2021 Suffolk County Council election

2021 Suffolk County Council election
All 75 seats to Suffolk County Council; 38 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2021 Suffolk County Council election
	Makeup of council after the election
Leader before election; Matthew Hicks; Conservative;	Leader after election ; Matthew Hicks; Conservative;

The 2021 Suffolk County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 75 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions, which return either one or two county councillors each, by first-past-the-post voting, for a four-year term of office.

Voters who live in divisions which elect two councillors (12 divisions) are entitled to cast a maximum of two votes, while those living in divisions only electing one councillor (51 divisions) are only entitled to cast one vote.

The council is subject to a Local Government Boundary Commission for England review where it is proposed to reduce the number of councillors from 75 to 70. The recommendations were due to be implemented at this election but has been deferred to the 2025 Suffolk County Council election due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Previous composition

2017 election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	52
	Labour	11
	Liberal Democrats	5
	Green	3
	Independent	3
	West Suffolk Independents	1
Total		75

Composition of council seats before election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	48
	Labour	11
	Liberal Democrats	5
	Green	3
	Independent	6
	West Suffolk Independents	1
Vacant		1
Total		75

Changes between elections

In between the 2017 election and the 2021 election, the following council seats changed hands outside of by-elections:

Division	Date			Cause	Resulting Council Composition
					Con	Lab	LDem	Grn	Ind	WSI

Gunton	2 August 2018^[3]	Conservative	Independent	Councillor expelled from the party.	51	11	5	3	4	1
Haverhill Cangle	21 February 2019^[4]	Conservative	Independent	Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member.	50	11	5	3	5	1
Tower	4 December 2019^[5]	Independent	Conservative	Independent Councillor joined Conservatives.	51	11	5	3	4	1
Carlford	9 June 2020^[6]	Conservative	Vacant	Sitting councillor resigned.^[7]	50	11	5	3	4	1
Thedwastre North	4 December 2020^[8]	Conservative	Independent	Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member.	49	11	5	3	5	1
Hoxne & Eye	9 April 2021^[9]	Conservative	Independent	Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member.	48	11	5	3	6	1

Summary

The county saw a marked contrast between its rural and urban areas. The ruling Conservative administration made 8 gains across Bury St Edmund's, Ipswich and Lowestoft, but lost 5 divisions in rural Suffolk that it had won four years earlier and was traditionally stronger. The Green Party replaced Labour as the second largest party, and the latter were subsequently relegated to 5 seats. The Liberal Democrats continued their descent after making losses in 2013 and 2017, with a further loss. The Independents also finished one seat lower than 2017. With 55 seats, the Conservatives were subsequently returned for a fifth term in office and scored their joint second best number of seats (equalling 2009) since the Council was created in 1973.

Election result

2021 Suffolk County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	74	55	8	5	3	73.3	48.0	124,949	+1.7
	Green	59	9	6	0	6	12.0	15.1	39,283	+6.9
	Labour	74	5	0	6	6	6.7	21.5	55,973	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	51	4	1	2	1	5.3	9.9	25,885	–3.8
	Independent	25	1	0	2	2	1.3	4.5	11,723	+0.2
	West Suffolk Independents	3	1	0	0		1.3	0.8	1,959	–0.1
	Communist	2	0	0	0		0.1	0.1	293	N/A
	Burning Pink	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	168	N/A
Total		289	75						260,233

Election of Group Leaders

Matthew Hicks (Thredling) was re-elected leader of the Conservative Group, with Richard Rout (Hardwick) as his deputy.

Andrew Stringer (Upper Gipping) was elected leader of the joint Green, Lib Dem and Independent group, with Robert Lindsay (Cosford) as his deputy.^[10]

Sarah Adams (St John's) was re-elected leader of the Labour Group, with Sandy Martin (Rushmere) as her deputy.

Election of Leader of the Council

Matthew Hicks the leader of the conservative group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a conservative administration.

