# Norwich City Council elections

One third of the Norwich City Council in Norfolk, England is elected each year. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 39 councillors have been elected from 13 wards.

## Council elections

* 1973 Norwich City Council election
* 1976 Norwich City Council election
* 1979 Norwich City Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 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 Norwich City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9)
* 2006 Norwich City Council election
* 2007 Norwich City Council election
* 2008 Norwich City Council election
* 2010 Norwich City Council election (By-elections in all 13 wards were held in September following a High Court ruling)
* 2011 Norwich City Council election
* 2012 Norwich City Council election
* 2014 Norwich City Council election
* 2015 Norwich City Council election
* 2016 Norwich City Council election
* 2018 Norwich City Council election
* 2019 Norwich City Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 2021 Norwich City Council election
* 2022 Norwich City Council election
* 2023 Norwich City Council election
* 2024 Norwich City Council election

## Composition

| Year | Lab | LD | Con | Grn | IND |
| 2024 | 19 | 3 | - | 15 | 2 |
| 2023 | 23 | 3 | - | 13 | |
| 2022 | 25 | 3 | - | 11 | |
| 2021 | 26 | 3 | - | 10 | |
| 2019 | 27 | 3 | - | 9 | |
| Ward boundary changes |||||||
| 2018 | 31 | 3 | - | 5 | |
| 2016 | 26 | 3 | - | 10 | |
| 2015 | 22 | 3 | - | 14 | |
| 2014 | 21 | 3 | - | 15 | |
| 2012 | 21 | 3 | - | 15 | |
| 2011 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2006 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 5 | |
| New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 48 to 39 |||||||
| 2003 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 26 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| 1999 | 33 | 15 | - | - | |
| 1998 | 35 | 13 | - | - | |
| 1996 | 37 | 11 | - | - | |
| 1995 | 37 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| 1994 | 36 | 10 | 2 | - | |
| 1992 | 36 | 9 | 3 | - | |
| 1991 | 38 | 7 | 3 | - | |

## Result maps

* 1980 results map
* 1982 results map
* 1983 results map
* 1984 results map
* 1986 results map
* 1987 results map
* 1988 results map
* 1990 results map
* 1991 results map
* 1992 results map
* 1994 results map
* 1995 results map
* 1996 results map
* 1998 results map
* 1999 results map
* 2000 results map
* 2002 results map
* 2003 results map
* 2004 results map
* 2006 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2008 results map
* 2010 results map
* 2011 results map
* 2012 results map
* 2014 results map
* 2015 results map
* 2016 results map
* 2018 results map
* 2019 results map
* 2021 results map
* 2022 results map
* 2023 results map
* 2024 results map

## By-election results
### 1994-1998

Lakenham By-Election 3 October 1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | | 956 | 52.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 637 | 35.1 |
| | Conservative | | 220 | 12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | 17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,813 | 32.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Henderson By-Election 1 May 1997 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | | 2,088 | 56.0 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 1,226 | 32.9 | +15.9 |
| | Green | | 413 | 11.0 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 862 | 13.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,727 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 1998-2002

Thorpe Hamlet By-Election 9 April 2001 (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 755 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 738 | |
| | Labour | | 431 | |
| | Labour | | 407 | |
| | Conservative | | 144 | |
| | Conservative | | 142 | |
| | Green | | 81 | |
| | Green | | 74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,772 | 22.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### 2006-2010

Mile Cross By-Election 27 July 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 87 | 5.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,712 | 24.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bowthorpe By-Election 12 March 2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Wiltshire | 915 | 35.8 | −10.2 |
| | Labour | Jo Storie | 761 | 29.8 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Thomas | 686 | 26.8 | +19.8 |
| | Green | Christine Way | 193 | 7.6 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | 6.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,555 | 31.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2010-2014

Crome By-Election 19 December 2012 :
| Party | 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 Democrats | Michael Anthony Sutton-Croft | 42 | 2.8 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 625 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Nelson By-Election 19 December 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Andrew Boswell | 1,121 | 56.0 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Layla Dickerson | 599 | 29.9 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Anne Whitworth | 174 | 8.7 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Alexandra Rhiannon Davies | 108 | 5.4 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 522 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
Mancroft By-Election 7 May 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Simeon Jackson | 1,152 | 46.1 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | Tony Waring | 861 | 34.5 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Stringer | 308 | 12.3 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Hooke | 177 | 7.1 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 291 | 11.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,498 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |