2021 Suffolk County Council election

2021 Suffolk County Council election
	6 May 2021
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
Council control before election; Conservative;	Elected Council control ; 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]

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.

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

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

Overall Results

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

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 (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Gerard Hudson	1,087	50.8	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Busby	721	33.7	–3.7
	Labour	Keith Raymond Wade	333	15.6	+2.9
Majority			366	17.1	+13.6
Turnout			6,613	32.7	+0.9
Registered electors			6613
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.8

Cosford (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert James Lindsay	2,122	62.1	+13.8
	Conservative	Jordon Kaine Millward	1,178	34.5	-10.5
	Labour	Christopher Alan 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 (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Kenneth Beer	1,040	49.5	+0.6
	Labour	Emma Jane Bishton	586	27.9	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Bark	253	12.0	+3.5
	Green	James Arthur Killbery	222	10.6	+5.7
Majority			454	21.6
Turnout			2,125	29.8
Registered electors			7,137
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hadleigh (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Fraser	763	35.9	-3.7
	Independent	Kathryn Susanne Grandon	647	30.4	N/A
	Green	Gale Barbara Pryor	373	17.5	+14.0
	Labour Co-op	Angela Lilyan Wiltshire	172	8.1	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Edward Sheldrick	172	8.1	-29.1
Majority			116	5.5
Turnout			2,162	33.0
Registered electors			6,557
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melford (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Edward Kemp	1,696	54.8	-1.2
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Stevens	865	27.9	-0.2
	Green	Ralph Anthony Carpenter	304	9.8	+5.3
	Labour	Kimberley Velvet Clements	232	7.5	+0.3
Majority			831	26.9	-1.0
Turnout			3,132	38.3	+2.6
Registered electors			8,176
	Independent hold		Swing	-0.5

Peninsula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simon Clifford Llewellyn Harley	1,444	42.4	+39.1
	Conservative	Mary Mclaren	1,029	30.2	+7.3
	Independent	Alastair William McCraw	699	20.5	+20.5
	Labour	Keith Robert Rawlings	237	7.0	-1.0
Majority			415	12.2
Turnout			3,425	42.8
Registered electors			7,994
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+15.9

Samford (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Georgia Elyse Hall	1,968	56.8	+13.5
	Independent	Mark John-Harry Hurley	552	15.9	+15.9
	Green	Sallie Jean Davies	545	15.7	+15.7
	Labour	Ian Peter Perry	400	11.5	+2.2
Majority			1,416	40.9	+38.2
Turnout			3,491	42.7	+0.1
Registered electors			8,178
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.2

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

Sudbury (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jessie Kate Carter	1,056	42.0	+37.8
	Conservative	Simon Sudbury	721	28.7	+0.9
	Labour	Jake Owain Thomas	376	15.0	-15.5
	Independent	Trevor Glenn Cresswell	192	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Malcolm Spivey	168	6.7	-4.8
Majority			335	13.3
Turnout			2,535	36.5
Registered electors			6,949
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+26.7

Sudbury East & Waldingfield (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip James Faircloth-Mutton	955	41.7	-11.6
	Independent	Margaret Valerie Maybury	410	17.9	+17.9
	Labour	Louise Violet May Fowler	359	15.7	-9.2
	Independent	Luke Cresswell	345	15.1	+15.1
	Green	Theresa Munson	222	9.7	+5.5
Majority			545	23.8	-4.5
Turnout			2,303	34.3	+2.8
Registered electors			6,715
	Conservative hold		Swing

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 (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T-J Haworth-Culf	1,828	66.6	+17.1
	Labour	Ian William Illett	918	33.4	+10.1
Majority			910	33.2
Turnout			2779	36.2	+1.2
Registered electors			7,678
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beccles (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Caroline Ann Topping	2,594	53.0	+7.7
	Green	Peggy Ann McGregor	2,131	43.5	+13.6
	Conservative	Mark Bee	2,020	41.3	–5.3
	Conservative	Graham Catchpole	1,769	36.1	–5.9
	Labour	Christian Donald Newsome	374	7.6	–3.4
	Labour	Dom Taylor	368	7.5	–0.5
Turnout			4,916	41.6	+0.3
Registered electors			11,811
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green hold

Blything (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard William Lowestoft Smith	1,523	48.7	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Turner	962	30.8	11.5
	Labour	Philip Ernest Harle	640	20.5	2.7
Majority			561	17.9
Turnout			3,154	39.9
Registered electors			7,904
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bungay (1 councillor)^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Cloke	1,335	44.0	9.1
	Green	Annette Beatrix Abbott	1,279	42.2	32.5
	Labour	Donia Petrusia Slyzuk	273	9.0	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Nicholas Awty	145	4.8	1.2
Majority			56	1.8	25.1
Turnout			3,045	41.4	1.9
Registered electors			7,347
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Carlford (1 councillor)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Bryce	2,056	63.2	+7.8
	Green	Daniel Philip Clery	698	21.4	+11.4
	Labour	Alistair Dick	500	15.4	-2.4
Majority			1,358	41.8	+0.2
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.8

Felixstowe Coastal (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Leslie Newman	3,335	57.6
	Conservative	Steve Wiles	3,073	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	Seamus James Townsley Bennett	1,256	21.7
	Labour	Margaret Anne Morris	1,223	21.1
	Labour	Richard Maxwell Sharp Reaville	897	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Candy	874	15.1
	Green	Lesley Mary Bennett	748	12.9
	Communist	Mark William Jones	173	3.0
Majority
Rejected ballots			29	0.3
Turnout				39.3
Registered electors			15,650
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Felixstowe North & Trimley (1 councillor)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Michael Bird	1,472	57.4	+8.2
	Labour	David John Rowe	1,094	42.6	+16.3
Majority			378	14.8	-7.1
Turnout			2604	31.7	-3.3
Registered electors			8213		+627
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.1

Framlingham (1 councillor)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen John Harry Burroughes	1,917	58.5	+1.5
	Labour	Paul David Theaker	754	23.0	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Mercer	572	17.5	+7.5
Majority			1163	35.5	-7.7
Rejected ballots			34	1.0	+0.7
Turnout			3277	42.2	+0.2
Registered electors			7772		+745
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gunton (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Francis Reeder	1,653	42.7	4.4
	Conservative	Ryan Dennis William Banks Harvey	1,633	42.2	5.3
	Labour	Janet Elizabeth Craig	1,309	33.8	3.2
	Labour	Keith John Patience	1,297	33.5	2.4
	Green	Jon Coxon	402	10.4	3.2
	Independent	Steve Ardley	362	9.3	N/A
	Green	Peter Andrew Donald Jackson	348	9.0	4.1
	Independent	Robin Leslie Hinton	201	5.2	N/A
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout			3,872	25.6	1.9
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hadleigh (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Fraser	763	35.9	-3.7
	Independent	Kathryn Susanne Grandon	647	30.4	N/A
	Green	Gale Barbara Pryor	373	17.5	+14.0
	Labour Co-op	Angela Lilyan Wiltshire	172	8.1	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Edward Sheldrick	172	8.1	-29.1
Majority			116	5.5
Turnout			2,162	33.0
Registered electors			6,557
	Conservative hold		Swing

Halesworth (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Annette Mary Dunning	1,546	48.8	+38.8
	Conservative	Tony Goldson	1,287	40.6	-12.9
	Labour Co-op	Peter Harry Coghill	254	8.0	-13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Alexandra Hunt	84	2.6	-6.0
Majority			259	8.2
Turnout			3,194	42.6
Registered electors			7,492
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	25.9

Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Debbie McCallum	3,542	65.4
	Conservative	Stuart Lawson	2,964	54.7
	Labour	Kevin Eric Archer	1,160	21.4
	Labour	Lesley Ann Bensley	848	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brad Clements	756	14.0
	Green	Harrison James Foster	698	12.9
Majority
Turnout				5,451
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kessingland & Southwold (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ladd	1,513	55.0	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Robertson	831	30.2	+12.7
	Labour	Alan Frederick Green	408	14.8	-2.7
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lowestoft South (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jenny Ceresa	2,094	53.1
	Conservative	Jamie Myles Starling	1,744	44.2
	Labour	Sonia Valerie Barker	1,220	30.9
	Labour	David Finnigan	1,016	25.7
	Green	Elise Victoria Youngman	416	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Anthony Light	337	8.5
	Green	Andrew Nathaniel Eastaugh	335	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Shreeve	215	5.4
Majority
Turnout			3,975
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Martlesham (1 councillor)
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
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melford (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Edward Kemp	1,696	54.8	-1.2
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Stevens	865	27.9	-0.2
	Green	Ralph Anthony Carpenter	304	9.8	+5.3
	Labour	Kimberley Velvet Clements	232	7.5	+0.3
Majority			831	26.9	-1.0
Turnout			3,132	38.3	+2.6
Registered electors			8,176
	Independent hold		Swing	-0.5

Oulton (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Nicholas Maillard Back	2,587	53.4
	Conservative	Keith Gordon Robinson	2,404	49.6
	Labour	George King	1,311	27.0
	Labour	Nasima Begum	1,231	25.4
	Green	Peter Ainsworth Lang	410	8.5
	Green	David John Youngman	406	8.4
	Independent	Jenny Hinton	349	7.2
	Independent	Tony Knights	209	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dave O'Neill	133	2.7
Majority
Turnout			4,859
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pakefield (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Melanie Ann Vigo di Gallidoro	2,025	55.3
	Conservative	Craig Daniel Rivett	1,980	54.1
	Labour	Neil Coleby	928	25.3
	Labour	Tess Gandy	873	23.8
	Green	Alice Mary Eastaugh	367	10.0
	Green	Lee Nicholas Martin	342	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	238	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Jane Shreeve	160	4.4
Majority
Turnout			3,672
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickham (1 councillor)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander John McDiarmid Nicoll	1,659	45.9	-2.5
	Green	Rachel Anne Smith-Lyte	1,626	45.0	+37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Helena Frances Williams	327	9.1	-12.1
Majority			33	0.9	-39.5
Turnout			3638	41.2	+2.2
Registered electors			8827		+497
	Conservative hold		Swing	-19.8

Wilford (1 councillor)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Reid	1,603	53.8	-2.9
	Green	Thomas Daly	565	19.0	+6.3
	Labour	John Cook	419	14.1	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Peter Charles Sandbach	364	12.2	0.0
Majority			1038	34.9	-9.2
Rejected ballots			27	0.91	+0.76
Turnout			2978	42.4	+0.4
Registered electors			7024		+372
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodbridge (1 councillor)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Ann Page	1,887	63.5	+12.1
	Conservative	Robin Leonard 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	20,957	41.0	+4.2
	Labour	5	4	19,636	38.4	–2.5
	Liberal Democrat	1		6,676	13.1	±0.0
	Green	0		3,651	7.1	+3.1
	Burning Pink	0		168	0.3	N/A
Total		12		51,088	100.0

Division results

Bixley (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Martin West	1,649	61.6	5.9
	Labour	Paul Ian Bones	636	23.8	0.1
	Green	Stephanie Gillian Cullen	244	9.1	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Arthur Powell	147	5.5	2.9
Majority			1,013	37.8
Turnout			2,696	47.1
Registered electors			5,718
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge (1 councillor)^[15]
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 councillors)^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	2,895	54.8	+14
	Conservative	Nathan Wilson	2,337	44.3	+4.4
	Labour	Helen Charissa Armitage	2,255	42.7	-0.7
	Labour	Peter Kenneth Gardiner	1,970	37.3	-4.1
	Green	Martin Hynes	529	10.0	+10
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Joe Merritt	291	5.5	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Margaret Drake	281	5.3	+0.3
Majority
Turnout				34.4
Registered electors			16,793
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Gainsborough (1 councillor)^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Harsant	1,673	52.9	+11.7
	Labour	Stephen John Connelly	1,162	36.8	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Robert-Smith Packwood	254	8.0	+5.1
	Green	Jenny Rivett	71	2.2	-2.0
Majority			511	16.1
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.1

Priory Heath (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Arthur Quinton	1,030	45.7	-4.7
	Conservative	Edward James Joseph Phillips	912	40.5	+6.3
	Green	Andy Patmore	202	9.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Allen Swinton Jacob	110	4.9	-0.1
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sandy Martin	1,357	43.2	-7.3
	Conservative	Paul Barnard Cawthorn	1,322	42.0	+6.8
	Green	Rachel Morris	234	7.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy James Lockington	231	7.3	+1.6
Majority			35
Turnout			3,172	43.4
Registered electors			7,306
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

St Helen's (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Rose 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 Bryan Daley	212	7.0	-1.3
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Louise 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 Thomas Whitmore	148	5.3	+0.3
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

St Margaret's & Westgate (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Elisabeth Lockington	2,590	39.4
	Conservative	Debbie Richards	2,195	33.4
	Labour	Assis Carreiro	1,989	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver James Holmes	1,840	28.0
	Labour	Stefan William Thomas Long	1,517	23.1
	Green	Kirsty Ellen Wilmot	965	14.7
	Burning Pink	Tina Marjorie Paton Smith	168	2.6
Majority
Turnout			6,612
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehouse & Whitton (2 councillors)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Frederick Goldsmith	2,546	48.1
	Conservative	Sam Murray	2,317	43.8
	Labour	Sophie Jackye Michele Meudec	2,130	40.3
	Labour	Christine Frances Shaw	1,734	32.8
	Green	John William Mann	527	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Edmund Pakes	286	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Pryke	147	2.8
Majority			187 & 583
Rejected ballots			60	0.6	0.51
Turnout			5,350	33.8	4.8
Registered electors			15,821		574
	Conservative hold
	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 (1 councillor)^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Maxine Nadjina Oakes	1,357	49.4	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Phillips	1,034	37.7	-1.0
	Labour	Suzanne Laure Britton	355	12.9	+5.1
Majority			323	11.7	+4.4
Turnout			2,774	34.5	+2.3
Registered electors			8,045
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gipping Valley (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Chambers	1,478	54.0	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Adrienne Joyce Marriott	806	29.5	-10.5
	Labour	Terence Wilson	438	16.0	+6.3
Majority			672	24.6	+12.94
Rejected ballots			13	0.48	+0.2
Turnout			2735	34.8	0.0
Registered electors			7893		+495
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+12.8

Hartismere (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessica Thomasina Fleming	1,900	57.5	-3.7
	Green	Stuart Alan Masters	649	19.6	+4.1
	Labour	Eddie Dougall	532	16.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Peter Appleton	224	6.8	-1.9
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoxne & Eye (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Walter Gould	1,467	45.0	-11.9
	Independent	Guy Kennard Duncan McGregor	806	24.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy William Glenton	623	19.1	+4.6
	Labour	Paul James Anderson	363	11.1	-3.3
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stowmarket North & Stowupland (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Keith Paul Welham	1,512	45.6	+15.9
	Conservative	Gary Michael Green	1,373	41.4	-8.0
	Labour	Will Howman	433	13.1	-1.0
Majority			139	4.2
Turnout
Registered electors
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Stowmarket South (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Edward Scarff	1,030	39.9	7.1
	Conservative	Nick Gowrley	854	33.1	5.2
	Labour	Emma Olivia Bonner-Morgan	380	14.7	1.9
	Independent	David Royston Card	292	11.3
Majority			176
Turnout			2,580	34.8	3.3
Registered electors			7,462
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Thedwastre North (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andy Mellen	1,472	40.6	18.7
	Conservative	Harry Richardson	1,226	33.8	28.3
	Independent	Jane Caroline Storey	706	19.5	19.5
	Labour	Ursula Ajimal	199	5.5	3.9
Majority			246	6.8
Rejected ballots			20	0.5	0.4
Turnout			3,623	42.7	5.4
Registered electors			8,497
	Green gain from Conservative

Thedwastre South (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Otton	1,435	45.6	1.0
	Conservative	John Anthony Augustine	1,321	42.0	1.2
	Labour	Philip John Cockell	364	11.6	2.1
Majority			114	3.6	0.8
Rejected ballots			26	0.8	0.7
Turnout			3,146	43.4	3.4
Registered electors			7,260
	Liberal Democrats hold

Thredling (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Jonathan Rawle Hicks	2,084	63.2	-6.8
	Green	Helen Lyra Bridgeman	602	18.3	N/A
	Labour	Kathleen Teresa Hardy	417	12.7	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Andrew Pearson	192	5.8	-9.6
Majority			1,482	44.9	-11.7
Turnout			3297	42.64
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.6

Upper Gipping (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew George Stringer	2,250	63.3	+9.7
	Conservative	Kieran Lathangue-Clayton	1,075	30.2	-6.8
	Labour	Julie Ann Reynolds	231	6.5	+1.1
Majority
Turnout			3576	45.64
Registered electors
	Green hold		Swing

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 (1 councillor)^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanna Grizelda Spicer	2,421	70.7	11.0
	Green	Warren Gary Lakin	534	15.6	15.6
	Labour	John Richard Bailey	469	13.7	4.6
Majority			1887	55.1
Turnout			3,449	41.4
Registered electors			8,333
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brandon (1 councillor)^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	West Suffolk Independents	Victor Casimir Lukaniuk	808	41.0	-5.9
	Conservative	Christine Anne Mason	766	38.8	+10.7
	Labour	Susan Mary Dean	298	15.1	+3.0
	Green	William Jonathan Tanner	101	5.1	+5.1
Majority			42	2.2	-16.6
Turnout			1,984	28.4
Registered electors			6,992
	WSI hold		Swing

Clare (1 councillor)^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bobby Bennett	2,322	63.3	-3.5
	Labour	Kerry Louise Rogers	704	19.2	+9.5
	Green	Julius John Weldon Bell	642	17.5	+17.5
Majority			1,618	44.1	-7.8
Turnout			3,695	41.1
Registered electors			8,993
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastgate & Moreton Hall (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	973	35.1	1.2
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith	788	28.4	12.9
	Labour	Lorraine Allcocks	378	13.6	1.5
	Independent	Frank Warby	266	9.6	9.6
	Green	Jessica Mari Livsey	266	9.6	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Robert Linehan	84	3.0	7.0
Majority			185	6.7	+1.7
Rejected ballots			17	0.6	+0.4
Turnout			2,772	37.89	2.79
Registered electors			7316		+72
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Exning & Newmarket (1 councillor)^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Dene Serena Hood	1,025	40.0	+2.8
	West Suffolk Independents	Chris O'Neill	683	26.9	+3.9
	Labour	Craig Thomas Warren	579	22.6	-0.4
	Green	Carrie Wheeler	227	8.9	N/A
Majority			342	13.1
Rejected ballots			50	2.0
Turnout			2564	30.1	-1.0
Registered electors			8531
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hardwick (1 councillor)^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Raydon Rout	1,806	61.1	+2.4
	Labour	James Donald Arthur Macpherson	448	15.2	-1.3
	Green	Chris Dexter-Mills	350	11.8	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Wanda Korfanty	329	11.1	-5.7
Majority			1,358	45.9	+4.0
Turnout			2,956	44.2	+2.4
Registered electors			6,692
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartismere (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessica Thomasina Fleming	1,900	57.5	-3.7
	Green	Stuart Alan Masters	649	19.6	+4.1
	Labour	Eddie Dougall	532	16.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Peter Appleton	224	6.8	-1.9
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haverhill Cangle (2 councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joe Mason	1,994	54.2
	Conservative	Heike Sowa	1,429	38.8
	Labour	David Malcolm Smith	869	23.6
	Labour	David Smith	864	23.5
	Independent	Aaron Julian Luccarini	467	12.7
	Independent	Paula Carol Sharon Fox	411	11.2
	Green	Nicola Louise Forsdyke	301	8.2
	Green	Mandy Linda Leathers	276	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Charles Payne	189	5.1
Majority
Turnout			3,682
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haverhill East & Kedington (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David James Roach	1,188	57.4	+9.5
	Labour	Damian Peter Page	469	22.6	-1.5
	Independent	Bruce Davidson	247	11.9	N/A
	Green	Roger Jeremy Mynott	167	8.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2076	29.7	+2.2
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mildenhall (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lance George 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 Michael Ellis Blomfield	151	6.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Joseph George Avison	60	2.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newmarket & Red Lodge (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Drummond	1,232	46.9	-3.6
	Labour	Christopher James Maurice Swallow	497	18.9	+3.3
	West Suffolk Independents	Andrew Jeffery Appleby	468	17.8	+6.3
	Green	Simon Richard Morse	219	8.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Bruce Pinsker	210	8.0	-0.9
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Row Heath (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Lawrence Bennett Noble	1,620	60.4	+8.0
	Labour	Theresa Louise Chipulina	387	14.4	+2.4
	Independent	Don Waldron	369	13.8	N/A
	Green	Claire Unwin	305	11.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thingoe North (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger	1,961	64.7	8.2
	Labour	Katie Parker	471	15.6	0.5
	Green	Oliver George Ingwall King	369	12.2	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Robert Chapman	229	7.6	3.5
Majority			1,490	49.1	4.9
Rejected ballots			22
Turnout			3,052	41.5	15.3
Registered electors			7,363
	Conservative hold

Thingoe South (1 councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Soons	2,192	64.7	3.2
	Labour	Robin Howell Davies	470	13.9	0.7
	Green	Vicki Martin	467	13.8	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Libby Brooks	230	6.8	7.2
Majority			1,722	50.8	3.0
Rejected ballots			29	0.8	0.6
Turnout			3,388	43.4	0.9
Registered electors			7,808
	Conservative hold

Tower (2 councillors)^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Dale Everitt	2,277	37.8
	Conservative	David Nettleton*	2,104	34.9
	Green	Steph Holland	1,993	33.1
	Green	Matthew Stuart Rowe	1,489	24.7
	Labour	Donna Elizabeth Higgins	1,409	23.4
	Labour	Marilyn Ann Sayer	830	13.8
	Independent	Frank Stennett	691	11.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David John Poulson	269	4.5
	Communist	Darren Alan Turner	120	2.0	N/A
Majority			111
Rejected ballots			78
Turnout			6090	36.9	3.8
Registered electors			16,494		928
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

*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	N/A
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

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.^[26]

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.
↑ Steve Barton (21 February 2019). "Haverhill councillor Paula Fox resigns from the Conservative party to become an Independent". Suffolk News. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
↑ "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.
↑ "Bungay results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
↑ "Microsoft Power BI". app.powerbi.com. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
↑ "Felixstowe North & Trimley". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
↑ "Framlingham results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
↑ "Wickham results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
↑ "Wilford Results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
↑ "Woodbridge results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
↑ "Bridge results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
↑ "Microsoft Power BI". app.powerbi.com. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
↑ "Gainsborough Election result". app.powerbi.com. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
↑ "Official Declaration of Result - Whitehouse and Whitton". Twitter. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
↑ "Bosmere Results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
↑ "Blackbourne". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
↑ "Brandon results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
↑ "Clare results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
↑ "Exning & Newmarket results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
↑ "Hardwick". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
↑ "Official Declaration of Result - Tower". Twitter. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
↑ Derrick, Paul (19 May 2023). "Former Bury St Edmunds mayor Peter Thompson quits Conservative Party but will carry on as Independent as "there's still work that needs to be done"". Suffolk News. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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

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

[5] No by-election was held.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] "Bungay results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[SCC_Carlford_Division_2021_election_result-9] "Microsoft Power BI". app.powerbi.com. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[10] "Felixstowe North & Trimley". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[11] "Framlingham results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[12] "Wickham results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[13] "Wilford Results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[14] "Woodbridge results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[15] "Bridge results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[SCC_Chantry_Division_2021_election_results-16] "Microsoft Power BI". app.powerbi.com. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[SCC_Gainsborough_Division_result_2021-17] "Gainsborough Election result". app.powerbi.com. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[18] "Official Declaration of Result - Whitehouse and Whitton". Twitter. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[19] "Bosmere Results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[20] "Blackbourne". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[21] "Brandon results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[22] "Clare results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[23] "Exning & Newmarket results". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[24] "Hardwick". app.powerbi.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[25] "Official Declaration of Result - Tower". Twitter. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[26] Derrick, Paul (19 May 2023). "Former Bury St Edmunds mayor Peter Thompson quits Conservative Party but will carry on as Independent as "there's still work that needs to be done"". Suffolk News. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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