Results by district

Babergh

Summary

**Babergh District Summary**
Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	6		11,105	40.4	+0.9
	Green	3	2	6,479	23.5	+14.4
	Independent	1		4,541	16.5	+5.3
	Labour	0	1	3,010	10.9	–2.1
	Liberal Democrat	0	1	2,386	8.7	–13.5
Total		10		27,521	100.0

Division results

Belstead Brook^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hudson *	1,087	50.8	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Busby	721	33.7	–3.7
	Labour	Keith Wade	333	15.6	+2.9
Majority			366	17.1	+13.6
Turnout			2,160	32.7	+0.9
Registered electors			6,613		–57
	Conservative hold		Swing	–6.8

Cosford^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Lindsay *	2,122	62.1	+13.8
	Conservative	Jordon Millward	1,178	34.5	–10.5
	Labour	Christopher Mills	115	3.4	+0.3
Majority			944	27.6	+24.3
Turnout			3,434	48.5	–0.2
Registered electors			7,076		+138
	Green hold		Swing	+12.2

Great Cornard^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Beer *	1,040	49.5	+0.6
	Labour	Emma Bishton	586	27.9	–0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Bark	253	12.0	+3.5
	Green	James Killbery	222	10.6	+5.6
Majority			454	21.6	+1.0
Turnout			2,125	29.8	+3.7
Registered electors			7,137		+50
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

Hadleigh^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Fraser *	763	35.9	–3.7
	Independent	Kathryn Grandon	647	30.4	N/A
	Green	Gale Pryor	373	17.5	+14.0
	Labour Co-op	Angela Wiltshire	172	8.1	–7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Sheldrick	172	8.1	–29.1
Majority			116	5.5	+3.0
Turnout			2,162	33.0	+0.6
Registered electors			6,557		–62
	Conservative hold		Swing	–17.1

Melford^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp *	1,696	54.8	–1.2
	Conservative	Peter Stevens	865	27.9	–0.2
	Green	Ralph Carpenter	304	9.8	+5.3
	Labour	Kimberley Clements	232	7.5	+0.3
Majority			831	26.9	–1.0
Turnout			3,132	38.3	+2.6
Registered electors			8,176		+184
	Independent hold		Swing	–0.5

Peninsula^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simon Harley	1,444	42.4	+39.1
	Conservative	Mary Mclaren	1,029	30.2	+7.3
	Independent	Alastair McCraw	699	20.5	N/A
	Labour	Keith Rawlings	237	7.0	–1.0
Majority			415	12.2
Turnout			3,425	42.8	+0.5
Registered electors			7,994		+8
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+15.9

Samford^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Georgia Hall	1,968	56.8	+13.5
	Independent	Mark Hurley	552	15.9	N/A
	Green	Sallie Davies	545	15.7	N/A
	Labour	Ian Perry	400	11.5	+2.2
Majority			1,416	40.9	+38.2
Turnout			3,491	42.7	+0.1
Registered electors			8,178		+152
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.2

Stour Valley^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Finch	1,499	50.6	–0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hurren	1,072	36.2	+1.4
	Labour	Olivia Hughes	200	6.8	+0.8
	Green	Jane Carruthers	191	6.4	+2.5
Majority			427	14.4	–2.2
Turnout			2,977	47.3	+4.2
Registered electors			6,301		–51
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.1

Sudbury^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jessie Carter	1,056	42.0	+36.6
	Conservative	Simon Sudbury	721	28.7	+0.9
	Labour	Jake Thomas *	376	15.0	–15.6
	Independent	Trevor Cresswell	192	7.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Spivey	168	6.7	–4.9
Majority			335	13.3	+10.6
Turnout			2,535	36.5	+4.2
Registered electors			6,949		–78
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+26.1

Sudbury East & Waldingfield^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Faircloth-Mutton	955	41.7	–11.5
	Independent	Margaret Maybury	410	17.9	N/A
	Labour	Louise Fowler	359	15.7	–9.2
	Independent	Luke Cresswell	345	15.1	N/A
	Green	Theresa Munson	222	9.7	+5.5
Majority			545	23.8	–4.6
Turnout			2,303	34.3	+2.4
Registered electors			6,715		–190
	Conservative hold		Swing	–14.7

East Suffolk

**East Suffolk District Summary**
Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	20	1	50,799	53.5	+4.0
	Green	3	2	13,285	14.0	+4.4
	Liberal Democrat	1		9,552	10.1	±0.0
	Labour	0	1	20,002	21.1	–1.2
	Independent	0		1,121	1.2	+0.3
	Communist	0		173	0.2	N/A
Total		24		94,932	100.0

Division results

Aldeburgh and Leiston^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T-J Haworth-Culf	1,828	66.6	+17.2
	Labour	Ian Illett	918	33.4	+10.2
Majority			910	33.2	+7.0
Turnout			2,779	36.2	+1.2
Registered electors			7,678		+227
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

