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

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] Green UKIP Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (76 seats)
1973 47293––3Conservative
1977 70910–2Conservative
1981 452700–4Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 76 to 80 [2]
1985 502330–4Conservative
1989 462640–4Conservative
1993 2631190–4No overall control
1997 313414001No overall control
2001 313612001No overall control
New division boundaries; seats decreased from 80 to 75 [3]
2005 46227001Conservative
2009 55411212Conservative
2013 39157293Conservative
2017 52115304Conservative
2021 5554902Conservative

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County result maps

By-election results

1993-1997

Gunton By-Election 17 February 1994
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Rimmell 693 41.4 +13.4
Conservative 49129.4–19.3
Liberal Democrats 48829.2+5.9
Majority 20212.1N/a
Turnout 1,67231.0–5.6
Registered electors 5,394
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +16.3
Halesworth By-Election 15 December 1994
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Troughton 944 60.3 +11.9
Conservative 51532.9–8.5
Liberal Democrats 1076.8–3.4
Majority 42927.4+20.4
Turnout 1,56628.0–17.7
Registered electors 5,593
Labour hold Swing +10.2
Broom Hill By-Election 3 October 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Herod 571 41.9 +8.0
Conservative 55440.6–7.9
Liberal Democrats 23717.4–0.1
Majority 171.3N/a
Turnout 1,36226.8–3.6
Registered electors 5,082
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.9

1997-2001

Ipswich Bridge By-Election 10 June 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Mangar 569 51.5 −1.5
Conservative 39135.4+3.4
Liberal Democrats 14413.0−2.0
Majority 17816.1
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
Majority 68938.3
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
Majority 90.4
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
Majority 45029.6
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
Majority 573.4
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
Majority 27315.1
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
Majority 24411.2
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
Majority 24815.8
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
Majority 94544.2
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
Majority 1235.4
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
Majority 653.0
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
Majority 2416.6
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
Majority 92546.6
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
Majority 944.3
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
Majority 532.5
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
Majority 1446.2
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
Majority 80116.3−6.7
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
Majority 55
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
Majority 1,11732.2+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
Majority 49819.0−9.3
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
Majority 30015.1−22.7
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
Majority 1,1178.9+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
Majority 1509.2−7.0
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
Majority 30021.5−12.2
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
Majority 1052.8
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 Barrow1769.3+9.3
Majority 79842.0+2.0
Turnout 1,89027.4−10.6
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
Majority 18210.3
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
Majority 76438.5+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
Majority 211.3−6.0
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
Majority 57832.6−3.3
Turnout 1,78317.2−8.4
Conservative hold Swing −4.5

2021-2026

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
Majority 1,49049.7N/A
Turnout 3,00625.7–15.9
Registered electors 11,703
Green hold Swing Increase2.svg19.1
Felixstowe Coastal: 4 May 2023 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Seamus Bennett 2,519 44.4 +25.8
Conservative Kevin Sullivan2,06036.3–13.2
Green Lesley Bennett93916.6+5.5
Communist Mark Jones1502.6±0.0
Majority 4598.1N/A
Turnout 5,74036.5−2.8
Registered electors 15,706
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +19.5
Priory Heath: 4 May 2023 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucy Smith 918 50.8 +5.1
Conservative Gregor McNie56731.4–9.1
Green Andy Patmore18010.0+1.0
Liberal Democrats Trevor Powell1437.9+3.0
Majority 35119.4+14.2
Turnout 1,82027.3
Registered electors 6,679
Labour hold Swing +7.1
Woodbridge: 12 October 2023 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Leach 990 51.2 –12.3
Conservative Alan Porter64233.2–3.3
Labour Paul Richards30115.6N/A
Majority 34818.0–9.0
Turnout 1,94330.5–16.4
Registered electors 6,363
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.5
Pakefield: 4 July 2024 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Byatt 2,680 40.0 +13.9
Conservative Mark Bee2,29533.4–22.7
Liberal Democrats Adam Robertson96014.3+7.6
Independent Paul Light76711.4N/A
Majority 3855.7N/A
Turnout 6,86457.8+27.1
Registered electors 11,881–77
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.3
Hoxne and Eye: 10 October 2024 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Lloyd 895 45.3 +0.3
Green Joanne Brooks89145.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Timothy Glenton1025.2−14.0
Labour Paul Theaker894.5−6.6
Majority 40.2
Turnout 1,97724.6
Registered electors 7,992
Conservative hold Swing
St John's: 24 April 2025 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adele Cook 600 28.0 −19.7
Green Adria Pittock45821.4+13.6
Reform UK Michelle Bevan-Margetts44220.6+20.6
Liberal Democrats Kelly Turner32315.1+9.8
Conservative James Harding31814.9−24.3
Majority 1426.6
Turnout 2,141
Labour hold Swing
Tower: 3 July 2025 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Martin Robinson 1,332 28.8 +28.8
Green Clare Higson1,15525.0−4.5
Conservative Jo Rayner80817.5−16.2
Labour Judith Moore66714.4−6.4
Independent Frank Stennett4078.8−1.4
Liberal Democrats James Porter2595.6+1.6
Majority 1773.8
Turnout 4,628
Reform UK gain from Conservative Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

  1. ↑ "County Councillors". Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. ↑ The County of Suffolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984
  3. ↑ "Local election results: Suffolk". BBC News Online . Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Past election results" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Thedwastre South" (PDF). Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  6. 1 2 "Wickham" (PDF). Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Liberal Democrats win Yoxford by-election" (PDF). Suffolk Coastal District Council. 6 February 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Conservatives hold Felxstowe South seat" (PDF). Suffolk Coastal District Council. 23 April 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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  12. ↑ "Row Heath by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  13. ↑ "Lib Dems snatch shock win in council by-election". 24dash.com. 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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  15. ↑ "Stowmarket North and Stowupland by-election results 2008". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  16. ↑ "19 September 2008 - Woodbridge by-election". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 25 September 2008.[ dead link ]
  17. ↑ "Aldeburgh and Leiston by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 28 July 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  18. ↑ "Tower by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Wilford by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 28 July 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  20. 1 2 "By-Election Results in 2012". Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  21. 1 2 "Haverhill Cangle by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  22. ↑ "Newmarket and Red Lodge by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Bixley By-election Results 2016". Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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  27. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Priory Heath Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  28. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Woodbridge Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  29. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pakefield Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  30. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hoxne and Eye Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  31. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — St John's Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
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