2013 Suffolk County Council election

2013 Suffolk County Council election
All 75 seats in the Suffolk County Council ; 38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.99%
	Map of the results of the 2013 Suffolk council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Greens in green, independent in grey and UK Independence Party in purple.

Last updated March 28, 2024

Elections to Suffolk County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 75 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.^[2] 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.^[3]

Summary

The Conservative Party won a total of 39 seats, a net loss of sixteen, retaining a reduced overall majority of three seats. The Labour Party regained their position as the largest opposition party, making a net gain of 11 seats. The UK Independence Party also made gains, winning nine seats on the County Council. The Liberal Democrats lost seats to the Conservatives and to Labour, winning the same number of seats as they won in 2005, seven. Three independent candidates were elected, while the Green Party retained their two seats.

Results across the county were far from uniform. In the Suffolk Coastal district area, the Conservatives held their own, and in the Babergh district they actually made a net gain of 1 seat (Hadleigh) from the Liberal Democrats.

Mid Suffolk saw just one seat (Stowmarket South) change hands by a single vote, with UKIP gaining from the Conservatives. The Conservatives also made a net loss of two seats in St Edmundsbury after losing two seats to UKIP in Haverhill and one to an Independent in Bury St Edmunds, but then regained Hardwick from the Liberal Democrats. In other districts, however, the Conservatives lost significant ground. In Ipswich, they were reduced to a sole representative in the town after losing 4 seats and thus reversing the gains they had made in the 2009 election. After almost wiping the board in 2009, the party also suffered major losses in Waveney with 7 seats transferring to Labour and UKIP. A further two divisions switched from Conservative to UKIP in Forest Heath.

Labour made a strong recovery in Ipswich, with the party almost completely recovering from its heavy losses in the town in 2009 and returned to the Council with its best cohort since 2005 taking 10 of the 13 seats. The party also made a modest recovery in the Waveney area with a further 5 gains from the Conservatives. This though, was still 4 seats short of the 9 seats they secured in 2005. In other areas of the county, the Labour recovery failed to gain traction. They won no seats in Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury, which all had Labour councillors until 2009.

The Liberal Democrats made losses in three of the four seats where their incumbent councillors were not seeking re-election but held the seven seats where they had sitting councillors.

The Green Party retained its two seats with increased majorities in each, but were unable to add to their tally.

Independent councillors Richard Kemp and Trevor Beckwith retained their seats, and were joined by David Nettleton, who gained one of the Tower seats in Bury St Edmunds from the Conservatives.

Government Formation

With 39 seats and a third successive victory, the Conservatives were able to form a working majority of 3 in the new Council, with Cllr Mark Bee (Beccles) elected as Council Leader. Cllr Mark Bee retired as Leader in May 2015 and returned to the back benches. He was subsequently replaced by Cllr Colin Noble (Row Heath), who narrowly defeated rival Cllr Jenny Antill (Cosford) in the ensuing leadership election.

The Conservatives' majority was cut to 1 in May 2016 with the loss of Haverhill Cangle to UKIP. Four months later, Hadleigh was gained by the Liberal Democrats in a further by-election and the Conservatives lost their overall majority although continued to run the Council as a minority administration for the remainder of its term.

Labour leader Sandy Martin (St John's) became leader of opposition, and David Wood (Peninsula) became Lib Dem group leader.

Overall Result

2013 Suffolk County Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	39	2	18	16	52.0	35.5	64,120	8.6
Labour	15	11	0	11	20.0	21.6	39,080	8.0
UKIP	9	8	0	8	12.0	20.0	36,167	15.5
Liberal Democrats	7	0	4	4	9.3	10.5	19,058	14.7
Independent	3	1	0	1	4.0	3.6	6,495	0.5
Green	2	0	0		2.7	8.8	15,849	0.5

Results by District

Babergh

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	7	1	8,167	35.8	8.0
Liberal Democrat	2	1	4,093	17.9	16.0
Independent	1		1,387	6.1	1.6
Labour	0		3,336	14.6	5.3
UKIP	0		3,299	14.5	10.6
Green	0		2,544	11.2	9.7