Beccles (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Caroline Topping	2,594	52.0	+10.7
	Green	Peggy McGregor	2,131
	Conservative	Mark Bee *	2,020	40.5	–1.8
	Conservative	Graham Catchpole	1,769
	Labour	Christian Newsome	374	7.5	–2.7
	Labour	Dom Taylor	368
Majority			574	11.5
Turnout			4,916	41.6	+0.3
Registered electors			11,811		+84
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green hold

Blything^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Smith *	1,523	48.7	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Turner	962	30.8	11.4
	Labour	Philip Harle	640	20.5	2.7
Majority			561	17.9	15.6
Turnout			3,154	39.9	1.2
Registered electors			7,904		504
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.8

Bungay^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Cloke	1,335	44.0	9.1
	Green	Annette Abbott	1,279	42.2	32.5
	Labour	Donia Slyzuk	273	9.0	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Awty	145	4.8	1.2
Majority			56	1.8	25.1
Turnout			3,045	41.4	1.9
Registered electors			7,347		23
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.8

Carlford^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Bryce	2,056	63.2	+7.7
	Green	Daniel Clery	698	21.4	+15.2
	Labour	Alistair Dick	500	15.4	+5.5
Majority			1,358	41.8	+0.2
Turnout			3,287	45.3	+2.8
Registered electors			7,263		+265
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.7

Felixstowe Coastal^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Newman *	3,335	49.5	–0.5
	Conservative	Steve Wiles	3,073
	Liberal Democrats	Seamus Bennett	1,256	18.6	+2.6
	Labour	Margaret Morris	1,223	18.2	+1.9
	Labour	Richard Reaville	897
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Candy	874
	Green	Lesley Bennett	748	11.1	+4.8
	Communist	Mark Jones	173	2.6	N/A
Majority			2,079	30.9	–2.9
Rejected ballots			29	0.3
Turnout			6,121	39.3	+0.2
Registered electors			15,650		+239
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.5
	Conservative hold

Felixstowe North & Trimley^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Bird *	1,472	57.4	+8.2
	Labour	David Rowe	1,094	42.6	+16.3
Majority			378	14.8	–7.1
Turnout			2,604	31.7	–3.3
Registered electors			8,213		+627
	Conservative hold		Swing	–4.1

Framlingham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Burroughes *	1,917	58.5	+2.0
	Labour	Paul Theaker	754	23.3	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Mercer	572	17.6	+7.1
Majority			1,163	35.9	–7.7
Rejected ballots			34	1.0	+0.7
Turnout			3,277	42.2	+0.1
Registered electors			7,772		+745
	Conservative hold		Swing	–4.1

Gunton (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Reeder	1,653	42.1	4.8
	Conservative	Ryan Harvey	1,633
	Labour	Janet Craig	1,309	33.3	2.7
	Labour	Keith Patience *	1,297
	Green	Jon Coxon	402	10.2	3.2
	Independent	Steve Ardley *	362	9.2	N/A
	Green	Peter Jackson	348
	Independent	Robin Hinton	201	5.1	N/A
Majority			344	8.8	7.5
Rejected ballots			8	0.2
Turnout			3,872	25.6	1.9
Registered electors			15,124		131
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8
	Conservative gain from Labour

Halesworth^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Annette Dunning	1,546	48.8	+38.7
	Conservative	Tony Goldson *	1,287	40.6	–12.9
	Labour Co-op	Peter Coghill	254	8.0	–13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Hunt	84	2.6	–6.0
Majority			259	8.2
Turnout			3,194	42.6	+3.4
Registered electors			7,492		+111
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	25.9

Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debbie McCallum	3,542	57.5	+6.7
	Conservative	Stuart Lawson *	2,964
	Labour	Kevin Archer	1,160	18.8	–0.5
	Labour	Lesley Bensley	848
	Liberal Democrats	Brad Clements	756	12.3	+4.5
	Green	Harrison Foster	698	11.3	+6.1
Majority			2,382	38.7	+7.2
Turnout			5,451	34.5	+1.5
Registered electors			15,815		+274
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.5
	Conservative hold

Kessingland & Southwold^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ladd *	1,513	55.0	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Robertson	831	30.2	+12.7
	Labour	Alan Green	408	14.8	–2.6
Majority			682	24.8	–6.6
Turnout			2,983	39.5	+1.2
Registered electors			7,558		+108
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.3

