2000 Norwich City Council election

The 2000 Norwich City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election.

Results summary

2000 Norwich City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	5	7	31.3	21	26	54.2	8,322	30.2	-9.1
	Liberal Democrats	10	6	62.5	11	21	43.8	11,638	42.3	+4.9
	Conservative	1	1	6.3	0	1	2.1	5,787	21.0	+1.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,472	5.3	+2.6
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	290	1.1	-0.1
	Natural Law	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	9	<0.1	-0.1

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Ferris	1,009	38.3	-19.5
	Liberal Democrats	A. Barber	867	32.9	+8.5
	Conservative	K. Howlett	539	20.5	+2.7
	Green	S. Ronneke	119	4.5	N/A
	Independent	H. Robertson	100	3.8	N/A
Majority			142	5.4	-28.1
Turnout			2,634	31.0	+12.7
	Labour hold		Swing	14.0

Catton Grove

Catton Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Morrey	643	37.7	-12.7
	Conservative	P. Kearney	524	30.7	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	P. Kendrick	383	22.5	+4.7
	Green	B. Matthews	78	4.6	+0.9
	Independent	T. Smith	78	4.6	N/A
Majority			119	7.0	-18.8
Turnout			1,706	31.8	+10.7
	Labour hold		Swing	9.4

Coslany

Coslany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Britt	606	43.0	-3.0
	Conservative	E. Collishaw	447	31.7	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	C. Risebrook	260	18.4	+3.5
	Green	Rupert Read	97	6.9	-3.2
Majority			159	11.3	—
Turnout			1,410	24.2	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Crome

Crome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Lovewell	592	39.7	+8.8
	Labour	A. Waters	588	39.5	-9.6
	Liberal Democrats	I. Kendrick	281	18.9	-1.1
	Green	R. Boyd	29	1.9	N/A
Majority			4	0.2	-18.0
Turnout			1,490	27.8	-1.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	9.2

Eaton

Eaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Watkins	1,861	58.0	+2.6
	Conservative	Antony Little	1,032	32.2	-1.8
	Labour	C. Slorach	258	8.0	-2.5
	Green	John Peacock	57	1.8	N/A
Majority			829	25.8	+4.4
Turnout			3,208	49.9	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.2

Heigham

Heigham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Aalders-Dunthorne	904	55.0	+6.4
	Labour	C. Morrey	503	30.6	-8.2
	Conservative	R. Wells	151	9.2	+1.6
	Green	I. Harris	86	5.2	+0.3
Majority			401	24.4	+14.6
Turnout			1,644	29.4	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	7.3

Henderson

Henderson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Roper	456	41.5	-12.5
	Liberal Democrats	G. Dean	250	22.7	+3.5
	Conservative	C. Page	224	20.4	+7.3
	Green	M. Valentine	170	15.5	+1.7
Majority			206	18.7	-16.0
Turnout			1,100	19.7	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

Lakenham

Lakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Cooke	796	48.1	+21.6
	Labour	K. Brown	619	37.4	-11.6
	Conservative	S. Daryanani	202	12.2	-7.9
	Green	Z. Zelter	39	2.4	N/A
Majority			177	10.7	—
Turnout			1,656	29.9	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	16.6

Mancroft

Mancroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	N. Ali	716	39.0	+18.7
	Labour	J. Lay	588	32.1	-11.8
	Conservative	J. Knight	425	23.2	-4.1
	Green	T. Tigger	75	4.1	-0.6
	Independent	M. Pryce	30	1.6	N/A
Majority			128	7.0	—
Turnout			1,834	27.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	15.3

Mile Cross

Mile Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Morphew	385	44.7	-14.3
	Liberal Democrats	N. Langham	280	32.5	+11.1
	Conservative	G. Smith	168	19.5	-0.1
	Green	S. Land	28	3.3	N/A
Majority			105	12.2	-25.4
Turnout			861	16.1	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	12.7

Mousehold

Mousehold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Richardson	630	47.1	+12.9
	Labour	C. Sanderson	401	30.0	-15.6
	Conservative	J. Fisher	204	15.2	+0.6
	Green	Adrian Holmes	64	4.8	-0.7
	Independent	T. Smith	39	2.9	N/A
Majority			229	17.1	—
Turnout			1,338	22.8	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	14.3

Nelson

Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Mitchell	892	48.4	-7.5
	Labour	B. Nierop-Reading	601	32.6	-6.2
	Green	D. Williams	189	10.2	N/A
	Conservative	N. Horwood	162	8.8	+3.5
Majority			291	15.8	-1.2
Turnout			1,844	33.4	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	0.7

St. Stephen

St. Stephen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Southgate	861	41.4	+21.9
	Labour	S. Gale	650	31.3	-14.9
	Conservative	G. Williams	448	21.5	-4.1
	Green	N. Bartlett	78	3.8	-1.1
	Independent	S. Homes	43	2.1	N/A
Majority			211	10.1	—
Turnout			2,080	38.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	18.4

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Allison	684	53.0	-5.6
	Labour	R. Taylor	293	22.7	-8.2
	Conservative	V. Hopes	194	15.0	+4.5
	Green	I. Wagenknecht	119	9.2	N/A
Majority			391	30.3	+2.6
Turnout			1,290	21.8	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.3

Town Close

Town Close

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Thomas	965	55.9	-6.5
	Labour	G. Colk	383	22.2	-2.4
	Conservative	I. Mackie	292	16.9	+6.3
	Green	M. Charnley	78	4.5	N/A
	Natural Law	D. Mills	9	0.5	-0.5
Majority			582	33.7	-4.1
Turnout			1,727	31.6	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.1

University

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Hume	1,008	59.4	-1.3
	Labour	K. Lay	339	20.0	-9.0
	Conservative	G. Nicholson	183	10.8	+3.9
	Green	R. Tinch	166	9.8	+6.7
Majority			669	39.4	+7.4
Turnout			1,696	30.6	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.9