2015 Norwich City Council election

2015 city council election for Norwich, England April 2015 April 2015 2015 Norwich City Council election Parliamentary no yes 2014 Norwich City Council election 2014 2016 Norwich City Council election 2016 15 of 39 seats to Norwich City Council 20 7 May 2015 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 21 10 1 22 22,755 34.9% 1.7pp 95x50px|Blank Green Party of England and Wales 4 15 14 1 16,106 24.7% 3.3pp 95x50px|Blank Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 3 3 6,932 10.9% 1.6pp Norwich wards 2015.png 300px Map showing the 2015 local election results in Norwich. Council control Council control after election Labour Party (UK) 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.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums 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 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.http://www.norwich.gov.uk/YourCouncil/CouncillorsDemocracyAndElections/Elections/Pages/LocalElectionResultsMay2015.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20150512002051/http://www.norwich.gov.uk/YourCouncil/CouncillorsDemocracyAndElections/Elections/Pages/LocalElectionResultsMay2015.aspx dead 12 May 2015 Norwich City Council Local election results May 2015 11 May 2015 All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2011 election, the last time these seats were contested. Overall result Norwich City Council Election, 2015 Labour Party (UK) 10 1 0 +1 66.7 34.9 22,755 -1.7 Green Party of England and Wales 4 0 1 -1 26.7 24.7 16,302 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 21.3 13,933 +0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 0 0 6.7 10.6 6,932 -1.6 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 5,304 +5.9 Left Unity (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 37 N/A |-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. Bowthorpe Bowthorpe Labour Party (UK) Mike Sands 1,955 40.0 -5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel Elmer 1,087 22.2 -12.7 UK Independence Party Eric Masters 743 15.2 n/a Green Party of England and Wales Jean Bishop 710 14.5 +1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Johnston 395 8.1 +2.4 868 17.8 4,890 55.8 Labour Party (UK) Catton Grove Catton Grove ward Labour Party (UK) Paul Kendrick 1,702 36.5 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Will Holmes 1,411 30.3 -2.0 UK Independence Party Michelle Ho 799 17.1 +9.1 Green Party of England and Wales Tony Park 483 10.4 +0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leigh Tooke 269 5.8 -1.3 291 6.2 4,464 56.9 Labour Party (UK) Crome Crome ward Labour Party (UK) Alan Walters 1,821 42.3 -10.1 Conservative Party (UK) David Mackie 1,132 26.3 +1.6 UK Independence Party Ann Williams 793 18.4 +10.6 Green Party of England and Wales Judith Ford 350 8.1 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chris Thomas 175 4.1 -1.3 Left Unity (UK) Anthony Sweeney 37 0.9 n/a 689 16.0 4,308 59.0 Labour Party (UK) Eaton Eaton ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Caroline Ackroyd 2,176 37.1 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) William Robb 1,598 27.2 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) Chris Elderton 1,226 20.9 -0.9 Green Party of England and Wales Jane Saunders 869 14.8 +2.0 578 9.9 5,866 77.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lakenham Lakenham ward Labour Party (UK) Keith Driver 1,700 37.8 +3.8 UK Independence Party Steve Emmens 733 16.3 +9.6 Green Party of England and Wales Laura Middleton 718 16.0 -2.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Fairbairn 674 15.0 -6.3 Conservative Party (UK) Hannah Felton 669 14.9 +3.1 967 21.5 4,494 62.5 Labour Party (UK) Mancroft Mancroft ward Green Party of England and Wales Martin Schmierer 1,805 37.0 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) Beth Jones 1,730 35.4 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Cochrane 961 19.7 +4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Melvyn Elias 386 7.9 -2.2 75 1.6 4,882 58.3 Green Party of England and Wales 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. Mile Cross ward Labour Party (UK) Vaughan Thomas 1,675 36.6 -14.4 Labour Party (UK) Vivien Thomas 1,410 — — Conservative Party (UK) Mary Chacksfield 921 20.1 +1.6 UK Independence Party Steven Bradley 905 19.8 +15.4 Green Party of England and Wales Richard Edwards 802 17.5 +3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Holmes 653 — — Green Party of England and Wales Gunnar Eigener 605 — — Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah Cunningham 272 5.9 -6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Sutton-Croft 204 — — 754 489 7,955 53.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Nelson Nelson ward Green Party of England and Wales Denise Carlo 2,750 50.2 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) Hugo Malik 1,685 30.7 +4.5 Conservative Party (UK) James Wight 656 12.0 +0.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Yan Malinowski 393 7.2 -0.5 1,065 19.5 5,484 70.9 Green Party of England and Wales Sewell Sewell ward elected two seats in this election, with each voter casting up to two votes under the plurality-at-large voting system. Sewell ward Labour Party (UK) Julie Brociek-Coulton 2,018 39.3 -1.9 Labour Party (UK) Ed Coleshill 1,454 — — Green Party of England and Wales Thomas Holloway 1,058 20.6 -4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Barton 1,046 20.4 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Evelyn Collishaw 1,031 — — Green Party of England and Wales Matthew Townsend 1,015 — — UK Independence Party Glenn Tingle 628 12.2 +6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Crisp 383 7.5 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neal Samuel 205 — — 960 396 4,852 61.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Thorpe Hamlet Thorpe Hamlet ward Green Party of England and Wales Jo Henderson 1,851 33.1 -7.9 Labour Party (UK) Eamonn Burgess 1,640 29.3 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Gillespie 1,507 26.9 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Nobbs 602 10.8 -3.5 211 3.8 5,600 60.3 Green Party of England and Wales Town Close Town Close ward Green Party of England and Wales David Raby 2,205 35.7 -10.5 Labour Party (UK) Jamal Sealey 1,864 30.2 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) Antony Little 1,435 23.2 +4.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kirsty Webber-Walton 671 10.9 -0.5 341 5.5 6,175 67.3 Green Party of England and Wales University University ward Labour Party (UK) Roger Ryan 2,068 48.5 -8.8 Green Party of England and Wales Spinoza Pitman 1,130 26.5 +6.8 Conservative Party (UK) Jessica Lancod-Frost 758 17.8 +4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Callf 304 7.1 -2.3 938 22.0 4,260 62.9 Labour Party (UK) Wensum Wensum ward Labour Party (UK) Martin Peek 1,671 34.0 -4.4 Green Party of England and Wales Ben Walker 1,555 31.7 -12.0 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Lach 752 15.3 +3.0 UK Independence Party Dave King 703 14.3 n/a Liberal Democrats (UK) John Beale 232 4.7 -0.9 116 2.3 4,913 56.7 Labour Party (UK) Green Party of England and Wales References Norwich Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom 2015 Category:2010s in Norfolk