Lowestoft South (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Ceresa *	2,094	51.5	+12.5
	Conservative	Jamie Starling *	1,744
	Labour	Sonia Barker	1,220	30.0	+1.0
	Labour	David Finnigan	1,016
	Green	Elise Youngman	416	10.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Light	337	8.3	+3.8
	Green	Andrew Eastaugh	335
	Liberal Democrats	John Shreeve	215
Majority			874	21.5	+11.4
Turnout			3,975	27.0	–1.0
Registered electors			14,713		–53
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.7
	Conservative hold

Martlesham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patti Mulcahy	2,356	62.3	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ski Evans	738	19.5	+7.3
	Labour	Edward Lawrence	687	18.2	+6.3
Majority			1,618	42.8	–12.6
Turnout			3,807	40.8	–0.9
Registered electors			9,339		+296
	Conservative hold		Swing	–6.3

Oulton (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Back	2,587	54.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Keith Robinson *	2,404
	Labour	George King	1,311	27.4	–2.2
	Labour	Nasima Begum	1,231
	Green	Peter Lang	410	8.6	+3.6
	Green	David Youngman	406
	Independent	Jenny Hinton	349	7.2	N/A
	Independent	Tony Knights	209
	Liberal Democrats	Dave O'Neill	133	2.8	–1.5
Majority			1,276	26.6	+7.9
Turnout			4,859	30.5	+0.2
Registered electors			15,923		+451
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0
	Conservative hold

Pakefield (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro *	2,025	56.9	+14.7
	Conservative	Craig Rivett *	1,980
	Labour	Neil Coleby	928	26.1	–10.7
	Labour	Tess Gandy	873
	Green	Alice Eastaugh	367	10.3	+5.4
	Green	Lee Martin	342
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	238	6.7	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Shreeve	160
Majority			1,097	30.8	+25.5
Turnout			3,672	30.7	–0.3
Registered electors			11,958		–17
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.7
	Conservative hold

Wickham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Nicoll *	1,659	45.9	–2.5
	Green	Rachel Smith-Lyte	1,626	45.0	+37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Williams	327	9.1	–12.1
Majority			33	0.9	–39.5
Turnout			3,638	41.2	+2.2
Registered electors			8,827		+497
	Conservative hold		Swing	–19.8

Wilford^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Reid *	1,603	54.3	−2.5
	Green	Thomas Daly	565	19.1	+6.5
	Labour	John Cook	419	14.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Sandbach	364	12.2	+0.1
Majority			1,038	35.2	–9.0
Rejected ballots			27	0.9	+0.8
Turnout			2,978	42.4	+0.6
Registered electors			7,024		+372
	Conservative hold		Swing	–4.5

Woodbridge^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Page *	1,887	63.5	+12.1
	Conservative	Robin Sanders	1,086	36.5	+1.9
Majority			801	27.0	+10.2
Turnout			3,012	46.9	–0.1
Registered electors			6,425		+47
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.1

Ipswich

**Ipswich Borough Summary**
Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	6	4	16,303	41.9	+3.2
	Labour	5	4	14,415	37.0	–7.1
	Liberal Democrat	1		4,408	11.3	–0.8
	Green	0		3,651	9.4	+5.1
	Burning Pink	0		168	0.4	N/A
Total		12		38,945	100.0

Division results

Bixley^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul West *	1,649	61.6	5.9
	Labour	Paul Bones	636	23.8	0.1
	Green	Stephanie Cullen	244	9.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Powell	147	5.5	2.9
Majority			1,013	37.8	5.8
Turnout			2,696	47.1	15.1
Registered electors			5,718		67
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.9

Bridge^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Bridgeman	1,095	43.3	6.7
	Conservative	Mike Scanes	1,004	39.7	9.3
	Green	Brieanna Jade Skie Patmore	292	11.5	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hore	139	5.5	0.0
Majority			91	4.6	15.0
Turnout			2,560	30.7	3.7
Registered electors			8,386		704
	Labour hold		Swing	–7.5

Chantry (2)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	2,895	48.5	+8.6
	Conservative	Nathan Wilson	2,337
	Labour	Helen Armitage *	2,255	37.8	–4.7
	Labour	Peter Gardiner *	1,970
	Green	Martin Hynes	529	8.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Merritt	291	4.9	–0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Margaret Drake	281
Majority			640	10.7
Turnout			5,777	34.4	+2.9
Registered electors			16,793		+307
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.7
	Conservative gain from Labour

