| Thingoe South | |
|---|---|
| County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
| District | West Suffolk |
| Region | East of England |
| Population | 9,359 (2019) |
| Electorate | 7,808 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Barrow, Horringer |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1985 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Councillor | Karen Soons (Conservative) |
| Local council | West Suffolk Council |
| Created from | Thingoe No. 3 |
Thingoe South Division is an electoral division in Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.
The division has been held by Conservative party since its formation at the 1985 United Kingdom local elections. [1]
It is made up of the villages surrounding the Southern half of Bury St Edmunds and consists of the West Suffolk council wards of Barrow, Horringer, and Rougham along with parts of Moreton Hall, Whepstead & Wickhambrook, and Chedburgh & Chevington. [2]
The division is made up of 18 civil parishes.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M Macrae | Conservative | 1985–1989 | |
| Elizabeth Milburn | Conservative | 1989–2005 | |
| Terry Clements | Conservative | 2005–2017 | |
| Karen Soons | Conservative | 2017–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Karen Soons | 2,192 | 64.7 |  2.8 | |
| Labour | Robin Davies | 470 | 13.9 |  0.8 | |
| Green | Vicki Martin | 467 | 13.8 | 13.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Libby Brooks | 230 | 6.8 | 7.2 | |
| Majority | 1,722 | 50.8 | 12.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,388 | 43.4 | 0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,808 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.8 | |||
St Edmundsbury was a local government district and borough in Suffolk, England. It was named after its main town, Bury St Edmunds. The second town in the district was Haverhill. The population of the district was 111,008 at the 2011 Census.
Thingoe Rural District was a rural district in the county of West Suffolk, England between 1894 and 1974. It was named after the ancient Hundred of Thingoe and administered from Bury St Edmunds, which it surrounded.
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Barrow is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about eight miles west of Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is grove or wood, hill or mound. The Domesday Book records the population of Barrow in 1086 to have been 27, rising to 1429 in 2001 and 1960 in the 2021 census records.
Sir Clement Higham MP JP PC of Barrow, Suffolk, was an English lawyer and politician, a Speaker of the House of Commons in 1554, and Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1558–1559. A loyal Roman Catholic, he held various offices and commissions under Queen Mary, and was knighted in 1555 by King Philip, but withdrew from politics after the succession of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.
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Little Whelnetham (well-NEE-thum) is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 180.
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