Chapter 44  Suffolk

44.1  Babergh

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Alton (2)

David Wood  LD  686 
Duncan Read  LD  587 
Kenneth Felstead  Ind  380  
Patricia Cave  C  305  

Berners (2)

Wendy Sadler  LD  856 
Penny Clarke  LD  723 
Peter Burgoyne  C  267  

Boxford

Bryn Hurren  LD  Unop.

Brett Vale

Desmond Keane  C  Unop.

Brook (2)

Peter Jones  Ind  611 
Nicholas Ridley  C  492 
Dale Cartwright  LD  471  

Bures St Mary

Peter Holbrook  C  Unop.

Chadacre

James Long  Ind  Unop.

Dodnash (2)

Michael Miller  LD  753 
John Hinton  C  634 
Ian St John  Grn  315 

Glemsford and Stanstead (2)

Rex Thake  LD  Unop.
Len Young  Ind  Unop.

Great Cornard North (2)

Anthony Bavington  Lab  280 
Neil MacMaster  Lab  262 
Carol Beer  C  253  
David Thomas  C  218  
Derek Allen  UKIP  195  

Great Cornard South (2)

Peter Beer  C  371 
Humphrey Todd  C  353 
Susan Gibson  Lab  234  
Patrick Treacy  Lab  215  
Richard Platt  LD  117  
Cynthia Allen  UKIP  114  

Hadleigh North (2)

James Quinlan  Lab  360 
Keith Grimsey  Lab  317 
Eileen Banks  Ind  269  
Peter Matthews  LD  260  
Ann Stephenson  LD  251  
Pat White  C  154  

Hadleigh South (2)

David Grutchfield  LD  644 
Jean Chapman  LD  369 
Jan Byrne  Ind  266  
Sheila Webb  C  232  
Penelope Cook  Lab  186  
Susan Monks  Lab  151  

Holbrook

David Rose  Ind  380 
Annette Steggles  LD  284  

Lavenham

John Roberts  C  506 
Fiona Jenkins  LD  187  

Leavenheath

Jennifer Jenkins  C  Unop.

Long Melford (2)

Richard Kemp  Ind  800 
John Brand  Ind  571 
David Burch  C  430  

Lower Brett

Susan Wigglesworth  Ind  Unop.

Mid Samford (2)

Susan Carpendale  LD  781 
Gerald White  C  778 
David Yorke-Edwards  C  648  
Leonard Johnson  LD  633  

Nayland

Christopher Hunt  LD  428 
John Cave  C  420  

North Cosford

Clive Arthey  Ind  436 
Dick Sands  C  367  

Pinewood (2)

David Busby  LD  358 
Colin Kerr  LD  309 
Colin Hurcombe  C  255  

South Cosford

Brian Lazenby  LD  438 
Joyce Jardine  C  267  

Sudbury East (2)

Jack Owen  Lab  396 
Albert Pearce  LD  343 
Sylvia Byham  C  331  

Sudbury North (2)

John Sayers  C  412 
Nicholas Irwin  Lab  322 
Raymond Smith  C  303  
Andrew Welsh  LD  214 

Sudbury South (2)

Nigel Bennett  LD  381 
Martyn Booth  LD  365 
Peter Goodchild  C  280  
David Regester  Lab  162  

Waldingfield (2)

Colin Spence  C  664 
Frances Bates  LD  587 
David Jardine  C  500  

Consolidated Results — Babergh

Liberal Democrat     7,788  37.2%  18 councillors (2 unopposed)
Conservative         7,418  35.5%  11 councillors (3 unopposed)
Independents         3,142  15.0%   8 councillors (3 unopposed)
Labour               1,940   9.3%   6 councillors
Green Party            315   1.5%
UK Independence Party  309   1.5%

44.2  Forest Heath

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

WSIA = West Suffolk Independent Alliance

All Saints (2)

Geoffrey Jaggard  C  445
Robin Millar  C  367
Sheila Malham  Lab  201
Kevin Yarrow  Lab  170

Brandon East (3)

