Suffolk Coastal District Council elections

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Suffolk Coastal District Council in Suffolk, England was elected every four years. After the last boundary changes in 2015, 42 councillors were elected from 26 wards. [1] [2] The council was abolished in 2019, with the area becoming part of East Suffolk.

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Political control

From the first elections to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties: [3]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1973–1976
Conservative 1976–1995
No overall control 1995–1999
Conservative 1999–2019

Leadership

The leader of the council from 1999 until the council's abolition in 2019 was:

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Ray Herring [2] Conservative 199931 Mar 2019

Results maps

Council elections

By-election results

1995–1999

Branfield & Cratfield By-Election 20 June 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 33049.9
Labour 17025.7
Liberal Democrats 16124.4
Majority16024.2
Turnout 661
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Dennington By-Election 21 November 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 27855.0
Liberal Democrats 17935.4
Labour 489.5
Majority9919.6
Turnout 505
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Ufford By-Election 19 March 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 35668.7+21.3
Liberal Democrats 12223.6−3.9
Labour 407.7−17.3
Majority23445.1
Turnout 518
Conservative hold Swing

1999–2003

Bramfield & Cratfield By-Election 4 May 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 35455.4−11.5
Liberal Democrats 17928.0+28.0
Labour 10616.6−16.5
Majority17527.4
Turnout 63940.0
Conservative hold Swing
Felixstowe South By-Election 26 October 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 38448.0+3.6
Liberal Democrats 32040.0+7.6
Labour 9612.0−11.1
Majority648.0
Turnout 80028.3
Conservative hold Swing
Framlingham By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 80551.7+5.0
Labour 75148.3−5.0
Majority543.4
Turnout 1,556
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kesgrave By-Election 20 September 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 56561.7+26.6
Independent 18219.9−12.6
Labour 1,6918.4−14.0
Majority38341.8
Turnout 91613.5
Conservative hold Swing
Nacton By-Election 20 September 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

2003–2007

Yoxford By-Election 5 February 2004 [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Slater45545.2+45.2
Conservative 31931.7−29.8
BNP Paul Goodchild15315.2+15.2
Labour 807.9+7.9
Majority13613.5
Turnout 1,00758.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Felixstowe South By-Election 22 April 2004 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Sennington48839.5−5.2
Liberal Democrats Cherrie MacGregor45636.6−3.5
Independent Thomas Savage16813.4+13.4
Labour Margaret Morris13410.8−4.7
Majority322.9
Turnout 1,24636.2
Conservative hold Swing
Woodbridge Farlingaye By-Election 10 March 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 30858.0+8.5
Conservative 18534.8+1.8
Labour 387.2−10.3
Majority12323.2
Turnout 53134.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2007–2011

Witnesham By-Election 31 July 2008 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hudson31653.7−28.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Houseley27246.3+46.3
Majority447.4
Turnout 58836.2
Conservative hold Swing
Woodbridge Riverside By-Election 18 September 2008 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Holdcroft31346.0−8.5
Liberal Democrats Guy Jewers25437.4+13.1
Green Anthony Taylor578.4−3.5
Labour Roy Burgon568.2−1.1
Majority598.6
Turnout 68042.9
Conservative hold Swing
Felixstowe South East By-Election 4 June 2009 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jan Garfield85649.2−10.6
Liberal Democrats Bernard Price69339.9+18.0
Labour Margaret Morris19010.9−7.3
Majority1639.3
Turnout 1,739
Conservative hold Swing
Walberswick and Wenhaston By-Election 9 July 2009 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Austin31666.0−6.1
Green John Barrett16334.0+34.0
Majority15332.0
Turnout 47930.5
Conservative hold Swing

2011–2015

Kesgrave East By-Election 9 February 2012 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoff Lynch53155.0+11.3
Labour David Isaacs24124.9+3.0
Liberal Democrats Derrick Fairbrother19420.1+2.6
Majority29030.0
Turnout 966
Conservative hold Swing

2015–2019

Leiston By-Election 17 May 2018 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Geater61242.1+13.3
Labour Freda Casagrande33623.1+0.7
Independent Sammy Betson29320.2+20.2
Liberal Democrats Jules Ewart21314.6+6.0
Majority27619.0
Turnout 1,454
Conservative hold Swing
Wenhaston and Westleton By-Election 20 September 2018 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Gower43150.6−2.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Turner34040.0+16.4
Green Carl Bennett809.4+9.4
Majority9110.7
Turnout 851
Conservative hold Swing

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