Tower Division, Suffolk

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Tower
Electoral Division
Country England
Region East of England
County Suffolk
District West Suffolk
Government
  County CouncillorDavid Nettleton [1]
(Conservative)
  County CouncillorRobert Everitt [2]
(Conservative)
Population
 (mid 2015)
  Total22,357 [3]

Tower Division is an electoral division in Suffolk which returns two county councillors to Suffolk County Council. It is made up of the central and North West Bury St Edmunds and consists of the West Suffolk council wards of Miden, St Olaves, Tollgate, and Abbeygate along with a small part of Westgate ward between the River Linnet, Hospital Road, and Petticoat lane. The first elections for this division were held as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections, after the division was created through The County of Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2004 [4] [5]

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Elections

Both seats of the division are currently held by Conservative party after David Nettleton defected to the Conservatives in December 2019 having been elected as an independent. [6]

2021

2021 Suffolk County Council election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Dale Everitt 2,277 20.4
Conservative David Nettleton* 2,104 18.8
Green Steph Holland199317.8
Green Matthew Stuart Rowe148913.3
Labour Donna Elizabeth Higgins140912.6
Labour Marilyn Ann Sayer8307.4
Independent Frank Stennett6916.2N/A
Liberal Democrats David John Poulson2692.4
Communist Darren Alan Turner1201.1N/A
Majority11 & 615
Rejected ballots93215.3Increase2.svg15.13
Turnout 609036.9Increase2.svg3.8
Registered electors 16,494Increase2.svg928
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

2017

2017 Suffolk County Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Everitt 1,833 20.2
Independent David Nettleton 1,628 17.9
Independent Paul Hopfensperger [8] 1,62317.9
Green Mark Ereira1,40615.5
Labour Quentin Cornish99811.0
Labour Alex Griffin90710.0
Liberal Democrats Julia Lale5075.6
Liberal Democrats Sheena Rawlings1731.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Green Swing
Independent hold Swing

2013

2013 Suffolk County Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Mark Ereira 1,481 23.2
Independent David Nettleton 1,389 21.8
Conservative Robert Everitt122719.3
Conservative Patsy Warby1008
UKIP Luke Levene98315.4
Labour Diane Hind89514.0
Labour Nicola Ridgeway840
UKIP James Lumley823
Liberal Democrats Judy Roadway3996.3
Majority162
Turnout
Green hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

2009

2009 Suffolk County Council election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Farmer 2,042 28.8
Green Mark Ereira-Guyer 1,924 27.1
Independent David Nettleton1,84626.0
Conservative Richard Rout1,726
Labour Keith Waterson6459.1
Liberal Democrats Daniel Warren6419.9
Labour Kevin Hind624
Liberal Democrats Allan Jones605
Majority118 & 78
Turnout 10,05332.7
Conservative hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Registered electors 15,576

2005

2005 Suffolk County Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Lockwood 3,181 32.7
Conservative Paul Hopfensperger [10] 2,747 28.3
Labour Ray Nowak2,720-
Conservative Robert Everitt2,663-
Liberal Democrats David Chappell1,73817.9
Liberal Democrats Daniel Warren1,266-
UKIP Brian Lockwood8018.2
Independent David Nettleton7998.2
UKIP Ivan Cook509-
Independent Melinda Nettleton498-
Green Adam Stacey4554.7
Green Samantha Hunt Stacey432-
Majority27
Turnout 68.6

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References

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  2. "Robert Everitt | Suffolk County Council". www.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. "Tower Electoral Division Profile 2017" (PDF). www.suffolkobservatory. Suffolk Observatory. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. "The County of Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 9 December 2004, SI 2004/3252
  5. "Suffolk County Council Election Results" (PDF).
  6. Geater, Paul. "Independent councillor joins Suffolk Tories for role in policy-making". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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