| Sudbury | |
|---|---|
| County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
| District | Babergh |
| Region | East of England |
| Population | 9,136 (2019) |
| Electorate | 6,949 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Ballingdon, Sudbury |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Councillor | Jessie Carter (Green) |
| Local council | Babergh District Council |
| Replaced by | Sudbury West |
Sudbury Division is an electoral division in Babergh District, Suffolk which returns a single County Councillor to Suffolk County Council. [1]
The division is almost entirely urban and contains most of the town of Sudbury as well as the strip of land between the town and the Essex border. It has a more diverse population than Babergh in general. It was formed of the whole of Sudbury until 2005 with the creation of Sudbury East and Waldingfield Division.
Historically Labour has performed better in this division than in most of rural Suffolk, indeed it was one of only two division outside of Ipswich that the party won in 2017.
It was set to be replaced by the new Sudbury West Division in 2025. [2]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Herbert | Independent | 1973–1977 | |
| W Barker | Conservative | 1977–1985 | |
| Elizabeth Wiles | Labour | 1985–2001 | |
| Nicholas Irwin | Labour | 2001–2005 | |
| Jack Owen | Labour | 2005–2009 | |
| John Sayers | Conservative | 2009–2017 | |
| Independent | 2017 | ||
| Jack Owen | Labour | 2017–2021 | |
| Jessie Carter | Green | 2021–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jessie Carter | 1,056 | 42.0 | +36.6 | |
| Conservative | Simon Sudbury | 721 | 28.7 | +0.9 | |
| Labour | Jake Thomas | 376 | 15.0 | –15.6 | |
| Independent | Trevor Cresswell | 192 | 7.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Spivey | 168 | 6.7 | –4.9 | |
| Majority | 335 | 13.3 | +10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,535 | 36.5 | +4.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,949 | –78 | |||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | +26.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Owen | 693 | 30.5 | –0.8 | |
| Conservative | Adrian Osborne | 631 | 27.8 | –16.5 | |
| Independent | John Sayers * | 470 | 20.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Welsh | 262 | 11.5 | –0.7 | |
| Green | Julie Fowles-Smith | 124 | 5.5 | –6.7 | |
| UKIP | Steven Whalley | 91 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 62 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,279 | 32.4 | +5.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,027 | +38 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.8 | |||