunders	598	15.2	+5.2
Majority
Turnout			3,929
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lakenham

Lakenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Herries	971	34.7	-10.9
	UKIP	Steve Emmens	595	21.2	+12.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Angus Fairbairn	584	20.8	-5.3
	Green	Laura Jane Middleton	415	14.8	+0.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Richard Gillespie	236	8.4	+3.0
Majority
Turnout			2,801
	Labour hold		Swing

Mancroft

Mancroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simeon Jackson	1,368	45.4	+2.6
	Labour	Stephanie Ann Friend	990	32.9	-4.6
	Conservative	Stefano Joseph Pollard	429	14.3	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Elizabeth Aliwell	223	7.4	-0.8
Majority
Turnout			3,010
	Green hold		Swing

Mile Cross

Mile Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charmain Louise Woollard	986	40.4	-14.4
	UKIP	Steven David Bradley	568	23.3	+23.3
	Green	Richard Alan Edwards	481	19.7	-2.3
	Conservative	Jessica Irene Victoria Lancod-Frost	292	12.0	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Anthony Sutton-Croft	112	4.6	-2.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Nelson

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tim Michael Jones	1,912	53.0	-6.5
	Labour Co-op	Beth Jones	1,137	31.5	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ryan Jonathan Mercer	287	8.0	+1.7
	Conservative	Robert Alexander Hansard	274	7.6	-1.4
Majority			775
Turnout			3,610
	Green hold		Swing

Sewell

Sewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Robert Packer	983	37.0	-9.2
	Green	Matthew John Townsend	712	26.8	-5.8
	UKIP	Glenn Stuart Tingle	446	16.8	+16.8
	Conservative	Daniel Edward Elmer	343	12.9	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Samuel Neal	121	4.6	-1.1
	Left Unity	Karen Elaine Michael	52	2.0	+2.0
Majority
Turnout			2,657
	Labour hold		Swing

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lesley Juliet Grahame	1,378	42.2	-0.5
	Labour	Eamonn Patrick Burgess	968	29.6	-0.9
	Conservative	Michael David Gillespie	645	19.8	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Richard Nobbs	274	8.4	-1.6
Majority
Turnout			3,265
	Green hold		Swing

Town Close

Town Close
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ash Haynes	1,632	42.1	-4.1
	Labour Co-op	Jamal Sealey	1,289	33.2	+4.9
	Conservative	Barry Cochrane	718	18.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steffan Luke Aquarone	242	6.2	-2.6
Majority
Turnout			3,881
	Green hold		Swing

University

University ward is electing two seats in this election.

University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bert Bremner	1,386	28.9
	Labour	Roger Ryan	1,016	21.2
	Green	Phillip Anthony Di Palma	787	16.4
	Green	Spinoza Pitman	635	13.3
	Conservative	Joe David Ferris	324	6.8
	Conservative	Hannah Emma Wiltshire	296	6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Crisp	179	3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Jimenez	167	3.5
Majority
Turnout			4,790
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wensum

Wensum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sandra Bogelein	1,407	47.7	-3.0
	Labour	Martin Alan Peek	1,050	35.6	-3.3
	Conservative	James Kenneth Wight	372	12.6	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Anne Whitworth	123	4.2	+1.0
Majority			357
Turnout			2,952
	Green hold		Swing

References

1. "Local election results May 2014". norwich.gov.uk. Norwich City Council. Retrieved 23 May 2014.