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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]

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 2005–2016
No overall control 2016–2017
Conservative 2017–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1984 have been:[3]

Councillor Party From To
Christopher Penn[4] Conservative 1984 18 May 1993
Chris Mole[5] Labour 18 May 1993 22 Nov 2001
Jane Hore Labour 18 Dec 2001 22 May 2003
Bryony Rudkin Labour 22 May 2003 26 May 2005
Jeremy Pembroke Conservative 26 May 2005 1 Apr 2011
Mark Bee Conservative 26 May 2011 21 May 2015
Colin Noble Conservative 21 May 2015 24 May 2018
Matthew Hicks Conservative 24 May 2018

County Council composition

Election Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Green UKIP Other Total Notes
1973 45 25 3 - - 3 76
1977 66 7 1 - - 2 76
1981 45 27 0 - - 4 76
1985 50 23 3 - - 4 80 Boundary changes increased the number of seats by 4[6]
1989 46 26 4 - - 4 80
1993 26 31 19 - - 4 80
1997 31 34 14 0 0 1 80
2001 31 36 12 0 0 1 80
2005 45 22 7 0 0 1 75 Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 5[7]
2009 55 4 11 2 1 2 75
2013 39 15 7 2 9 3 75
2017 52 11 5 3 0 4 75
2021 55 5 4 9 0 2 75

Composition since 1973

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1981




1985



1989



1993



1997



2001



2005



2009


2013


2017



2021



County result maps

  • 2009 results map
    2009 results map
  • 2013 results map
    2013 results map
  • 2017 results map
    2017 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 144 13.0 −2.0
Majority 178 16.1
Turnout 1,104
Labour hold Swing
Peninsula By-Election 6 April 2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing

2001-2005

Thedwastre South By-Election 17 January 2002[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Storey 991 47.4 +7.9
Liberal Democrats 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[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevan Lim 819 53.6 −0.6
Conservative Anthony Ramsey 369 24.3 −0.5
Liberal Democrats 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[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Sibley 645 38.0 +4.3
Labour Neil MacDonald 588 34.6 −14.2
Liberal Democrats 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[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raeburn Leighton 989 54.5 +1.9
Liberal Democrats 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[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Bellfield 1,114 50.9 +7.2
Liberal Democrats 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[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Quinton 711 45.5 −15.1
Conservative Adam Ramsay 463 29.4 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine Chambers 313 20.1 +6.1
CPA 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[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Rodwell 1,401 65.5 +12.9
Liberal Democrats 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[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Redsell 990 43.8 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Diana Ball 867 38.3 +9.9
Labour Roy Burgon 194 8.6 −18.4
English Democrat 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[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Whybrow 733 35.0 +0.9
Liberal Democrats 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[14][15]
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 Democrats 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[16]
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 Democrats 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[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Stowmarket North and Stowupland By-Election 17 April 2008[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Green 834 38.8 −0.7
Liberal Democrats 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[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2009-2013

Aldeburgh and Leiston By-Election 6 May 2010[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Smith 2,240 45.5 −2.0
Independent Joan Girling 1,439 29.2 n/a
Labour Terry Hodgson 1,243 25.3 +12.1
Majority 801 16.3 −6.7
Turnout 5,009 66.2 +26.2
Conservative hold Swing
Tower By-Election 11 November 2010[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stefan Oliver 1,005 28.8 0.0
Independent David Nettleton 950 27.2 +1.2
Labour Kevin Hind 759 21.7 +12.6
Green Pippa Judd 479 13.7 −13.4
Liberal Democrats David Chappell 300 8.6 −0.4
Majority 55
Turnout 3,505 20.9
Conservative hold Swing −0.6
Wilford By-Election 5 May 2011[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Reid 1,913 55.2 −5.4
Liberal Democrats Christine Hancock 796 23.0 −7.2
Labour Roy Burgon 758 21.9 +12.6
Majority 1,117 32.2 +1.8
Turnout 3,495 54.1 +5.1
Conservative hold Swing 0.9
Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew By-Election 9 February 2012[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Hudson 1,302 49.7 −7.5
Labour Kevin Archer 804 30.7 +16.7
Liberal Democrats Derrick Fairbrother 514 19.6 −9.3
Majority 498 19.0 −9.3
Turnout 2639 17.1
Conservative hold Swing −12.1
Bixley By-Election 3 May 2012 [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Murray 866 43.8 −11.3
Labour Co-op John Cook 566 28.6 +15.0
UKIP Chris Streatfield 229 11.6 +11.6
Green Barry Broom 189 9.6 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Bagnall 127 6.4 −10.9
Majority 300 15.1 −22.7
Turnout 1988 35
Conservative hold Swing −13.2

