Norwich City Council elections

One third of Norwich District Council in Norfolk, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 39 councillors have been elected from 13 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 2002
Liberal Democrats	2002 - 2004
No overall control	2004 - 2012
Labour	2012 - present

Council elections

• Norwich City Council election, 1973
• Norwich City Council election, 1976
• Norwich City Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Norwich City Council election, 1980
• Norwich City Council election, 1982
• Norwich City Council election, 1983
• Norwich City Council election, 1984
• Norwich City Council election, 1986
• Norwich City Council election, 1987
• Norwich City Council election, 1988
• Norwich City Council election, 1990
• Norwich City Council election, 1991
• Norwich City Council election, 1992
• Norwich City Council election, 1994
• Norwich City Council election, 1995
• Norwich City Council election, 1996
• Norwich City Council election, 1998
• Norwich City Council election, 1999
• Norwich City Council election, 2000
• Norwich City Council election, 2002
• Norwich City Council election, 2003
• Norwich City Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9)^[4][5]
• Norwich City Council election, 2006
• Norwich City Council election, 2007
• Norwich City Council election, 2008
• Norwich City Council election, 2010 (By-elections in all 13 wards were held in September following a High Court ruling)^[6]
• Norwich City Council election, 2011
• Norwich City Council election, 2012
• Norwich City Council election, 2014
• Norwich City Council election, 2015

By-election results

Lakenham By-Election 3 October 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		956	52.7
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat		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 Democrat		755
	Liberal Democrat		738
	Labour		431
	Labour		407
	Conservative		144
	Conservative		142
	Green		81
	Green		74
Turnout			2,772	22.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mile Cross By-Election 27 July 2006[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Bowthorpe By-Election 12 March 2009[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Wiltshire	915	35.8	-10.2
	Labour	Jo Storie	761	29.8	-5.7
	Liberal Democrat	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[9]
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 Democrat	Michael Anthony Sutton-Croft	42	2.8	-3.3
Majority			625
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Nelson By-Election 19 December 2012[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Boswell	1,121	56.0	-3.5
	Labour	Layla Dickerson	599	29.9	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	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.

References

1. "How the council works". Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on April 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
2. "Norwich". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
3. The City of Norwich (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
4. "Norwich council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Norwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. "September by-elections for Exeter and Norwich". BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
7. "Lib Dems celebrate by-election win". Eastern Daily Press. 2006-07-27. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
8. "Bowthorpe ward by-election results". Norwich City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
9. "By-elections results December 2012". Norwich City Council. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

• By-election results

External links

• Norwich Council