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Norwich 2022

Local elections held 5 May 2022.

13 ward races
13 seats
1 elected below the proportional quota
7.7% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 13 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 13 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Labour Party16,33645.2%861.5%646.2%+2
Green Party10,54029.2%430.8%430.8%0
Conservative and Unionist Party5,52115.3%00.0%215.4%-2
Liberal Democrats3,71110.3%17.7%17.7%0
Independent410.1%00.0%00.0%0
Total36,149100.0%13100.0%13100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Eaton · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,275

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Ackroyd C.Liberal Democrats2,06948.4%Elected
2Prinsley P.Labour Party1,31030.6%
3Ward J.Conservative and Unionist Party56013.1%
4Saunders J.Green Party3367.9%

Electorate 7,759 · Ballots cast 4,275 · EC ward code E05012904 · Back to ward index

Thorpe Hamlet · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.3 pts Valid ballots 2,829

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Price B.Green Party1,45051.3%Elected
2Stewart C.Labour Party85230.1%
3Jones S.Conservative and Unionist Party41314.6%
4Hooke J.Liberal Democrats1144.0%

Electorate 7,544 · Ballots cast 2,829 · EC ward code E05012910 · Back to ward index

Sewell · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.4 pts Valid ballots 3,071

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Catt A.Green Party1,58051.4%Elected
2Packer M.Labour Party1,18238.5%
3Little A.Conservative and Unionist Party2387.7%
4Arundell H.Liberal Democrats712.3%

Electorate 7,563 · Ballots cast 3,071 · EC ward code E05012909 · Back to ward index

Crome · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.4 pts Valid ballots 2,597

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Kidman C.Labour Party1,36052.4%Elected
2Barber S.Conservative and Unionist Party82831.9%
3Killbery J.Green Party29411.3%
4Lubbock N.Liberal Democrats1154.4%

Electorate 8,211 · Ballots cast 2,597 · EC ward code E05012903 · Back to ward index

Nelson · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.3 pts Valid ballots 4,013

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Young J.Green Party2,13853.3%Elected
2Groves L.Labour Party1,47636.8%
3Fisher J.Conservative and Unionist Party2265.6%
4Fairbairn D.Liberal Democrats1323.3%
5Redding S.Independent411.0%

Electorate 8,180 · Ballots cast 4,013 · EC ward code E05012908 · Back to ward index

Wensum · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.5 pts Valid ballots 2,608

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Maguire K.Labour Party1,39553.5%Elected
2Calvert L.Green Party73528.2%
3King D.Conservative and Unionist Party36814.1%
4Atkins A.Liberal Democrats1104.2%

Electorate 8,136 · Ballots cast 2,608 · EC ward code E05012913 · Back to ward index

Catton Grove · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.8 pts Valid ballots 2,297

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Kendrick P.Labour Party1,23653.8%Elected
2Iqbal H.Conservative and Unionist Party56324.5%
3Park T.Green Party35515.5%
4Williams I.Liberal Democrats1436.2%

Electorate 7,827 · Ballots cast 2,297 · EC ward code E05012902 · Back to ward index

University · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.9 pts Valid ballots 2,094

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Fulton-McAlister M.Labour Party1,17055.9%Elected
2Holloway T.Green Party48323.1%
3Fisher J.Conservative and Unionist Party29314.0%
4Hawketts J.Liberal Democrats1487.1%

Electorate 7,089 · Ballots cast 2,094 · EC ward code E05012912 · Back to ward index

Lakenham · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.7 pts Valid ballots 2,455

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Padda G.Labour Party1,39156.7%Elected
2Hammond R.Conservative and Unionist Party46418.9%
3Virani S.Green Party36314.8%
4Davies P.Liberal Democrats2379.7%

Electorate 7,691 · Ballots cast 2,455 · EC ward code E05012905 · Back to ward index

Town Close · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.7 pts Valid ballots 3,409

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Oliver C.Labour Party1,96857.7%Elected
2Buttinger W.Green Party66119.4%
3Chacksfield M.Conservative and Unionist Party53415.7%
4Chilton C.Liberal Democrats2467.2%

Electorate 7,898 · Ballots cast 3,409 · EC ward code E05012911 · Back to ward index

Bowthorpe · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.0 pts Valid ballots 1,984

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Sands M.Labour Party1,17059.0%Elected
2Houseago O.Conservative and Unionist Party40920.6%
3Lyall M.Green Party22111.1%
4Bennett S.Liberal Democrats1849.3%

Electorate 6,844 · Ballots cast 1,984 · EC ward code E05012901 · Back to ward index

Mile Cross · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.1 pts Valid ballots 1,922

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Thomas V.Labour Party1,13559.1%Elected
2Masters E.Conservative and Unionist Party38219.9%
3Eigener G.Green Party31816.5%
4Fulcher D.Liberal Democrats874.5%

Electorate 7,678 · Ballots cast 1,922 · EC ward code E05012907 · Back to ward index

Mancroft · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.9 pts Valid ballots 2,595

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Osborn J.Green Party1,60661.9%Elected
2Carrington J.Labour Party69126.6%
3Gwynn I.Conservative and Unionist Party2439.4%
4Dean G.Liberal Democrats552.1%

Electorate 7,397 · Ballots cast 2,595 · EC ward code E05012906 · Back to ward index