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is elected each year. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 39

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s have been elected from 13

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Council history

For the majority of its history, the council has been under Labour control, with the party having held a majority of seats from 1973-2000, and again from 2012-2023. Between the 2023 and 2024 election, 3 Labour councillors resigned from the party to sit as Independents, citing the direction of the party under the leadership of

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. While remaining the largest party, this caused Labour to lose its majority for the first time since 2011, pushing the council to no overall control. The Liberal Party (a predecessor party to the Liberal Democrats) first gained representation on the council following the 1980 election, with a single seat. After the Liberal Party and SDP merged to form the Liberal Democrats (then SLD) in 1988, the party made steady gains in both seats and vote share, culminating in them winning a majority of seats at the 2002 and 2003 elections. However, the ascendancy of the Liberal Democrats was cut short, as the Green Party began winning seats on the council at the 2002 election. Rapid growth over the next decade increased the number of Green councillors from 2 in 2002, to 15 in 2012. This was primarily at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, whose seat numbers collapsed, and ultimately led to the Greens replacing them as a leading party on the council. The Conservative Party won representation on the council from the inaugural 1973 election, providing the principal opposition to Labour from 1973-1986. However, their seat count began to decline from the 1983 election, and they were eventually usurped by the Liberal Democrats. They lost representation on the council at the 1996 election. Regaining seats in the 2000 election, they were again represented on the council until the 2012 election, when they lost all their seats. Since then, they have failed to win any seats and remain an extra-parliamentary opposition.

Council elections

* 1973 Norwich City Council election * 1976 Norwich City Council election * 1979 Norwich City Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1980 Norwich City Council election * 1982 Norwich City Council election * 1983 Norwich City Council election * 1984 Norwich City Council election * 1986 Norwich City Council election * 1987 Norwich City Council election * 1988 Norwich City Council election * 1990 Norwich City Council election *

1991 Norwich City Council election The 1991 Norwich City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with one additional seat up ...

* 1992 Norwich City Council election * 1994 Norwich City Council election * 1995 Norwich City Council election *

1996 Norwich City Council election The 1996 Norwich City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with three additional seats ...

1998 Norwich City Council election The 1998 Norwich City Council Election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with two additional seats up ...

1999 Norwich City Council election The 1999 Norwich City Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with an additional seat up in ...

2000 Norwich City Council election The 2000 Norwich City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election. Results summary W ...

2002 Norwich City Council election The 2002 Norwich City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with an additional seat up i ...

2003 Norwich City Council election The 2003 Norwich City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with an additional seat up i ...

2004 Norwich City Council election The 2004 Norwich City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries, which re ...

(New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9) *

2006 Norwich City Council election 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 un ...

2007 Norwich City Council election The 2007 Norwich City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats (13) were up for election. This was on the same day as other local elections. Election result After the el ...

* 2008 Norwich City Council election * 2010 Norwich City Council election (By-elections in all 13 wards were held in September following a High Court ruling) *

2011 Norwich City Council election The 2011 Norwich City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election. This was on the same day as other local elections and the nationwide referendum on t ...

* 2012 Norwich City Council election * 2014 Norwich City Council election * 2015 Norwich City Council election * 2016 Norwich City Council election * 2018 Norwich City Council election *

2019 Norwich City Council election Elections to Norwich City Council 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 fi ...

(New ward boundaries) * 2021 Norwich City Council election * 2022 Norwich City Council election *

2023 Norwich City Council election The 2023 Norwich City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Norwich City Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Overview The council was under Labour majority control ...

2024 Norwich City Council election The 2024 Norwich City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Norwich City Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Background At the previous local elections in 2023, La ...

Council composition

Result maps

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By-election results

1994-1998

1998-2002

2006-2010

2010-2014

Notes

References

External links

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