Tower Division, Suffolk
Tower | |
|---|---|
Electoral Division | |
| Country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| County | Suffolk |
| District | West Suffolk |
| Government | |
| • County Councillor | David Nettleton[1] (Conservative) |
| • County Councillor | Robert Everitt [2] (Conservative) |
| Population (mid 2015) | |
| • Total | 22,357[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]
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Dale Everitt | 2,277 | 20.4 | ||
| Conservative | David Nettleton* | 2,104 | 18.8 | ||
| Green | Steph Holland | 1993 | 17.8 | ||
| Green | Matthew Stuart Rowe | 1489 | 13.3 | ||
| Labour | Donna Elizabeth Higgins | 1409 | 12.6 | ||
| Labour | Marilyn Ann Sayer | 830 | 7.4 | ||
| Independent | Frank Stennett | 691 | 6.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David John Poulson | 269 | 2.4 | ||
| Communist | Darren Alan Turner | 120 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11 & 615 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 932 | 15.3 |  15.13
| ||
| Turnout | 6090 | 36.9 | 3.8
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| Registered electors | 16,494 | 928
| |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Everitt | 1,833 | 20.2 | ||
| Independent | David Nettleton | 1,628 | 17.9 | ||
| Independent | Paul Hopfensperger[8] | 1,623 | 17.9 | ||
| Green | Mark Ereira | 1,406 | 15.5 | ||
| Labour | Quentin Cornish | 998 | 11.0 | ||
| Labour | Alex Griffin | 907 | 10.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Lale | 507 | 5.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sheena Rawlings | 173 | 1.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Green | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Mark Ereira | 1,481 | 23.2 | ||
| Independent | David Nettleton | 1,389 | 21.8 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Everitt | 1227 | 19.3 | ||
| Conservative | Patsy Warby | 1008 | |||
| UKIP | Luke Levene | 983 | 15.4 | ||
| Labour | Diane Hind | 895 | 14.0 | ||
| Labour | Nicola Ridgeway | 840 | |||
| UKIP | James Lumley | 823 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Judy Roadway | 399 | 6.3 | ||
| Majority | 162 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Green hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Farmer | 2,042 | 28.8 | ||
| Green | Mark Ereira-Guyer | 1,924 | 27.1 | ||
| Independent | David Nettleton | 1,846 | 26.0 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Rout | 1,726 | |||
| Labour | Keith Waterson | 645 | 9.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Warren | 641 | 9.9 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Hind | 624 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Allan Jones | 605 | |||
| Majority | 118 & 78 | ||||
| Turnout | 10,053 | 32.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,576 | ||||
2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lockwood | 3,181 | 32.7 | |
| Conservative | Paul Hopfensperger[10] | 2,747 | 28.3 | |
| Labour | Ray Nowak | 2,720 | - | |
| Conservative | Robert Everitt | 2,663 | - | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Chappell | 1,738 | 17.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Warren | 1,266 | - | |
| UKIP | Brian Lockwood | 801 | 8.2 | |
| Independent | David Nettleton | 799 | 8.2 | |
| UKIP | Ivan Cook | 509 | - | |
| Independent | Melinda Nettleton | 498 | - | |
| Green | Adam Stacey | 455 | 4.7 | |
| Green | Samantha Hunt Stacey | 432 | - | |
| Majority | 27 | |||
| Turnout | 68.6 | |||
References
- ^ "David Nettleton | Suffolk County Council". www.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Robert Everitt | Suffolk County Council". www.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Tower Electoral Division Profile 2017" (PDF). www.suffolkobservatory. Suffolk Observatory. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "The County of Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 9 December 2004, SI 2004/3252
- ^ "Suffolk County Council Election Results" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Geater, Paul. "Independent councillor joins Suffolk Tories for role in policy-making". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Official Declaration of Result - Tower". Twitter. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Councillor Paul Hopfensperger - Official Website".
- ^ "Suffolk County Council Elections 2009". elections.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Councillor Paul Hopfensperger - Official Website".