2005 Suffolk County Council election

2005 Suffolk County Council election
All 75 seats in the Suffolk County Council ; 38 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the 2005 Suffolk County Council Election result.
Council control before election; No overall control ;	Council control after election; Conservative ;

Last updated May 21, 2024

Elections to Suffolk County Council were held on 5 May 2005. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2001 reducing the number of seats by 5. The Conservative Party gained control of the council from no overall control.^[1]^[2]

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 May 2005 were entitled to vote in the local elections.^[3] Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[4]

Summary

The ruling Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition had become increasingly unpopular following a number of significant council tax rises. The opposition Conservatives were successful in highlighting this to their benefit.

Both the Liberal Democrats and Labour endured heavy losses to the Conservatives in rural areas, but they performed better in urban Suffolk. The Conservatives failed to gain a single seat in Ipswich and Lowestoft, for example.

Government Formation

With a 7 seat majority, Conservative group leader Jeremy Pembroke (Cosford) became the new council leader. Outgoing council leader Bryony Rudkin (Bridge) remained as Labour group leader and Kathy Pollard (Belstead Brook) became Lib Dem group leader.

Election result

2005 Suffolk Local Election Result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	45	16	1	+15	60.0	39.2	131,719	−2.8
Labour	22	1	13	−12	29.3	27.8	93,370	−6.5
Liberal Democrats	7	0	6	−6	9.3	26.3	88,238	+4.6
Independent	1	0	2	−2	1.3	2.9	9,491	+1.3
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	7,454	+1.9
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	5,304	+1.5
West Suffolk Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	466	+0.1

Results by District

Councillor's names in bold were Elected

Babergh

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	2	16,917	36.4	−1.0
Liberal Democrat	3	1	14,804	31.8	−3.0
Labour	1	1	11,062	23.8	+6.3
Independent	1		2,908	6.3	−3.0
UKIP	0		808	1.7	+1.7

Division results

Belstead Brook ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Pollard *	1,875	43.8	−18.2
	Conservative	John Browne Cave	1,497	35.0	−3.0
	Labour	Janet Norden	909	21.2	+21.2
Majority			378	8.8	−15.2
Turnout			4,281	64.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−7.6

Cosford ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Pembroke *	2,475	50.6	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Munson	1,422	29.1	−19.6
	Labour	Roland Bee	996	20.4	+20.4
Majority			1,053	21.5	+18.9
Turnout			4,893	73.0	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.5

Great Cornard ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Beer	1,470	40.2	−1.6
	Labour	Wil Gibson *	1,268	34.7	−23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Press	921	25.2	+25.2
Majority			202	5.5	−10.9
Turnout			3,659	60.6	+2.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+11.0

Hadleigh ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Grutchfield *	1,894	46.2	+4.0
	Labour	James Quinlan	1,209	29.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Carey Fraulo	839	20.4	+1.2
	UKIP	Roy O'Shaughnessy	162	4.0	+4.0
Majority			685	16.7	+3.3
Turnout			4,104	66.9	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.6

Melford ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp *	2,601	49.5	−19.3
	Conservative	David Burch	1,644	31.3	+0.0
	Labour	Mischa Wilson	1,013	19.3	+19.3
Majority			957	18.2	−19.3
Turnout			5,258	69.2	+6.2
	Independent hold		Swing	−9.7

Peninsula ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Wood *	2,792	48.9	−11.6
	Conservative	Yvonne Chartier	1,847	32.3	+4.2
	Labour	Keith Rawlings	1,074	18.8	+18.8
Majority			945	16.5	−15.8
Turnout			5,713	73.2	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−7.9

Samford^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Yorke-Edwards	2,362	39.9	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Laurie Mayer	2,175	36.7	−0.9
	Labour	Cameron Scott	1,058	17.9	−7.2
	UKIP	John Smith	330	5.6	+5.6
Majority			187	3.2	+2.9
Turnout			5,925	76.8	+5.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+1.8

Stour Valley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Selwyn Pryor *	2,131	46.5	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hurren	1,699	37.1	+11.9
	Labour	Emma Bishton	756	16.5	−7.4
Majority			432	9.4	−16.4
Turnout			4,586	74.7	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.2

Sudbury ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Owen	1,383	35.9	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Platt	1,146	29.7	+1.8
	Conservative	Raymond Smith	1,019	26.4	−1.5
	Independent	Errol Newman	307	8.0	+1.9
Majority			237	5.6	−4.5
Turnout			3,855	65.2	+7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.0

