Suffolk Coastal

Suffolk Coastal District
Suffolk Coastal District
Non-metropolitan district
	Suffolk Coastal District Council Offices in Melton
	Suffolk Coastal shown within Suffolk and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Suffolk
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Melton
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Suffolk Coastal District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet ( )
Area
• Total	344.2 sq mi (891.5 km2)
Population (2017)
• Total	129,000
• Density	370/sq mi (140/km2)
• Ethnicity	98.1% White
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	42UG (ONS); E07000205 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TM2756349450
Website	www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk

Last updated February 21, 2025

Coastline at Aldeburgh. AldeburghCoastline.JPG — Coastline at Aldeburgh.

Suffolk Coastal was a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Melton, having moved from neighbouring Woodbridge in 2017. Other towns include Felixstowe, Framlingham, Leiston, Aldeburgh, and Saxmundham.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe, Leiston-cum-Sizewell, Saxmundham and Woodbridge urban districts, and Blyth Rural District and Deben Rural District. The population of the district was 124,298 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Suffolk Coastal district was merged with Waveney district on 1 April 2019 to form the new East Suffolk district.^[2]

Election results

There were new ward boundaries in 2003^[3] and 2015.^[4]

	Party	2003 ^[3]	2007 ^[5]	2011 ^[6]	2015 ^[4]
Con	Conservative	43	45	44	37
LD	Liberal Democrats	10	9	5	2
Lab	Labour Party	2	1	4	1
Ind	Independent	0	0	2	2
Greens	Green Party	0	0	0	0
UKIP	UK Independence Party	0	0	0	0
FAC	Firefighters Against Cuts	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Result	Largest party	Con	Con	Con	Con
	Majority	31	35	33	32
	Total no. of seats	55	55	55	42

Wards represented

Below is a list of wards with the number of councillors they returned in the relevant periods. There were 118 civil parishes and towns distributed amongst these wards.

Ward	No. of Cllrs. 2003-2015^[3]	Communities 2003-2015^[7]	No. of Cllrs. 2015-2019^[4]	Communities 2015–2019
Aldeburgh	2	Aldeburgh Ward: Aldeburgh Town Buxlow Ward: Aldringham cum Thorpe,	2
Deben	0	n/a	1
Earl Soham	1	Earl Soham Ward: Brandeston; Earl Soham; Easton; Kettleburgh; Letheringham Hasketon Ward:, Charsfield Otley Ward: Cretingham, Hoo, Monewden	0	n/a
Farlingaye	1	Farlingaye ward: Farlingaye ward of Woodbridge Town Woodbridge Central ward: Central ward of Woodbridge Town (part) Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town (part)	0	n/a
Felixstowe East	2	Felixstowe East Ward: East ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe North Ward: North ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	2
Felixstowe North	2	Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe North Ward: North ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	2
Felixstowe South	2	Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South Ward: South ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe West ward:West ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	2
Felixstowe South East	2	Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part) East ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South Ward:South ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	0	n/a
Felixstowe West	3	Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe West Ward: West ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	2
Framlingham	2	Framlingham Ward Framlingham Town Dennington Ward: Dennington (part); Badingham Earl Soham ward: Saxtead (part)	2	Framlingham
Fynn Valley	0	n/a	1
Grundisburgh	1	Bealings Ward: Great Bealings (part); Little Bealings; Grundisburgh & Witnesham Ward: Culpho (part); Grundisburgh;	1
Hacheston	1	Dennington Ward: Bruisyard; Cransford; Rendham; Swefling Glemham Ward: Great Glemham; Hacheston; Little Glemham; Marlesford; Parham	1
Hollesley with Eyke	1	Hollesley Ward: Boyton; Butley; Capel St Andrew; Hollesley; Wantisden Tunstall Ward: Chillesford; Ufford Ward: Eyke	0	n/a
Kesgrave East	3	Kesgrave Ward: Kesgrave East; Martlesham Ward: Martlesham West	2
Kesgrave West	2	Kesgrave Ward: Kesgrave West;	2
Kirton	0	n/a	1
Kyson	1	Woodbridge Kyson Ward: Woodbridge Seckford Ward	0	n/a
Leiston	3	Buxlow Ward: Knodishall Leiston Ward: Leiston Town	2
Martlesham	2	Martlesham Ward: Martlesham	2
Melton	0	n/a	2
Melton and Ufford	2	Melton Ward: Melton Ufford Ward: Ufford; Pettistree	0	n/a
Nacton	2	Kirton Ward: Hemley; Newbourne; Waldringfield Nacton Ward: Brightwell; Bucklesham; Foxhall; Levington; Nacton; Purdis Farm; Stratton Hall	0	n/a
Nacton and Purdis Farm	0	n/a	1
Orford and Tunstall	1	Orford Ward: Gedgrave; Iken; Orford; and Sudbourne Tunstall ward: Blaxhall; Tunstall	0	n/a
Orford and Eyke	0	n/a	1
Otley	1	Hasketon Ward: Boulge; Bredfield; Burgh; Dallinghoo; Debach; Hasketon (part) Otley Ward: Clopton; Otley	0	n/a
Peasenhall	1	Bramfield an Cratfield Ward: Cookley (part); Cookley; Cratfield; Heveningham; Huntingfield; Linstead Magna; Linstead Parva; Walpole; Yoxford Ward: Peasenhall (part); Sibton	0	n/a
Peasenhall and Yoxford	0	n/a	1
Rendlesham	1	Tunstall Ward: Campsey Ash; Rendlesham	1
Riverside	1	Martlesham Ward: Martlesham North ward Woodbridge Central Ward: Central ward of Woodbridge Town Woodbridge Riverside Ward: Riverside Ward of Woodbridge Town Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town	0	n/a
Rushmere St Andrew	3	Rushmere Ward: Rushmere St Andrew	0	n/a
Saxmundham	2	Kelsale Ward: Kelsale cum Carlton; Theberton Saxmundham Ward: Saxmundham Town	2
Seckford	1	Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town (part) Woodbridge Central Ward: Central ward of Woodbridge Town (part) Woodbridge Riverside ward: Riverside ward of Woodbridge Town (part)	0	n/a
Snape	1	Buxlow Ward: Friston (part) Snape Ward: Benhall; Farnham; Snape; Sternfield; Stratford St Andrew	0	n/a
Sutton	1	Alderton & Sutton Ward : Alderton, Bawdsey, Ramsholt, Shottisham, Sutton; Sutton Heath (from 2012)^[8] Ufford Ward: Bromeswell	0
Tower	0	n/a	2
The Trimleys	0	n/a	2
Trimleys with Kirton	3	Kirton Ward: Falkenham; Kirton Trimleys Ward: Trimley St Martin; Trimley St Mary	0	n/a
Walberswick and Wenhaston	1	Bramfield & Cratfield Ward: Bramfield (part); Thorington Walberswick Ward: Blythburgh; Walberswick; Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet	0	n/a
Wenhaston	0	n/a	1
Wickham Market	1	Wickham Market	1
Witnesham	1	Bealings Ward: Playford (part); Tuddenham St Martin; Westerfield Grundisburgh & Witnesham Ward: Swilland (part); Witnesham	0	n/a
Woodbridge	0	n/a	3
Yoxford	1	Westleton ward: Darsham; Dunwich; Middleton; Westleton Yoxford Ward: Yoxford	0	n/a
Total	55		42

