2012 Norwich City Council election

2012 Norwich City Council election

3 May 2012
15 of 39 seats to Norwich City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats Seats before 18 15 4 Seats won 8 6 1 Seats after 21 15 3 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 12,854 9,847 4,215 Percentage 39.7% 30.4% 13.0% Swing 14.8pp 1.4pp 6.7pp
Map showing the 2012 local election results in Norwich.
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Norwich City Council took place on 3 May 2012, the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. Fifteen out of thirty-nine council seats were up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council from No Overall Control.

The Green Party held firm, while the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives suffered losses.

The Liberal Democrats lost their last seat in Lakenham to Labour, meaning that they now only held seats in the affluent Eaton ward. Former Liberal Democrat Group leader, Judith Lubbock held Eaton convincingly.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

• Labour 21 (+3)
• Green 15 (no change)
• Liberal Democrat 3 (-1)
• Conservative 0 (-2)

All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2008 election, the last time these seats were contested.

Election result

Norwich City Council Election, 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	3	0	+3	53.3	39.7	12,854	+14.8
	Green	6	−	−	−	40.0	30.3	9,847	+1.4
	Conservative	0	0	2	-2	−	16.3	5,285	-6.7
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	-1	6.7	13.0	4,215	-8.4
	UKIP	0	−	−	−	−	0.7	215	±0.0
Total		15	Turnout				31.7%	32,416

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

18	15	4	2
Labour	Green	Lib Dem	Con

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓

21	15	3
Labour	Green	Lib Dem

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Button	1,268	54.7	+8.9
	Conservative	Stuart Taylor	585	25.2	−9.7
	Green	Jean Bishop	350	15.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Haydn Perrett	117	5.0	−0.7
Majority			683	29.5	+18.6
Turnout			2,320	27.7	−8.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.3

Catton Grove

Catton Grove (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gail Harris	1,036	47.2	+4.4
	Labour	Mike Stonard	978
	Conservative	Evelyn Collishaw	703	32.0	−1.2
	Conservative	Paul Holmes	629
	Green	Judith Ford	331	15.1	+4.9
	Green	Tony Park	312
	Liberal Democrats	Leigh Tooke	124	5.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Findlow	111
Turnout				28.1	−7.2
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Crome

Crome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bradford	1,272	61.8	+9.4
	Conservative	Jessica Lancod-Frost	388	18.9	−5.8
	Green	Christine Way	273	13.3	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Cross	125	6.1	+0.7
Majority			884	42.9	+15.2
Turnout			2,058	28.8	−9.4
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

Eaton

Eaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Lubbock	1,820	47.6	+13.4
	Conservative	Antony Little	947	24.8	−6.4
	Labour	Geraldine Waring	677	17.7	−4.1
	Green	Susan Curran	379	9.9	−2.9
Majority			873	22.8	+19.8
Turnout			3,823	52.4	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.9

Lakenham

Lakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Manning	1,149	45.6	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Fairbairn	658	26.1	+4.8
	Green	Nick Bishop	361	14.3	−4.2
	UKIP	Steve Emmens	215	8.5	+1.8
	Conservative	Mathew Morris	135	5.4	−6.4
Majority			491	19.5	−0.8
Turnout			2,518	35.1	−6.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	0.4

Mancroft

Mancroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lucy Howard	1,077	42.8	+1.3
	Labour	Marion Maxwell	943	37.5	+4.1
	Conservative	Oliver Watson	288	11.5	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Nobbs	207	8.2	−1.9
Majority			134	5.3	−2.8
Turnout			2,515	31.3	−9.7
	Green hold		Swing	1.4

Mile Cross

Mile Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Gihawi	1,019	54.8	+3.8
	Green	Richard Edwards	409	22.0	+7.8
	Conservative	Oscar Pinnington	267	16.0	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Williams	134	7.2	−4.8
Majority			610	32.8	+0.3
Turnout			1,829	24.2	−7.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Nelson

Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Rogers	1,644	59.5	+4.7
	Labour	Stuart Goodman	697	25.2	−1.0
	Conservative	Alexandra Davies	249	9.0	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Atkins	173	6.3	−1.4
Majority			947	34.3	+5.7
Turnout			2,763	36.8	−12.7
	Green hold		Swing	2.9

Sewell

Sewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barker	990	46.2	+5.0
	Green	Howard Jago	700	32.6	+7.6
	Conservative	Anthony Barton	332	15.5	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	123	5.7	−2.7
Majority			290	13.6	−2.6
Turnout			2,145	28.0	−10.2
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ben Price	1,111	42.7	+3.4
	Labour	Tony Waring	793	30.5	+6.6
	Conservative	Stefan Rose	437	16.8	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hooke	260	10.0	−4.7
Majority			318	12.2	−3.2
Turnout			2,601	30.2	−7.7
	Green hold		Swing	1.6

Town Close

Town Close

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Paul Neale	1,333	46.2	+2.0
	Labour	John Sailing	818	28.3	+3.5
	Conservative	Guy Owen	481	16.7	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Johnston	254	8.8	−2.8
Majority			515	17.9	−1.5
Turnout			2,886	33.9	−12.5
	Green hold		Swing	0.8

University

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Arthur	1,153	57.0	−0.2
	Green	Robert Laird	493	24.4	+4.7
	Conservative	Thomas Cannon	246	12.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wright	129	6.4	−3.0
Majority			660	32.6	−5.0
Turnout			2,021	26.5	−4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Wensum

Wensum (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Neil Blunt	1,386	51.1	+7.4
	Green	Caroline Brimblecombe	1,276
	Labour	Vaughan Thomas	1,039	38.3	−0.1
	Labour	Samuel Earl	1,012
	Conservative	Hannah Gascoigne	196	7.2	−5.1
	Conservative	Simon Harrison	189
	Liberal Democrats	Jess Hallybone	91	3.4	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Whitworth	78
Turnout				33.2	−7.1
	Green hold
	Green hold