Constituency profile

Norwich North

East of England · Borough constituency

Alice Macdonald MP
Sitting MP

Alice Macdonald

Labour (Co-op)

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
Borough constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
56.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +4.8pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +0.8pp
vs Reform UK 31.8%
SouthernLeave-leaningWorking-class profile

About the Norwich North constituency

Norwich North is a borough constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Alice Macdonald (Labour (Co-op)), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 45.4% to 21.7% for the Conservatives, a majority of 10,850 votes on a 62.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 32.6% and Reform UK on 31.8%, a margin of 0.8 points.

Who lives in Norwich North? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
56.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
26.6%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
19.9%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
62.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
36.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.7
UK median ~40
Age 65+
24.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
29.2%
UK average ~28%

How did Norwich North vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 10,850 votes (23.7pp) · turnout 62.1%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Norwich North

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Norwich North within Broadland and Norwich

Norwich North crosses council boundaries: Broadland (56%), Norwich (44%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. In addition, the Norfolk County Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2026; the county-division results covering this seat are shown below. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Broadland
35 LSOAs
56%
Norwich
27 LSOAs
44%View projection ›

Norfolk County Council election, Thursday 7 May 2026

The county council is a separate tier of local government from the district council and from Westminster. These are the results for the county divisions covering this seat; vote shares are computed from the declared per-candidate ballots.

DivisionWinnerTop 3 vote sharesTurnout
Catton GroveRefRef 31% Grn 28% Lab 27%40.2%
CromeRefRef 35% Lab 28% Grn 23%40.3%
Drayton & HorsfordRefRef 37% LD 26% Con 19%45.4%
HellesdonRefRef 35% Con 33% Grn 14%45.2%
Mile CrossGrnGrn 48% Ref 29% Lab 14%37.6%
Old CattonRefRef 30% Con 26% Grn 19%47.5%
SewellGrnGrn 61% Lab 16% Ref 15%48.8%
SprowstonRefRef 38% Con 21% Lab 17%47.9%
Thorpe St AndrewConCon 34% Ref 25% Grn 22%51.8%
WoodsideRefRef 33% Grn 22% Con 20%42.9%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
10 Sep 2023Thorpe St Andrew North West
Broadland
Con GAIN from Lab

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Catton GroveLabour 51.2%vs Reform 18.5%May 2026 Reform 30.5%vs Green 28.6%
Labour→Reform
+18.1pp
-
CromeLabour 52.0%vs Conservative 18.0%May 2026 Reform 34.0%vs Labour 28.8%
Labour→Reform
+19.7pp
-
Drayton NorthLabour 38.0%vs Conservative 22.4%2023 Conservative 41.7%vs Lib Dem 38.3%-28.5%
Drayton SouthLabour 32.8%vs Conservative 28.2%2023 Lib Dem 48.6%vs Conservative 38.7%-36.8%
Hellesdon North WestLabour 40.2%vs Conservative 27.2%2023 Conservative 51.6%vs Labour 32.0%-35.7%
Hellesdon South EastLabour 37.9%vs Conservative 25.8%2023 Conservative 41.7%vs Lib Dem 34.4%-34.7%
Mile CrossLabour 53.7%vs Reform 17.4%May 2026 Green 50.1%vs Reform 29.3%
Labour→Green
+40.4pp
-
Old Catton and Sprowston WestLabour 39.3%vs Conservative 26.6%2023 Conservative 47.1%vs Labour 30.8%-36.5%
SewellLabour 52.2%vs Reform 15.5%May 2026 Green 63.4%vs Reform 14.7%
Labour→Green
+43.1pp
-
Sprowston CentralLabour 47.1%vs Conservative 25.3%2023 Labour 52.4%vs Conservative 33.9%-32.7%
Sprowston EastLabour 43.0%vs Conservative 23.7%2023 Labour 46.3%vs Conservative 38.5%-27.4%
Thorpe St Andrew North WestLabour 40.8%vs Conservative 25.4%2023 Labour 48.1%vs Conservative 42.8%-40.0%
Thorpe St Andrew South EastLabour 40.7%vs Conservative 27.2%2023 Conservative 42.6%vs Labour 33.5%-37.1%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Norwich North at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Norwich North at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con gain from LabChloe Smith31.4%40.6%18.3%4.4% UKIP2.9%2.4%3,90165.7%
2015Con holdChloe Smith33.5%43.7%4.3%13.7% UKIP4.4%0.3%4,46367.6%+1.9
2017Con holdChloe Smith46.6%47.7%3.2%-1.7%0.7%50768.6%+1.0
2019notionalConservative winnerChloe Smith 2019 MP, pre-review boundary38.9%51.6%6.2%1.0% Brx2.3%-6,36570.6%+2.0
2024Lab gain from ConAlice Macdonald45.4%21.7%4.5%18.0% Ref9.6%0.8%10,85062.1%-8.5

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Norwich North

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Norwich North. Politics shown for context.

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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