Suffolk County Council elections

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Suffolk County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2005, 75 councillors have been elected from 75 wards. [1]

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County Council composition

ElectionConservativeLabourLiberal DemocratGreenUKIPOtherTotalNotes
1973 45253--376
1977 6671--276
1981 45270--476
1985 50233--480Boundary changes increased the number of seats by 4 [2]
1989 46264--480
1993 263119--480
1997 31341400180
2001 31361200180
2005 4522700175Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 5 [3]
2009 5541121275
2013 3915729375
2017 5211530475
2021 555490275

Composition since 1973

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County result maps

By-election results

1993-1997

Broomhill By-Election 3 October 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 571 41.9
Conservative 55440.6
Liberal Democrats 23717.4
Majority171.3
Turnout 1,362
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

1997-2001

Ipswich Bridge By-Election 10 June 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 569 51.5 −1.5
Conservative 39135.4+3.4
Liberal Democrats 14413.0−2.0
Majority17816.1
Turnout 1,104
Labour hold Swing
Peninsula By-Election 6 April 2000 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Wood 1,193 66.3 +1.2
Conservative Stephen Williams50428.0−6.8
Green Anthony Slade1025.7+5.7
Majority68938.3
Turnout 1,79931.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2001-2005

Thedwastre South By-Election 17 January 2002 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Storey 991 47.4 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Carol Milward98247.0+8.5
Green John Matthissen1165.6+5.6
Majority90.4
Turnout 2,08928.6
Conservative hold Swing
Ipswich Town By-Election 2 May 2002 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevan Lim 819 53.6 −0.6
Conservative Anthony Ramsey36924.3−0.5
Liberal Democrats Robin Whitmore33121.8+1.1
Majority45029.6
Turnout 1,51924.3
Labour hold Swing
Ipswich St. Clements By-Election 25 July 2002 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Sibley 645 38.0 +4.3
Labour Neil MacDonald58834.6−14.2
Liberal Democrats Robin Whitmore46527.4+9.9
Majority573.4
Turnout 1,69829.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Blything By-Election 1 August 2002 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raeburn Leighton 989 54.5 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Perren71639.4−8.0
Labour Catherine Knight1116.1+6.1
Majority27315.1
Turnout 1,81635.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wickham By-Election 6 March 2003 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Bellfield 1,114 50.9 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Ronald Else87039.7+8.5
Labour Valerie Pizzey2069.4−15.8
Majority24411.2
Turnout 2,19031.2
Conservative hold Swing
Gainsborough By-Election 1 May 2003 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Quinton 711 45.5 −15.1
Conservative Adam Ramsay46329.4+4.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine Chambers31320.1+6.1
CPA Jonathan Barnes744.7+4.7
Majority24815.8
Turnout 1,56124.5
Labour hold Swing
Felixstowe Ferry By-Election 5 February 2004 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Rodwell 1,401 65.5 +12.9
Liberal Democrats Cherrie MacGregor45621.3+0.6
Labour Harriet Bennett28113.1−13.5
Majority94544.2
Turnout 2,13832.0
Conservative hold Swing
Woodbridge By-Election 15 April 2004 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Benjamin Redsell 990 43.8 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Diana Ball86738.3+9.9
Labour Roy Burgon1948.6−18.4
English Democrat Robert Jay1396.1+6.1
Green Gordon Forbes713.1+3.1
Majority1235.4
Turnout 2,26132.0
Conservative hold Swing

2005-2009

Stowmarket South By-Election 2 February 2006 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Whybrow 733 35.0 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Scarff66832.0+9.5
Green Twiggy Davis35416.9+4.7
Labour Duncan Macpherson33716.1−15.2
Majority653.0
Turnout 2,09229.0
Conservative hold Swing
Pakefield By-Election 4 May 2006 [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Sale 1,338 36.5 +2.8
Labour Terence Kelly1,09729.9−1.2
UKIP Derek Hackett59216.1+16.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Guyton39710.8−6.0
Green Ann Skipper2436.6−1.0
Majority2416.6
Turnout 3,66732.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Row Heath By-Election 8 June 2006 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Noble 1,222 61.5 +20.7
UKIP Ian Smith29714.9+5.6
Labour David Bowman21911.0−11.1
Liberal Democrats Tim Huggan1185.9−7.1
Independent David Chandler1105.5−9.3
Independent David Hitchman221.1+1.1
Majority92546.6
Turnout 1,98827.0
Conservative hold Swing
Thedwastre South By-Election 23 August 2007 [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Penny Otton 927 41.8 +7.5
Conservative Julia Dunnicliffe83337.5−9.4
Green Cathy Cass28712.9+12.9
Labour Ron Snell884.0−14.8
UKIP Chris Streatfield853.8+3.8
Majority944.3
Turnout 2,22032.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Stowmarket North and Stowupland By-Election 17 April 2008 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Green 834 38.8 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Nicky Turner78136.3+18.1
Green Nigel Rozier23110.7+1.6
Labour Duncan Macpherson1908.8−24.5
UKIP Christopher Streatfield1145.3+5.3
Majority532.5
Turnout 2,15027.0
Conservative hold Swing
Woodbridge By-Election 18 September 2008 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Page 970 41.8 +2.3
Conservative Nigel Barratt82635.6−4.4
Independent Michael Weaver37816.3+16.3
Labour Roy Burgon1476.3−14.2
Majority1446.2
Turnout 2,32137.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2009-2013

