Norwich council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 13 wards · 13 seats contested

Most seats
7
Labour Party
Seats contested
13
across 13 wards
Turnout
35.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 7 -1 15,497 42.7% -2.5
Green Party 5 +1 11,983 33.0% +3.9
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 4,410 12.2% +1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 4,328 11.9% -3.3
Independent 0 +0 56 0.2% +0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 13
Conservative and Unionist Party 13
Green Party 13
Labour Party 13
Liberal Democrats 13
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 13 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Bowthorpe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Prinsley Elected 1,185 60.6% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Oscar Tala Houseago 295 15.1% -5.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Timothy Bennett 238 12.2% +2.9
Green Party Tamara Maria Rampley 236 12.1% +0.9
Majority890
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors6,963
Ballots cast1,954

Labour Party hold

Catton Grove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Jess Carrington Elected 1,309 56.7% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Edward Potter 500 21.7% -2.8
Green Party Tony Arthur Park 350 15.2% -0.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Robert Williams 148 6.4% +0.2
Majority809
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,939
Ballots cast2,307

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Crome

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Matt Packer Elected 1,299 54.1% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Mark Jones 552 23.0% -8.9
Green Party James Arthur Killbery 399 16.6% +5.3
Liberal Democrats Nigel Clifford Lubbock 152 6.3% +1.9
Majority747
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors8,353
Ballots cast2,402

Labour Party hold

Eaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Judith Lubbock Elected 2,215 54.1% +5.7
Labour Party Carli Harper 913 22.3% -8.3
Green Party Jane Isobel Saunders 501 12.2% +4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Iain Gwynn 463 11.3% -1.8
Majority1,302
Turnout52.0%
Registered electors7,855
Ballots cast4,092

Liberal Democrats hold

Lakenham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Keith Malcolm Driver Elected 1,399 56.9% +0.3
Green Party Mark Robert Finbow 486 19.8% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Eric Philip Ashwell Masters 341 13.9% -5.0
Liberal Democrats Arthur Wu 231 9.4% -0.3
Majority913
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors7,776
Ballots cast2,457

Labour Party hold

Mancroft

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Amanda Jane Fox Elected 1,491 61.3% -0.6
Labour Party Jasper William Haywood 642 26.4% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Cornish 225 9.2% -0.1
Liberal Democrats Alan William Wright 75 3.1% +1.0
Majority849
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors7,519
Ballots cast2,433

Green Party hold

Mile Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jacob Huntley Elected 1,016 47.9% -11.2
Green Party Tom Holloway 660 31.1% +14.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Mary Fisher 267 12.6% -7.3
Liberal Democrats Desmond Fulcher 122 5.8% +1.2
Independent Abby Hoffmann 56 2.6% —
Majority356
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors7,777
Ballots cast2,121

Labour Party hold

Nelson

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Hannah Kathrin Hoechner Elected 2,281 57.3% +4.0
Labour Party Michael Tony Howard 1,322 33.2% -3.6
Conservative and Unionist Party John Fisher 212 5.3% -0.3
Liberal Democrats David Angus Fairbairn 164 4.1% +0.8
Majority959
Turnout49.0%
Registered electors8,172
Ballots cast3,979

Green Party hold

Sewell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Gillian Muriel Francis Elected 1,666 55.2% +3.8
Labour Party Julie Dawn Brociek-Coulton 1,091 36.1% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Bailey 189 6.3% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Helen Bernadette Arundell 72 2.4% +0.1
Majority575
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors7,708
Ballots cast3,018

Green Party hold

Thorpe Hamlet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Josh Worley Elected 1,420 48.8% -2.5
Labour Party Jane Christine Overhill 997 34.2% +4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Alice Victoria Saunders 336 11.5% -3.1
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Nigel Hooke 158 5.4% +1.4
Majority423
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors7,841
Ballots cast2,911

Green Party hold

Town Close

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Karen Ann Davis Elected 1,835 55.3% -2.4
Green Party Iolo Jones 696 21.0% +1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Josephine Chacksfield 543 16.4% +0.7
Liberal Democrats Carol Denise Chilton 243 7.3% +0.1
Majority1,139
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors7,980
Ballots cast3,317

Labour Party hold

University

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Beth Jones Elected 1,206 50.6% -5.3
Liberal Democrats James Andrew Hawketts 512 21.5% +14.4
Green Party Sean Gough 492 20.6% -2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Hassan Iqbal 173 7.3% -6.7
Majority694
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors7,766
Ballots cast2,383

Labour Party hold

Wensum

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Liam Joseph Calvert Elected 1,305 45.0% +16.8
Labour Party Laura Elizabeth McCartney-Gray 1,283 44.2% -9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Benedict Julian Baldwin 232 8.0% -6.1
Liberal Democrats Gordon Richard Dean 80 2.8% -1.5
Majority22
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors8,280
Ballots cast2,900

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

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