# 2015 Norwich City Council election

The 2015 Norwich City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one third of the members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the UK general election. Thirteen seats were due to be contested, with a further two seats up for election where casual vacancies had arisen. Labour won ten of the available seats, the Green Party won four, and the Liberal Democrats one. The Conservatives gained their highest ever vote in many city wards including Town Close and Thorpe Hamlet, and across Norwich came within almost 2000 votes of the Green Party, however failed to gain any seats. Just one seat changed hands - Wensum - which Labour gained from the Greens. Labour retained overall control of the council with 22 seats out of 39, the Greens continue to form the main opposition with 14 seats, and the Liberal Democrats have 3.
All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2011 election, the last time these seats were contested.

## Overall result

Norwich City Council Election, 2015 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Labour | 10 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 66.7 | 34.9 | 22,755 | -1.7 |
| | Green | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 26.7 | 24.7 | 16,302 | -3.3 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 13,933 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 6,932 | -1.6 |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 5,304 | +5.9 |
| | Left Unity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 37 | N/A |
| Total | Total | 15 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62.0 | 65,263 | |
Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2011.

## Ward Results

Below are the ward results for Norwich's 13 wards. All the ward are elected one councillor apart from Sewell and Mile Cross ward, who both elected two councillors. Changes in vote share shown are changes from the result for these seats in the 2011 City Council election.

### Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Sands | 1,955 | 40.0 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Elmer | 1,087 | 22.2 | −12.7 |
| | UKIP | Eric Masters | 743 | 15.2 | n/a |
| | Green | Jean Bishop | 710 | 14.5 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Johnston | 395 | 8.1 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 868 | 17.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,890 | 55.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Catton Grove

Catton Grove ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Kendrick | 1,702 | 36.5 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | Will Holmes | 1,411 | 30.3 | −2.0 |
| | UKIP | Michelle Ho | 799 | 17.1 | +9.1 |
| | Green | Tony Park | 483 | 10.4 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leigh Tooke | 269 | 5.8 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 291 | 6.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,464 | 56.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crome

Crome ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Walters | 1,821 | 42.3 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | David Mackie | 1,132 | 26.3 | +1.6 |
| | UKIP | Ann Williams | 793 | 18.4 | +10.6 |
| | Green | Judith Ford | 350 | 8.1 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Thomas | 175 | 4.1 | −1.3 |
| | Left Unity | Anthony Sweeney | 37 | 0.9 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 689 | 16.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,308 | 59.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Eaton

Eaton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Ackroyd | 2,176 | 37.1 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | William Robb | 1,598 | 27.2 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Chris Elderton | 1,226 | 20.9 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Jane Saunders | 869 | 14.8 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 578 | 9.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,866 | 77.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Lakenham

Lakenham ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keith Driver | 1,700 | 37.8 | +3.8 |
| | UKIP | Steve Emmens | 733 | 16.3 | +9.6 |
| | Green | Laura Middleton | 718 | 16.0 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Fairbairn | 674 | 15.0 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Hannah Felton | 669 | 14.9 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 967 | 21.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,494 | 62.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Mancroft

Mancroft ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Martin Schmierer | 1,805 | 37.0 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | Beth Jones | 1,730 | 35.4 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Barry Cochrane | 961 | 19.7 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melvyn Elias | 386 | 7.9 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,882 | 58.3 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Mile Cross

Mile Cross ward elected two seats in this election, with each voter casting up to two votes under the plurality-at-large voting system.
Mile Cross ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Vaughan Thomas | 1,675 | 36.6 | −14.4 |
| | Labour | Vivien Thomas | 1,410 | — | — |
| | Conservative | Mary Chacksfield | 921 | 20.1 | +1.6 |
| | UKIP | Steven Bradley | 905 | 19.8 | +15.4 |
| | Green | Richard Edwards | 802 | 17.5 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Holmes | 653 | — | — |
| | Green | Gunnar Eigener | 605 | — | — |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Cunningham | 272 | 5.9 | −6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Sutton-Croft | 204 | — | — |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 489 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,955 | 53.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Nelson

Nelson ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Denise Carlo | 2,750 | 50.2 | −4.7 |
| | Labour | Hugo Malik | 1,685 | 30.7 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | James Wight | 656 | 12.0 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yan Malinowski | 393 | 7.2 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,065 | 19.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,484 | 70.9 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Sewell

Sewell ward elected two seats in this election, with each voter casting up to two votes under the plurality-at-large voting system.
Sewell ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julie Brociek-Coulton | 2,018 | 39.3 | −1.9 |
| | Labour | Ed Coleshill | 1,454 | — | — |
| | Green | Thomas Holloway | 1,058 | 20.6 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Barton | 1,046 | 20.4 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Collishaw | 1,031 | — | — |
| | Green | Matthew Townsend | 1,015 | — | — |
| | UKIP | Glenn Tingle | 628 | 12.2 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Crisp | 383 | 7.5 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neal Samuel | 205 | — | — |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 960 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,852 | 61.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Jo Henderson | 1,851 | 33.1 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | Eamonn Burgess | 1,640 | 29.3 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Gillespie | 1,507 | 26.9 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Nobbs | 602 | 10.8 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 211 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,600 | 60.3 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Town Close

Town Close ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | David Raby | 2,205 | 35.7 | −10.5 |
| | Labour | Jamal Sealey | 1,864 | 30.2 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Antony Little | 1,435 | 23.2 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Webber-Walton | 671 | 10.9 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 5.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,175 | 67.3 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### University

University ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Ryan | 2,068 | 48.5 | −8.8 |
| | Green | Spinoza Pitman | 1,130 | 26.5 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Jessica Lancod-Frost | 758 | 17.8 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Callf | 304 | 7.1 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 938 | 22.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,260 | 62.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wensum

Wensum ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Peek | 1,671 | 34.0 | −4.4 |
| | Green | Ben Walker | 1,555 | 31.7 | −12.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Lach | 752 | 15.3 | +3.0 |
| | UKIP | Dave King | 703 | 14.3 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Beale | 232 | 4.7 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 116 | 2.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,913 | 56.7 | |
| | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green | Swing | | |