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 up due to by-elections in Coslany, St. Stephen and Thorpe Hamlet wards.
Results summary
[edit]1996 Norwich City Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 14 | ![]() |
73.7 | 23 | 37 | 77.1 | 20,131 | 53.3 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | ![]() |
26.3 | 6 | 11 | 22.9 | 10,916 | 28.9 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,681 | 15.0 | +0.6 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 870 | 2.3 | +0.9 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 186 | 0.5 | +0.2 |
Ward results
[edit]Bowthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Ferris | 1,399 | 69.4 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | N. Lubbock | 272 | 13.5 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | M. Gant | 234 | 11.6 | −0.8 | |
Green | S. Pollard | 112 | 5.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,127 | 55.9 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,017 | 24.3 | −6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Catton Grove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Morrey | 885 | 63.0 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | M. Wilkinson | 299 | 21.3 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Richardson | 220 | 15.7 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 586 | 41.7 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,334 | 25.7 | −5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Coslany
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Coath | 1,174 | 62.6 | −2.2 | |
Labour | M. Pendred | 1,037 | |||
Liberal Democrats | I. Williams | 384 | 20.5 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Young | 323 | |||
Conservative | E. Horth | 317 | 16.9 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | E. Collishaw | 314 | |||
Turnout | 29.9 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Crome
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Waters | 1,170 | 60.0 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | J. Fisher | 462 | 23.7 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | E. Maxfield | 318 | 16.3 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 708 | 36.3 | −11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,950 | 35.5 | −4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Eaton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | A. Aalders-Dunthorne | 1,527 | 44.6 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | J. Virgo | 1,135 | 33.1 | +0.1 | |
Labour | C. Slorach | 764 | 22.3 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 392 | 11.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,426 | 52.6 | −4.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Heigham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Morrey | 1,166 | 68.7 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | N. Park | 338 | 19.9 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | V. Rayna | 193 | 11.4 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 828 | 48.8 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,697 | 30.4 | −8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Henderson
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Sillett | 1,069 | 64.1 | −8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Meacock | 283 | 17.0 | +4.7 | |
Green | J. Button | 165 | 9.9 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | S. Collier | 150 | 9.0 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 786 | 47.2 | −13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,667 | 28.9 | −3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Lakenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Brown | 1,266 | 67.8 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | M. Dewings | 302 | 16.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Banks | 299 | 16.0 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 964 | 51.6 | ±0.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,867 | 33.7 | −3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Mancroft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Lay | 1,130 | 57.4 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | J. Knight | 406 | 20.6 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Risebrook | 266 | 13.5 | −1.1 | |
Green | A. St. John Holmes | 165 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 724 | 36.8 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,967 | 31.1 | −4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Mile Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Betts | 982 | 79.1 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Hicketts | 160 | 12.9 | ±0.0 | |
Conservative | J. Fisher | 99 | 8.0 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 822 | 66.2 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,241 | 23.6 | −7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Mousehold
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C. Sanderson | 1,113 | 65.8 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Lloyd | 278 | 16.4 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | E. Kirton | 205 | 12.1 | −1.3 | |
Green | L. Moore | 96 | 5.7 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 835 | 49.3 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,692 | 28.1 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Nelson
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Pardey | 1,253 | 48.2 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Munday | 900 | 34.6 | −6.4 | |
Independent | C. Davis | 161 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Drake | 160 | 6.2 | +0.4 | |
Green | K. McNulty | 125 | 4.8 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 353 | 13.6 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,599 | 50.5 | −3.1 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
St. Stephen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Gale | 1,186 | 55.3 | −7.7 | |
Labour | J. Swainson | 1,127 | |||
Conservative | M. Dean | 442 | 20.6 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | T. Wright | 366 | |||
Liberal Democrats | C. Turner | 310 | 14.5 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Verran | 224 | |||
Green | S. Pennington | 207 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 35.9 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Thorpe Hamlet
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | I. Bowling | 981 | 55.2 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Shopland | 931 | |||
Labour | J. Dunbar | 588 | 33.1 | −5.1 | |
Labour | G. Cossey | 554 | |||
Conservative | R. Sumner | 208 | 11.7 | +1.6 | |
Turnout | 28.5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Town Close
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | A. Thomas | 1,530 | 53.2 | +5.7 | |
Labour | W. Carpenter | 1,112 | 38.7 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | J. Wyatt | 207 | 7.2 | −0.6 | |
Independent | D. Mills | 25 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 418 | 14.5 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,874 | 52.4 | −2.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
University
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | D. Hume | 1,372 | 50.6 | +5.6 | |
Labour | P. Harris | 1,156 | 42.7 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | C. Page | 182 | 6.7 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 216 | 7.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,710 | 48.0 | −2.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Norwich City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 16 July 2021.