2010 Norwich City Council election
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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]
All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2006 election, the last time these seats were contested.
Election result
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Bowthorpe
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.