Gainsborough^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Harsant	1,673	52.9	+11.7
	Labour	Stephen Connelly	1,162	36.8	–4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Packwood	254	8.0	+5.1
	Green	Jenny Rivett	71	2.2	–2.0
Majority			511	16.1
Turnout			3,188	39.6	+7.4
Registered electors			8,041		–49
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.1

Priory Heath^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William (Bill) Quinton *	1,030	45.7	–3.8
	Conservative	Edward Phillips	912	40.5	+6.3
	Green	Andy Patmore	202	9.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Jacob	110	4.9	–0.1
Majority			118	5.2	–10.2
Turnout			2,267	34.0	+5.5
Registered electors			6,670		+104
	Labour hold		Swing	–5.1

Rushmere^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sandy Martin	1,357	43.2	–7.4
	Conservative	Paul Cawthorn	1,322	42.0	+6.8
	Green	Rachel Morris	234	7.4	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Lockington	231	7.3	+1.6
Majority			35	1.1	–14.2
Turnout			3,172	43.4	+4.3
Registered electors			7,306		+90
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	–7.1

St Helen's^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Johnson	1,426	47.3	–7.4
	Conservative	Sachin Karale	1,009	33.5	+6.0
	Green	Tom Wilmot	368	12.2	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Daley	212	7.0	–1.3
Majority			417	13.8	–13.4
Turnout			3,038	36.1	+5.5
Registered electors			8,405		+514
	Labour hold		Swing	–6.7

St John's^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Adams *	1,335	47.7	–9.9
	Conservative	Ollie Rackham	1,098	39.2	+7.5
	Green	Jude Rook	219	7.8	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	148	5.3	+0.3
Majority			237	8.5	–17.4
Turnout			2,819	39.7	+3.7
Registered electors			7,104		+430
	Labour hold		Swing	–8.7

St Margaret's & Westgate (2)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington *	2,590	32.8	–2.6
	Conservative	Debbie Richards	2,195	27.8	–2.5
	Labour	Assis Carreiro	1,989	25.2	–4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,840
	Labour	Stefan Long	1,517
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	965	12.2	+7.2
	Burning Pink	Tina Smith	168	2.1	N/A
Majority			395	5.0	–0.1
Turnout			6,612	42.6	+2.4
Registered electors			15,503		+323
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–0.1
	Conservative hold

Whitehouse & Whitton (2)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Goldsmith *	2,546	46.4	+8.5
	Conservative	Sam Murray	2,317
	Labour	Sophie Meudec	2,130	38.8	+1.7
	Labour	Christine Shaw	1,734
	Green	John Mann	527	9.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Pakes	286	5.2	–0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Pryke	147
Majority			416	7.8	+6.9
Rejected ballots			60	0.6	0.5
Turnout			5,350	33.8	4.5
Registered electors			15,823		576
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4
	Conservative gain from Labour

Mid Suffolk

**Mid Suffolk District Summary**
Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5	2	14,135	44.9	–4.4
	Green	3	2	6,485	20.6	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	2		5,344	17.0	–3.4
	Labour	0		3,712	11.8	+0.5
	Independent	0		1,804	5.7	N/A
Total		10		31,480	100.0

Division results

Bosmere^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Oakes *	1,357	49.4	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Phillips	1,034	37.7	–1.2
	Labour	Suzanne Britton	355	12.9	+5.1
Majority			323	11.8	+4.6
Turnout			2,774	34.5	+1.8
Registered electors			8,045
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

Gipping Valley^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Chambers	1,478	54.3	+15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Adrienne Marriott	806	29.6	–10.5
	Labour	Terence Wilson	438	16.1	+6.4
Majority			672	24.7
Rejected ballots			13	0.5	+0.2
Turnout			2,735	34.7	–0.2
Registered electors			7,893		+495
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+12.9

Hartismere^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessica Fleming *	1,900	57.5	–3.7
	Green	Stuart Masters	649	19.6	+4.1
	Labour	Eddie Dougall	532	16.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Appleton	224	6.8	–1.9
Majority			1,251	37.9	–7.8
Turnout			3,320	41.0	+3.9
Registered electors			8,104
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.9

