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 (Reform UK) [1] |
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. [2]
The following parishes are in the Belstead Brook Division. [2] [3]
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 | 2017–2024 | |
Reform UK | 2024–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.
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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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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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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