Stephen Edwards  C  567
Susan Vincent  C  464
Edward Stewart  Ind  451
Reginald Silvester  C  387
Stephen Dean  Lab  288
Norman Silver  Ind  284

Brandon West (2)

William Bishop  C  397
David Turner  C  233
Jacqueline Bourton  WSIA  123
Thomas Silver  Lab  109
Pamela Brown  Lab  105
Alan Saxby  Ind  91

Eriswell and The Rows (2)

Terence Waters  C  584
Robert Newman  WSIA  460
David Newton  C  298
David Bowman  Lab  234

Exning

Donald Levick  C  254
John Patmore  Lab  147

Great Heath (2)

Nigel Roman  C  395
Anthony Wheble  C  274
John Taylor  Lab  220
John Barker  Ind  219
David Whitear  UKIP  79

Iceni

Rona Burt  WSIA  297
Susan Syvret  C  238

Lakenheath (2)

Bruce Rutterford  C  506
Roger Crane  C  473
Ian Smith  UKIP  357
Trevor Whitpen  WSIA  221

Manor

Stephen Richards  Ind  240
David Cox  WSIA  172
Edwin Pigerham  C  144

Market (2)

John McGhee  C  339
Malcolm Smith  C  251
Clifford Horne  Lab  250
Lynne Nunn  WSIA  149
Grenville Dale  Ind  108
George Hayes  UKIP  106
Herbert Hitt  UKIP  86

Red Lodge (2)

Lisa Chambers  C  193
Charles Duncan  Ind  153
Peter Merrick  C  113
Julie Middleton  Ind  110
Brian Woodcock  Ind  107

St Mary's (3)

Terence Mills  WSIA  445
William Sadler  C  443
Carol Lynch  C  429
Andrew Drummond  WSIA  394
Elaine Weaver  C  340
Michael Jefferys  Lab  334
Paul Dwane  Lab  250
Rubiya Ahsan  Lab  212
David Hudson  UKIP  166

Severals (3)

George Lambton  C  369
Maureen Hills  C  322
Christopher Barker  C  309
James Littlewood  WSIA  285
John Hirst  WSIA  262
William George  LD  251
Jamie Burnett  Lab  210
Vivien Uney  Lab  196

South

Robert Goff  C  329
Brian Gray  Ind  301

Consolidated Results — Forest Heath

Conservative                       5,203  43.4%  20 councillors
West Suffolk Independent Alliance  2,152  18.0%   3 councillors
Labour                             1,993  16.6%
Independents                       1,670  13.9%   3 councillors
UK Independence Party                708   5.9%
Liberal Democrat                     251   2.1%

44.3  Ipswich

One-third of council up for election.

CPA = Christian People's Alliance

Alexandra

Jane Chambers  LD  807  
John Cook  Lab  649   
Maureen Springle  C  321 
Jane Scott  Grn  106   

Bixley

Stephen Barker  C  1,097  
John Rivett  LD  711 
Martyn Green  Lab  403   
Dave Cooper  CPA  155   

Bridge

Philip Smart  Lab  611  
Duncan Titchmarsh  C  491 
Nicholas Jacob  LD  315   

Castle Hill

David Goldsmith  C  1,205 
James Adams  Lab  443   
Dennis Day  LD  431   

Gainsborough

Don Edwards  Lab  712  
Adam Ramsey  C  454 
Catherine Chambers  LD  304   
Jonathan Barnes  CPA  83   

Gipping

Peter Gardiner  Lab  652 
Nadia Cenci  C  464   
Charles Blue  LD  348   

Holywells

Elizabeth Harsant  C  882
Robert Daines  Lab  429
Robin Whitmore  LD  290

Priory Heath

Dali Jabbar  Lab  509
Sarah Dodwell  C  446
Catherine French  LD  286
Sally Wainman  Ind  88

Rushmere

Eileen Smith  C  991
Richard Kirby  Lab  749
Roberta Kerslake  LD  391
Stephen Bloomfield  CPA  162

St John's

Neil MacDonald  Lab  778
Stephen Ion  C  684
Louise Gooch  LD  413
Janet Phipps  Grn  111

St Margaret's

John Cooper  LD  1,211
David Brown  C  1,079
Jane Shaw  Lab  341

Sprites

John Le Grys  Lab  700
Robert Hall  C  693
Catherine Stafford  LD  288

Stoke Park

Stephen Cook  C  723
Keith Rawlingson  Lab  635
Adrian Brown  LD  380

Westgate

Martin Cook  Lab  568
Julia Schubert  C  467
Kenneth Toye  LD  358

Whitehouse

George King  LD  555
Christopher Newbury  Lab  435
Colin Morgan  C  417

Whitton

Sandra Doyle  C  757
Carole Jones  Lab  658
Jill Atkins  LD  280

Consolidated Results — Ipswich

Conservative             11,171  39.2%  6 councillors
Labour                    9,272  32.5%  7 councillors
Liberal Democrat          7,368  25.8%  3 councillors
Christian Peoples Alliance  400   1.4%
Green Party                 217   0.8%
Independent                  88   0.3%

44.4  Mid Suffolk

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Bacton and Old Newton

Michael Shave  Ind  420
David Hodges  C  270
Roger Stearn  Grn  178

Badwell Ash

Roy Barker  C  668
Malcolm Saunders  LD  373

Barking and Somersham

Vivienne Hoy  LD  Unop.

Bramford and Blakenham (2)

Gary Install  Lab  Unop.
Roger Saunders  C  Unop.

Claydon and Barham (2)

Clive Crane  LD  756
Sally Eastall  LD  712
John Williams  C  538
Neil Cooper  C  485

Debenham

Edward Alcock  C  386
Manuelo Lorenzo  LD  221
Merlin Carr  Grn  125

Elmswell and Norton (2)

Carol Milward  LD  873
Douglas Reed  LD  850
David Etchells-Butler  C  453

Eye

Charles Flatman  Ind  Unop.

Fressingfield

George Frost  Ind  454
Garry Deeks  Ind  117
Mary Goode  LD  88
Emily Beanland  Grn  79

Gislingham

Diana Kearsley  C  572
Terence O'Keefe  Lab  294

Haughley and Wetherden

John Davie-Thornhill  C  335
David Evans  Lab  307

Helmingham and Coddenham

Timothy Passmore  C  415
Simon West  LD  252

Hoxne

Christopher Lawrence  C  463
Robert Van Slooten  LD  275

Mendlesham

Andrew Stringer  Grn  472
John Gilmour  C  412

Needham Market (2)

Wendy Marchant  LD  740
Michael Norris  LD  517
Ian Mason  C  468
Raymond Darnell  C  465
David Hill  Lab  173

Onehouse

Bruce Cameron-Laker  C  297
Robert Cray  LD  293
John Matthissen  Grn  108

Palgrave

Charles Michell  C  418
Elaine Halton  Lab  164

Rattlesden

Penelope Otton  LD  488
Lord Morris  Ind  177

Rickinghall and Walsham (2)

Alec Russell  C  812
Sara Michell  C  797
John Dougall  Lab  409

Ringshall

Patricia Godden  LD  340
Eleanor Rauh  C  286

The Stonhams

Anthony Fowler  LD  333
Richard Passmore  C  300
Nicholas Hardingham  Grn  104

Stowmarket Central (2)

Gordon Paton  C  621
Poppy Robinson  C  558
Marilyn Finbow  Lab  518
Ronald Snell  Lab  428

Stowmarket North (3)

Frank Shephard  C  621
Frank Whittle  C  571
Duncan Macpherson  Lab  455
John Drake  Lab  448
Suzanne Britton  Lab  446

Stowmarket South (2)

Brenda McKinlay  LD  533
Vera Waspe  C  517
Keith Scarff  LD  504
Keith Myers-Hewitt  C  479

Stowupland

Ivan Lockett  C  384
Timothy Lodge  Lab  198

Stradbroke and Laxfield

Stuart Gemmill  Ind  438
Sarah Coulter  LD  115
Adrian Green  Grn  104

Thurston and Hessett (2)

Derrick Haley  C  687
Alan Stiff  C  639
David Kemplay  LD  384
Donald Stevenson  Lab  369

Wetheringsett

Charles Tilbury  C  Unop.

