| Election Name: | 2008 Norwich City Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Norwich City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Norwich City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | 13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Election Date: | 1 May 2008 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,738 |
| Percentage1: | 24.9% |
| Swing1: | 2.2% |
| Seats Before1: | 15 |
| Seats After1: | 15 |
| Party2: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,140 |
| Percentage2: | 28.9% |
| Swing2: | 11.6% |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Party5: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 8,076 |
| Percentage5: | 23.0% |
| Swing5: | 5.2% |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats After5: | 5 |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 5 |
| Popular Vote4: | 7,509 |
| Percentage4: | 21.4% |
| Swing4: | 11.0% |
| Seats Before4: | 11 |
| Seats After4: | 6 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No Overall Control |
| After Election: | No Overall Control |
The 2008 Norwich City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The Green Party won the most votes across Norwich for the first time, and won a plurality of the seats up for election. This marked the first time that the Greens had won a plurality of the votes and seats in a local authority election. It is also, as of 2024, the last time that the Greens won the most seats or votes in a Norwich City Council election.
However, as only 13 of 39 council seats were up for election, Labour remained the largest party.
As of 2024, the 2008 election is the last election to see any member of the Conservative Party elected to Norwich City Council.
All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2004 election, the last time these seats were contested.
|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6"| colspan="7" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Turnout| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 35.5| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 35,057| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-
Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2004.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | |
| Labour | Lib Dem | Green | Con |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |
| Labour | Green | Lib Dem | Con |