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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Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Conservative | 1973 - 1993 |
No overall control | 1993 - 2005 |
Conservative | 2005 - present |
County Council composition
Election | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat | Green | UKIP | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | 45 | 25 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 76 |
1977 | 66 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 76 |
1981 | 45 | 27 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 76 |
1985 | 50 | 23 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 80 |
1989 | 46 | 26 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 80 |
1993 | 26 | 31 | 19 | - | - | 4 | 80 |
1997 | 30 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 |
2001 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 |
2005 | 45 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 |
2009 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75 |
2013 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 75 |
Composition since 1973
1973
1977
1981
1985
1989
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
Council elections
- Suffolk County Council election, 2001
- Suffolk County Council election, 2005 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 5)[3]
- Suffolk County Council election, 2009
- Suffolk County Council election, 2013
County result maps
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2009 results map
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2013 results map
By-election results
1993-1997
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 571 | 41.9 | |||
Conservative | 554 | 40.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 237 | 17.4 | |||
Majority | 17 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,362 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 569 | 51.5 | -1.5 | ||
Conservative | 391 | 35.4 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 144 | 13.0 | -2.0 | ||
Majority | 178 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,104 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Wood | 1,193 | 66.3 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen Williams | 504 | 28.0 | -6.8 | |
Green | Anthony Slade | 102 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 689 | 38.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,799 | 31.0 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
2001-2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Storey | 991 | 47.4 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Carol Milward | 982 | 47.0 | +8.5 | |
Green | John Matthissen | 116 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,089 | 28.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Lim | 819 | 53.6 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Anthony Ramsey | 369 | 24.3 | -0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robin Whitmore | 331 | 21.8 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 450 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,519 | 24.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Sibley | 645 | 38.0 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Neil MacDonald | 588 | 34.6 | -14.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robin Whitmore | 465 | 27.4 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 57 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,698 | 29.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raeburn Leighton | 989 | 54.5 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Perren | 716 | 39.4 | -8.0 | |
Labour | Catherine Knight | 111 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 273 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,816 | 35.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Bellfield | 1,114 | 50.9 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ronald Else | 870 | 39.7 | +8.5 | |
Labour | Valerie Pizzey | 206 | 9.4 | -15.8 | |
Majority | 244 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,190 | 31.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Quinton | 711 | 45.5 | -15.1 | |
Conservative | Adam Ramsay | 463 | 29.4 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Catherine Chambers | 313 | 20.1 | +6.1 | |
Christian Peoples | Jonathan Barnes | 74 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 248 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,561 | 24.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Rodwell | 1,401 | 65.5 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Cherrie MacGregor | 456 | 21.3 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Harriet Bennett | 281 | 13.1 | -13.5 | |
Majority | 945 | 44.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,138 | 32.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Benjamin Redsell | 990 | 43.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Diana Ball | 867 | 38.3 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Roy Burgon | 194 | 8.6 | -18.4 | |
English Democrats | Robert Jay | 139 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Green | Gordon Forbes | 71 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 123 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,261 | 32.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2005-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne Whybrow | 733 | 35.0 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Scarff | 668 | 32.0 | +9.5 | |
Green | Twiggy Davis | 354 | 16.9 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Duncan Macpherson | 337 | 16.1 | -15.2 | |
Majority | 65 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,092 | 29.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Sale | 1,338 | 36.5 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Terence Kelly | 1,097 | 29.9 | -1.2 | |
UKIP | Derek Hackett | 592 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Guyton | 397 | 10.8 | -6.0 | |
Green | Ann Skipper | 243 | 6.6 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 241 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,667 | 32.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Noble | 1,222 | 61.5 | +20.7 | |
UKIP | Ian Smith | 297 | 14.9 | +5.6 | |
Labour | David Bowman | 219 | 11.0 | -11.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tim Huggan | 118 | 5.9 | -7.1 | |
Independent | David Chandler | 110 | 5.5 | -9.3 | |
Independent | David Hitchman | 22 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 925 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,988 | 27.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Penny Otton | 927 | 41.8 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Julia Dunnicliffe | 833 | 37.5 | -9.4 | |
Green | Cathy Cass | 287 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Labour | Ron Snell | 88 | 4.0 | -14.8 | |
UKIP | Chris Streatfield | 85 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 94 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,220 | 32.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Green | 834 | 38.8 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nicky Turner | 781 | 36.3 | +18.1 | |
Green | Nigel Rozier | 231 | 10.7 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Duncan Macpherson | 190 | 8.8 | -24.5 | |
UKIP | Christopher Streatfield | 114 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 53 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,150 | 27.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Caroline Page | 970 | 41.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Nigel Barratt | 826 | 35.6 | -4.4 | |
Independent | Michael Weaver | 378 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
Labour | Roy Burgon | 147 | 6.3 | -14.2 | |
Majority | 144 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,321 | 37.2 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing |
2009-2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Smith | 2,240 | 44.7 | -2.8 | |
Independent | Joan Girling | 1,439 | 28.7 | n/a | |
Labour | Terry Hodgson | 668 | 24.8 | +11.6 | |
Majority | 801 | 16.0 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,009 | 66.2 | +26.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Reid | 1,913 | 54.7 | -5.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christine Hancock | 796 | 22.8 | -7.4 | |
Labour | Roy Burgon | 758 | 21.7 | +12.4 | |
Majority | 1,117 | 31.9 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,495 | 54.1 | +5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Murray | 866 | 43.6 | ||
Labour Co-op | John Cook | 566 | 28.5 | ||
UKIP | Chris Streatfield | 229 | 11.5 | ||
Green | Barry Broom | 189 | 9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Bagnall | 127 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 300 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 1988 | 35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Gerard Hudson | 1302 | 49.3 | ||
Labour | Kevin Eric Archer | 804 | 30.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Derrick Peter Fairbrother | 514 | 19.4 | ||
Majority | 498 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 2639 | 17.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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