Chantry | |
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County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
District | Ipswich |
Region | East of England |
Population | 23,059 (2019) |
Electorate | 16,785 (2021) |
Major settlements | Chantry, Stoke Park |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Seats | 2 |
Councillor | Nadia Cenci (Conservative) Nathan Wilson (Conservative) |
Local council | Ipswich Borough Council |
Replaced by | Belstead Hills, Gipping |
Chantry Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns two county councillors to Suffolk County Council.
It is located in the South West Area of Ipswich and consists of Gipping Ward, Sprites Ward and Stoke Park Ward of Ipswich Borough Council. [1]
The seat had been historically a safe Labour seat however since the 2005 boundary changes it has become swing seat that the Conservative have carried twice. It is set to be replaced in 2025 by the new Belstead Hills and Gipping divisions.
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
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A Ross | Labour | 1973–1981 | M Cartwright | Labour | 1973–1977 | ||
T Payne | Labour | 1977–1985 | |||||
G Bulding | Labour | 1981–1985 |
Member | Party | Term | |
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J Wells | Labour | 1985–1989 | |
Susan Thomas | Labour | 1989–2005 |
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
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Keith Rawlingson | Labour | 2005–2009 | Bryony Rudkin | Labour | 2005–2009 | ||
Paul West | Conservative | 2009–2013 | Peter Gardiner | Labour | 2009–2021 | ||
Helen Armitage | Labour | 2013–2021 | |||||
Nadia Cenci | Conservative | 2021–present | Nathan Wilson | Conservative | 2021–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nadia Cenci | 2,895 | 48.5 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Nathan Wilson | 2,337 | |||
Labour | Helen Armitage * | 2,255 | 37.8 | –4.7 | |
Labour | Peter Gardiner * | 1,970 | |||
Green | Martin Hynes | 529 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Merritt | 291 | 4.9 | –0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Drake | 281 | |||
Majority | 640 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,777 | 34.4 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 16,793 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
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