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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 - present

County Council composition

Election Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Green UKIP Other Total
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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
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Composition since 1973

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1977



1981




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1989



1993



1997



2001



2005



2009


2013


Council elections

County result maps

  • 2009 results map
    2009 results map
  • 2013 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 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[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Wood 1,193 66.3 +1.2
Conservative Stephen Williams 504 28.0 -6.8
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales 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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Storey 991 47.4 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Carol Milward 982 47.0 +8.5
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales 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 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[5]
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[5]
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[6]
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[6]
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[7]
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[8]
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[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Whybrow 733 35.0 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Scarff 668 32.0 +9.5
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales 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 Democrats Peter Guyton 397 10.8 -6.0
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales 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 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[13][14]
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[15]
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[16]
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[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
Tower By-Election 11 November 2010[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stefan Oliver 1,005 28.7 -0.1
Independent David Nettleton 950 27.1 +1.1
Labour Kevin Hind 759 21.6 +12.5
Green Pippa Judd 300 13.7 -13.4
Liberal Democrats David Chappell 300 8.6 -0.4
Majority 1,117 31.9 +1.6
Turnout 3,505 20.9
Conservative hold Swing -0.6
Wilford By-Election 5 May 2011[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Reid 1,913 54.7 -5.8
Liberal Democrats 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 [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Murray 866 43.6 -10.5
Labour Co-op John Cook 566 28.5 +14.9
UKIP Chris Streatfield 229 11.5 +11.5
Green Barry Broom 189 9.5 -4.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Bagnall 127 6.4 -10.9
Majority 300 15.1 -22.7
Turnout 1988 35
Conservative hold Swing -11.4
Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew By-Election 9 February 2012[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Hudson 1302 49.3 -7.9
Labour Kevin Archer 804 30.4 +16.4
Liberal Democrats Derrick Fairbrother 514 19.4 -9.5
Majority 498 18.9 -9.4
Turnout 2639 17.1
Conservative hold Swing -4.7


2013-present

Haverhill Cangle By-Election 7 May 2015 Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
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 0.0
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 Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
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 [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul West 1,117 49.7 +6.1
Labour Rob Bridgeman 634 28.2 -0.3
UKIP Tony Gould 344 15.3 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Boyd 154 6.8 +0.4
Majority 300 21.5 +6.2
Turnout 2,264 40.9
Conservative hold Swing +3.2
Haverhill Cangle By-Election 5 May 2016 Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP John Burns 1,273 36.6 +6.6
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 +5.9

References

  1. ^ "County Councillors". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Suffolk". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Local election results: Suffolk". BBC News Online. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Past election results" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ a b c d "Thedwastre South" (PDF). Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ a b "Wickham" (PDF). Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Liberal Democrats win Yoxford by-election" (PDF). Suffolk Coastal District Council. 6 February 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Conservatives hold Felxstowe South seat" (PDF). Suffolk Coastal District Council. 23 April 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Stowmarket South by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Greens build on election success". London: guardian.co.uk. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Pakefield by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "Row Heath by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Lib Dems snatch shock win in council by-election". 24dash.com. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "Thedwastre South By-election Results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Stowmarket North and Stowupland by-election results 2008". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ "19 September 2008 - Woodbridge by-election". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 25 September 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  17. ^ "Aldeburgh and Leiston by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 28 July 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "Tower by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 16 May 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Wilford by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 28 July 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ a b c "By-Election Results in 2012". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 4 March 2013. Cite error: The named reference "s2012" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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