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2024 Norwich City Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2026 →
13 out of 39 seats to Norwich City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Mike Stonard Lucy Galvin
Party Labour Green
Last election 23 seats, 42.7% 13 seats, 33.0%
Seats before 19 13
Seats won 6 6
Seats after 19 15
Seat change Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 14,588 11,600
Percentage 40.0% 31.8%
Swing Decrease 2.7% Decrease 1.2%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader James Wright None
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 3 seats, 12.2% 0 seats, 0.0%
Seats before 3 4
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 2
Seat change Steady Decrease 2
Popular vote 4,154 1,598
Percentage 11.4% 4.4%
Swing Decrease 0.8% Increase 4.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Norwich City Council election
Leader before election

Mike Stonard
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Mike Stonard
Labour
No overall control

The 2024 Norwich City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Norwich City Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Background

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At the previous local elections in 2023, Labour retained its overall majority despite losing two seats to the Green Party. However, in November of that year four councillors resigned from the ruling Labour group, depriving the party of their majority for the first time in more than eleven years.[1][2] As a result, the council fell into no overall control. Labour continued to run the council as a minority administration after the defections in November 2023.

Summary

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Changes in council composition

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After the previous election in 2023 the composition of the council was:

↓
23 13 3
Lab Grn LD

Following changes of allegiance, prior to the 2024 election the composition of the council was:

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19 13 4 3
Lab Grn Ind LD

Changes 2023–2024:

  • November 2023: Karen Davis, Rachel Everett, Cate Oliver, and Ian Stutely leave Labour to sit as independents[a][3]

Election result

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The election saw the council remain under no overall control. Labour regained some of the seats it had lost to defections during the previous year, but lost seats to the Greens, leaving Labour's overall number of seats unchanged.[4] The Labour minority administration continued to run the council after the election.[5]

2024 Norwich City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 6 Steady 46.2 13 19 48.7 14,588 40.0 –2.7
  Green 6 Increase 2 46.2 9 15 38.5 11,600 31.8 –1.2
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 7.7 2 3 7.7 4,154 11.4 –0.8
  Independent 0 Decrease 2 0.0 2 2 5.1 1,598 4.4 +4.2
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,754 10.3 –1.6
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 655 1.8 N/A
  Communist 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 122 0.3 N/A

Ward results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Norwich City Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[6]

Bowthorpe

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Bowthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Sands* 1,201 61.9 +1.3
Conservative Rebeka Jones 342 17.6 +2.5
Green Oliver Springate-Baginski 226 11.6 –0.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Bennett 172 8.9 –3.3
Majority 859 44.3 –1.2
Turnout 1,941
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.6

Catton Grove

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Catton Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mike Stonard* 1,178 53.5 –3.2
Conservative Simon Jones 470 21.4 –0.3
Green Tony Park 423 19.2 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Williams 129 5.9 –0.5
Majority 708 32.1 –2.9
Turnout 2,200
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.5

Crome

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Crome
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Giles* 1,260 53.3 –0.8
Conservative Tod James 396 16.7 –6.3
Green James Killbery 344 14.5 –2.1
Reform UK Nick Taylor 260 11.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nigel Lubbock 105 4.4 –1.9
Majority 864 36.6 +5.5
Turnout 2,365
Labour hold Swing Increase2.8

Eaton

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Eaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Wright* 2,207 54.1 ±0.0
Labour George Heaney 860 21.1 –1.2
Green Jane Saunders 518 12.7 +0.5
Conservative Iain Gwynn 496 12.2 +0.9
Majority 1,347 33.0 +1.2
Turnout 4,081
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease0.6

Lakenham

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Lakenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carli Harper 1,433 58.2 +1.3
Green Ell Folan 452 18.4 –1.4
Conservative Robert Hammond 302 12.3 –1.6
Liberal Democrats Carol Chilton 151 6.1 –3.3
Independent Nicola Aldous 124 5.0 N/A
Majority 981 39.8 +2.7
Turnout 2,462
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase1.4

Mancroft

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Mancroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martin Schmierer* 1,579 61.8 +0.5
Labour Stuart McLaren 675 26.4 ±0.0
Conservative Jane Fisher 211 8.3 –0.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Wright 88 3.4 +0.3
Majority 904 35.4 +0.5
Turnout 2,553
Green hold Swing Increase0.3

Mile Cross

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Mile Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Charlie Caine 1,016 42.7 +11.6
Labour Jasper Haywood 948 39.9 –8.0
Reform UK Stephen Bailey 153 6.4 N/A
Conservative Edita Szabo 145 6.1 –6.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Hardman 74 3.1 –2.7
Independent Matty Watson 42 1.8 N/A
Majority 68 2.8 N/A
Turnout 2,378
Green gain from Labour Swing Increase9.8

Nelson

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Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lucy Galvin* 2,205 57.0 –0.3
Labour Michael Howard 1,260 32.5 –0.7
Conservative John Fisher 159 4.1 –1.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Jimenez 125 3.2 –0.9
Communist Ben Clarke 122 3.2 N/A
Majority 945 24.5 +0.4
Turnout 3,871
Green hold Swing Increase0.2

Sewell

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Sewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gary Champion* 1,667 58.4 +3.2
Labour Paul Guille 878 30.8 –5.3
Conservative Georgi Dimitrov 128 4.5 –1.8
Reform UK Carl Hicks 105 3.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Helen Arundell 75 2.6 +0.2
Majority 789 27.6 +8.5
Turnout 2,853 36.6 −2.6
Registered electors 7,799
Green hold Swing Increase4.3

Thorpe Hamlet

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Thorpe Hamlet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ash Haynes* 1,288 44.7 –4.1
Labour Jane Overhill 1,142 39.6 +5.4
Conservative Alice Burt 332 11.5 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Hooke 121 4.2 –1.2
Majority 146 5.1 –9.5
Turnout 2,883 35.8 –1.5
Registered electors 8,042
Green hold Swing Decrease4.8

Town Close

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Town Close
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Smith 1,481 41.8 –13.5
Independent Ian Stutely* 1,432 40.4 N/A
Conservative Mary Chacksfield 445 12.5 –3.9
Liberal Democrats David Fairbairn 188 5.3 –2.0
Majority 49 1.4 –32.9
Turnout 3,546
Labour gain from Independent

University

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University
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Emma Hampton* 1,212 48.4 –2.2
Liberal Democrats James Hawketts 637 25.4 +3.9
Green Sean Gough 487 19.4 –1.2
Conservative Cody Butler 170 6.8 –0.5
Majority 575 23.0 –6.1
Turnout 2,506
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease3.1

Wensum

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Wensum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Toby Bolton 1,395 49.3 +4.3
Labour Co-op Martin Peek* 1,060 37.4 –6.8
Conservative John Ward 158 5.6 –2.4
Reform UK Eric Masters 137 4.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gordon Dean 82 2.9 +0.1
Majority 335 11.9 +11.1
Turnout 2,832
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing Increase5.6

References

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  1. ^ Sit as part of the Independent Norwich Group, which is not registered as a political party.
  1. ^ "Labour loses control of Norwich City Council after four resign". BBC News. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ Sinclair, Andrew (29 November 2023). "Sixth Norwich Labour councillor resigns in party row". BBC News. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Labour loses control of Norwich City Council after four resign". BBC News. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ Storey, Eleanor (3 May 2024). "Norwich City Council election results 2024 revealed". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. ^ Storey, Eleanor (22 May 2024). "New Lord Mayor and Sheriff of Norwich named for 2024". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Norwich City Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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