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

2022 Norwich City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 8 Decrease1 61.5 17 25 64.1 16,336 45.2 Increase7.2
  Green 4 Increase1 30.8 7 11 28.2 10,540 29.2 Decrease1.2
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,521 15.3 Increase1.3
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 7.7 2 3 7.7 3,711 10.3 Decrease4.5
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 41 0.1 Decrease1.8

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

Ward results

Bowthorpe

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 Increase7.9

Catton Grove

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 Increase8.8

Crome

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 Increase7.5

Eaton

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 Decrease2.0

Lakenham

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 Increase9.1

Mancroft

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 Increase5.5

Mile Cross

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 Increase7.4

Nelson

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 Decrease0.4

Sewell

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 Increase3.3

Thorpe Hamlet

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 Increase7.0

Town Close

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 Increase3.7

University

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 Decrease0.2

Wensum

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 Increase3.2

References

  1. ^ "Norwich City Council election results - 5 May 2022". Norwich City Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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