Mid Suffolk District Council elections

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Mid Suffolk District Council elections are held every four years to elect members of Mid Suffolk District Council in Suffolk, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, there have been 34 councillors elected from 26 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Badwell Ash By-Election 27 February 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 292 44.4
Labour 18428.0
Liberal Democrats 18227.7
Majority10816.4
Turnout 65850.3
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

1999-2003

Norton By-Election 9 September 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 546 61.4 +8.0
Liberal Democrats John Ottley34338.6−8.0
Majority20322.8
Turnout 88949.4
Conservative hold Swing
Mendlesham By-Election 17 January 2002 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gilmour 343 48.2 −2.3
Labour 25736.1−13.4
Green 11115.6+15.6
Majority8612.1
Turnout 71141.1
Conservative hold Swing
Elmswell By-Election 21 March 2002 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Millward 726 77.6 +68.1
Conservative 20922.4−16.3
Majority51755.2
Turnout 93537.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Worlingworth By-Election 23 January 2003 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Debenham 411 83.4 +28.6
Labour 8216.6+16.6
Majority32966.8
Turnout 49336.3
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Barking & Somersham By-Election 21 October 2004 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Richardson 281 51.1
Conservative 18333.3
UKIP 8615.6
Majority9817.8
Turnout 55032.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Claydon & Barham By-Election 21 October 2004 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Redbound 617 57.7 −0.7
Conservative 37435.0−6.6
Labour 787.3+7.3
Majority24322.7
Turnout 1,06930.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hoxne By-Election 28 July 2005 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Adey 308 46.9 +9.6
Conservative Elizabeth Gibson-Harries29545.0−17.7
Labour Garry Deeks548.2+8.2
Majority131.9
Turnout 65740.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Bramford & Blakenham By-Election 24 November 2005 [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Field 536 64.3
Conservative Michael Damant22927.5
Labour Suzanne Britton688.2
Majority30736.8
Turnout 83326.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2007-2011

Haughley and Wetherden By-Election 25 March 2010 [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Rachel Eburne 444 61.0 +45.4
Conservative Samantha Powell17624.2−20.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Vecchi517.0−32.4
Labour David Hill324.4+4.4
UKIP Christopher Streatfield253.4+3.4
Majority26836.8
Turnout 72841.6
Green gain from Conservative Swing +33.2

2011-2015

Stowmarket North By-Election 22 May 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Humphreys 707 31.8 −1.8
UKIP Stephen Searle 61627.7+18.0
Green Nigel Rozier44419.9−0.7
Labour Anthony Elliott31514.2−9.7
Liberal Democrats Nichola Willshere1446.5−5.6
Majority914.1
Turnout 2,226
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Barking and Somersham By-Election 2 June 2016 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Anne Marie Killett 212 34.5 +34.5
Conservative Jemma Lynch21034.2−7.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Valladares15425.1+13.2
Labour Will Marsburg386.2+6.2
Majority20.3
Turnout 61734.1
Green gain from Conservative Swing +21.0
Eye By-Election 4 May 2017 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Burke 438 52.3 +52.3
Green Simon Hooton22026.3−19.1
Liberal Democrats John Blake11213.4+13.4
Labour Alex Wilson688.1+8.1
Majority21826.0
Turnout 838
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

2019-2023

Thurston By-Election 17 February 2022 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Austin Davies 845 64.4 +25.2
Conservative Philippa Wilding39930.4−3.5
Liberal Democrats Timothy Glenton372.8−8.2
Labour Terence Wilson322.4−4.9
Majority44634.0
Turnout 1,313
Green hold Swing

2023-2027

Chilton (Stowmarket) By-Election 2 May 2024 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Lorraine Baker 589 47.2
Conservative Steven Runciman37530.0
Labour William Howman28522.8
Majority21417.1
Turnout 1,249
Green hold Swing
Thurston By-Election 24 September 2024 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Richardson 579 49.2
Green Oscar Barrick-Cook51844.0
Labour Nathan Hope796.7
Majority615.2
Turnout 1,176
Conservative gain from Green Swing

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