Woolpit

Ramon Melvin  Ind  361
Ann Cooke  LD  133

Worlingworth

Paul Debenham  C  547
Denise Foster  LD  160

Consolidated Results — Mid Suffolk

Conservative     10,470  45.8%  21 councillors (2 unopposed)
Liberal Democrat  6,357  27.8%  11 councillors (1 unopposed)
Labour            2,887  12.6%   2 councillors (1 unopposed)
Independents      1,967   8.6%   5 councillors (1 unopposed)
Green Party       1,170   5.1%   1 councillor

44.5  St Edmundsbury

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Abbeygate (2)

Paul Farmer  C  982
Michael Ames  Ind  666
Brian Lockwood  Ind  386

Bardwell

John Hale  C  485
James Lumley  UKIP  180

Barningham

James Simmons  C  Unop.

Barrow

Ian Houler  C  Unop.

Cavendish

Peter Stevens  C  Unop.

Chedburgh

Nigel Aitkens  C  Unop.

Clare

Jeffrey Stevens  C  Unop.

Eastgate

Patricia Warby  C  383
Leslie Button  Lab  290

Fornham

Michael Jones  C  Unop.

Great Barton

Margaret Horbury  C  Unop.

Haverhill East (3)

Ernest Goody  Lab  639
Patrick Hanlon  Lab  603
Susan Howard  Lab  601
Gordon Cox  C  597
Janet Johnson  C  586
David Rosen  C  525

Haverhill North (3)

Gerry Kiernan  Lab  859
Ann Thomas  Lab  717
Phillip French  Lab  689
Timothy Marks  C  668
John Harris  C  649
Edgar Morton  C  599

Haverhill South (2)

Mary Martin  Lab  472
Maggie Lee  Lab  461
Dorothy Whittaker  C  264
Pippa Farthing  C  263

Haverhill West (2)

Adam Whittaker  C  591
Jeremy Farthing  C  522
Julie Jupp  Lab  400
Lynne Brixius  Lab  359

Horringer and Whelnetham

Terence Clements  C  429
Bert Biglin  Ind  424

Hundon

Margaret Warwick  C  Unop.

Ixworth

John Griffiths  C  Unop.

Kedington

Geoffrey Rushbrooke  C  423
Alan Pearson  Lab  250

Minden (2)

Margaret Charlesworth  C  718
Derek Speakman  C  665
Ray Nowak  Lab  663
Colin Muge  Lab  613

Moreton Hall (3)

Terence Buckle  C  868
Francis Warby  C  861
Trevor Beckwith  Lab  624
Anthony Jones  Lab  439
Elle Zwandahl  Lab  391

Northgate

David Lockwood  Lab  364
Richard Mortlock  Ind  153
Eric Flack  C  107

Pakenham

Christopher Spicer  C  423
David Chappell  LD  214

Risby

Helen Levack  C  Unop.

Risbygate (2)

David Nettleton  Ind  617
Robert Everitt  C  478
Mark Ereira-Guyer  Lab  440
Jennifer Hart  Lab  279

Rougham

Sara Mildmay-White  C  550
Adrian Grenville  Lab  164

St Olaves

Sheila Wormleighton  Lab  662
Robert Cockle  Lab  608
George Cockram  C  286
Hugh Forster  C  253

Southgate (2)

Allan Jones  LD  804
David Bradbury  LD  748
Paul Hopfensperger  C  744
Martin Milnes  C  681

Stanton

Jim Thorndyke  C  Unop.

Westgate (2)

Andrew Varley  C  633
Stefan Oliver  C  549
Gerry Taylor  LD  412
Robert Corfe  Lab  322
Roger Waters  Ind  307
Desmond Astley-Cooper  LD  316

Wickhambrook

Derek Redhead  Ind  395
Alexander Bridges  C  278

Withersfield

Robert Clifton-Brown  C  Unop.