Division Results

Belstead Brook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Busby	692	37.5	12.5
	Conservative	Peter Burgoyne	617	33.5	6.6
	Labour	David Plowman	332	18.0	8.1
	Green	Terry Hooley	203	11.0	11.0
Majority			75	4.1	5.8
Turnout			1,858	27.8	8.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.9

Cosford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Antill	1,450	51.9	12.6
	Green	Robert Lindsay	1,128	40.4	40.4
	Labour Co-op	Tony Bavington	217	7.8	0.6
Majority			322	11.5	25.8
Turnout			2,809	41.7	3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	26.5

Great Cornard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Beer *	728	43.0	13.5
	Labour	Tom Keane	536	31.6	18.5
	Green	Dean Walton	320	18.9	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Welsh	111	6.6	24.0
Majority			192	11.3	14.6
Turnout			1,718	24.6	5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.0

Hadleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Riley	584	31.5	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Sheldrick	449	24.2	20.2
	UKIP	Barry Nutt	422	22.8	22.8
	Labour	Angela Wiltshire	308	16.6	1.3
	Green	Michael Fodsike	90	4.9	4.9
Majority			135	7.3
Turnout			1,854	28.8	5.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	5.7

Melford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp *	1,387	53.2	14.8
	UKIP	Dave Reynolds	478	18.3	18.3
	Conservative	Sarah Pugh	421	16.1	9.9
	Labour Co-op	Mick Cornish	176	6.8	0.8
	Green	Graham Manning	146	5.6	5.6
Majority			909	34.9	7.0
Turnout			2,619	33.6	7.7
	Independent hold		Swing	16.6

Peninsula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Wood *	1,122	43.1	13.4
	UKIP	Christopher Streatfield	532	20.5	20.5
	Conservative	Sian Dawson	530	20.4	15.6
	Labour	Keith Rawlings	257	9.9	2.4
	Green	Andrew Sterling	161	6.2	6.2
Majority			590	22.7	2.2
Turnout			2,606	32.6	10.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	16.9

Samford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Jones	1,025	33.7	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bamford	773	25.4	13.7
	UKIP	Stephen Laing	755	24.8	24.8
	Labour Co-op	Sue Thomas	314	10.3	5.0
	Green	Lois Hickey	173	5.7	5.3
Majority			252	8.3	3.0
Turnout			3,048	38.5	9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

Stour Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Finch *	1,129	42.5	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hurren	723	27.2	13.4
	UKIP	James Carver	585	22.0	7.9
	Labour	Jack Owen	221	8.3	4.9
Majority			406	15.3	14.0
Turnout			2,671	43.7	11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

Sudbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sayers *	809	44.3	0.4
	Labour	Luke Cresswell	573	31.4	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Platt	223	12.2	21.5
	Green	Teresa Bishop	222	12.2	12.2
Majority			236	12.9	1.9
Turnout			1,852	26.5	8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1

Sudbury East and Waldingfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Spence *	874	45.9	3.7
	UKIP	Stuart Armstrong	527	27.7	3.9
	Labour Co-op	Russell Smith	402	21.1	9.8
	Green	Robert Whiting	101	5.3	5.3
Majority			347	18.2	7.7
Turnout			1,912	28.5	9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

Forest Heath

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	3	2	4,145	36.1	13.8
UKIP	2	2	4,095	35.6	14.2
Labour	0		1,669	14.5	4.7
Liberal Democrat	0		860	7.5	11.5
Independent	0		729	6.3	6.3

Division Results

Brandon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Reg Silvester	995	45.9	15.8
	Conservative	Stephen Edwards	593	27.3	25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Horner	344	15.9	6.5
	Labour	Tom Caple	235	10.8	3.1
Majority			402	18.6
Turnout			2,167	30.4	2.2
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	20.6

Exning and Newmarket
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Hudson	720	30.7	10.1
	Conservative	Bill Sadler *	587	25.0	13.8
	Labour	Michael Jefferys	471	20.1	8.1
	Independent	Simon Cole	445	19.0	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Radford	123	5.2	23.5
Majority			133	5.7
Turnout			2,346	26.6	4.5
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	11.9

Mildenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Waters	893	39.3	4.6
	UKIP	David Chandler	884	38.9	9.1
	Labour	Patrick Finn	316	13.9	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Smith	181	8.0	6.5
Majority			9	0.4	13.7
Turnout			2,274	31.8	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Newmarket and Red Lodge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Chambers *	968	44.6	2.8
	UKIP	Dave Whitelear	615	28.4	10.8
	Labour	Chris Turner	450	20.8	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Huggan	136	6.3	19.8
Majority			353	16.3	5.1
Turnout			2,169	23.3	9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Row Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Noble *	1,104	43.4	9.1
	UKIP	Ian Smith	881	34.7	4.5
	Independent	David Gathercole	284	11.2	11.2
	Labour	Pamela Brown	197	7.8	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elle Minshall	76	3.0	8.0
Majority			223	8.8	13.5
Turnout			2,542	32.6	6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Ipswich

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	10	6	16,927	42.3	15.5
Conservative	1	5	10,874	27.2	10.3
UKIP	1	1	5,708	14.3	12.8
Liberal Democrat	1	2	4,130	10.3	14.9
Green	0		2,307	5.8	0.4
Independent	0		34	0.1	0.1

Division results

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Murray *	1,146	58.4	3.3
	Labour	Lewis Smith	485	24.7	11.1
	Green	Catherine Struthers	222	11.3	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bagnall	109	5.6	11.7
Majority			661	33.7	4.1
Turnout			1,984	34.7	5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Bryony Rudkin *	743	43.9	11.7
	UKIP	Alan Cotterell	459	27.1	27.1
	Conservative	Bob Hall	338	20.0	11.5
	Green	Eric Nelson	83	4.9	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Green	71	4.2	9.4
Majority			284	16.8	16.1
Turnout			1,700	23.6	4.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	7.7

Chantry (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Armitage	2,169	41.6	6.8
	Labour	Peter Gardiner *	2,051
	UKIP	Robert Newton	1,301	25.0	25.0
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	1,096	21.0	14.5
	Conservative	Kevin Algar	1,043
	Green	Barry Broom	404	7.8	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Fletcher	243	4.6	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart M^cHardy	146
Majority			868	16.7	16.0
Turnout			4,611	27.1	3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	9.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kim Cook	1,074	47.4	8.4
	Conservative	Carol Debman *	547	24.2	15.8
	UKIP	Stephen York	495	21.9	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Chambers	84	3.7	17.3
	Green	Rory James	64	2.8	2.8
Majority			527	23.3
Turnout			2,272	27.8	3.5
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	12.1

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Quinton	829	53.0	10.6
	UKIP	Michael Chelk	325	20.8	20.8
	Conservative	Mark Felix-Thomas	271	17.3	19.6
	Green	Fraser Florence	73	4.7	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mathew Baker	67	4.3	16.4
Majority			504	32.2	26.7
Turnout			1,575	24.8	2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Rushmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Gage	1,117	47.3	21.8
	Conservative	Judy Terry *	628	26.6	16.8
	UKIP	Peter Ellis	401	17.0	17.0
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	94	4.0	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	90	3.8	11.7
	Independent	Dale Jackson	34	1.4	1.4
Majority			489	20.7
Turnout			2,366	32.9	6.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	19.3

St Helen's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mandy Gaylard	900	45.6	21.1
	UKIP	Mark Tinney	361	18.3	18.3
	Conservative	Katherine Parkinson	359	18.2	7.9
	Green	Tom Wilmot	201	10.2	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Lockington	155	7.8	23.7
Majority			539	27.3
Turnout			1,980	26.1	3.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	22.4

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sandy Martin *	1,089	54.6	14.3
	Conservative	Edward Phillips	562	28.2	5.9
	Green	Sarah Alexander	227	11.4	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	118	5.9	8.0
Majority			527	26.4	20.2
Turnout			2,017	29.7	9.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	10.1

