2004 Norwich City Council election

2004 city council election for Norwich, England

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10 June 2004

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All 39 seats to Norwich City Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Seats before	30	14
Seats won	18	15
Seat change	12	1
Popular vote	12,023	10,084
Percentage	32.4%	27.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Green	Conservative
Seats before	2	1
Seats won	5	1
Seat change	3
Popular vote	6,438	6,612
Percentage	17.3%	17.8%

Map showing the 2004 local election results in Norwich.

Council control before election

Liberal Democrats

Council control after election

No Overall Control

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 reduced the number of seats from 48 to 39. As a result, all seats were up for election. The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council, which fell under no overall control.

Results summary

2004 Norwich City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	18	12	46.2	0	18	46.2	33,459	33.2	-5.8
	Labour	15	1	38.5	0	15	38.5	28,282	28.1	-4.0
	Green	5	3	12.8	0	5	12.8	17,558	17.4	+1.5
	Conservative	1		2.6	0	1	2.6	18,422	18.3	+5.6
	NOTW	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,484	1.5	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,283	1.3	N/A
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	143	0.1	-1.3

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Ferris	1,473	37.5	−6.1
	Labour	Christine Rumsby	1,441
	Labour	Ronald Borrett	1,400
	Conservative	Antony Little	1,386	35.3	+11.5
	Conservative	Louise Little	1,278
	Conservative	Roger Wills	1,228
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Arundell	598	15.2	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Higson	552
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hopkins	518
	Green	Beth Brockett	397	10.1	+1.9
	Green	Robin Chittenden	332
	Green	Andrew Knighton	318
	Legalise Cannabis	Mark Palmer	70	1.8	N/A
Turnout				49.0	+19.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Catton Grove

Catton Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Westmacott	713	31.7	−6.6
	Conservative	Evelyn Collishaw	682	30.3	+0.4
	Labour	Brian Morrey	680
	Conservative	Colin Barker	670
	Labour	Bernard Smith	646
	Conservative	Trevor Ivory	602
	Liberal Democrats	Roberic Beale	429	19.0	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Meacock	400
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Strong	362
	Green	Janet Bearman	330	14.7	+3.4
	Green	Wayne McCarthy	233
	Green	Christopher Eley	206
	Legalise Cannabis	Jack Girling	98	4.4	N/A
Turnout				27.0	−1.9
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Crome

Crome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bradford	1,025	41.7	−9.0
	Labour	Alan Waters	927
	Labour	Jennifer Lay	825
	Conservative	John Fisher	567	23.0	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Comer	505	20.5	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Esther Harris	480
	Conservative	Angus Mackay	479
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Smith	475
	Conservative	Edwin Williams	465
	Green	Beverley Jenkins	284	11.5	+6.3
	Green	Fiona Dowson	241
	Green	Ronald Luton-Brown	208
	Legalise Cannabis	Paul Fowler	79	3.2	N/A
Turnout				30.0	−5.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Eaton

Eaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Lubbock	2,073	53.4	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Couzens	2,013
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Watkins	1,843
	Conservative	Ian Mackie	1,035	26.7	+4.0
	Conservative	Judith Virgo	1,032
	Conservative	Bernard Wells	909
	Labour	Ronald Round	412	10.6	+0.8
	Labour	Josephine Smith	386
	Labour	Nicholas Waters	369
	Green	John Peacock	292	7.5	+2.9
	Green	Neville Bartlett	288
	Green	Christine Schwabe	254
	Legalise Cannabis	Sally Mittuch	69	1.8	N/A
Turnout				51.0	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lakenham

Lakenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hereward Cooke	1,074	39.7	−8.5
	Labour	Keith Driver	1,014	37.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Harper	983
	Labour	Mary Cannell	969
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Harper	965
	Labour	Charles Sanderson	879
	Conservative	Thomas Holland	300	11.1	−0.4
	Conservative	Leslie Richards	289
	Conservative	Eileen Wyatt	277
	Green	Stephen Little	236	8.7	+2.1
	Green	Karen Groom	228
	Green	Lester Peters	221
	Legalise Cannabis	John Wakelin	83	3.1	N/A
Turnout				34.0	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Mancroft

Mancroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Lowe	837	34.6	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Castle-Green	829
	Liberal Democrats	Nasar Ali	767
	Labour	Daniel Douglas	680	28.1	−5.6
	Labour	Penelope Ross	663
	Labour	Christopher Jones	643
	Green	Andrew Boswell	467	19.3	+8.3
	Green	Neil Davey	385
	Conservative	Nathan Bennett	310	12.8	−2.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Stimpson	278
	Green	Gesine Oppitz-Trotman	274
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Pryce	123	5.1	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Wells	68
Turnout				29.0	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Mile Cross

