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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
[edit]2006 Norwich City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 6 | ![]() |
40.0 | 10 | 16 | 41.0 | 10,523 | 27.7 | -0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | ![]() |
20.0 | 9 | 12 | 30.8 | 10,448 | 27.5 | -5.7 | |
Green | 5 | ![]() |
33.3 | 4 | 9 | 23.1 | 9,356 | 24.6 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | 1 | ![]() |
6.7 | 1 | 2 | 5.1 | 7,074 | 18.6 | +0.3 | |
NOTW | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 463 | 1.2 | -0.3 | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 98 | 0.3 | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]Bowthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Catton Grove
[edit]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 | ![]() |
Crome
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Eaton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Lakenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Mancroft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Nelson
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Sewell
[edit]NOTW = Norwich Over The Water
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Thorpe Hamlet
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
University
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Wensum
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
By-elections
[edit]Mile Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2006 - Norwich". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Election 2006". BBC News.
- ^ "Lib Dems celebrate by-election win". Eastern Daily Press. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2009.