2022 Norwich City Council election

2022 Norwich City Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2023 →
13 out of 39 seats to Norwich City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats Seats before 26 10 3 Seats won 8 4 1 Seats after 25 11 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 16,336 10,540 3,711 Percentage 45.2% 29.2% 10.3% Swing 7.2pp 1.2pp 4.5pp
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Norwich City Council election
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2022 Norwich City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. 13 of 39 seats (one-third) were up for election.

Results summary[edit]

2022 Norwich City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	61.5	17	25	64.1	16,336	45.2	7.2
	Green	4	1	30.8	7	11	28.2	10,540	29.2	1.2
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	5,521	15.3	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	1		7.7	2	3	7.7	3,711	10.3	4.5
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	41	0.1	1.8

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2019.

Ward results[edit]

Bowthorpe[edit]

Bowthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Sands	1,170	59.0	+7.1
	Conservative	Oscar Houseago	409	20.6	-8.7
	Green	Maddie Lyall	221	11.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Bennett	184	9.3	+3.5
Majority			761	38.4
Turnout				29.1
	Labour hold		Swing	7.9

Catton Grove[edit]

Catton Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Kendrick	1,236	53.8	+6.3
	Conservative	Hassan Iqbal	563	24.5	-11.2
	Green	Tony Park	355	15.5	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Williams	143	6.2	+2.4
Majority			673	29.3
Turnout			2,297	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing	8.8

Crome[edit]

Crome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Kidman	1,360	52.4	+7.8
	Conservative	Steve Barber	828	31.9	-7.1
	Green	James Killbery	294	11.3	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Lubbock	115	4.4	+1.2
Majority			532	20.5
Turnout			2,597	31.7
	Labour hold		Swing	7.5

Eaton[edit]

Eaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Ackroyd	2,069	48.4	+4.1
	Labour	Peter Prinsley	1,310	30.6	+8.0
	Conservative	John Ward	560	13.1	-9.5
	Green	Jane Saunders	336	7.9	-2.5
Majority			759	17.8
Turnout			4,275	55.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.0

Lakenham[edit]

Lakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurpreet Padda	1,391	56.7	+9.2
	Conservative	Robert Hammond	464	18.9	-9.0
	Green	Sabine Virani	363	14.8	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Davies	237	9.7	+0.6
Majority			927	37.8
Turnout			2,455	32.1
	Labour hold		Swing	9.1

Mancroft[edit]

Mancroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jamie Osborn	1,606	61.9	+7.5
	Labour Co-op	Jess Carrington	691	26.6	-3.4
	Conservative	Iain Gwynn	243	9.4	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Dean	55	2.1	-0.1
Majority			915	35.3
Turnout			2,595	35.3
	Green hold		Swing	5.5

Mile Cross[edit]

Mile Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivien Thomas	1,135	59.1	+7.5
	Conservative	Eric Masters	382	19.9	-7.3
	Green	Gunnar Eigener	318	16.5	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Desmond Fulcher	87	4.5	-0.1
Majority			753	39.2
Turnout			1,922	25.2
	Labour hold		Swing	7.4

Nelson[edit]

Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Julie Young	2,138	53.3	-0.2
	Labour	Lynda Groves	1,476	36.8	+0.6
	Conservative	John Fisher	226	5.6	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Fairbairn	132	3.3	+0.8
	Independent	Simon Redding	41	1.0	N/A
Majority			662	16.5
Turnout			4,013	49.4
	Green hold		Swing	0.4

Sewell[edit]

Sewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Alex Catt	1,580	51.4	+5.3
	Labour	Matt Packer	1,182	38.5	-1.2
	Conservative	Anthony Little	238	7.7	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Arundell	71	2.3	+0.7
Majority			398	12.9
Turnout			3,071	40.7
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	3.3

Thorpe Hamlet[edit]

Thorpe Hamlet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ben Price	1,450	51.3	+10.0
	Labour	Cavan Stewart	852	30.1	-3.9
	Conservative	Simon Jones	413	14.6	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hooke	114	4.0	±0.0
Majority			598	21.2
Turnout			2,829	37.7
	Green hold		Swing	7.0

Town Close[edit]

Town Close

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cate Oliver	1,968	57.7	+6.1
	Green	Willem Buttinger	661	19.4	-1.2
	Conservative	Mary Chacksfied	534	15.7	-5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Chilton	246	7.2	+0.4
Majority			1,307	38.3
Turnout			3,409	43.4
	Labour hold		Swing	3.7

University[edit]

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Matthew Fulton-McAlister	1,170	55.9	+2.1
	Green	Tom Holloway	483	23.1	+2.4
	Conservative	Jane Fisher	293	14.0	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Hawketts	148	7.1	+1.3
Majority			687	32.8
Turnout			2,094	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

Wensum[edit]

Wensum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kevin Maguire	1,395	53.5	+6.4
	Green	Liam Calvert	735	28.2	±0.0
	Conservative	David King	368	14.1	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Atkins	110	4.2	+0.7
Majority			660	25.3
Turnout			2,608	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

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