Aldeburgh and Leiston By-Election 6 May 2010 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Smith 2,240 45.5 −2.0
Independent Joan Girling1,43929.2n/a
Labour Terry Hodgson1,24325.3+12.1
Majority80116.3−6.7
Turnout 5,00966.2+26.2
Conservative hold Swing
Tower By-Election 11 November 2010 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stefan Oliver 1,005 28.8 0.0
Independent David Nettleton95027.2+1.2
Labour Kevin Hind75921.7+12.6
Green Pippa Judd47913.7−13.4
Liberal Democrats David Chappell3008.6−0.4
Majority55
Turnout 3,50520.9
Conservative hold Swing −0.6
Wilford By-Election 5 May 2011 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Reid 1,913 55.2 −5.4
Liberal Democrats Christine Hancock79623.0−7.2
Labour Roy Burgon75821.9+12.6
Majority1,11732.2+1.8
Turnout 3,49554.1+5.1
Conservative hold Swing 0.9
Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew By-Election 9 February 2012 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Hudson 1,302 49.7 −7.5
Labour Kevin Archer80430.7+16.7
Liberal Democrats Derrick Fairbrother51419.6−9.3
Majority49819.0−9.3
Turnout 263917.1
Conservative hold Swing −12.1
Bixley By-Election 3 May 2012 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Murray 866 43.8 −11.3
Labour Co-op John Cook56628.6+15.0
UKIP Chris Streatfield22911.6+11.6
Green Barry Broom1899.6−4.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Bagnall1276.4−10.9
Majority30015.1−22.7
Turnout 198835
Conservative hold Swing −13.2

2013-2017

Haverhill Cangle By-Election 7 May 2015 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Marks 3,001 38.9 +4.5
UKIP John Burns2,31330.0+0.2
Labour Maureen Byrne2,00426.0+0.4
Liberal Democrats Ken Rolph4045.2−1.2
Majority1,1178.9+4.3
Turnout 7,82557.7
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
Newmarket and Red Lodge By-Election 18 February 2016 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Millar 644 39.7 −4.9
UKIP Roger Dicker49430.5+2.1
Labour Michael Jefferys28417.5−3.2
Independent Andrew Appleby1237.6+7.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Huggan764.7−1.6
Majority1509.2−7.0
Turnout 1,62518.0
Conservative hold Swing −3.5
Bixley By-Election 5 May 2016 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul West 1,117 49.7 −8.7
Labour Rob Bridgeman63428.2+3.5
UKIP Tony Gould34415.3+15.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Boyd1546.8+1.3
Majority30021.5−12.2
Turnout 2,26440.9
Conservative hold Swing −6.1
Haverhill Cangle By-Election 5 May 2016 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP John Burns 1,273 36.8 +6.8
Conservative Margaret Marks1,16833.8−5.1
Labour David Smith83824.2−1.8
Liberal Democrats Ken Rolph1785.1−0.1
Majority1052.8
Turnout 3,48026.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing +6.0
Carlford By-Election 7 July 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Vickery 1,142 60.2 +1.4
Labour Revd Canon Graham Hedger34418.2+4.1
Liberal Democrats Jon Neal22812.1+4.2
Green Jacqueline Barrow2289.3+9.3
Majority79842.0+2.0
Turnout 1,89527.4−10.6
Conservative hold Swing −1.4
Hadleigh By-Election 22 September 2016 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Sheldrick 642 36.2 +12.0
Conservative Kathryn Grandon-White46025.9−5.6
Labour Susan Monks39722.4+5.8
UKIP Stephen Laing20411.5−11.3
Green Lisa Gordon703.9−0.9
Majority18210.3
Turnout 1,77726.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +8.8

2017-2021

St John's By-Election 7 September 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Adams 1,247 62.9 +5.3
Conservative James Harding48324.4−7.3
Liberal Democrats Edward Packard20010.1+5.1
Green Charlotte Armstrong522.6−3.1
Majority76438.5+12.6
Turnout 1,98729.7−6.2
Labour hold Swing +6.3
Bosmere By-Election 25 October 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kay Oakes 747 45.5 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Phillips72644.2+5.5
Labour Emma Bonner-Morgan16810.2+2.9
Majority211.3−6.0
Turnout 1,64721.3−11.4
Conservative hold Swing −2.6
Newmarket & Redlodge By-Election 30 January 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Drummond 893 50.3 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Edge31517.7+8.8
West Suffolk IndependentAndrew Appleby24814.0+2.5
Labour Theresa Chipulina19811.1−4.5
Green Alice Haycock1236.9+6.9
Majority57832.6−3.3
Turnout 1,78317.2−8.4
Conservative hold Swing −4.5

2022-2025

Beccles: By-Election 17 November 2022 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ash Lever 2,114 70.5 +18.5
Conservative Letitia Smith62420.8–19.7
Labour Christian Newsome2608.7+1.2
Majority1,49049.7N/A
Turnout 3,00625.7–15.9
Registered electors 11,703
Green hold Swing Increase2.svg19.1

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