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At the local elections on Thursday 1st May 2008 the Green Party became the second party on Norwich City Council. The Greens gained three new seats, taking them to a total of 13 - the largest group of Green Councillors in the country. This is the first time the Greens have taken second place on a local council.

The result means that the Greens will have more influence over key policies decided at City Hall. It also makes the Green Party the main challenger to Labour at City Hall and also for the Norwich South Westminster seat at the General Election. The Greens secured 33 per cent and first place across the wards that make up the Norwich South Westminster constituency - giving Adrian Ramsay a great chance of taking over from Charles Clarke as MP. The Greens also secured, for the first time, first place on total vote share across the whole City Council area: over 10,000 votes and 29 per cent.

The Green Party won in five wards: Bob Gledhill and Adrian Holmes were re-elected with increased majorities, while Ruth Makoff, Samir Jeraj and Peter Offord gained seats for the Green Party. The full results and the current political make-up of Norwich City Council are below.

Norwich City Council is responsible for the following services, amonst others, in the Norwich area: housing, planning, economic development, waste and recycling collections, green spaces and cultural services.

Norfolk County Council is responsible for the following service, amonst others, across the County (including Norwich): education, social services, transport and waste and recycling disposal.

Norwich City Council is currently bidding to the government for a new unitary council for Norwich. This would mean one council running all these services for the city. Currently, the Conservatives run education, social services and other County Council services in Norwich despite not holding any of the County Council seats in the Norwich City Council area.


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Current make-up of Norwich City Council and 2008 election results

Make-up of Norwich City Council

Party
Lab
Green
LibDem
Con

2007
15
10
11
3

2008
15
13
6
5

up/down
0
+3
-5
+2

Bowthorpe

Con gain

Candidate
Niki George
Brenda Ferris
Jennifer Toms
Haydn Perrett

Party
Con
Lab
Green
LibDem

2007
975
966
337
282

2007 (%)
38
38
13
11

2008
1268
979
315
195

2008 (%)
46
36
11
7

Catton Grove

Con gain

Candidate
John Fisher
Julie Westmacott
Colin Hynson
Gordon Dean

Party
Con
Lab
Green
LibDem

2007
1003
877
313
194

2007 (%)
42
37
13
8

2008
917
796
321
255

2008 (%)
40
35
14
11

Crome

Lab hold

Candidate
David Bradford
Ernie Horth
Penelope Edwards
Colin Penning

Party
Lab
Con
Green
LibDem

2007
1110
684
303
402

2007 (%)
44
27
12
16

2008
954
704
348
273

2008 (%)
42
31
15
12

Eaton

LibDem hold

Candidate
Judith Lubbock
Niall Baxter
Richard Bearman
Philip Taylor
 

Party
LibDem
Con
Green
Lab
UKIP

2007
1607
1303
454
467
117

2007 (%)
41
33
11
12
3

2008
1950
1523
375
324
 

2008 (%)
47
37
9
8
 

Lakenham

LibDem hold

Candidate
David Fairbairn
Bob Sanderson
Eileen Wyatt
Martine Beattie
Steve Emmens  

Party
LibDem
Lab
Con
Green
UKIP

2007
1060
1159
290
293
130

2007 (%)
36
40
10
10
4

2008
1197
833
327
268
240

2008 (%)
42
29
11
9
8

Mancroft

Green gain

Candidate
Adrian Holmes
David Fullman
Andrew Wiltshire
Simon Nobbs

Party
Green
Lab
Con
LibDem

2007
1027
687
398
481

2007 (%)
40
26
15
19

2008
1099
598
491
360

2008 (%)
43
23
19
14

Mile Cross

Lab gain

Candidate
Deborah Gihawi
Clive Smith
Chris Thomas
Christine Way

Party
Lab
Con
LibDem
Green

2007
1013
305
707
298

2007 (%)
44
13
30
13

2008
778
443
439
325

2008 (%)
39
22
22
16

Nelson

Green hold

Candidate
Bob Gledhill
Peter Bartram
Gavin Holmes
Malcolm Chamberlin

Party
Green
Labour
LibDem
Con

2007
1899
397
518
271

2007 (%)
62
13
17
9

2008
1906
359
356
283

2008 (%)
66
12
12
10

Sewell

Lab hold

Candidate
Michael Banham
Penelope Killingbeck
David Mackie
Paul Scruton
Ian Williams  

Party
Lab
Green
Con
NOTW
LibDem

2007
931
573
453
 
428

2007 (%)
39
24
19
 
18

2008
687
579
425
354
290

2008 (%)
29
25
18
15
12

Thorpe Hamlet

Green gain

Candidate
Peter Offord
Jacky Sutton
Matthew Davison
Eamonn Burgess

Party
Green
LibDem
Con
Lab

2007
952
953
429
428

2007 (%)
34
35
16
15

2008
1360
859
425
305

2008 (%)
46
29
14
10

Town Close

Green gain

Candidate
Samir Jeraj
David Munday
Tak-Man Li
Andreas Paterson

Party
Green
LibDem
Con
Lab

2007
1474
734
620
497

2007 (%)
44
22
19
15

2008
1317
750
591
483

2008 (%)
42
24
19
15

University

Lab gain

Candidate
Brenda Arthur
Amandine Stone
Paul Wells
Andrew Norris
 

Party
Lab
Green
Con
LibDem
UKIP

2007
1155
368
227
472
80

2007 (%)
50
16
10
21
3

2008
1052
708
333
332
 

2008 (%)
43
29
14
14
 

Wensum

Green hold

Candidate
Ruth Makoff
Stephanie Clark
Mike Gillespie
Brian Clark

Party
Green
Lab
Con
LibDem

2007
1237
622
280
378

2007 (%)
49
25
11
15

2008
1219
589
346
253

2008 (%)
51
24
14
11