Hoxne & Eye^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Gould	1,467	45.0	–11.8
	Independent	Guy McGregor *	806	24.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Glenton	623	19.1	+4.6
	Labour	Paul Anderson	363	11.1	–3.2
Majority			661	20.3	–22.1
Turnout			3,279	42.9	+0.7
Registered electors			7,642
	Conservative hold		Swing	–18.3

Stowmarket North & Stowupland^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Keith Welham	1,512	45.6	+15.9
	Conservative	Gary Green *	1,373	41.4	–8.1
	Labour	Will Howman	433	13.1	–1.0
Majority			139	4.2
Turnout			3,323	33.8	+4.9
Registered electors			10,461
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.0

Stowmarket South^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Scarff	1,030	40.3	7.5
	Conservative	Nick Gowrley *	854	33.4	4.9
	Labour	Emma Bonner-Morgan	380	14.9	2.1
	Independent	David Card	292	11.4	N/A
Majority			176	6.9
Turnout			2,580	34.7	3.3
Registered electors			7,462
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.2

Thedwastre North^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andy Mellen	1,472	40.6	19.0
	Conservative	Harry Richardson	1,226	34.0	28.2
	Independent	Jane Storey *	706	19.6	N/A
	Labour	Ursula Ajimal	199	5.5	3.9
Majority			246	6.8
Rejected ballots			20	0.5	0.4
Turnout			3,623	42.7	5.3
Registered electors			8,497
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+23.6

Thedwastre South^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Otton *	1,435	46.0	0.7
	Conservative	John Augustine	1,321	42.3	1.5
	Labour	Philip Cockell	364	11.7	2.2
Majority			114	3.7	0.8
Rejected ballots			26	0.8	0.7
Turnout			3,148	43.4	3.3
Registered electors			7,260
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.4

Thredling^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Hicks *	2,084	63.2	–6.8
	Green	Helen Bridgeman	602	18.3	N/A
	Labour	Kathleen Hardy	417	12.7	–2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pearson	192	5.8	–9.6
Majority			1,482	45.0	–11.7
Turnout			3,297	42.6	+3.9
Registered electors			7,733
	Conservative hold		Swing	–12.5

Upper Gipping^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Stringer *	2,250	63.3	+9.7
	Conservative	Kieran Lathangue-Clayton	1,075	30.2	–6.8
	Labour	Julie Reynolds	231	6.5	+1.1
Majority			1,175	33.0	+16.6
Turnout			3,576	45.6	+5.9
Registered electors			7,836
	Green hold		Swing	+8.2

West Suffolk

**West Suffolk District Summary**
Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	13	2	22,781	52.5	+4.0
	WSI	1		1,959	4.5	+0.7
	Labour	0		7,719	17.8	–0.9
	Green	0		6,092	14.0	+10.5
	Independent	0		3,417	7.9	–3.4
	Liberal Democrat	0		1,411	3.3	–5.7
Total		14		43,379	100.0

Division results

Blackbourn^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanna Spicer *	2,421	70.7	11.0
	Green	Warren Lakin	534	15.6	N/A
	Labour	John Bailey	469	13.7	4.6
Majority			1,887	55.1	8.2
Turnout			3,449	41.4	+2.6
Registered electors			8,333
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.3

Brandon^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	West Suffolk Independents	Victor Lukaniuk *	808	41.0	–5.9
	Conservative	Christine Mason	766	38.8	+10.7
	Labour	Susan Dean	298	15.1	+3.0
	Green	William Tanner	101	5.1	N/A
Majority			42	2.1	–16.6
Turnout			1,984	28.4	–1.2
Registered electors			6,992
	WSI hold		Swing	–8.3

Clare^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bobby Bennett	2,322	63.3	–3.5
	Labour	Kerry Rogers	704	19.2	+9.5
	Green	Julius Bell	642	17.5	N/A
Majority			1,618	44.1	–7.8
Turnout			3,695	41.1	–1.0
Registered electors			8,993		+274
	Conservative hold		Swing	–6.5

Eastgate & Moreton Hall^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	973	35.3	1.1
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith *	788	28.6	12.8
	Labour	Lorraine Allcocks	378	13.7	1.6
	Green	Jessica Livsey	266	9.7	N/A
	Independent	Frank Warby	266	9.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Linehan	84	3.0	7.0
Majority			185	6.7	1.7
Rejected ballots			17	0.6	0.4
Turnout			2,772	37.9	2.8
Registered electors			7,316		72
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	5.8

