St Edmundsbury Borough Council elections

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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.

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Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties: [1] [2]

Party in controlYears
Conservative 1973–1991
No overall control 1991–1995
Labour 1995–1999
Conservative 1999–2001
No overall control 2001–2003
Conservative 2003–2019

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1995 until 2019 were: [3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Gerry Kiernan [4] Labour 1995May 1999
Mike Brundle [5] Conservative May 19992000
Derek Redhead [6] Conservative 2000Apr 2002
Ray Nowak [7] [8] Labour May 20022003
John Griffiths [9] Conservative May 200331 Mar 2019

John Griffiths served as leader of the West Suffolk shadow authority for part of the year prior to the new council coming into effect in 2019. [10] He subsequently became the first leader of West Suffolk District Council after the first elections to the new council in May 2019. [11]

Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Haverhill Clements By-Election 5 September 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 38176.2
Conservative 6112.2
Liberal Democrats 5811.6
Majority 32064.0
Turnout 50020.0
Labour hold Swing
Ixworth By-Election 21 November 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 41343.4
Liberal Democrats 28930.4
Labour 25026.3
Majority 12413.0
Turnout 95244.0
Conservative hold Swing
Ixworth By-Election 6 March 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 47557.7
Liberal Democrats 19623.8
Labour 15218.5
Majority 27933.9
Turnout 82337.6
Conservative hold Swing
Kedington By-Election 23 April 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 23141.1
Conservative 15928.3
Independent 8915.8
Liberal Democrats 8314.8
Majority 7212.8
Turnout 56241.0
Labour hold Swing
Stanton By-Election 10 September 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 42355.3+22.1
Labour 27535.9−1.4
Liberal Democrats 678.8−6.5
Majority 14819.4
Turnout 76534.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1999-2003

St Olave's By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,10672.1
Conservative 30019.6
Independent 1288.3
Majority 80652.5
Turnout 1,534
Labour hold Swing
Westgate By-Election 25 April 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 42344.0−5.4
Liberal Democrats 23124.0+9.9
Labour 23023.9−12.5
Green 788.1+8.1
Majority 19220.0
Turnout 96235.0
Conservative hold Swing
Honington By-Election 31 October 2002 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hale27269.7−1.5
Liberal Democrats 11830.3+30.3
Majority 15439.4
Turnout 39032.9
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Risbygate By-Election 20 May 2004 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Melinda Nettleton29334.1−6.1
Conservative Paul Simner27832.3+1.2
Labour Ray Nowak16919.7−9.0
Green Mandy Leathers859.9+9.9
Independent Brian Lockwood354.1+4.1
Majority 151.8
Turnout 86026.7
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Haverhill East By-Election 10 June 2004 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Cox52035.9−12.4
Independent Mabon Dane37626.0+26.0
Labour George Hatchell36325.1−26.6
Liberal Democrats Leslie Warmington18913.0+13.0
Majority 1149.9
Turnout 1,44828.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Barningham By-Election 9 September 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Haverhill South By-Election 5 May 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 74643.8
Conservative 60235.3
Liberal Democrats 35720.9
Majority 1448.5
Turnout 1,705
Labour hold Swing
Westgate By-Election 16 February 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynsey Alexander50054.0+16.2
Liberal Democrats David Chappell31133.6+9.0
Green Ritchie Tennant646.9+6.9
UKIP James Lumley505.4+5.4
Majority 18920.4
Turnout 92527.4
Conservative hold Swing
Kedington By-Election 15 June 2006 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marion Rushbrook35053.8−9.1
Liberal Democrats Terry McNally25038.4+38.4
Labour Michael Simpkin517.8−29.3
Majority 10015.4
Turnout 65143.0
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Haverhill North By-Election 20 March 2008 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Marks42657.3+2.5
Labour Patrick Hanlon25534.3+2.1
UKIP Arthur Nightingale628.3+8.3
Majority 17123.0
Turnout 74313.8
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Risbygate By-Election 15 November 2012 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Julia Wakelam39451.8+30.1
Conservative Susan Glossop23931.4+6.4
Labour Cliff Hind12816.8+4.0
Majority 15520.4
Turnout 761
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Abbeygate By-Election 2 May 2013 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlotte Howard56244.5−4.5
Green Philippa Judd39931.6+9.8
Labour Quentin Cornish15412.2−1.5
Liberal Democrats Judith Broadway14911.8−3.6
Majority 16312.9
Turnout 1,264
Conservative hold Swing
Bardwell By-Election 5 September 2013 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Wade41966.1−10.7
UKIP James Lumley15023.7+0.5
Labour Thomas Stebbing6510.3+10.3
Majority 26942.4
Turnout 634
Conservative hold Swing
Abbeygate By-Election 3 October 2013 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joanna Rayner35942.8−1.7
Green Mark Ereira-Guyer 23628.1−3.5
UKIP Clive Reason8510.1+10.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Lale839.9−1.9
Labour Quentin Cornish769.1−3.1
Majority 12314.7
Turnout 839
Conservative hold Swing
Haverhill East By-Election 9 January 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Tony Brown52954.0+54.0
Labour Pat Hanlon24024.5−12.7
Conservative David Roach15716.0−31.9
Liberal Democrats Ken Rolph545.5−9.4
Majority 28929.5
Turnout 98016.4
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

2015-2019

Haverhill North By-Election 5 May 2016 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Anthony Williams56337.3+1.4
Labour Maureen Byrne46030.5+5.5
Conservative Quillon Fox40927.1−12.0
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Rolph785.2+5.2
Majority 1036.8
Turnout 1,510
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Bardwell By-Election 24 November 2016 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew SmithN/AN/AN/A
Conservative hold Swing
Moreton Hall By-Election 15 December 2016 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Trevor Beckwith55056.0+22.4
Conservative Sue Bill21321.7−22.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Lale10210.4+10.4
Labour Alex Griffin717.2−15.4
UKIP Julian Flood474.8+4.8
Majority 33734.3
Turnout 983
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Chedburgh By-Election 28 September 2017 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Chester37265.8N/A
Labour Gary Dillon12822.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Ian Chapman6511.5N/A
Majority 24443.2
Turnout 565
Conservative hold Swing
Hundon By-Election 28 September 2017 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Evans35780.6+17.2
Liberal Democrats Alex Rolph8619.4+19.4
Majority 27161.2
Turnout 443
Conservative hold Swing
St Olaves By-Election 12 April 2018 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Max Clarke36558.6+27.0
Conservative Tom Murray15024.1−6.5
Independent Liam Byrne7712.4+12.4
Liberal Democrats Helen Korfanty315.0+5.0
Majority 21534.5
Turnout 623
Labour hold Swing
Haverhill East By-Election 3 May 2018 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Pilley57747.4+13.8
Labour David Smith49040.2+12.7
Liberal Democrats Saoirse O'Suilleabhán15112.4+12.4
Majority 877.1
Turnout 1,218
Conservative hold Swing
Haverhill North By-Election 3 May 2018 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elaine McManus75256.0+16.9
Labour Martin Jerram44433.0+2.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Lord14811.0+5.8
Majority 30822.9
Turnout 1,344
Conservative hold Swing

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