The Greens hold a majority on Norwich City Council

Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.

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From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.

71% of Norwich’s residents live outside any parish, with no parish council.

Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.

1. 1

   Town or parish5 parish councils
   Sprowston parish councilThorpe St. Andrew parish councilHellesdon parish councilCostessey parish councilOld Catton parish council
2. 2

   Council wards21 wards · 59 councillors
   Labour 22 · Green 21 · Conservative 11 · Liberal Democrat 4 · Reform UK 2 · all 60
3. 3

   Norfolk County Council13 divisions · 13 councillors
   Ben PriceMaxine WebbEmma CorlettJohn FisherChrissie RumsbySteve MorphewShelagh Cassandra GurneyJulie Dawn Brociek-CoultonMike SandsSharon Louise BlundellKaren Amanda VincentIan James MackieJohn Martyn Ward
4. 4

   Police and crime commissionerNorfolk Constabulary · elected July 2026
   Colin Sutton
5. 5

   House of CommonsSplit between 3 constituencies
   Clive LewisAlice MacdonaldBen Goldsborough

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.

Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Norwich City Council’s website lists who sits now.

Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).

In 2026, the Greens won 11, Reform UK won 2 and the Liberal Democrats won 1 of the 14 seats up in Norwich’s wards.

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.

Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.

MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.

Council budgets per resident, 2026–27

Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Norwich per its residents plus Norfolk per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Norfolk and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.

Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.