Major General James G. Blunt

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.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election result

After the election, the new makeup of the City Council was:

• Labour 15 (-1)
• Liberal Democrat 11 (-1)
• Green 10 (+1)
• Conservative 3 (+1)

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Graham Wyatt	975	38.1	-3.6
	Labour	Chrissie Rumsby	966	37.7	+1.5
	Green	Blair Andrew Campbell	337	13.2	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Francis John McInvor	282	11.0	+0.4
Majority			9	0.4	-5.1
Turnout			2,560	31.1	-1.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.6

Catton Grove

Catton Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Jean Collishaw	1,003	42.0	+10.7
	Labour	Martin Alexander Booth	877	36.7	-1.3
	Green	Penny Edwards	313	13.1	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nesar Ahmed	194	8.1	-8.4
Majority			126	5.3	—
Turnout			2,387	31.3	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Crome

Crome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Waters	1,110	44.4	-0.5
	Conservative	Kay Frances Mason	684	27.4	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Patricia Bowling	402	16.1	+0.9
	Green	Christopher Webb	303	12.1	-0.5
Majority			426	17.0	-0.5
Turnout			2,499	34.9	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

Eaton

Eaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Mary Wright	1,607	40.7	-6.3
	Conservative	Vic Hopes	1,303	33.0	+2.6
	Labour	Ron Borrett	467	11.8	+0.5
	Green	Richard Andrew Bearman	454	11.5	+0.3
	UKIP	John Frederick Wilder	117	3.0	N/A
Majority			304	7.7	-8.9
Turnout			3,948	54.8	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.5

Lakenham

Lakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Malcom Driver	1,159	39.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Richard Dean	1,060	36.2	-1.0
	Green	Jacqui McCarney	293	10.0	-2.4
	Conservative	Carrie Chandler	290	9.9	-2.6
	UKIP	Steve Emmens	130	4.4	N/A
Majority			99	3.3	+2.7
Turnout			2,932	40.4	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

Mancroft

Mancroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tom Dylan	1,027	39.6	+4.5
	Labour	David Fullman	687	26.5	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan David Oliver	481	18.5	-4.8
	Conservative	Niki William George	398	15.3	+2.0
Majority			340	13.1	—
Turnout			2,593	32.4	-6.1
	Green hold		Swing	3.2

Mile Cross

Mile Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Morphew	1,013	43.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Richard Nobbs	707	30.4	-4.0
	Conservative	David John Mackie	305	13.1	+1.5
	Green	Christine Patricia Way	298	12.8	+0.5
Majority			306	13.2	+4.9
Turnout			2,323	31.6	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

Nelson

Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Adrian Philip Ramsay	1,899	61.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Angus Fairbairn	518	16.8	-1.0
	Labour	Peter Bartram	397	12.9	+0.9
	Conservative	Malcolm Andrew Chamberlin	271	8.8	-0.2
Majority			1,381	44.8	+1.3
Turnout			3,085	42.0	-1.3
	Green hold		Swing	0.7

Sewell

Sewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Brociek-Coulton	931	39.0	+9.3
	Green	Penny Killingbeck	573	24.0	+6.3
	Conservative	Tony William Landamore	453	19.0	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Robert Williams	428	17.9	-0.4
Majority			358	15.0	+5.7
Turnout			2,385	31.9	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Nigel Hooke	953	34.5	-6.5
	Green	James Patrick Conway	952	34.5	+14.2
	Conservative	George Richards	429	15.5	-1.1
	Labour	John Holdcroft	428	15.5	-6.6
Majority			1	<0.1	—
Turnout			2,762	35.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.4

Town Close

Town Close

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Stephen Ralph Little	1,474	44.3	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	734	22.1	-5.8
	Conservative	Eileen Olive Wyatt	620	18.6	+1.0
	Labour	Bob Sanderson	497	14.9	+0.2
Majority			740	22.2	+10.3
Turnout			3,325	41.1	-1.6
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	5.2

University

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy George Blower	1,155	50.2	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	James William Wright	472	20.5	-10.1
	Green	Ruth Alexandra Makoff	368	16.0	+2.0
	Conservative	Niall Graham Baxter	227	9.9	+0.6
	UKIP	Vandra Susan Ahlstrom	80	3.5	-1.1
Majority			683	29.7	+18.8
Turnout			2,302	33.1	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	9.4

Wensum

Wensum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rupert Jefferson Read	1,237	49.1	+2.7
	Labour	Ben Hathway	622	24.7	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Ralph Clark	378	15.0	-5.1
	Conservative	Paul Anthony George Wells	280	11.1	+2.0
Majority			615	24.4	+2.3
Turnout			2,517	29.8	-5.2
	Green hold		Swing	1.2

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