Norwich City Council election, 2008

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13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Green	Labour
Seats won	5 (For a total of 13)	4 (For a total of 15)
Seat change	3
Popular vote	10,140	8,738
Percentage	28.9%	24.9%
Swing	2.1%	4.0%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	2 (For a total of 5)	2 (For a total of 6)
Seat change	2	5
Popular vote	8,076	7,509
Percentage	23.0%	21.4%
Swing	2.7%	2.0%

Map showing the 2008 local election results in Norwich.

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

The 2008 Norwich City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Green Party won the most votes across Norwich for the first time, and won a plurality of the seats up for election. This marked the first time that the Greens had won a plurality of the votes and seats in a local authority election.

However, as only 13 of 39 council seats were up for election, Labour remained the largest party as a result of winning 4 seats in this election and already holding 11 existing seats.

The 2008 election is, to date, the last election to see any member of the Conservative Party elected to Norwich City Council.

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

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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