Sudbury East and Waldingfield^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Spence	1,633	38.7
	Labour	Nicholas Irwin *	1,396	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Welsh	880	20.8
	UKIP	Leon Stedman	316	7.5
Majority			237	5.6
Turnout			4,225	65.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Forest Heath

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	1	8,693	43.1	−16.7
Labour	0		4,993	24.8	−15.4
Liberal Democrat	0		3,233	16.0	+16.0
Independent	0		1,466	7.3	+7.3
UKIP	0		1,309	6.5	+6.5
West Suffolk Independents	0		466	2.3	+2.3

Division results

Brandon ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bishop *	1,895	53.3	−8.0
	Labour	Pamela Brown	964	27.1	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Pilborough	464	13.1	+13.1
	UKIP	John French	233	6.6	+6.6
Majority			931	26.2	+3.6
Turnout			3,556	55.0	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

Exning and Newmarket^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bill Sadler *	1,740	37.2
	Labour	Peter Dwane	1,243	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Radford	743	15.9
	West Suffolk Independent	Terence Mills	466	10.0
	Independent	Don Levick	263	5.6
	UKIP	David Hudson	229	4.9
Majority			497	10.6
Turnout			4,684	55.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mildenhall ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Pendleton *	1,638	43.1	−10.9
	Labour	David Bowman	910	23.9	−22.1
	Independent	Stephen Gunn	536	14.1	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Minshall	507	13.3	+13.3
	UKIP	Bert Hitt	210	5.5	+5.5
Majority			728	19.2	+11.2
Turnout			3,801	58.5	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.6

Newmarket and Red Lodge^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lisa Chambers	1,582	43.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Andrews-Smith	932	25.8
	Labour	Joy Uney	883	24.4
	UKIP	David Whitear	220	6.1
Majority			650	18.0
Turnout			3,617	57.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Row Heath^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Edwards	1,838	40.8	−28.8
	Labour	Cyril Brown	993	22.1	−8.3
	Independent	Robert Newman	667	14.8	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Huggan	587	13.0	+13.0
	UKIP	Ian Smith	417	9.3	+9.3
Majority			845	18.8	−20.4
Turnout			4,502	61.5	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−10.2

Ipswich

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	10	5	31,018	40.4	−9.1
Liberal Democrat	2	2	19,943	26.0	+9.1
Conservative	1		25,731	33.6	+0.0

Division results

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Harsant *	1,972	48.8	+0.2
	Labour	Martyn Green	1,051	26.0	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	1,022	25.3	+3.8
Majority			921	22.8	+4.2
Turnout			4,045	70.6	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Mangar *	1,567	47.8	−9.6
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	1,014	30.9	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Richardson	698	21.3	+3.1
Majority			553	16.9	−16.1
Turnout			3,279	53.1	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.1

Chantry (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Rawlingson *	4,413	47.8	−11.8
	Labour	Bryony Rudkin *	3,927
	Conservative	Robert Hall	3,046	33.0	+7.4
	Conservative	Kathleen Kenna	2,750
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,778	19.3	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Whitear	1,450
Majority			1,367	14.8	−19.2
Turnout			9,237	57.6	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Quinton *	2,225	48.2	−12.4
	Conservative	Janet Sibley *	1,533	33.2	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Chambers	856	18.6	+4.6
Majority			692	15.0	−20.2
Turnout			4,614	58.2	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.1

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Maguire	1,593	51.7	−2.8
	Conservative	David Brown	865	28.1	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Stafford	624	20.3	+3.4
Majority			728	23.6	−2.2
Turnout			3,082	55.2	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1

Rushmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Thomas *	1,869	40.4	−6.8
	Conservative	Eileen Smith	1,649	35.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy French	1,107	23.9	−5.4
Majority			220	4.8	−8.1
Turnout			4,625	66.3	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.1

St Helen's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevan Lim *	1,485	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Green	1,302	34.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Harsant	1,001	26.4
Majority			183	4.8
Turnout			3,788	58.7
	Labour win (new seat)

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sandy Martin *	1,721	43.3	−7.1
	Conservative	John Carnell	1,238	31.2	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Zablok	1,013	25.5	+7.0
Majority			483	12.2	−7.2
Turnout			3,972	64.0	+4.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−3.6

