The 2011 Norwich City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the nationwide referendum on the Alternative Vote.
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Map showing the 2011 local election results in Norwich. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2007 election, the last time these seats were contested.
Summary edit
Labour gained Bowthorpe and Catton Grove from the Conservatives, while the Greens seized Thorpe Hamlet from the Liberal Democrats.
- Labour performed best against the Conservatives in their target seats, although they fell short in Wensum and Mancroft as the Green Party's support held up well. The one Green Party gain came in Thorpe Hamlets against the Liberal Democrats, where their triumph meant all three of the ward's seats were now held by them.
- Despite their vote increasing on the previous elections in September 2010, the Conservatives still lost the only two seats they were defending. Disappointing for them, their support rose in all but one of the seats they did not hold previously, while their support fell in the seats they were defending, Bowthorpe and Catton Grove.
- As in the previous election, the Liberal Democrats were relegated to Eaton, while their support across the rest of the city fell sharply.
In the affluent south west of the city, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had fought very hard to win Eaton following the decision of sitting Liberal Democrat Councillor, Ros Wright (wife of Norwich South MP Simon Wright), to stand down. The Liberal Democrats held on with Caroline Ackroyd securing a majority of 129, although there was a 4.9% swing to the Conservative candidate Chris Groves. Turnout was once again the highest in the city at 58.6%.
After the election, the new makeup of the City Council was:
- Labour 18 (+2)
- Greens 15 (+1)
- Liberal Democrats 4 (-1)
- Conservatives 2 (-2)
Turnout across the city was 40.2%, with the AV Referendum being seen as partly responsible for the marked rise.
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 7 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 53.8 | 36.8 | 14,990 | +7.9 | |
Green | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 38.5 | 28.0 | 11,388 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 8,345 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 5,101 | -10.6 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 904 | +1.3 |
Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2007.
Council Composition edit
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
16 | 14 | 5 | 4 |
Labour | Green | Lib Dem | Con |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
18 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
Labour | Green | Lib Dem | Con |
Ward results edit
Bowthorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Sands | 1,381 | 45.8 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Wiltshire | 1,053 | 34.9 | -3.2 | |
Green | Jean Kathleen Bishop | 406 | 13.5 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Haydn Perrett | 173 | 5.7 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 328 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,013 | 35.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.7 |
Catton Grove edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Kendrick | 1,152 | 42.8 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Jean Collishaw | 922 | 33.2 | -8.8 | |
Green | Lee Claire Cozens | 284 | 10.2 | -2.9 | |
UKIP | Paul Williams | 221 | 8.0 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Thomas | 196 | 6.9 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 230 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 2775 | 35.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Crome edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Henry Waters | 1450 | 52.4 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher John Baxter | 684 | 24.7 | -2.7 | |
Green | Christine Patricia Way | 267 | 9.7 | -2.4 | |
UKIP | Wendy Jane Atkinson | 217 | 7.8 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Lofgren Findlow | 148 | 5.4 | -10.7 | |
Majority | 766 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 2766 | 38.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Eaton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Caroline Sarah Ackroyd | 1,467 | 34.2 | -6.5 | |
Conservative | Chris Groves | 1,338 | 31.2 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Verity Jane Sinclair | 937 | 21.8 | +10.0 | |
Green | Jeremy Bartlett | 549 | 12.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 129 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,291 | 58.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lakenham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Keith Malcolm Driver | 1,244 | 41.6 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Anne Whitworth | 637 | 21.3 | -14.9 | |
Green | Penny Edwards | 554 | 18.5 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Mathew John Morris | 243 | 11.8 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Steve Emmens | 201 | 6.7 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 607 | 20.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,989 | 41.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mancroft edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Amy Grace Stammers | 1,355 | 41.5 | +1.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Marion Frances Maxwell | 1,092 | 33.4 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Stefan Richard Rose | 491 | 15.0 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Richard Nobbs | 330 | 10.1 | -8.4 | |
Majority | 263 | 8.1 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,268 | 41.0 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
Miles Cross edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ralph Edward Gayton | 1,227 | 51.0 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Oscar Pinnington | 445 | 18.5 | +5.4 | |
Green | Ben Francis Duffy | 343 | 14.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carl Edward Mayhew | 288 | 12.0 | -18.4 | |
UKIP | Richard Crooks | 105 | 4.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 782 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,408 | 32.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Nelson edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Denise Eileen Carlo | 2,059 | 54.8 | -6.8 | |
Labour | Marian Chapman | 986 | 26.2 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Hannah Charley Feiner | 425 | 11.3 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Hannah Atkins | 288 | 7.7 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 1,073 | 28.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,758 | 49.5 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
Sewell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Dawn Brociek-Coulton | 1,187 | 41.2 | +2.2 | |
Green | Megan Susannah Lewis | 720 | 25.0 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Tony Barton | 573 | 19.9 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Robert Williams | 243 | 8.4 | -9.5 | |
UKIP | Glenn Stuart Tingle | 160 | 5.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 467 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,883 | 38.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Thorpe Hamlet edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Jo Henderson | 1,238 | 39.3 | +4.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Michael John Stonard | 753 | 23.9 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | William Samuel de Spretter | 694 | 22.0 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Nigel Hooke | 464 | 14.7 | -19.8 | |
Majority | 585 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,149 | 37.9 | |||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Town Close edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Stephen Ralph Little | 1763 | 44.2 | -0.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Chris Ovel | 991 | 24.8 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Christopher David Benjamin | 762 | 19.1 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Johnston | 464 | 11.6 | -10.5 | |
Majority | 772 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 3980 | 46.4 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
University edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Sarah Grenville | 1,382 | 57.3 | +7.1 | |
Green | Robbie Laird | 475 | 19.7 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Tom Cannon | 328 | 13.6 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Norris Wright | 228 | 9.4 | -11.1 | |
Majority | 907 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,413 | 31.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wensum edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Lucy Frances Galvin | 1,375 | 43.7 | -5.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Thomas Vaughan | 1,208 | 38.4 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Michael Karanicholas | 387 | 12.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathy Riviere | 175 | 5.6 | -9.4 | |
Majority | 167 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,145 | 40.3 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Election Results 2011 - Norwich". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 3 May 2016.