2014 Norwich City Council election

2014 Norwich City Council election

22 May 2014
14 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats Seats before 21 15 3 Seats won 8 5 1 Seats after 21 15 3 Seat change Popular vote 13,882 11,899 3,935 Percentage 35.4% 30.3% 10.0% Swing 0.8pp 3.2pp 7.1pp
Map showing the 2014 local election results in Norwich.
Council control before election Labour Party (UK) Council control after election Labour Party (UK)

Council elections for the Norwich City Council were held on 22 May 2014 as part of the 2014 United Kingdom local elections. The elections were moved from earlier on in May to coincide with the East of England 2014 European Parliament election.

One third of the council's 39 seats were up for election in 2014, plus an extra seat in University ward, meaning a total of 14 seats in 13 wards. The other 25 seats were not contested in 2014.

The election saw no seats change hands, with the Council staying exactly as it had been in 2012. The Green Party had lost the County Council seat in Town Close ward to Labour in the 2013 election, but held their city council seat in these elections.

All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2010 election, the last time these seats were contested.

Previous Composition

Before the election, Labour held all the seats in seven wards: Bowthorpe, Catton Grove, Chrome, Lakenham, Mile Cross, Sewell and University; the Green Party held all the seats in five wards: Mancroft, Nelson, Thorpe Hamlet, Town Close and Wensum; and the Liberal Democrats held all the seats in Eaton ward.

Election result

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Norwich City Council Election, 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	0	0	57.1	35.4	13,882	+0.8
	Green	5	0	0	0	35.7	30.3	11,899	+3.2
	Conservative	0	0	0	0		16.5	6,482	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	7.1	10.0	3,935	-7.1
	UKIP	0	0	0	0		7.6	2,970	+5.8
	Left Unity	0	0	0	0		0.2	96	N/A
Total		14	Turnout				38.1%	41,378

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2010.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

21	15	3
Labour	Green	Lib Dem

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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21	15	3
Labour	Green	Lib Dem

Ward results

Below are the ward-by-ward results.^[2]

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Sands	1,314	47.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Paul Anthony George Wells	663	24.2	−14.9
	Green	Jean Kathleen Bishop	613	22.3	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Beale	153	5.6	−3.2
Majority
Turnout			2,743
	Labour hold		Swing

Catton Grove

Catton Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael John Stonard	1,026	37.6	−5.2
	UKIP	Michelle Ho	664	24.3	+18.0
	Conservative	Evelyn Jean Collishaw	592	21.7	−11.6
	Green	Tony Arthur Park	339	12.4	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Leigh John Tooke	107	3.9	−3.0
Majority
Turnout			2,728
	Labour hold		Swing

Crome

Crome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Marion Frances Maxwell	1,071	41.6	−11.0
	UKIP	Ann Doris Williams	697	27.1	n/a
	Conservative	Natasha Allen	418	16.2	−10.1
	Green	Judith Marianne Ford	257	10.0	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	86	3.3	−3.3
	Left Unity	Julian Joseph Bell	44	1.7	n/a
Majority
Turnout			2,573
	Labour hold		Swing

Eaton

Eaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James William Wright	1,444	36.8	−4.6
	Conservative	Antony Daniel Little	1,176	29.9	+1.3
	Labour	Chris Elderton	711	18.1	+1.3
	Green	Jane Isobel Saunders	598	15.2	+2.0
Majority
Turnout			3,929
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lakenham

Lakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Herries	971	34.7	−1.0
	UKIP	Steve Emmens	595	21.2	+16.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Angus Fairbairn	584	20.8	−5.1
	Green	Laura Jane Middleton	415	14.8	−9.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Richard Gillespie	236	8.4	−1.3
Majority
Turnout			2,801
	Labour hold		Swing

Mancroft

Mancroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simeon Jackson	1,368	45.4	+7.8
	Labour	Stephanie Ann Friend	990	32.9	+1.8
	Conservative	Stefano Joseph Pollard	429	14.3	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Elizabeth Aliwell	223	7.4	−9.8
Majority
Turnout			3,010
	Green hold		Swing

Mile Cross

Mile Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charmain Louise Woollard	986	40.4	−2.8
	UKIP	Steven David Bradley	568	23.3	+18.4
	Green	Richard Alan Edwards	481	19.7	+6.8
	Conservative	Jessica Irene Victoria Lancod-Frost	292	12.0	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Anthony Sutton-Croft	112	4.6	−20.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Nelson

Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tim Michael Jones	1,912	53.0	−5.5
	Labour Co-op	Beth Jones	1,137	31.5	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Jonathan Mercer	287	8.0	−0.9
	Conservative	Robert Alexander Hansard	274	7.6	−0.8
Majority			775
Turnout			3,610
	Green hold		Swing

Sewell

Sewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Robert Packer	983	37.0	−2.6
	Green	Matthew John Townsend	712	26.8	−3.4
	UKIP	Glenn Stuart Tingle	446	16.8	+11.6
	Conservative	Daniel Edward Elmer	343	12.9	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Neal	121	4.6	−3.8
	Left Unity	Karen Elaine Michael	52	2.0	n/a
Majority
Turnout			2,657
	Labour hold		Swing

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lesley Juliet Grahame	1,378	42.2	+0.9
	Labour	Eamonn Patrick Burgess	968	29.6	+9.8
	Conservative	Michael David Gillespie	645	19.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Richard Nobbs	274	8.4	−11.3
Majority
Turnout			3,265
	Green hold		Swing

Town Close

Town Close

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ash Haynes	1,632	42.1	+3.9
	Labour Co-op	Jamal Sealey	1,289	33.2	+11.4
	Conservative	Barry Cochrane	718	18.5	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steffan Aquarone	242	6.2	−15.2
Majority
Turnout			3,881
	Green hold		Swing

University

University ward elected two seats in this election, with each voter casting up to two votes under the plurality-at-large voting system.

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bert Bremner	1,386	51.8	−11.6
	Labour	Roger Ryan	1,016	—	—
	Green	Phillip Anthony Di Palma	787	28.4	+6.1
	Green	Spinoza Pitman	635	—	—
	Conservative	Joe David Ferris	324	12.1	+4.5
	Conservative	Hannah Emma Wiltshire	296	—	—
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Crisp	179	6.7	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jimenez	167	—	—
Majority
Turnout			4,790
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wensum

Wensum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sandra Bogelein	1,407	47.7	+4.1
	Labour	Martin Alan Peek	1,050	35.6	−0.9
	Conservative	James Kenneth Wight	372	12.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Anne Whitworth	123	4.2	−4.3
Majority			357
Turnout			2,952
	Green hold		Swing

References

1. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Norwich". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
2. "Local election results May 2014". norwich.gov.uk. Norwich City Council. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.