St. Margaret's and Westgate (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Adams	1,668	28.8	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington *	1,457	25.2	16.0
	Labour	Rob Bridgeman	1,441
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1,355	23.4	8.3
	Conservative	Christopher Stewart	1,257
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy French	1,211
	UKIP	John Chapman	823	14.2	14.2
	Green	John Mann	481	8.3	4.9
Majority			211	3.7	5.9
Turnout			5,784	33.7	4.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	15.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitehouse & Whitton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathy Bole	1,886	36.0	12.8
	UKIP	James Crossley	1,543	29.5	29.5
	Labour	Elango Elavalakkan	1,475
	Conservative	Robin Vickery *	1,141	21.8	18.9
	Conservative	David Goldsmith	1,131	14.1
	Green	Geoff Reynish	458	8.8	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	206	3.9	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Jacob	173
Majority			68	6.6	10.8
Turnout			4,365	28.0	0.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	15.8
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	24.2

Mid Suffolk

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	1	8,749	35.0	8.6
Liberal Democrat	3		3,455	13.8	14.3
UKIP	1	1	5,903	23.6	20.8
Green	1		3,899	15.6	2.1
Labour	0		2,984	11.9	5.3

Division results

Bosmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Truelove *	851	33.9	6.9
	Conservative	Esther Jewson	678	27.0	0.0
	UKIP	Sam Streatfeild	584	23.2	9.2
	Labour	Tony Elliott	236	9.4	4.7
	Green	Tricia Aspinall	160	6.4	6.4
Majority			173	6.9	6.9
Turnout			2,514	32.7	10.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.4

Gipping Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field *	713	32.0	11.6
	Conservative	John Whithead	577	25.9	0.1
	UKIP	Frank Whittle	537	24.1	24.1
	Labour Co-op	Jack Abbott	301	13.5	7.9
	Green	David Penny	100	4.5	4.5
Majority			136	6.1	11.7
Turnout			2,229	31.9	10.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.9

Hartismere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessica Fleming	1,086	43.5	11.5
	UKIP	Christopher Streatfield	553	22.2	22.2
	Green	Ghed Paterson	365	14.6	9.6
	Labour	Di McGeever	362	14.5	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Payne	129	5.2	7.9
Majority			533	21.4	9.4
Turnout			2,499	32.3	13.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.8

Hoxne and Eye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy McGregor *	1,238	45.6	11.2
	UKIP	Paul Denham	666	24.5	24.5
	Labour Co-op	Garry Deeks	447	16.5	9.5
	Green	Libbi Meade	227	8.4	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jon James	138	5.1	31.2
Majority			572	21.1	0.5
Turnout			2,719	36.9	9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.9

Stowmarket North and Stowupland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Green *	830	36.1	9.9
	UKIP	Colin Lay	586	25.5	25.5
	Labour	Duncan Macpherson	458	19.9	10.0
	Green	Nigel Rozier	354	15.4	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brij Sharma	69	3.0	19.3
Majority			244	10.6	13.1
Turnout			2,298	25.0	7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.7

Stowmarket South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Stephen Searle	578	25.6	9.5
	Conservative	Anne Whybrow *	577	25.6	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Scarff	538	23.8	6.1
	Labour	Suzanne Britton	314	13.9	4.8
	Green	Linda Baxter	251	11.1	1.1
Majority			1	0.0
Turnout			2,260	30.2	6.3
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	8.3

Thedwastre North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Storey *	1,190	47.5	5.8
	UKIP	Ryan Fiske	626	25.0	25.0
	Green	Alex Browne	309	12.3	12.3
	Labour	James Grime	271	10.8	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Gath	111	4.4	19.0
Majority			564	22.5	7.4
Turnout			2,508	31.3	11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.4

Thedwastre South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Otton *	722	29.2	8.1
	Conservative	Sam Powell	684	27.7	8.6
	UKIP	Gillian Bush	647	26.2	26.2
	Green	Ella Copeland	229	9.3	12.8
	Labour	Jeanie Kemp	192	7.8	3.4
Majority			38	1.5	0.5
Turnout			2,477	35.3	13.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.3

