2006 Norwich City Council election

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2006 Norwich City Council election[1] [2]
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13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 15 18
Seats won 6 3
Seats after 16 12
Seat change Increase1 Decrease6
Popular vote 9,331 9,029
Percentage 27.8% 26.9%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Green Conservative
Seats before 5 1
Seats won 5 1
Seats after 9 2
Seat change Increase4 Increase1
Popular vote 8,231 6,408
Percentage 24.5% 19.1%

Map showing the 2006 local election results in Norwich.

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

The 2006 Norwich City Council election took place on 6 May 2006 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council remained under no overall control, with the Labour Party overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the largest party.[2]

Results summary

2006 Norwich City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 6 Increase 1 40.0 10 16 41.0 10,523 27.7 -0.4
  Liberal Democrats 3 Decrease 6 20.0 9 12 30.8 10,448 27.5 -5.7
  Green 5 Increase 4 33.3 4 9 23.1 9,356 24.6 +7.2
  Conservative 1 Increase 1 6.7 1 2 5.1 7,074 18.6 +0.3
  NOTW 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 463 1.2 -0.3
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 98 0.3 N/A

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Little 1,055 41.7 +6.4
Labour Ronald Borrett 916 36.2 −1.3
Green Nicholas Bishop 290 11.5 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Richardson 268 10.6 −4.6
Majority 139 5.5
Turnout 2,529 33.0 −16.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase3.9

Catton Grove

Catton Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Morrey 823 38.0 +6.3
Conservative Ian Mackie 677 31.3 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Kendrick 357 16.5 −2.5
Green Fiona Dawson 306 14.1 −0.6
Majority 146 6.7
Turnout 2,163 29.4 +2.4
Labour hold Swing Increase2.7

Crome

Crome
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Lay 1,058 44.9 +3.2
Conservative John Fisher 645 27.4 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Esther Harris 357 15.2 −5.3
Green Christopher Webb 296 12.6 +1.1
Majority 413 17.5
Turnout 2,356 32.9 +2.9
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.6

Eaton

Eaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Watkins 1,757 47.0 −6.4
Conservative Victor Hopes 1,138 30.4 +3.7
Labour Josephine Smith 424 11.3 +0.7
Green Neville Bartlett 419 11.2 +3.7
Majority 619 16.6
Turnout 3,738 52.6 +1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease5.1

Lakenham

Lakenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Cannell 1,015 37.8 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Clark 1,000 37.2 −2.5
Conservative Eileen Wyatt 336 12.5 +1.4
Green Stephen Little 334 12.4 +3.7
Majority 15 0.6
Turnout 2,685 38.4 +4.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase1.4

Mancroft

Mancroft (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Howard Jago 849 35.1 +15.8
Green Steven Altman 747
Labour David Fullman 687 28.4 +0.3
Labour Daniel Douglas 686
Liberal Democrats April Pond 563 23.3 −11.3
Liberal Democrats Nesar Ahmed 550
Conservative George Richards 321 13.3 +0.5
Conservative Giovanna Maurizio 294
Turnout 38.5 +9.5
Green gain from Liberal Democrats
Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Mile Cross

Mile Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Blakeway 849 41.7 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Carl Mayhew 700 34.4 −4.0
Green Susan Curran 250 12.3 +2.1
Conservative David Mackie 235 11.6 +1.4
Majority 149 7.3
Turnout 2,034 29.4 +1.4
Labour hold Swing Increase4.5

Nelson

Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Claire Stephenson 1,805 61.3 +16.5
Liberal Democrats David Fairbairn 523 17.8 −12.1
Labour Peter Bartram 353 12.0 +1.0
Conservative Lisa Ivory 264 9.0 +2.6
Majority 1,282 43.5
Turnout 2,945 43.3 −2.7
Green hold Swing Increase14.3

Sewell

NOTW = Norwich Over The Water

Sewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Sands 674 29.7 −0.4
NOTW Paul Scruton 463 20.4 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Nobbs 416 18.3 +2.0
Green Richard Edwards 401 17.7 +4.5
Conservative Matthew Brice 317 14.0 −0.1
Majority 211 9.3
Turnout 2,271 32.5 +2.5
Labour hold Swing Increase0.9

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Divers 1,004 41.0 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Hooke 869
Labour Thomas Gordon 542 22.1 +1.5
Labour Robin Taylor 506
Green James Conway 497 20.3 +4.0
Conservative Trevor Ivory 408 16.6 −1.3
Green Penelope Lawrence 378
Conservative Christine Page 372
Turnout 33.5 +3.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Town Close

Town Close
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Janet Bearman 1,319 39.8 +20.4
Liberal Democrats Billy Boulton 923 27.9 −13.2
Conservative John Wyatt 582 17.6 +0.1
Labour Paula Skelton 487 14.7 −4.6
Majority 396 11.9
Turnout 3,311 42.7 +6.7
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase16.8

University

University
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Bremner 893 41.5 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Jane Rooza 658 30.6 −6.6
Green Jack Guest 301 14.0 +1.7
Conservative Rachael Howarth 201 9.3 +0.2
UKIP Vandra Ahlstrom 98 4.6 N/A
Majority 235 10.9
Turnout 2,151 31.1 −0.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase5.5

Wensum

Wensum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tom Llewellyn 1,164 46.4 +15.0
Labour Benjamin Hathway 610 24.3 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne 503 20.1 −10.1
Conservative Louise Little 229 9.1 −0.8
Majority 554 22.1
Turnout 2,505 35.0 +2.0
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase7.9

By-elections

Mile Cross

Mile Cross: 27 July 2006[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carl Mayhew 789 46.1 +11.7
Labour Barbara James 702 41.0 −0.7
Green Susan Curran 115 6.7 −5.6
Conservative David Mackie 106 6.2 −5.4
Majority 87 5.1
Turnout 1,712 24.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase6.2

References

  1. ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2006 - Norwich". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Election 2006". BBC News.
  3. ^ "Lib Dems celebrate by-election win". Eastern Daily Press. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2009.