Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north,the North Sea to the east,Essex to the south,and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county town.
Bury St Edmunds,commonly referred to locally as Bury,is a historic market and cathedral town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district,in the county of Suffolk,England. The town is best known for Bury St Edmunds Abbey and St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich of the Church of England,with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. In 2011 it had a population of 45,000.
West Suffolk was an administrative county of England created in 1889 from part of the county of Suffolk. It survived until 1974 when it was rejoined with East Suffolk. Its county town was Bury St Edmunds.
St Edmundsbury was a local government district and borough in Suffolk,England. It was named after its main town,Bury St Edmunds. The second town in the district was Haverhill. The population of the district was 111,008 at the 2011 Census.
Bury St Edmunds is a constituency in Suffolk represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jo Churchill,a Conservative.
South Suffolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cartlidge,a Conservative.
West Suffolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Matt Hancock,a Conservative.
Culford is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6 km) north of Bury St Edmunds and 62 miles (100 km) north east of London in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk,England.
Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk,England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.
St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk,England,was elected every four years. After the last boundary changes in 2003,45 councillors were elected from 31 wards. The council was abolished in 2019,with the area becoming part of West Suffolk.
Paul Stephen Farmer is a retired British educationalist who developed the use of pop music in school music education in the 1970s,and is reputed to be the first to devise a public examination in the UK exclusively in pop music. He wrote several music education books and became a London comprehensive school head teacher at the age of 33.
John Henry Morgan Griffiths is a Conservative local government politician and former merchant banker. As leader of St Edmundsbury Borough Council from 2003 he was instrumental in establishing significant growth and development in its two towns of Haverhill and Bury St Edmunds. He is the son of former government minister Sir Eldon Griffiths and was awarded the MBE in 2011 for services to local government.
Elections to Suffolk County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 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. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009.
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.
Colin Lawrence Noble is a British politician of the Conservative Party. He served as leader of the Suffolk Conservatives group and Leader of Suffolk County Council from May 2015 to May 2018.
West Suffolk District is a local government district in Suffolk,England. It was established in 2019 as a merger of the previous Forest Heath District with the Borough of St Edmundsbury. The council is based in Bury St Edmunds,the district's largest town. The district also contains the towns of Brandon,Clare,Haverhill,Mildenhall and Newmarket,along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. In 2021 it had a population of 180,820.
Thingoe North Division is an electoral division in Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.
Tower Division is an electoral division in Suffolk which returns two county councillors to Suffolk County Council.
The 2021 Suffolk County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 75 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions,which return either one or two county councillors each,by first-past-the-post voting,for a four-year term of office.
The 2025 Suffolk County Council election will take place on 1 May 2025 as part of the 2025 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 70 councillors will be elected from electoral divisions across the county,which will return either one or two county councillors each,by first-past-the-post voting,for a four-year term of office.