Thredling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Hicks	1,293	49.5	13.3
	UKIP	Christopher Stockings	555	21.2	21.2
	Green	Nicholas Hardingham	368	14.1	14.1
	Labour	James Higgins	249	9.5	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Redbond	149	5.7	24.9
Majority			738	28.2	4.0
Turnout			2,630	35.2	10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.3

Upper Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Stringer *	1,536	53.1	2.4
	Conservative	Kevin Welsby	596	20.6	16.3
	UKIP	Roger Fouracre	571	19.7	19.7
	Labour	Terry Wilson	154	5.3	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Field	35	1.2	6.1
Majority			940	32.5	18.7
Turnout			2,894	38.3	10.4
	Green hold		Swing	9.6

Suffolk Coastal

District Summary

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	12	19,860	49.0	2.7
Liberal Democrat	1	6,746	16.6	14.8
Labour	0	8,463	20.9	9.6
UKIP	0	3,337	8.2	8.2
Green	0	1,424	3.5	1.6
Independent	0	703	1.7	1.4

Division results

Aldeburgh and Leiston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Smith *	1,031	39.6	7.9
	Independent	Tony Cooper	703	27.0	27.0
	Labour	Terry Hodgson	433	16.6	3.5
	Green	Marie Clark	250	9.6	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jackman-Graham	188	7.2	17.3
Majority			328	12.6	10.4
Turnout			2,605	35.0	5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.4

Blything
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gower	1,191	47.8	5.5
	Labour Co-op	Anne Thomas	483	19.4	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Andrews	426	17.1	15.8
	Green	Joe Cassels	391	15.7	3.5
Majority			708	28.4	19.0
Turnout			2,491	36.0	10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Carlford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bellfield *	1,565	59.0	7.3
	UKIP	Leon Stedman	504	19.0	19.0
	Labour Co-op	Edna Salmon	374	14.1	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Harrup	208	7.9	18.6
Majority			1,061	40.0	0.1
Turnout			2,651	38.0	10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.2

Felixstowe Coastal (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Barber *	2,626	53.5	4.0
	Conservative	Graham Newman	2,487
	Labour	Hattie Bennett	1,294	26.4	14.3
	Labour	Brenda Shelley	1,142
	Liberal Democrats	Seamus Bennett	985	20.1	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cherrie MacGregor	900
Majority			1,332	27.2	16.1
Turnout			4,905	32.0	8.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felixstowe North and Trimley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Goodwin *	1,112	45.0	1.6
	Labour	David Rowe	918	37.1	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Nimmey	444	18.0	4.2
Majority			194	7.8	5.9
Turnout			2,474	33.0	9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.9

Framlingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Burroughes	1,126	44.3	9.8
	UKIP	David Owen	582	22.9	22.9
	Labour	Lesley Bensley	358	14.1	6.3
	Green	Rachel Fulcher	256	10.1	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Houseley	222	8.7	10.8
Majority			544	21.4	13.1
Turnout			2,544	37.0	11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.3

Kesgrave and Rushmere St. Andrew (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Whiting	1,968	41.1	16.1
	Conservative	Christopher Hudson	1,729
	UKIP	Frederick Rapsey	1,369	28.6	28.6
	Labour	Kevin Archer	973	20.3	6.4
	Labour	Matthew Percy	770
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Fairbrother	481	10.0	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Derrick Fairbrother	399
Majority			599	12.5	15.8
Turnout			4,791	28.0	6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Martlesham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia O'Brien *	1,600	50.5	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Kelso	709	22.4	11.9
	Labour	Andrew Cortson	456	14.4	8.7
	Green	Betsy Reid	405	12.8	1.0
Majority			891	28.1	14.0
Turnout			3,170	36.0	9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

Wickham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Bond *	1,214	46.6	7.0
	UKIP	Alan Ryall	555	21.3	21.3
	Labour	Jeremy Bale	527	20.2	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Ball	310	11.9	23.4
Majority			659	25.3	7.1
Turnout			2,606	32.0	9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.1

Wilford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Reid *	1,341	61.9	1.3
	Labour	Howard Needham	480	22.1	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Greenhouse	347	16.0	14.2
Majority			861	39.7	9.3
Turnout			2,168	33.0	15.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.8

Woodbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Page *	1,127	41.7	5.5
	Conservative	Patti Mulcahy	870	32.2	7.6
	UKIP	Pauline Staley	327	12.1	12.1
	Labour	John White	255	9.4	4.4
	Green	Rachel Smith-Lyte	122	4.5	3.5
Majority			257	9.5	2.1
Turnout			2,701	42.0	6.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.1

St. Edmundsbury

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	6	2	12,373	37.5	10.4
UKIP	2	2	7,729	23.4	21.0
Independent	2	1	3,642	11.0	0.8
Green	1		2,011	6.1	1.0
Labour	0		5,920	17.9	6.3
Liberal Democrat	0	1	1,367	4.1	16.8

Division results

Blackbourn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanna Spicer *	1,565	53.2	5.6
	UKIP	Chas Coles	892	30.3	30.3
	Labour	James MacPherson	247	8.4	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Bradbury	121	4.1	9.4
	Green	Richard Braybrooke	118	4.0	4.0
Majority			673	22.9	14.6
Turnout			2,943	37.1	8.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.0

Clare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Evans	1,579	46.3	9.6
	UKIP	Stuart Letten	1,077	31.6	9.0
	Labour	Gary Stroud	434	12.7	5.0
	Independent	Tony Gearing	323	9.5	9.5
Majority			502	14.7	18.5
Turnout			3,413	40.0	9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.3

Eastgate and Moreton Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith *	860	39.8	7.7
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	674	31.2	6.4
	UKIP	Mark Jones	307	14.2	14.2
	Labour	Jonathan Hartley	254	11.7	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Valladares	68	3.1	5.6
Majority			186	8.6	1.3
Turnout			2,163	28.7	8.7
	Independent hold		Swing	0.7

Hardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Stamp	799	30.0	2.4
	Independent	Paul Hopfensperger	737	27.7	1.1
	UKIP	David Hussell	495	18.6	18.6
	Labour	Shirley Stephenson	325	12.2	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lale	305	11.5	25.7
Majority			62	2.3	6.1
Turnout			2,661	38.6	5.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	14.0

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Haverhill Cangle (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Gower *	1,269	34.5	15.6
	UKIP	Julian Flood	1,098	29.8	29.8
	Labour	Maureen Byrne	1,082	29.3	8.2
	Conservative	Karen Richardson	1,082
	Labour	Pat Hanlon	876
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Graham	239	6.5	22.4
Majority			16	3.0	18.0
Turnout			3,688	23.5	5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	22.7
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Haverhill East and Kedington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Tony Brown	788	39.2	39.2
	Conservative	Alaric Pugh	504	25.0	32.6
	Labour	Roger André	431	21.4	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rolph	235	11.7	14.9
	Independent	Gordon Cox	55	2.7	2.7
Majority			284	14.1	17.0
Turnout			2,013	28.4	3.0
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	35.9

Thingoe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger *	1,360	53.7	4.8
	UKIP	Linda Redford	506	20.0	20.0
	Independent	Susan Glossop	278	11.0	11.0
	Labour	Brian Turnbull	216	8.5	1.5
	Green	Natasha Ereira-Guyer	173	6.8	6.8
Majority			854	33.7	9.8
Turnout			2,533	33.0	6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.4

Thingoe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Clements *	1,306	49.8	13.4
	UKIP	Bill Attwood	760	29.0	29.0
	Labour	Jan Lavender	320	12.2	2.2
	Green	Ritchie Tennant	239	9.1	9.1
Majority			546	20.8	15.4
Turnout			2,625	36.6	9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.2

Tower (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mark Ereira *	1,481	23.2	3.9
	Independent	David Nettleton	1,389	21.8	4.2
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	1,227	19.3	9.5
	Conservative	Patsy Warby	1,008
	UKIP	Luke Levene	983	15.4	15.4
	Labour	Diane Hind	895	14.0	5.0
	Labour	Nicola Ridgeway	840
	UKIP	James Lumley	823
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Roadway	399	6.3	2.8
Majority			162	1.4	0.3
Turnout			6,374	29.6	5.5
	Green hold		Swing	0.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	2.7