St. Margaret's and Westgate (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cann	3,301	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington *	3,181
	Conservative	Julia Schubert	2,684	32.2
	Conservative	Priscilla Steed	2,681
	Labour	Keith Herod	2,352	28.2
	Labour	Noel Tostevin	1,914
Majority			617	7.4
Turnout			8,337	62.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Whitehouse & Whitton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Lewis *	3,513	42.6
	Labour	Graham Manuel *	3,388
	Conservative	David Goldsmith	2,759	33.4
	Conservative	Steven Wells	2,539
	Liberal Democrats	George King	1,980	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	1,631
Majority			754	9.1
Turnout			8,252	57.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Mid Suffolk

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	8	3	20,877	43.2	−2.5
Liberal Democrat	2	1	13,822	28.6	−3.3
Labour	0	2	9,699	20.1	−2.3
Green	0		2,838	5.9	+5.9
Independent	0		1,076	2.2	+2.2

Division results

Bosmere^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Truelove	1,640	33.1	−14.2
	Conservative	John Pratt	1,453	29.4	−4.4
	Labour	James Higgins	779	15.7	−3.1
	Independent	Michael Turner	648	13.1	+13.1
	Independent	Ian Mason	428	8.7	+8.7
Majority			187	3.7	−9.9
Turnout			4,948	68.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−4.9

Gipping Valley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field *	2,028	45.4	−10.4
	Conservative	Michael Damant	1,533	34.3	−9.9
	Labour	Neil Curno	907	20.3	+20.3
Majority			495	11.1	−0.4
Turnout			4,468	67.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−0.2

Hartismere^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Michell *	2,627	54.2	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Flower	1,147	23.7	−16.9
	Labour	Elaine Halton	1,076	22.2	+22.2
Majority			1,480	30.5	+11.7
Turnout			4,850	70.0	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.8

Hoxne and Eye^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Guy McGregor *	2,525	50.4
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Hammond	1,384	27.6
	Labour	Christopher Soule	1,104	22.0
Majority			1,141	22.8
Turnout			5,013	71.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stowmarket North and Stowupland^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eleanor Ramsey	1,743	39.5
	Labour	Duncan Macpherson *	1,468	33.3
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Groundsell	804	18.2
	Green	John Matthissen	400	9.1
Majority			275	6.2
Turnout			4,415	64.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stowmarket South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Myers-Hewitt	1,576	34.1
	Labour	Ronald Snell *	1,446	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Scarff	1,036	22.4
	Green	Brenda Davis	563	12.2
Majority			130	2.8
Turnout			4,621	63.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thedwastre North ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Storey *	2,365	47.1	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Milward	1,708	34.0	+13.2
	Labour	Sally Spore	945	18.8	−10.5
Majority			657	13.1	−7.3
Turnout			5,018	69.6	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.9

Thedwastre South ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Lockett	2,247	46.9	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Otton	1,644	34.3	−4.2
	Labour	Suzanne Britton	898	18.8	−3.2
Majority			603	12.6	+11.7
Turnout			4,789	72.4	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.8

Thredling^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddy Alcock	2,596	51.6	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Whitworth *	2,431	48.4	−2.8
Majority			5,027	3.3	+1.1
Turnout			5,027	71.7	+2.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+2.8

Upper Gipping^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Clover *	2,212	42.8	−8.7
	Green	Andrew Stringer	1,875	36.3	+36.3
	Labour	Marion Ravenhill	1,076	20.8	−27.6
Majority			337	6.5	+3.3
Turnout			5,163	72.3	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−22.5

Suffolk Coastal

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	13	6	34,262	44.5	−1.0
Liberal Democrat	0	3	26,065	33.8	+3.3
Labour	0	3	16,185	21.0	−1.4
Independent	0		508	0.7	+0.7

Division results

Aldeburgh and Leiston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Ward *	2,091	41.1
	Labour	Joan Girling *	1,671	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lisabeth Hoad	1,325	26.1
Majority			420	8.2
Turnout			5,087	56.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Blything
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raeburn Leighton *	1,807	38.1	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Slater	1,539	32.4	−15.0
	Labour	David Jeremy	892	18.8	+18.8
	Independent	Donald Tricker	508	10.7	+10.7
Majority			268	5.7	+0.6
Turnout			4,746	60.7	−7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Carlford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bellfield	2,828	55.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Barrett	1,324	26.1	−20.4
	Labour	Stephen Connelly	916	18.1	+18.1
Majority			1,504	29.7	+22.8
Turnout			5,068	72.6	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.4

Felixstowe Coastal (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ann Rodwell *	3,757	38.8
	Conservative	Graham Newman	3,714
	Liberal Democrats	Dot Paddick	3,226	33.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ninnmey	3,087
	Labour	Mark Campbell	2,692	27.8
Majority			531	5.5
Turnout			9,675	63.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Felixstowe North and Trimley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Goodwin	1,960	38.8
	Labour	David Rowe *	1,754	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sherratt	1,339	26.5
Majority			206	4.1
Turnout			5,053	64.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Framlingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hart	2,355	48.8	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Houseley	1,645	34.1	−16.8
	Labour	Edna Salmon	827	17.1	+17.1
Majority			710	14.7	+13.0
Turnout			4,827	68.9	+0.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+8.2

Kesgrave and Rushmere St. Andrew (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Klaschka	3,567	41.3
	Conservative	Steven Hudson *	3,547
	Liberal Democrats	John Briggs	2,731	31.6
	Labour	Nikki Goodchild	2,343	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Else	2,055
	Labour	Stanley Robinson	1,936
Majority			836	9.7
Turnout			8,641	65.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Martlesham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia O'Brien *	2,622	43.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Kelso *	2,359	38.7
	Labour	Thomas Guest	1,109	18.2
Majority			263	4.3
Turnout			6,090	70.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wickham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Aitchison	2,123	43.6	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Halliday	1,590	32.6	+1.5
	Labour	Valerie Pizzey	1,161	23.8	−1.3
Majority			533	10.9	−1.6
Turnout			4,874	65.6	−2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.8

Wilford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Clarke	2,171	50.3	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Monk *	2,147	49.7	−2.9
Majority			24	0.6	−4.6
Turnout			4,318	67.8	+4.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+2.9

Woodbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjamin Redsell *	1,720	40.0	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Ball	1,698	39.5	+11.1
	Labour	Roy Burgon	884	20.6	−6.5
Majority			22	0.5	−10.6
Turnout			4,302	66.8	−1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.3

St. Edmundsbury

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	9	4	25,919	40.8	−4.2
Labour	2	3	16,079	25.3	−15.0
Liberal Democrat	0	1	14,064	22.1	+10.3
UKIP	0		4,013	6.3	+5.8
Independent	0		2,602	4.1	+2.8
Green	0		887	1.4	+1.4

Division results

Blackbourn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanna Spicer *	2,902	56.0	−8.2
	Labour	Alison Fairgrieve	1,132	21.8	−14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fossati	878	16.9	+16.9
	UKIP	Philip Huckett	273	5.3	+5.3
Majority			1,770	34.2	+5.9
Turnout			5,185	77.2	+12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

Clare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Midwood	3,019	52.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Warmington *	2,295	39.6	−11.0
	UKIP	James Lumley	489	8.4	+8.4
Majority			724	12.5	+11.3
Turnout			5,803	77.9	+11.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+6.8

Eastgate and Moreton Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Warby	1,539	39.4
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith *	1,305	33.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Bradbury	897	23.0
	UKIP	Christopher Kisko	166	4.3
Majority			234	6.0
Turnout			3,907	72.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stefan Oliver *	1,827	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Jones	1,362	29.1
	Labour	Robert Corfe	1,174	25.1
	UKIP	Michael Brundle	312	6.7
Majority			465	9.9
Turnout			4,675	80.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haverhill Cangle (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phillip French	2,411	37.1
	Conservative	Tim Marks	2,395	36.9
	Conservative	Jeremy Farthing	2,348
	Labour	Ann Thomas	2,145
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Graham	1,328	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Robinson	1,198
	UKIP	Derek Gregory	366	5.6
	UKIP	Frederick Rapsey	317
Majority			16	0.2
Turnout			6,500	59.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haverhill East and Kedington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karen Knight	1,370	35.6
	Labour	Daniel Summers	1,190	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Terry McNally	1,080	28.1
	UKIP	Tracy Lumley	205	5.3
Majority			180	4.7
Turnout			3,845	62.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thingoe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger^[8]	2,538	51.8	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Tidman	1,076	22.0	+1.9
	Labour	David Dawson	1,038	21.2	−6.2
	UKIP	Maureen Chessell	248	5.1	+5.1
Majority			1,462	29.8	+4.7
Turnout			4,900	79.0	+11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.3

Thingoe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Clements	2,571	52.1	−8.3
	Labour	Alexander Carmichael	1,088	22.1	−17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Bradbury	946	19.2	+19.2
	UKIP	William Attwood	327	6.6	+6.6
Majority			1,483	30.1	+9.3
Turnout			4,932	78.6	+10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Tower (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Lockwood *	3,181	32.7
	Conservative	Paul Hopfensperger ^[9]	2,747	28.3
	Labour	Ray Nowak *	2,720
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	2,663
	Liberal Democrats	David Chappell	1,738	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Warren	1,266
	UKIP	Brian Lockwood	801	8.2
	Independent	David Nettleton	799	8.2
	UKIP	Ivan Cook	509
	Independent	Melinda Nettleton	498
	Green	Adam Stacey	455	4.7
	Green	Samantha Hunt Stacey	432
Majority			434	4.5
Turnout			17,809	68.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waveney