Consolidated Results — St Edmundsbury

Conservative         9,907  49.0%  28 councillors (12 unopposed)
Labour               6,149  30.4%  12 councillors
Independent          2,562  12.7%   3 councillors
Liberal Democrat     1,430   7.1%   2 councillors
UK Independence Party  180   0.9%

44.6  Suffolk Coastal

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

FAC = Firefighters against Cuts

Aldeburgh (2)

Anthony Warren  C  826
Margaret Wilson  C  818
Lisabeth Hoad  LD  609
Keith Dickerson  LD  557
William Berry  Grn  131

Earl Soham

Neil Jackson  C  442
Ronald Else  LD  289
Edward Thompson  Grn  75

Farlingaye

Annabel Healey  LD  289
Benjamin Redsell  C  193
Thomas Guest  Lab  102

Felixstowe East (2)

Doreen Savage  C  936
Christopher Slemmings  C  852
David Houseley  LD  395
Mervyn Sheppard  LD  317
Harriet Bennett  Lab  222
John Mullen  Lab  201

Felixstowe North (2)

Ann Rodwell  C  464
Michael Deacon  Lab  459
Peter Coleman  C  403
Dennis Carpenter  Lab  380
Steven Brinkley  FAC  156
Paul Woolstenholmes  FAC  151
Bernard Price  LD  132
Robert Sherratt  LD  116

Felixstowe South (2)

David Smith  C  535
David Bentinck  C  529
Doreen Rayner  LD  483
Cherrie MacGregor  LD  473
Mark Campbell  Lab  187
Stephen Tuthill  Lab  159

Felixstowe South East (2)

Malcolm Minns  C  878
Andrew Smith  C  840
Ruth Campbell  Lab  325
Lee Reeves  LD  289
Andrew Yates  LD  289
Mark Knight  Lab  284

Felixstowe West (3)

Henry Dangerfield  LD  709
Doris Paddick  LD  685
Michael Ninnmey  LD  594
Marian Pettit  Lab  395
Margaret Morris  Lab  382
Peter Waller  Lab  356
Graham Newman  C  332
Eric Bishop  C  314
Joan Sennington  C  301

Framlingham (2)

Kenneth Musgrave  C  710
Winter Rose  C  678
David Griffiths  LD  459
Mark Baker  LD  383
Marion Gaze  Grn  118

Grundisburgh

Ian Jowers  C  430
Elise Joiner  Grn  196

Hacheston

Colin Hart  C  525
Rachel Fulcher  Grn  194

Hollesley with Eyke

Rhona Sturrock  C  402
Vivien Mason  LD  300

Kesgrave East (3)

Norman Bugg  C  Unop.
John Hammond  C  Unop.
John Klaschka  C  Unop.

Kesgrave West (2)

Veronica Read  LD  418
Robert Grimwood  C  406
Jean Zoller  C  397
John Briggs  LD  365

Kyson

Edward Binns  C  243
Roy Burgon  Lab  141
Andrew Craig-Bennett  LD  105
John Brownsord  UKIP  78

Leiston (3)

John Geater  C  758
Trevor Hawkins  C  683
Andrew Nunn  C  593
Jaqueline Morrissey  LD  532
Terence Hodgson  Lab  486
John Troughton  Lab  417
Robert Stroud  Ind  207

Martlesham (2)

John Kelso  LD  868
Rebecca Foster  LD  674
Christopher Blundell  C  571
Anthony Ramsey  C  491
John Forbes  Grn  287

Melton and Ufford (2)

John Perry  C  748
Paul Callaghan  C  663
Geoffrey Butterwick  LD  537
Colin Coates  LD  533

Nacton (2)

Veronica Falconer  C  Unop.
Patricia O'Brien  C  Unop.

Orford and Tunstall

Raymond Herring  C  514
Peter Perren  LD  227

Otley

Peter Bellfield  C  500
Sheila Else  LD  218

Peasenhall

Stephen Burroughes  C  373
Raymond Andrews  LD  197
Jennifer Berry  Grn  155

Rendlesham

Philip Dunnett  C  246
Karen Wroe  LD  154

Riverside

Clifford Cocker  C  393
Sally Bull  LD  247
Rachel Smith-Lyte  Grn  87

Rushmere St Andrew (3)

Dennis Gooch  C  Unop.
Gordon Laing  C  Unop.
Robert Whiting  C  Unop.