Waveney

District Summary

	Seats	/-	Votes	%	/-
Conservative	5	7	15,189	32.2	6.7
Labour	5	5	14,762	31.3	10.7
UKIP	3	2	10,376	22.0	13.0
Green	0		5,364	11.4	5.9
Liberal Democrat	0		1,525	3.2	11.2

Division results

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Beccles (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Bee *	1,822	35.7	6.1
	Conservative	Chris Punt *	1,449
	Green	Graham Elliott	1,322	25.9	4.5
	Labour	Barry Buckley	973	19.1	3.7
	Green	Sue Bergin	918
	Labour	Stuart Foulger	868
	UKIP	Harry Ashbee	856	16.8	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Briggs	135	2.6	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Farmer	111
Majority			500	9.8	1.5
Turnout			5,108	37.7	2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bungay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ritchie *	1,150	45.2	4.4
	Green	Simon Thompson	756	29.7	8.2
	Labour	Declan Keiley	440	17.3	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dave O`Neill	197	7.8	7.5
Majority			394	15.5	12.6
Turnout			2,543	35.6	6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.3

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Gunton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Patience	1,579	38.3	10.6
	Labour	Janet Craig	1,570
	Conservative	Mary Rudd *	1,055	25.6	10.6
	UKIP	Paul Newbery	1,049	25.4	25.4
	UKIP	Penny Hackett	1,033
	Conservative	Deanna Law	970
	Green	Emma Bateman	279	6.8	13.4
	Green	Peter Eyres	246
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Taylor	163	4.0	12.1
Majority			515	12.7	4.3
Turnout			4,125	27.8	3.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	10.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Halesworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Goldson *	1,350	53.2	1.2
	Labour	Toby Walton	700	27.6	13.5
	Green	Jen Berry	374	14.7	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Blowers O`Neill	116	4.6	10.3
Majority			650	25.6	7.2
Turnout			2,540	35.5	5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.2

Kessingland and Southwold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ladd	1,027	37.6	4.4
	UKIP	Jack Tyler	859	31.5	4.0
	Labour	Alan Green	592	21.7	10.2
	Green	Emma Waller	179	6.6	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Marsden	74	2.7	8.3
Majority			168	6.2	8.3
Turnout			2,731	37.2	5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

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Lowestoft South (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Derek Hackett	1,410	35.5	9.4
	UKIP	Bill Mountford *	1,406
	Labour	Ian Graham	1,338	33.7	13.6
	Labour	Nick Webb	1,326
	Conservative	Trish Mortimer	798	20.1	3.7
	Conservative	May Reader	710
	Green	Tom Hammond	211	5.3	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Howe	210	5.3	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Tonge	178
	Green	Steven Nichols	170
Majority			72	14.5	0.4
Turnout			3,967	27.5	27.6
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	6.5
	UKIP hold		Swing	2.1

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Oulton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Bert Poole	1,650	31.4	6.4
	Labour	Leonard Jacklin	1,540	29.3	8.4
	Conservative	Mike Barnard *	1,475	28.0	8.7
	Labour	Susan Collins	1,428
	Conservative	Colin Law *	1,379
	Green	Maxine Narburgh	378	7.2	1.4
	Green	John Nixon	228
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Lavill	220	2.7	4.2
Majority			110	2.1	9.7
Turnout			5,263	30.6	3.7
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.5

Pakefield (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sonia Barker	1,214	33.7	9.6
	Labour	Peter Byatt	1,194
	UKIP	Jamie Brown	1,095	30.4	30.4
	UKIP	Darius McCormack	1,018
	Conservative	Kathy Gosling *	1,012	28.1	13.6
	Conservative	Frank Mortimer	992
	Green	George Langley	165	4.6	13.7
	Green	Douglas Hoffman	138
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Robertson	121	3.4	12.7
Majority			119	5.6	12.0
Turnout			3,607	30.8	3.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	11.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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2013 Suffolk County Council election

Contents

Summary

Government Formation

Overall Result

Results by District

Babergh

Forest Heath

Ipswich

Mid Suffolk

Suffolk Coastal

St. Edmundsbury

Waveney

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