Norwich City Council election, 2010

Norwich City Council election, 2010

← 2008 9 September 2010 2011 →
13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Green Seats won 7 (16) 5 (14) Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,906 7,761 Percentage 34.6% 27.1% Swing 9.7% 1.8%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrat Conservative Seats won 1 (5) 0 (4) Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 4,910 5,532 Percentage 17.1% 19.3% Swing 4.3% 3.7%
Map showing the 2010 local election results in Norwich.
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

No Overall Control

No Overall Control

The 2010 Norwich City Council election took place on 9 September 2010 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election. The elections took place later in the year than other local elections. Norwich had previously been granted permission to become a unitary authority, with local elections postponed until 2011. When the Coalition Government won the general election earlier that year, Nowich's permission to form a unitary authority was overturned. Because of this, the High Court ruled that those councillors who had stayed on beyond their four-year term were no longer constitutionally elected, and would need to seek re-election. This resulted in there being a by-election in every ward in September.

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was: