Belstead Brook | |
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County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
District | Babergh |
Region | East of England |
Population | 8,619 (2019) |
Electorate | 6,613 (2021) |
Major settlements | Pinewood, Sproughton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1985 |
Seats | 1 |
Councillor | Christopher Hudson (Conservative) |
Local council | Babergh District Council |
Belstead Brook Division is an electoral division in Babergh District, Suffolk which returns a single County Councillor to Suffolk County Council.
Named for the Belstead Brook watercourse, it comprises two wards, Brook and Pinewood. [1]
The following parishes are in the Belstead Brook Division. [1] [2]
Member | Party | Term | |
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J Clayton | Conservative | 1985–1989 | |
K Linge | Conservative | 1989–1993 | |
Kathy Pollard | Liberal Democrats | 1993–2013 | |
David Busby | Liberal Democrats | 2013–2017 | |
Christopher Hudson | Conservative | 2017–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Hudson | 1,087 | 50.8 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Busby | 721 | 33.7 | –3.7 | |
Labour | Keith Wade | 333 | 15.6 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 366 | 17.1 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,160 | 32.7 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,613 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –6.8 | |||
Babergh District is a local government district in Suffolk, England. In 2021 it had a population of 92,300. The district is primarily a rural area, containing just two towns, Sudbury and Hadleigh, which was the administrative centre until 2017 when the council moved to shared offices with neighbouring Mid Suffolk District Council in Ipswich, outside either district. The district is named after the medieval Babergh Hundred, which covered part of the area.
Hintlesham is a small village in Suffolk, England, situated roughly halfway between Ipswich and Hadleigh. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
Sproughton is a village in Suffolk, England, just to the west of Ipswich and is in the Babergh administrative district. It has a church, a primary school, a pub, a community shop and various groups. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
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Belstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk. Located on the southern edge of Ipswich, around 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Ipswich town centre. It had a population of 202 according to the 2011 census. Belstead has amenities such as a village hall, St Mary's the Virgin Church, The bridge school for children with learning difficulties and Belstead Brook Hotel and Spa. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 32 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.
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Pinewood is a civil parish and electoral ward in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk. Whilst not part of the borough, it forms part of the town of Ipswich although part of the parish is separated from it by Belstead Brook, a tributary of the River Orwell. The parish was formed on 1 April 1994 from parts of Washbrook, Belstead and Wherstead. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council. In 2011 it had a population of 4342.
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Burstall is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around 4 miles (6 km) west of Ipswich, it is part of Babergh district. The parish includes the hamlet of Burstallhill. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Burgestala / Burghestala. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
Chattisham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles west of Ipswich and half a mile south of the A1071, it is part of Babergh district. In 2006 its population was 140, increasing to 167 at the 2011 Census. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council. In the early 1870s, Chattisham was portrayed as: "CHATTISHAM, a parish in Samford district, Suffolk; 2¼ miles NE of Raydon r. station, and 5 SW by W of Ipswich. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 713. Real property, £1, 427. Pop., 192. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the Diocese of Norwich. Value, £168.* Patron, Eton College. The church has a brass of 1592; and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6."
Copdock and Washbrook is a civil parish in the Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It covers the villages of Copdock and Washbrook, as well as the hamlets of Coles Green, Mace Green and Washbrook Street.
Wherstead is a village and a civil parish located in the county of Suffolk, England. Wherstead village lies 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Ipswich on the Shotley peninsula. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
Belstead House is a Grade II listed 16th/17th century house in Sprites Lane, Pinewood, Suffolk. It was bought by Major Quilter in 1901. Until 1920 it was known as Hill House and lay at the centre of a 102 acre farm. The building was remodelled by Harold Hooper and Garrard in 1936, during which much of the original building was lost, although it was in some ways expanded using material from other period houses available locally.
The 2017 Suffolk County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 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.
Washbrook is a village and former civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Ipswich, now in the parish of Copdock and Washbrook, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 517.
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Cosford Division is an electoral division in Babergh District, Suffolk which returns a single County Councillor to Suffolk County Council.