Elections to
Norwich City Council
Norwich City Council is the local authority for Norwich, a non-metropolitan district with city status in Norfolk, England. It consists of 39 councillors, elected to represent 13 wards, each with three councillors. It forms the lower tier of l ...
were held on 2 May 2019. Following boundary changes, all 39 seats were put up for election, with three councillors being elected per ward using the
block vote system. The election saw the Green Party reclaim five seats from the Labour Party, while losing one to Labour in Town Close. The Labour Party retained its majority on the council.
Background
In the
2018 election, the Labour Party achieved its best result in the city since the 1990s, winning 49% of the vote and 12 of 13 seats up for election, with the Greens dropping to their worst percentage result since 2004 (19%) and losing all 5 seats they were defending. This followed a similar victory for Labour within Norwich in the
2017 Norfolk County Council election and the
2017 re-election of Norwich South Labour MP
Clive Lewis with 61% of the vote. As a result of the
2018 election, Labour held 31 of the 39 seats - 79.5% of the total.
In late 2017, the
Local Government Boundary Commission began a review of the Norwich City Council boundaries.
All councillors had to seek reelection in the 2019 Norwich City Council election, on changed boundaries, rather than the usual third of each ward.
Summary
Results summary
Changes in vote share are relative to 2018.
Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
The results were as follows:
Ward results
Bowthorpe
Catton Grove
Crome
Eaton
Lakenham
Mancroft
Mile Cross
Nelson
Sewell
Thorpe Hamlet
Town Close
University
Wensum
References
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Norwich
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2019
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