Mile Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Elvin	936	38.4	−11.1
	Labour	Stephen Morphew	897	36.8	−7.1
	Labour	Linda Blakeway	862
	Labour	Robin Taylor	785
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Barton	656
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Richardson	642
	Conservative	David Mackie	250	10.2	N/A
	Green	Jennifer Parkhouse	249	10.2	+3.8
	Conservative	Clive Smith	236
	Conservative	Joanne Williams	205
	Green	Sean Creaser	190
	Green	George Oppitz-Trotman	159
	Legalise Cannabis	Patrick Cadman	108	4.4	N/A
Turnout				28.0	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Nelson

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Gledhill	1,691	44.8	+9.2
	Green	Adrian Ramsay	1,643
	Green	Jessica Goldfinch	1,624
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Dean	1,128	29.9	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	April Pond	1,047
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Wells	823
	Labour	Peter Bartram	416	11.0	−3.7
	Labour	Stephen Cook	405
	Labour	Christine Hanny-Saville	366
	Conservative	Lisa Ivory	241	6.4	−0.6
	Conservative	Rachel McGurk	232
	Conservative	Victor Hopes	223
	Legalise Cannabis	Derek Williams	158	4.2	N/A
	Independent	Steven Land	143	3.8	N/A
Turnout				46.0	+3.6
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Sewell

NOTW = Norwich Over The Water

Sewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Banham	748	30.1
	Labour	Julie Brociek-Coulton	693
	Labour	Nicholas Williams	639
	NOTW	Paul Scruton	561	22.6
	NOTW	David Bethell	499
	NOTW	Christopher Simmons	424
	Liberal Democrats	Billy Boulton	405	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alisdair Gordon	369
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kendrick	366
	Conservative	Jeremy Carver	350	14.1
	Conservative	Ernest Horth	332
	Green	Kevin Boynton	328	13.2
	Green	Richard Edwards	313
	Conservative	Diane Roberts	294
	Green	Colin Hynson	278
	Legalise Cannabis	Trevor Smith	94	3.8
Turnout				30.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Surridge	983	40.5	−16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Allison	967
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Divers	963
	Labour	Thomas Gordon	500	20.6	+0.7
	Labour	Amanda Sheridan	439
	Conservative	Christopher Coupland	435	17.9	+5.8
	Conservative	Barbara Kettel	422
	Labour	John Sheridan	398
	Green	Penelope Lawrence	395	16.3	+5.6
	Conservative	Mary Le Winton	385
	Green	Andrew Pearmain	339
	Green	Trevor Luton-Brown	321
	Legalise Cannabis	Farooque Ahmed	115	4.7	N/A
Turnout				30.0	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Town Close

Town Close
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Hartley	1,340	41.1	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Thomas	1,180
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Wood	1,058
	Green	Christopher Webb	634	19.4	+10.3
	Labour	Patricia Garner	631	19.3	−13.2
	Conservative	Christine Munroe	571	17.5	+6.5
	Labour	Roderick Quinn	564
	Conservative	Thomas Jarrett	561
	Labour	Paula Skelton	519
	Conservative	John Wyatt	516
	Green	Anna Orridge	492
	Green	Peter Anderson	464
	Legalise Cannabis	John Paston	87	2.7	N/A
Turnout				36.0	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

University

University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Hume	915	37.2
	Labour	Roy Blower	912	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Rooza	877
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Williams	834
	Labour	Bert Bremner	822
	Labour	Carol Morrey	685
	Green	Rhys Howell	302	12.3
	Green	Katharine Willett	275
	Green	Ritva Ryynanen	260
	Conservative	Simon Down	224	9.1
	Conservative	Christine Page	222
	Conservative	Dipesh Palana	179
	Legalise Cannabis	Alun Buffry	107	4.3
Turnout				32.0
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Wensum

Wensum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Adrian Holmes	833	31.4
	Green	Rupert Read	803
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne	800	30.2
	Green	Tom Llewellyn	771
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Bazley	765
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Stairs	702
	Labour	Benjamin Hathway	663	25.0
	Labour	Freda Sheehy	612
	Labour	Peter Medhurst	581
	Conservative	Christine Mackie	261	9.9
	Conservative	Christopher Taylor	216
	Conservative	Philip Saunders	212
	Legalise Cannabis	Richard Lehmann	92	3.5
Turnout				33.0
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2004 - Norwich". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Norwich council". BBC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

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