2015 Norwich City Council election explained

Election Name:2015 Norwich City Council election
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2014 Norwich City Council election
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2016 Norwich City Council election
Next Year:2016
Seats For Election:15 of 39 seats to Norwich City Council
Majority Seats:20
Election Date:7 May 2015
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:21
Seats1:10
Seat Change1:1
Seats After1:22
Popular Vote1:22,755
Percentage1:34.9%
Swing1:1.7pp
Party2:Green Party of England and Wales
Seats2:4
Seats Before2:15
Seats After2:14
Seat Change2:1
Popular Vote2:16,106
Percentage2:24.7%
Swing2:3.3pp
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats3:1
Seats Before3:3
Seats After3:3
Popular Vote3:6,932
Percentage3:10.9%
Swing3:1.6pp
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour Party (UK)
After Election:Labour Party (UK)

The 2015 Norwich City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one third of the members of Norwich City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the UK general election. Thirteen seats were due to be contested, with a further two seats up for election where casual vacancies had arisen. Labour won ten of the available seats, the Green Party won four, and the Liberal Democrats one. The Conservatives gained their highest ever vote in many city wards including Town Close and Thorpe Hamlet, and across Norwich came within almost 2000 votes of the Green Party, however failed to gain any seats. Just one seat changed hands - Wensum - which Labour gained from the Greens. Labour retained overall control of the council with 22 seats out of 39, the Greens continue to form the main opposition with 14 seats, and the Liberal Democrats have 3.[2]

All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2011 election, the last time these seats were contested.

Overall result

|-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;" | 62.0| style="text-align: right;" | 65,263| style="text-align: right;" | |-|}

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2011.

Ward Results

Below are the ward results for Norwich's 13 wards. All the ward are elected one councillor apart from Sewell and Mile Cross ward, who both elected two councillors. Changes in vote share shown are changes from the result for these seats in the 2011 City Council election.

Mile Cross

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

Sewell

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

Wensum

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums . 14 April 2015 . The Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums . 15 March 2015 . live.
  2. Web site: Local election results May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150512002051/http://www.norwich.gov.uk/YourCouncil/CouncillorsDemocracyAndElections/Elections/Pages/LocalElectionResultsMay2015.aspx . dead . 12 May 2015 . Norwich City Council . 11 May 2015 .