2010 Norwich City Council election

2010 Norwich City Council election
13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council ; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the 2010 local election results in Norwich.
Council control before election; No Overall Control ;	Council control after election; No Overall Control ;

Last updated November 17, 2023

The 2010 Norwich City Council election took place on 9 September 2010 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election.^[1] The elections took place later in the year than other local elections. Norwich had previously been granted permission to become a unitary authority, with local elections postponed until 2011.^[2] When the Coalition Government won the general election earlier that year, Norwich's permission to form a unitary authority was overturned. Because of this, the High Court ruled that those councillors who had stayed on beyond their four-year term were no longer constitutionally elected, and would need to seek re-election. This resulted in there being an election in every ward in September to renew the mandate for the wards.^[3]

Election result

Norwich City Council Election, 2010^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	1	0	+1	53.8	34.6	9,906	+6.8
	Green	5	1	0	+1	38.5	27.1	7,761	+2.6
	Conservative	0	0	1	-1	−	19.3	5,532	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	-1	7.7	17.1	4,910	-9.8
	UKIP	0	−	−	−	−	1.8	529	+1.5
Total		13	Turnout				28.1	28,638

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2006.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
15	13	6	5
Labour	Green	Lib Dem	Con

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
16	14	5	4
Labour	Green	Lib Dem	Con

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Storie	862	41.3	+5.8
	Conservative	Anthony Little	816	39.1	-6.9
	Green	Jean Bishop	225	10.8	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Perrett	184	8.8	+1.7
Majority			46	2.2	—
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.4

Catton Grove

Catton Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Westmacott	835	42.8	+8.0
	Conservative	Charlotte Casimir	650	33.3	-6.7
	Green	Rebecca Smith	208	10.7	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Thomas	135	6.9	-4.2
	UKIP	Paul Williams	123	6.3	N/A
Majority			185	9.5	—
	Labour hold		Swing	7.4

Crome

Crome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Lay	1,085	55.2	+13.3
	Conservative	Christopher Baxter	543	27.6	-3.3
	Green	Paul McAlenan	199	10.1	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Findlow	137	7.0	-5.0
Majority			542	26.3	+15.3
	Labour hold		Swing	8.3

Easton

Eaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Wright	1,356	41.4	-5.3
	Conservative	Tak-Man Li	937	28.6	-7.9
	Labour	Benjamin Dilks	549	16.8	+9.0
	Green	Nicholas Clinch	431	13.2	+4.2
Majority			419	12.8	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.3

Lakenham

Lakenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria MacDonald	899	35.7	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Lee	652	25.9	-15.9
	Green	Kit Jones	608	24.2	+14.8
	Conservative	Christopher Benjamin	243	9.7	-1.7
	UKIP	Steve Emmens	113	4.5	-3.9
Majority			247	9.8	—
	Labour hold		Swing	11.3

Mancroft

Mancroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Graeme Gee	813	37.6	-5.5
	Labour	Marion Maxwell	673	31.1	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Nobbs	371	17.2	+3.1
	Conservative	Suzie Pulford	305	14.1	-5.2
Majority			140	6.5	-13.2
	Green hold		Swing	6.6

Mile Cross

Mile Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Viv Thomas	797	43.2	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Mayhew	455	24.6	+2.5
	Conservative	Oscar Pinnington	266	14.4	-7.9
	Green	Jo Henderson	238	12.9	-3.5
	UKIP	Richard Crooks	90	4.9	N/A
Majority			342	18.6	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

Nelson

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Claire Stephenson	1,297	58.5	-6.8
	Labour	Marian Chapman	535	24.1	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Johnston	198	8.9	-3.3
	Conservative	Stefan Rose	186	8.4	-1.3
Majority			762	34.4	-18.6
	Green hold		Swing	9.3

Sewell

Sewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Sands	792	39.6	+10.2
	Green	Jessica Goldfinch	604	30.2	+5.4
	Conservative	David Mackie	333	16.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Selwyn Taylor	168	8.4	-4.0
	UKIP	Glenn Tingle	103	5.2	N/A
Majority			188	9.4	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lesley Grahame	859	41.3	-4.8
	Labour	Shane Mann	412	19.8	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Thomas	409	19.7	-9.4
	Conservative	Hannah Feiner	401	19.3	+9.0
Majority			447	21.5	+4.5
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.2

Town Close

Town Close
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ash Haynes	983	38.2	-3.7
	Labour	Gareth Hardy	560	21.8	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Bailey	550	21.4	-2.5
	Conservative	Eileen Wyatt	479	18.6	-0.2
Majority			423	16.4	-1.7
	Green hold		Swing	5.1

University

University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bert Bremner	1,164	63.4	+20.0
	Green	Sue Carpenter	409	22.3	-6.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Hindley	140	7.6	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Ebelewicz	123	6.7	-7.0
Majority			755	41.1	+26.9
	Labour hold		Swing	13.5

Wensum

Wensum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steven Altman	887	43.6	-7.0
	Labour	Thomas Vaughan	743	36.5	+12.0
	Conservative	Stephen Karanicholas	233	11.4	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Dennis	172	8.5	-2.0
Majority			144	7.1	-19.1
	Green hold		Swing	9.5

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References

↑ "Local Election Results 2010". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
↑ "'Super councils' in Exeter and Norwich get go ahead". BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Pickles stops unitary councils in Exeter, Norwich and Suffolk". Department for Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2010 - Norwich". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

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[election_results-1] "Local Election Results 2010". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

[2] "'Super councils' in Exeter and Norwich get go ahead". BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[3] "Pickles stops unitary councils in Exeter, Norwich and Suffolk". Department for Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

[4] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2010 - Norwich". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

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