Exning & Newmarket^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Hood *	1,025	40.8	+3.6
	West Suffolk Independents	Chris O'Neill	683	27.2	+4.2
	Labour	Craig Warren	579	23.0	–0.9
	Green	Carrie Wheeler	227	9.0	N/A
Majority			342	13.6	+0.3
Rejected ballots			50	2.0
Turnout			2,564	30.1	–1.0
Registered electors			8,531		+683
	Conservative hold		Swing	–0.3

Hardwick^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Rout *	1,806	61.6	+2.9
	Labour	James Macpherson	448	15.3	–1.2
	Green	Chris Dexter-Mills	350	11.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Korfanty	329	11.2	–5.6
Majority			1,358	46.3	+4.4
Turnout			2,956	44.2	+2.2
Registered electors			6,692		–8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

Haverhill Cangle^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Mason	1,994	52.2	+13.7
	Conservative	Heike Sowa	1,429
	Labour	David Smith	869	22.7	–6.8
	Labour	David Smith	864
	Independent	Aaron Luccarini	467	12.2	N/A
	Independent	Paula Fox	411
	Green	Nicola Forsdyke	301	7.9	N/A
	Green	Mandy Leathers	276
	Liberal Democrats	David Payne	189	4.9	–6.9
Majority			1,125	29.5	–9.1
Turnout			3,693	26.7	+0.6
Registered electors			13,849		+590
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.2
	Conservative hold

Haverhill East & Kedington^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Roach *	1,188	57.4	+9.3
	Labour	Damian Page	469	22.6	–1.5
	Independent	Bruce Davidson	247	11.9	N/A
	Green	Roger Mynott	167	8.1	N/A
Majority			719	34.7	+10.9
Turnout			2,076	29.7	+1.8
Registered electors			7,092		+90
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

Mildenhall^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lance Stanbury	1,004	40.1	–25.4
	Independent	Andy Neal	855	34.1	N/A
	Labour	Patrick Finn	271	10.8	–4.0
	Independent	David Chandler	163	6.5	–13.2
	Green	Jack Blomfield	151	6.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Avison	60	2.4	N/A
Majority			149	6.0	–39.8
Turnout			2,518	33.4	+2.6
Registered electors			7,537		+543
	Conservative hold		Swing	–29.8

Newmarket & Red Lodge^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Drummond *	1,232	46.9	–3.6
	Labour	Christopher Swallow	497	18.9	+3.3
	West Suffolk Independents	Andrew Appleby	468	17.8	+6.3
	Green	Simon Morse	219	8.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Pinsker	210	8.0	–0.9
Majority			735	28.0	–6.8
Turnout			2,653	25.7	–0.1
Registered electors			10,340		+1,051
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.4

Row Heath^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Noble *	1,620	60.4	+8.1
	Labour	Theresa Chipulina	387	14.4	+2.4
	Independent	Don Waldron	369	13.8	N/A
	Green	Claire Unwin	305	11.4	N/A
Majority			1,233	46.0	+8.4
Turnout			2,710	30.0	–3.0
Registered electors			9,168		+1,129
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

Thingoe North^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger *	1,961	64.7	8.1
	Labour	Katie Parker	471	15.5	0.5
	Green	Oliver King	369	12.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chapman	229	7.6	3.5
Majority			1,490	49.1	7.6
Turnout			3,052	41.5	3.1
Registered electors			7,363		219
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

Thingoe South^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Soons	2,192	64.7	2.8
	Labour	Robin Davies	470	13.9	0.8
	Green	Vicki Martin	467	13.8	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Libby Brooks	230	6.8	7.2
Majority			1,722	50.8	12.1
Turnout			3,388	43.4	0.9
Registered electors			7,808		491
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Tower^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Everitt *	2,277	33.7	4.9
	Conservative	David Nettleton *	2,104
	Green	Steph Holland	1,993	29.5	7.4
	Green	Matthew Rowe	1,489
	Labour	Donna Higgins	1,409	20.8	5.2
	Labour	Marilyn Sayer	830
	Independent	Frank Stennett	691	10.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Poulson	269	4.0	2.3
	Communist	Darren Turner	120	1.8	N/A
Majority			284	4.2	1.0
Rejected ballots			932	15.3	15.1
Turnout			6,090	36.9	3.8
Registered electors			16,494		928
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2
	Conservative gain from Independent

*Note: Nettleton won a seat standing as an independent at the previous election.