Arms

Coat of arms of Suffolk Coastal
Notes Granted 10 December 1975. Crest On a wreath of the colours in front of a port between two square towers Proper issuant therefrom a rising sun of seven rays a mitre Or. Escutcheon Barry wavy of eight Azure and Argent a lymphad sail set Or flying flags and pennon of St. George on a chief Or three pellets that in the centre charged with a cross engrailed and the others each with an escallop of seven lobes Or. Motto New Views To Life.^[9]

References

↑ "District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
↑ Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (24 May 2018). "The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
1 2 3 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
1 2 3 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2015 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
↑ "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Suffolk Coastal" (PDF). Local Government Commission for England. 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
↑ "Suffolk Coastal District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Sutton) Order 2012" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 22 March 2020.
↑ "East of England Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

External links

District Council website

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[1] "District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[2] Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (24 May 2018). "The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[Leap_SuffCoast2003-3] 1 2 3 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[Leap_SuffCoast2015-4] 1 2 3 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2015 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[Leap_SuffCoast2007-5] Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[Leap_SuffCoast2011-6] Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[Suffolk_Coastal_Boundary_changes_2001-7] "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Suffolk Coastal" (PDF). Local Government Commission for England. 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

[8] "Suffolk Coastal District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Sutton) Order 2012" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 22 March 2020.

[9] "East of England Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

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v t e Suffolk Coastal
Towns	Aldeburgh Felixstowe Leiston Orford Saxmundham Woodbridge
Civil parishes	Alderton Aldringham cum Thorpe Badingham Bawdsey Benhall Blaxhall Blythburgh Boulge Boyton Bramfield Brandeston Bredfield Brightwell Bromeswell Bruisyard Bucklesham Burgh Butley Campsey Ash Capel St Andrew Charsfield Chediston Chillesford Clopton Cookley Cransford Cratfield Cretingham Culpho Dallinghoo Darsham Debach Dennington Dunwich Earl Soham Easton Eyke Falkenham Farnham Foxhall Framlingham Friston Gedgrave Great Bealings Great Glemham Grundisburgh Hacheston Hasketon Hemley Heveningham Hollesley Hoo Huntingfield Iken Kelsale cum Carlton Kesgrave Kettleburgh Kirton Knodishall Letheringham Levington Linstead Magna Linstead Parva Little Bealings Little Glemham Marlesford Martlesham Melton Middleton Monewden Nacton Newbourne Otley Parham Peasenhall Pettistree Playford Purdis Farm Ramsholt Rendham Rendlesham Rushmere St Andrew Saxtead Shottisham Sibton Snape Sternfield Stratford St Andrew Stratton Hall Sudbourne Sutton Sutton Heath Sweffling Swilland Theberton Thorington Trimley St Martin Trimley St Mary Tuddenham St Martin Tunstall Ubbeston Ufford Walberswick Waldringfield Walpole Wantisden Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet Westerfield Westleton Wickham Market Witnesham Yoxford
Other settlements	Aldringham Carlton Kelsale Sizewell Thorpeness Walton
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