2013-2017

Haverhill Cangle By-Election 7 May 2015 [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Marks 3,001 38.9 +4.5
UKIP John Burns 2,313 30.0 +0.2
Labour Maureen Byrne 2,004 26.0 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Ken Rolph 404 5.2 −1.2
Majority 1,117 8.9 +4.3
Turnout 7,825 57.7
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
Newmarket and Red Lodge By-Election 18 February 2016 [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Millar 644 39.7 −4.9
UKIP Roger Dicker 494 30.5 +2.1
Labour Michael Jefferys 284 17.5 −3.2
Independent Andrew Appleby 123 7.6 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Huggan 76 4.7 −1.6
Majority 150 9.2 −7.0
Turnout 1,625 18.0
Conservative hold Swing −3.5
Bixley By-Election 5 May 2016 [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul West 1,117 49.7 −8.7
Labour Rob Bridgeman 634 28.2 +3.5
UKIP Tony Gould 344 15.3 +15.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Boyd 154 6.8 +1.3
Majority 300 21.5 −12.2
Turnout 2,264 40.9
Conservative hold Swing −6.1
Haverhill Cangle By-Election 5 May 2016 [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP John Burns 1,273 36.8 +6.8
Conservative Margaret Marks 1,168 33.8 −5.1
Labour David Smith 838 24.2 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Ken Rolph 178 5.1 −0.1
Majority 105 2.8
Turnout 3,480 26.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing +6.0
Carlford By-Election 7 July 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Vickery 1,142 60.2 +1.4
Labour Revd Canon Graham Hedger 344 18.2 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Jon Neal 228 12.1 +4.2
Green Jacqueline Barrow 228 9.3 +9.3
Majority 798 42.0 +2.0
Turnout 1,895 27.4 −10.6
Conservative hold Swing −1.4
Hadleigh By-Election 22 September 2016[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Sheldrick 642 36.2 +12.0
Conservative Kathryn Grandon-White 460 25.9 −5.6
Labour Susan Monks 397 22.4 +5.8
UKIP Stephen Laing 204 11.5 −11.3
Green Lisa Gordon 70 3.9 −0.9
Majority 182 10.3
Turnout 1,777 26.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +8.8

2017-2021

St John's By-Election 7 September 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Adams 1,247 62.9 +5.3
Conservative James Harding 483 24.4 −7.3
Liberal Democrats Edward Packard 200 10.1 +5.1
Green Charlotte Armstrong 52 2.6 −3.1
Majority 764 38.5 +12.6
Turnout 1,987 29.7 −6.2
Labour hold Swing +6.3
Bosmere By-Election 25 October 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kay Oakes 747 45.5 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Phillips 726 44.2 +5.5
Labour Emma Bonner-Morgan 168 10.2 +2.9
Majority 21 1.3 −6.0
Turnout 1,647 21.3 −11.4
Conservative hold Swing −2.6
Newmarket & Redlodge By-Election 30 January 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Drummond 893 50.3 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Edge 315 17.7 +8.8
West Suffolk Independent Andrew Appleby 248 14.0 +2.5
Labour Theresa Chipulina 198 11.1 −4.5
Green Alice Haycock 123 6.9 +6.9
Majority 578 32.6 −3.3
Turnout 1,783 17.2 −8.4
Conservative hold Swing −4.5

2022-2025

Beccles: By-Election 17 November 2022[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ash Lever 2,114 70.5 +18.5
Conservative Letitia Smith 624 20.8 –19.7
Labour Christian Newsome 260 8.7 +1.2
Majority 1,490 49.7 N/A
Turnout 3,006 25.7 –15.9
Registered electors 11,703
Green hold Swing Increase19.1

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