By-elections

Beccles

Beccles: 17 November 2022
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	+38.4
Turnout			3,006	25.7	−15.9
Registered electors			11,703
	Green hold		Swing	+19.1

Felixstowe Coastal

Felixstowe Coastal: 4 May 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Seamus Bennett	2,519	44.4	+25.8
	Conservative	Kevin Sullivan	2,060	36.3	–13.2
	Green	Lesley Bennett	939	16.6	+5.5
	Communist	Mark Jones	150	2.6	±0.0
Majority			459	8.1
Turnout			5,740	36.5	−2.8
Registered electors			15,706
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.5

Priory Heath

Priory Heath: 4 May 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Smith	918	50.8	+5.1
	Conservative	Gregor McNie	567	31.4	–9.1
	Green	Andy Patmore	180	10.0	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Powell	143	7.9	+3.0
Majority			351	19.4	+14.2
Turnout			1,820	27.3
Registered electors			6,679
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

Woodbridge

Woodbridge: 12 October 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Leach	990	51.2	–12.3
	Conservative	Alan Porter	642	33.2	–3.3
	Labour	Paul Richards	301	15.6	N/A
Majority			348	18.0	–9.0
Turnout			1,943	30.5	–16.4
Registered electors			6,363
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.5

Pakefield

Pakefield: 4 July 2024^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Byatt	2,680	40.0	+13.9
	Conservative	Mark Bee	2,295	34.2	–22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Robertson	960	14.3	+7.6
	Independent	Paul Light	767	11.4	N/A
Majority			385	5.8	N/A
Turnout			6,864	57.8	+27.1
Registered electors			11,881
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	18.3

Hoxne and Eye

Hoxne and Eye: 10 October 2024^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Lloyd	895	45.3	+0.3
	Green	Joanne Brooks	891	45.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Glenton	102	5.2	−14.0
	Labour	Paul Theaker	89	4.5	−6.6
Majority			4	0.2	−20.1
Turnout			1986	24.6	−18.3
Registered electors			7,992
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Other changes 2021–2025

Peter Thompson, elected as a Conservative in 2021, was suspended from the party in April 2023 and resigned from the party the following month to sit as an independent.^[18] Christopher Hudson, elected as a Conservative in 2021, resigned from the party on the 6th September 2024 to join Reform UK.^[19] He was previously Deputy Leader of Suffolk County Council under Colin Noble.

References

^ "Elections | Suffolk County Council". www.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ "LGBCE | Suffolk County Council | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ "Ex-Lowestoft mayor expelled over Sadiq Khan 'Islamophobic post'". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ Steve Barton (21 February 2019). "Haverhill councillor Paula Fox resigns from the Conservative party to become an Independent". Suffolk News. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ Paul Derrick (4 December 2019). "Bury St Edmunds Independent councillor David Nettleton joins the Conservatives". suffolknews.co.uk. Iliffe Media Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ "Suffolk and Ipswich councillor resigns over racist posts". BBC News. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ No by-election was held.
^ Emily Townsend (4 December 2020). "'I felt censured for speaking up': Ex-Tory leader dropped from 2021 elections leaves party". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ Paul Geater (10 April 2021). "Election 2021: Could former Tories deny their party victory in three Suffolk seats?". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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[1] "Elections | Suffolk County Council". www.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[2] "LGBCE | Suffolk County Council | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[3] "Ex-Lowestoft mayor expelled over Sadiq Khan 'Islamophobic post'". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[4] Steve Barton (21 February 2019). "Haverhill councillor Paula Fox resigns from the Conservative party to become an Independent". Suffolk News. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[5] Paul Derrick (4 December 2019). "Bury St Edmunds Independent councillor David Nettleton joins the Conservatives". suffolknews.co.uk. Iliffe Media Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

[6] "Suffolk and Ipswich councillor resigns over racist posts". BBC News. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[7] No by-election was held.

[8] Emily Townsend (4 December 2020). "'I felt censured for speaking up': Ex-Tory leader dropped from 2021 elections leaves party". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[9] Paul Geater (10 April 2021). "Election 2021: Could former Tories deny their party victory in three Suffolk seats?". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[10] Jason Noble (14 May 2021). "Opposition group at Suffolk County Council confirmed". eadt.co.uk. East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

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