2018 Norwich City Council election
{{short description|2018 city council election for Norwich, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2018 Norwich City Council election
| flag_image =
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2016 Norwich City Council election
| previous_year = 2016
| next_election = 2019 Norwich City Council election
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election = 13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council
| majority_seats = 20
| election_date = 3 May 2018
| image1 = File:No image wide.svg
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| seats_before1 = 26
| seats_after1 = 31
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 12
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5
| popular_vote1 = 17,094
| percentage1 = 49.2%
| swing1 = {{increase}}13.8pp
| image3 = File:No image wide.svg
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| seats_before3 = 3
| seats_after3 = 3
| seats_needed3 =
| seats3 = 1
| seat_change3 = {{nochange}}
| popular_vote3 = 3,987
| percentage3 = 11.5%
| swing3 = {{increase}}1.5pp
| image2 = File:No image wide.svg
| party2 = Green Party of England and Wales
| seats_before2 = 10
| seats_after2 = 5
| seats2 = 0
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}5
| popular_vote2 = 6,735
| percentage2 = 19.4%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}10.9pp
| map_image = Norwich wards 2018.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Map showing the 2016 local election results in Norwich.
†As only one-third of seats were up for election, this figure indicates the total number of seats held by the party following the election to allow for year-on-year comparison.
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = Labour Party (UK)
| before_party =
| after_election = Labour Party (UK)
| after_party =
}}
The 2018 Norwich City Council election took on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 13 of 39 seats (one-third) were up for election.
The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, winning 12 out of 13 seats up for election and 49% of the vote, their best result in over 20 years. The Greens lost every seat they were defending, whilst the Liberal Democrats retained their single seat in Eaton ward.{{Cite web |url=https://www.norwich.gov.uk/info/20021/elections_and_voting/2075/local_election_results_3_may_2018/1 |title=Local Election Results 3 May 2018 | Local Election Results 3 May 2018 | Norwich City Council |access-date=26 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225607/https://www.norwich.gov.uk/info/20021/elections_and_voting/2075/local_election_results_3_may_2018/1 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |url-status=dead }} The Conservatives once again failed to elect any councillors, although they did increase their share of the vote by 3 percentage points. As of the 2018 election, the Conservatives have not won a seat on Norwich City Council for over 10 years.
All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2014 election, the last time these seats were contested.
Background
In the 2016 election, the Labour Party achieved its best result in the city since 1998, winning 44% of the vote and 11 of 13 seats up for election, with the Greens dropping to their worst percentage result since 2005 (21%) and losing 4 of the 5 seats they were defending. The scale of the Labour victory was reported to have surprised both Labour and the Green Party and was partly attributed to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party bringing "some voters who had previously switched to the Greens back to Labour".{{Cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/torrid_night_for_greens_in_norwich_as_labour_increase_its_hold_on_the_city_1_4524410|title = Torrid night for Greens in Norwich as Labour increase its hold on the city|date = 6 May 2016}}
The following year, in the Norfolk County Council election, Labour bucked its national trend of poor results and gained 4 seats in Norwich, all from the Green Party, leaving the Greens with no representation on the County Council for the first time since 2001. This was followed by a general election on 8 June, which saw Labour win Norwich South with 61% of the vote, with the Green Party candidate achieving a total of 3%. Labour also came within 507 votes of winning Norwich North from the Conservative Party.
Overall result
{{Election summary begin|title = Norwich City Council Election, 2018}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 12
|government = yes
|gain = 5
|loss = 0
|net = +5
|seats % = 92.3
|votes % = 49.2
|votes = 17,094
|plus/minus = +13.8
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % =
|votes % = 19.7
|votes = 6,841
|plus/minus = +3.2
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 5
|net = -5
|seats % =
|votes % = 19.4
|votes = 6,735
|plus/minus = -10.9
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 1
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 7.7
|votes % = 11.5
|votes = 3,987
|plus/minus = +1.5
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % =
|votes % = 0.3
|votes = 116
|plus/minus = New
}}
|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6
| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total
| style="text-align: right;" | 13
| colspan=4 style="text-align: right;" |
| style="text-align: right;" |
| style="text-align: right;" | 34,773
| style="text-align: right;" |
|-
|}
Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2014.
Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| style="width:60%; text-align:center;"
|+ ↓ |
| style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; width:56.4%;" | 26 | style="background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}; width:35.9%;" | 10 | style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width:7.7%;" | 3 |
| Labour
| Green | Lib Dem |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| style="width:60%; text-align:center;"
|+ ↓ |
| style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; width:79.5%;" | 31 | style="background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}; width:12.8%;" | 5 | style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width:7.7%;" | 3 |
| Labour
| Green | Lib Dem |
Ward Results
=Bowthorpe=
{{Election box begin | title=Bowthorpe ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sue Sands
|votes = 1,297
|percentage = 59.5
|change = +11.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Roy Wiltshire
|votes = 579
|percentage = 26.6
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jean Kathleen Bishop
|votes = 173
|percentage = 7.9
|change = -14.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Oliver Brian James Healey
|votes = 131
|percentage = 6.0
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 718
|percentage = 32.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,180
|percentage = 24.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Catton Grove=
{{Election box begin | title=Catton Grove ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mike Stonard
|votes = 1,220
|percentage = 51.3
|change = +13.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Charles Newton
|votes = 809
|percentage = 34.0
|change = +12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tony Arthur Park
|votes = 196
|percentage = 8.2
|change = -4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Leigh John Tooke
|votes = 153
|percentage = 6.4
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 411
|percentage = 17.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,378
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Crome=
{{Election box begin | title=Crome ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Marion Frances Maxwell
|votes = 1,219
|percentage = 58.0
|change = +16.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom L. Sherman
|votes = 592
|percentage = 28.2
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Judith Marianne Ford
|votes = 178
|percentage = 8.5
|change = -1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Neal
|votes = 111
|percentage = 5.3
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 627
|percentage = 29.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,100
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Eaton=
{{Election box begin | title=Eaton ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=James Wright |votes=1,799|percentage=49.6|change= +12.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Samantha Louise England|votes=888|percentage=24.5|change= -5.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Ben Hardie|votes=689|percentage=19.0|change= +0.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Jane Isobel Saunders|votes=249|percentage=6.9|change= -8.3}}
{{Election box majority||votes=911|percentage=25.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,625|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lakenham=
{{Election box begin | title=Lakenham ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Rachel Sarah Trevor|votes=1,353|percentage=57.0|change= +22.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eric Philip Ashwell Masters|votes=475|percentage=20.0|change= +11.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Emily Rachel Cutler|votes=307|percentage=12.9|change= -7.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Frederick Peter John Offord|votes=238|percentage=10.0|change= -4.8}}
{{Election box majority||votes=878|percentage=25.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2373|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Mancroft=
{{Election box begin | title=Mancroft ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jo Smith
|votes = 1,248
|percentage = 42.6
|change = +9.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sandra Bogelein
|votes = 1,171
|percentage = 40.0
|change = -5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Iain Michael Morgan Gwynn
|votes = 373
|percentage = 12.7
|change = -1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Tustin
|votes = 139
|percentage = 4.7
|change = -2.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 77
|percentage = 2.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,931
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Green Party of England and Wales
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Mile Cross=
{{Election box begin | title=Mile Cross ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jacob Stephen Orlando Huntley|votes=1,124|percentage=57.8|change=+17.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Frederick Fisher|votes=393|percentage=20.2|change=+8.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Adrian St.John Holmes|votes=188|percentage=9.7|change=-10.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Adrian Christopher Thomas|votes=125|percentage=6.4|change=+1.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Richard Alan Edwards|votes=116|percentage=6.0|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 731|percentage= 37.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,946|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Nelson=
{{Election box begin | title=Nelson ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Emma Louise Hampton|votes=1,643|percentage=47.2|change= +15.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Paul Vincent Neale|votes=1,459|percentage=42.0|change= -11.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Reece Stanley Durrant|votes=189|percentage=5.4|change= -2.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=David Angus Fairbairn|votes=185|percentage=5.3|change= -2.7}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 184|percentage= 5.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,476|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Green Party of England and Wales
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sewell=
{{Election box begin | title=Sewell ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Matthew Robert Packer |votes=1,652|percentage=64.5|change= +27.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tessa Ann Jackson|votes=431|percentage=16.8|change= +3.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Cami Ouzerdine|votes=325|percentage=12.7|change= -14.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Neil Rober Hardman|votes=155|percentage=6.0|change= +1.4}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,221|percentage=47.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2563|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Thorpe Hamlet=
{{Election box begin | title=Thorpe Hamlet ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=Cavan Stewart
|votes=1,277
|percentage=39.7
|change= +10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Lesley Grahame
|votes=1,122
|percentage=34.9
|change= -7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Alex Jackson-Dennis
|votes=587
|percentage=18.3
|change= -1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Gordon Dean
|votes=229
|percentage=7.1
|change= -1.3
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=155|percentage=4.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,215|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Green Party of England and Wales
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Town Close=
{{Election box begin | title=Town Close ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Ian Clifford Stutely|votes=1,776|percentage=48.9|change= +15.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mary Josephine Chacksfield|votes=841|percentage=23.0|change= +4.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Nick Caistor|votes=659|percentage=18.1|change= -24.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Silvia Schmidtova|votes=373|percentage=10.2|change= +4.0}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 935|percentage= 25.9|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Green Party of England and Wales
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=University=
{{Election box begin | title=University ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Matthew Fulton-McAlister|votes=1,156|percentage=63.2|change=+11.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Claire Louise Stephenson|votes=296|percentage=16.2|change=-13.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Ahmod Syed Zulkarnine|votes=252|percentage=13.8|change=+1.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Connor Bell|votes=125|percentage=6.8|change=+0.1}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 860|percentage= 47.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wensum=
{{Election box begin | title=Wensum ward}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Erin Victoria Fulton-McAlister|votes=1,440|percentage=58.6|change= +23.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Thomas Edward Holloway|votes=481|percentage=19.5|change= -28.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Thomas Simon Sheppard|votes=432|percentage=17.5|change= +4.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=David Thomas|votes=113|percentage=4.6|change= +0.4}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 959|percentage= 39.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Green Party of England and Wales
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{United Kingdom local elections, 2018}}
{{Norfolk elections}}