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Suffolk Coastal District Council in Suffolk, England was elected every four years. After the last boundary changes in 2015, 42 councillors were elected from 26 wards.[1][2] The council was abolished in 2019, with the area becoming part of East Suffolk.
Political control
From the first elections to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[3]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1995 | |
No overall control | 1995–1999 | |
Conservative | 1999–2019 |
Leadership
The leader of the council from 1999 until the council's abolition in 2019 was:
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Herring[2] | Conservative | 1999 | 31 Mar 2019 |
Results maps
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
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2015 results map
Council elections
- 1973 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
- 1976 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
- 1979 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
- 1983 Suffolk Coastal District Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
- 1987 Suffolk Coastal District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
- 1991 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
- 1995 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
- 1999 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
- 2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election (New ward boundaries)[6][7]
- 2007 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
- 2011 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
- 2015 Suffolk Coastal District Council election (New ward boundaries)[8]
By-election results
1995–1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 330 | 49.9 | |||
Labour | 170 | 25.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 161 | 24.4 | |||
Majority | 160 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 661 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 278 | 55.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 179 | 35.4 | |||
Labour | 48 | 9.5 | |||
Majority | 99 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 505 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 356 | 68.7 | +21.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 122 | 23.6 | −3.9 | ||
Labour | 40 | 7.7 | −17.3 | ||
Majority | 234 | 45.1 | |||
Turnout | 518 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1999–2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 354 | 55.4 | −11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 179 | 28.0 | +28.0 | ||
Labour | 106 | 16.6 | −16.5 | ||
Majority | 175 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 639 | 40.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 384 | 48.0 | +3.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 320 | 40.0 | +7.6 | ||
Labour | 96 | 12.0 | −11.1 | ||
Majority | 64 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 800 | 28.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 805 | 51.7 | +5.0 | ||
Labour | 751 | 48.3 | −5.0 | ||
Majority | 54 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,556 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 565 | 61.7 | +26.6 | ||
Independent | 182 | 19.9 | −12.6 | ||
Labour | 1,69 | 18.4 | −14.0 | ||
Majority | 383 | 41.8 | |||
Turnout | 916 | 13.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | unopposed | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
2003–2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barry Slater | 455 | 45.2 | +45.2 | |
Conservative | 319 | 31.7 | −29.8 | ||
BNP | Paul Goodchild | 153 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Labour | 80 | 7.9 | +7.9 | ||
Majority | 136 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,007 | 58.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Sennington | 488 | 39.5 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cherrie MacGregor | 456 | 36.6 | −3.5 | |
Independent | Thomas Savage | 168 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Margaret Morris | 134 | 10.8 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 32 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,246 | 36.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 308 | 58.0 | +8.5 | ||
Conservative | 185 | 34.8 | +1.8 | ||
Labour | 38 | 7.2 | −10.3 | ||
Majority | 123 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 531 | 34.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2007–2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Hudson | 316 | 53.7 | −28.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Houseley | 272 | 46.3 | +46.3 | |
Majority | 44 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 588 | 36.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Holdcroft | 313 | 46.0 | −8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Jewers | 254 | 37.4 | +13.1 | |
Green | Anthony Taylor | 57 | 8.4 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Roy Burgon | 56 | 8.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 59 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 680 | 42.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jan Garfield | 856 | 49.2 | −10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Price | 693 | 39.9 | +18.0 | |
Labour | Margaret Morris | 190 | 10.9 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 163 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,739 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Austin | 316 | 66.0 | −6.1 | |
Green | John Barrett | 163 | 34.0 | +34.0 | |
Majority | 153 | 32.0 | |||
Turnout | 479 | 30.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2011–2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoff Lynch | 531 | 55.0 | +11.3 | |
Labour | David Isaacs | 241 | 24.9 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derrick Fairbrother | 194 | 20.1 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 290 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 966 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2015–2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Geater | 612 | 42.1 | +13.3 | |
Labour | Freda Casagrande | 336 | 23.1 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Sammy Betson | 293 | 20.2 | +20.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jules Ewart | 213 | 14.6 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 276 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,454 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Gower | 431 | 50.6 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Turner | 340 | 40.0 | +16.4 | |
Green | Carl Bennett | 80 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 91 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 851 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "How your council works". Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Coastline Magazine, Autumn 2015" (PDF). East Suffolk Council. Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Suffolk Coastal". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ The District of Suffolk Coastal (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
- ^ The Ipswich and Suffolk Coastal (District Boundaries) Order 1985
- ^ "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Suffolk Coastal (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Suffolk Coastal (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ Rozenberg, Gabriel (7 February 2004). "BNP rural ambitions buoyed by Suffolk poll". The Times. p. 13.
- ^ Millward, David (7 February 2004). "BNP man beaten after celebrities' campaign". The Daily Telegraph. p. 9.
- ^ "Conservatives hold Felixstowe South seat" (PDF). Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "No change after Salford battle". The Guardian. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Witnesham by-election – 31 July 2008". Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Woodbridge by-elections – 18 September 2008". Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Election Results". Felixstowe TV. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Walberswick and Wenhaston by-election, 9 July 2009". Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kesgrave East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leiston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Wenhaston and Westleton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.