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	9	1	34,051	38.0	−10.2
Conservative	4		30,026	33.5	−4.1
Liberal Democrat	0		16,826	18.8	+4.6
Green	0		6,229	7.0	+7.0
Independent	0		2,488	2.8	+2.8

Division results

Beccles (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Bee	3,104	39.0
	Labour	John Taylor *	2,757	34.6
	Labour	Alan Thwaites *	2,714
	Conservative	Kenneth Sale	2,255
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Mitchell	1,280	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Mitchell	1,139
	Green	Graham Elliot	822	10.3
	Green	Liam Carroll	383
Turnout			14,454	63.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bungay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morris Rose *	2,061	41.5	−3.5
	Labour	Lynn Derges	1,361	27.4	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Curry	1,052	21.2	+2.2
	Green	Lorna Kerrison	488	9.8	+9.8
Majority			700	14.1	+5.2
Turnout			4,962	68.8	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

Gunton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Patience	3,574	41.9	+0.3
	Labour	David Thomas *	2,256
	Conservative	Nancy Cuss	2,256	26.4	−17.4
	Conservative	David Provan	1,948
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Anderson	1,500	17.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Guyton	1,372
	Independent	Dorothy Blenkinsopp	621	7.3	+7.3
	Green	Lucille Mason	580	6.8	+6.8
	Green	Maxine Narburgh	498
Majority			1,318	15.4	+13.2
Turnout			8,531	51.8	−10.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Halesworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Mawer	2,368	46.4	−8.4
	Labour	Alan Brown	1,402	27.5	−17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roberta Pumer	833	16.3	+16.3
	Green	Jen Berry	500	9.8	+9.8
Majority			966	18.9	+9.3
Turnout			5,103	70.1	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.7

Kessingland and Southwold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Goldsmith *	2,341	45.1
	Labour	Michael Pickles	1,566	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher MacKinnon	972	18.7
	Green	Will Windell	316	6.1
Majority			775	14.9
Turnout			5,195	69.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lowestoft South (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Hore *	3,550	43.0
	Labour	Julian Swainson *	2,458
	Conservative	Frank Mortimer	2,190	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Shepherd	2,055	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gifford Baxter	1,995
	Conservative	Jamie Starling	1,845
	Green	Gary Hilton	465	5.6
	Green	Christopher Goodings	431
Majority			1,360	16.5
Turnout			8,260	51.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Oulton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Allyson Barron	3,266	37.2
	Labour	Malcolm Cherry *	3,217
	Conservative	Mike Barnard	2,920	33.2
	Conservative	John Burford	2,355
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Batchelder	1,329	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Tibbitt	1,188
	Independent	Peter Collecott	808	9.2
	Independent	Jennifer Hinton	656
	Green	Kerry Taylor	465	5.3
	Green	Stephen Sizer	413
	Independent	George Hawes	403
Majority			346	3.9
Turnout			8,788	57.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pakefield (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Barrett	2,888	41.9	−3.0
	Labour	Roger Bellham *	2,689
	Conservative	Janice Corbett	2,322	33.7	+6.6
	Conservative	Brian Keller	2,061
	Liberal Democrats	Brenna Batchelder	1,154	16.8	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Tonge	958
	Green	Mike Milan	525	7.6	+7.6
	Green	Philip Tregear	343
Majority			566	8.2	−8.8
Turnout			6,889	58.3	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.8
	Labour win (new seat)

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[2] "2005 Suffolk County Council Election Result (Andrew Teale, Local Elections Archive Project)".

[3] "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

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v t e Council elections in Suffolk
Suffolk County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Babergh District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
East Suffolk District Council	2019 2023
Ipswich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Mid Suffolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Suffolk District Council	2019 2023
East Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Forest Heath District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
St Edmundsbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Suffolk Coastal District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Waveney District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 Abolished
West Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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See also: UK General election

2005 Suffolk County Council election

Contents

Summary

Government Formation

Election result

Results by District

Babergh

Forest Heath

Ipswich

Mid Suffolk

Suffolk Coastal

St. Edmundsbury

Waveney

Related Research Articles

References