| Gainsborough | |
|---|---|
| County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
 Gainsborough Electoral Division | |
| District | Ipswich |
| Region | East of England |
| Population | 10,514 (2019) |
| Electorate | 8,041 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Gainsborough, Greenwich |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Councillor | Liz Harsant (Conservative) |
| Local council | Ipswich Borough Council |
Gainsborough Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.
It is located in the South East Area of Ipswich and comprises the whole of Gainsborough Ward plus part of Holywells Ward, [1] both of which are electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| T Lambert | Labour | 1973–1977 | |
| R Skerritt | Labour | 1977–1989 | |
| R Crane | Labour | 1989–1993 | |
| Ronald Sudds [2] | Labour | 1993–2003 | |
| Bill Quinton | Labour | 2003–2009 | |
| Carol Debman | Conservative | 2009–2013 | |
| Kim Cook [3] | Labour | 2013–2021 | |
| Liz Harsant | Conservative | 2021–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liz Harsant | 1,673 | 52.9 | +11.7 | |
| Labour | Stephen Connelly | 1,162 | 36.8 | –4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conrad Packwood | 254 | 8.0 | +5.1 | |
| Green | Jenny Rivett | 71 | 2.2 | –2.0 | |
| Majority | 511 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,188 | 39.6 | +7.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,041 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.1 | |||
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