| Election Name: | 2012 Norwich City Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2011 Norwich City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Norwich City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | 15 of 39 seats to Norwich City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2012 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,854 |
| Percentage1: | 39.7% |
| Swing1: | 14.8pp |
| Seats Before1: | 18 |
| Seats After1: | 21 |
| Party2: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,847 |
| Percentage2: | 30.4% |
| Swing2: | 1.4pp |
| Seats Before2: | 15 |
| Seats After2: | 15 |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,215 |
| Percentage3: | 13.0% |
| Swing3: | 6.7pp |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No Overall 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.[1] 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:
All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2008 election, the last time these seats were contested.
|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 15| colspan=4 style="text-align: right;" |Turnout| style="text-align: right;" | 31.7%| style="text-align: right;" | 32,416| style="text-align: right;" | |-|}
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 |