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.^[1] 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.^[2] When the Coalition Government won the general election earlier that year, Norwich'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 an election in every ward in September to renew the mandate for the wards.^[3]

Quick Facts 13 of 39 seats (One Third) to Norwich City Council 20 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2010 Norwich City Council election

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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 Labour Green Seats before 15 13 Seats won 7 5 Seats after 16 14 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,906 7,761 Percentage 34.6% 27.1% Swing 6.8% 2.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats before 6 5 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 5 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 4,910 5,532 Percentage 17.1% 19.3% Swing 9.8% 0.2%
Map showing the 2010 local election results in Norwich.
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

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All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2006 election, the last time these seats were contested.

Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2006.

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was: