Suffolk local elections

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Suffolk Council is elected every four years.

Contents

[edit] Political control

Conservative 1973 - 1993

No overall control 1993 - 2005

Conservative 2005 - present

[edit] Council elections

Suffolk Council election, 2001

Suffolk Council election, 2005

Suffolk Council election, 2009

[edit] By-election results

[edit] 1993-1997

Broomhill By-Election 3 October 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 571 41.9
Conservative 554 40.6
Liberal Democrat 237 17.4
Majority 17 1.3
Turnout 1,362
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

[edit] 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 Democrat 144 13.0 -2.0
Majority 178 16.1
Turnout 1,104
Labour hold Swing
Peninsula By-Election 6 April 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 1,193 66.3 +1.2
Conservative 504 28.0 -6.8
Green 102 5.7 +5.7
Majority 689 38.3
Turnout 1,799 31.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

[edit] 2001-2005

Thedwastre South By-Election 17 January 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 991 47.4 +7.9
Liberal Democrat 982 47.0 +8.5
Green 116 5.6 +5.6
Majority 9 0.4
Turnout 2,089 28.6
Conservative hold Swing
Ipswich Town By-Election 2 May 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 819 53.6 -0.6
Conservative 369 24.3 -0.5
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 645 38.0 +4.3
Labour 588 34.6 -14.2
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 989 54.5 +1.9
Liberal Democrat 716 39.4 -8.0
Labour 111 6.1 +6.1
Majority 273 15.1
Turnout 1,816 35.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wickham By-Election 6 March 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,114 50.9 +7.2
Liberal Democrat 870 39.7 +8.5
Labour 206 9.4 -15.8
Majority 244 11.2
Turnout 2,190 31.2
Conservative hold Swing
Gainsborough By-Election 1 May 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 711 45.5 -15.1
Conservative 463 29.4 +4.3
Liberal Democrat 313 20.1 +6.1
Christian 74 4.7 +4.7
Majority 248 15.8
Turnout 1,561 24.5
Labour hold Swing
Felixstowe Ferry By-Election 5 February 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,401 65.5 +12.9
Liberal Democrat 456 21.3 +0.6
Labour 281 13.1 -13.5
Majority 945 44.2
Turnout 2,138 32.0
Conservative hold Swing
Woodbridge By-Election 15 April 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 990 43.8 +4.3
Liberal Democrat Diana Ball 867 38.3 +9.9
Labour 194 8.6 -18.4
English Democrats Robert Jay 139 6.1 +6.1
Majority 123 5.5
Turnout 2,190 32.0
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] 2005-2009

Stowmarket South By-Election 2 February 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Whybrow 733 35.0 +0.9
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Sale 1,338 36.5 +2.8
Labour Terence Kelly 1,097 29.9 -1.2
UK Independence Derek Hackett 592 16.1 +16.1
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Noble 1,222 61.5 +20.7
UK Independence Ian Smith 297 14.9 +5.6
Labour David Bowman 219 11.0 -11.1
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 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
UK Independence Chris Streatfield 85 3.8 +3.8
Majority 94 4.3
Turnout 2,220 32.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Stowmarket North and Stowupland By-Election 17 April 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Green 834 38.8 -0.7
Liberal Democrat Nicky Turner 781 36.3 +18.1
Green Nigel Rozier 231 10.7 +1.6
Labour Duncan Macpherson 190 8.8 -24.5
UK Independence Christopher Streatfield 114 5.3 +5.3
Majority 53 2.5
Turnout 2,150 27.0
Conservative hold Swing

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