Suffolk County Council elections

For other Suffolk County location elections see, Suffolk County (disambiguation)

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]

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
Election							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

2009 results map
2013 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

Broomhill By-Election 3 October 1996
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

Ipswich Bridge By-Election 10 June 1999
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

Peninsula By-Election 6 April 2000^[4]
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

Thedwastre South By-Election 17 January 2002^[5]
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

Ipswich Town By-Election 2 May 2002^[5]
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

Ipswich St. Clements By-Election 25 July 2002^[5]
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

Blything By-Election 1 August 2002^[5]
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

Wickham By-Election 6 March 2003^[6]
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

Gainsborough By-Election 1 May 2003^[6]
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

Felixstowe Ferry By-Election 5 February 2004^[7]
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

Woodbridge By-Election 15 April 2004^[8]
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

Stowmarket South By-Election 2 February 2006^[9]
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

Pakefield By-Election 4 May 2006^[10]^[11]
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

Row Heath By-Election 8 June 2006^[12]
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

Thedwastre South By-Election 23 August 2007^[13]^[14]
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

Stowmarket North and Stowupland By-Election 17 April 2008^[15]
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

Woodbridge By-Election 18 September 2008^[16]
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

Aldeburgh and Leiston By-Election 6 May 2010^[17]
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

Wilford By-Election 5 May 2011^[18]
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

Bixley By-Election 3 May 2012 Bixley Results 3rd May 2012^[19]
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

Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew By-Election 9 February 2012^[19]
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

References

↑ "County Councillors". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Suffolk". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Local election results: Suffolk". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Past election results" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
1 2 3 4 "Thedwastre South" (PDF). Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
1 2 "Wickham" (PDF). Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Liberal Democrats win Yoxford by-election" (PDF). Suffolk Coastal District Council. 2004-02-06. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Conservatives hold Felxstowe South seat" (PDF). Suffolk Coastal District Council. 2004-04-23. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Stowmarket South by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Greens build on election success". London: guardian.co.uk. 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Pakefield by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Row Heath by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Lib Dems snatch shock win in council by-election". 24dash.com. 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Thedwastre South By-election Results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Stowmarket North and Stowupland by-election results 2008". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "19 September 2008 - Woodbridge by-election". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
↑ "Aldeburgh and Leiston by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
↑ "Wilford by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
1 2 "By-Election Results in 2012". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in Suffolk

Suffolk County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Babergh District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Forest Heath District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Ipswich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Mid Suffolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

St Edmundsbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Suffolk Coastal District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Waveney District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015

East Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

West Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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