Norwich council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 13 wards · 14 seats contested

Most seats
11
Green Party
Seats contested
14
across 13 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Green Party 11 +5 21,981 43.4% +11.4
Reform UK 2 +2 10,324 20.4% +18.6
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 4,415 8.7% -2.2
Labour and Co-operative Party 0 -6 10,818 21.4% -18.8
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 2,979 5.9% -4.5
British Democratic Party 0 +0 77 0.2% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 45 0.1% -0.2

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 14
Labour and Co-operative Party 15
Conservative and Unionist Party 14
Green Party 14
Liberal Democrats 14
Reform UK 14
British Democratic Party 1
Communist Party of Britain 1

A party standing a full slate could field 14 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 +/−
Green Party Amber Smith Elected 980 28.0% +8.3
Reform UK Nick Taylor 898 25.6% -5.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Sands 673 19.2% -12.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Sands 673 19.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rebeka Jones 170 4.9% -8.0
Liberal Democrats Neil Hardman 110 3.1% -1.5
Majority82
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,504

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Catton Grove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Mike Conroy Elected 969 30.5% —
Green Party Tony Arthur Park 910 28.6% +9.4
Labour and Co-operative Party George Andrew Heaney 857 27.0% -26.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Walker 273 8.6% -12.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Clifford Lubbock 168 5.3% -0.6
Majority59
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,177

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Crome

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Tim Day Elected 1,143 33.9% +23.0
Labour Party Claire Tamar Kidman 968 28.7% -24.5
Green Party Richard Alan Edwards 735 21.8% +7.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Tod James 285 8.5% -8.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Jimenez 159 4.7% +0.3
British Democratic Party Kai Stephens 77 2.3% —
Majority175
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,367

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Eaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Caroline Ackroyd Elected 2,169 45.9% -6.0
Green Party Jane Isobel Saunders 896 19.0% +5.7
Reform UK Thomas Edward Waterhouse 723 15.3% —
Labour Party Bert Bremner 568 12.0% -10.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Iain Gwynn 367 7.8% -4.9
Majority1,273
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,723

Liberal Democrats hold

Lakenham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ashlee David Jones Elected 1,304 39.2% +20.8
Reform UK Richard Eminson 840 25.2% —
Labour Party Gurpreet Padda 826 24.8% -33.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Hammond 202 6.1% -6.2
Liberal Democrats Carol Denise Chilton 158 4.7% -1.4
Majority464
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,330

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Mancroft

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ian Clifford Stutely Elected 1,784 58.3% +3.7
Reform UK Mark Shaun Tucker 575 18.8% -0.3
Labour Party Cavan Conan Stewart 377 12.3% -3.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Sing On Lee 173 5.7% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Clara Lynch 150 4.9% -0.4
Majority1,209
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,059

Green Party hold

Mile Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Georgia Elizabeth Brumby Elected 1,503 50.1% +7.4
Reform UK Craig Gordon Barker 878 29.3% +22.9
Labour Party Sevi Marshall 382 12.7% -27.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Georgi Dimitrov 145 4.8% -1.3
Liberal Democrats Sean Timothy Bennett 90 3.0% -0.1
Majority625
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,998

Green Party hold

Nelson

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Denise Eileen Carlo Elected 3,138 65.7% +8.8
Labour Party Michael Tony Howard 901 18.9% -13.7
Reform UK Richard John Edmunds 343 7.2% —
Liberal Democrats Marlowe North 189 4.0% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party John Clarke Ward 159 3.3% -0.8
Communist Party of Britain James Nutman 45 0.9% -2.2
Majority2,237
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,775

Green Party hold

Sewell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sophia Della Corte Elected 2,405 63.4% +9.3
Reform UK Alexander Ben Stevens 557 14.7% -0.8
Labour Party Michelle Solange Gregory 542 14.3% -7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Mackie 146 3.8% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Bernadette Arundell 146 3.8% -0.3
Majority1,848
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,796

Green Party hold

Thorpe Hamlet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Bliss Wylie Elected 1,622 43.1% -1.5
Labour Party Jane Christine Overhill 1,112 29.6% -10.0
Reform UK Stephen Bailey 590 15.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Mark Jones 281 7.5% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Nigel Hooke 154 4.1% -0.1
Majority510
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,759

Green Party hold

Town Close

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Cate Oliver Elected 1,973 45.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Lisa Charlotte Alston 1,313 30.5% -11.3
Reform UK Mark Broome 526 12.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Josephine Chacksfield 309 7.2% -5.4
Liberal Democrats David Angus Fairbairn 185 4.3% -1.0
Majority660
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,306

Green Party gain from Labour Party

University

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Tammy Searle Elected 1,384 43.0% +23.5
Reform UK Jenny Ashburn 672 20.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Matthew Ainsley 578 17.9% -30.4
Liberal Democrats James Andrew Hawketts 455 14.1% -11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Marie Menaul 132 4.1% -2.7
Majority712
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,221

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Wensum 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Tom Butterworth Elected 1,706 51.5% +2.3
Green Party Ben Price Elected 1,641 49.5% —
Reform UK Joe Skipper 818 24.7% +19.9
Reform UK Kevin Spilling 792 23.9% —
Labour Party Kevin Joseph Patrick Maguire 534 16.1% -21.3
Labour Party Maggie Wheeler 514 15.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Fisher 186 5.6% +0.0
Liberal Democrats Gordon Richard Dean 161 4.9% +2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Hadley 151 4.6% —
Liberal Democrats Alan William Wright 121 3.7% —
Majority823
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,312

Green Party gain · Green Party hold

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