Norwich City Council election, 2015

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7 May 2015

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15 of 39 seats to Norwich City Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Green	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	10 (For a total of 22)	4 (For a total of 14)	1 (For a total of 3)
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	22,755	16,302	6,932
Percentage	34.9%	25.0%	10.6%
Swing	0.5%	5.3%	0.6%

Map showing the 2015 local election results in Norwich.

Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

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. 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.

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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 in that ward in the 2014 City Council election.

Mile Cross ward elected two seats in this election, with each voter casting up to two votes under the plurality-at-large voting system.

Sewell ward elected two seats in this election, with each voter casting up to two votes under the plurality-at-large voting system.

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