Saxmundham (2)

Peter Batho  C  568
Marian Andrews  LD  457
William Wild  C  435
Donald Tricker  LD  347
Kevin Welton  Lab  252
Edna Salmon  Lab  172

Seckford

Nigel Barratt  C  370
Robert Montgomery  LD  315

Snape

Cyril Fidler  C  393
Winifred Moss  LD  219

Sutton

Christine Block  LD  306
Dudley Deas  C  277

Trimleys with Kirton (3)

Sherrie Green  C  742
Mary Dixon  Lab  735
James Bidwell  C  688
Terence Eastman  C  648
Michael Pulford  Lab  550
Catherine Knight  Lab  458
Gary Paddick  LD  420
Imogen Dangerfield  LD  413

Walberswick and Wenhaston

Raeburn Leighton  C  463
Andrew Block  LD  277

Wickham Market

Bruan Hall  LD  343
Dorothy East  C  166
Valerie Pizzey  Lab  52

Witnesham

John Leggett  C  Unop.

Yoxford

Peter Wragg  C  412
John Barrett  Grn  258

Consolidated Results — Suffolk Coastal

Conservative            14,316  49.0%  43 councillors (9 unop.)
Liberal Democrat         9,576  32.8%  10 councillors
Labour                   3,356  11.5%   2 councillors
Green Party              1,501   5.1%
Independent                207   0.7%
Firefighters against Cuts  156   0.5%
UK Independence Party       78   0.3%

44.7  Waveney

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Gunton and Corton, Kessingland, Lothingland, Oulton Broad, Southwold and Reydon, The Saints or Wainford.

Beccles North

Brian Woodruff  C  540
Alan Thwaites  Lab  468
Brian Aylett  UKIP  258
Graham Elliott  Grn  185
Frances Mitchell  LD  152

Beccles South

Michael Adams  Lab  373
Neil Smith  C  336
Alison Briggs  LD  159
Michael McGee  Grn  54

Blything

Wendy Mawer  C  491
Angela Turner  Lab  115
David O'Neill  LD  58
Michael Platt  Grn  58

Bungay

John Groom  C  697
Lynn Derges  Lab  419
Wendy Curry  LD  173
Simon Thompson  Grn  144

Carlton

Frank Mortimer  C  501
Peter Shelley  Lab  199
Brian Howe  LD  133
Emma Waller  Grn  30

Carlton Colville

Kathleen Grant  C  580
Paul Widdowson  Lab  356
John Marsden  LD  161
Richard Vinton  Grn  53

Halesworth

Robert Niblett  C  684
Julie McLoughlin  Lab  274
Paul Whitlow  Grn  270
Henri Watts  LD  150

Harbour

Norman Keable  Ind  575
Ian Graham  Lab  412
Jack Thain  LD  304
James Fraser  C  150
Peter Taylor  Grn  56

Kirkley

Gifford Baxter  LD  710
Josette Bellham  Lab  416
Paul Kimble  C  178
Maxine Narburgh  Grn  82

Normanston

David Thomas  Lab  467
Dorothy Blenkinsopp  C  405
Andrew Thomas  LD  190
Stephen Sizer  Grn  65
Nicholas Bird  Soc All  59

Oulton

Peter Collecott  Ind  461
Marie Rodgers  Lab  289
Andrew Borrett  C  274
Diana Whiting  Grn  40

Pakefield

Stephen Barrett  Lab  782
Marcus Ardley  C  562
Lorraine Lakes  LD  362
Melanie Harrison  Grn  96

St Margaret's

Rosemary Winterton  Lab  626
John Burford  C  540
Patricia Anderson  LD  202
Colin Boor  Grn  71

Whitton

Emily Barrett  Lab  654
Barry Bee  C  421
Reginald Allen  Ind  260
Sandra Tonge  LD  209
James Stoddart  Grn  57

Worlingham

Kenneth Sale  C  691
Michael Turner  Lab  278
Philip Mitchell  LD  193
Nicola Elliott  Grn  57

Wrentham

John Goldsmith  C  370
Jack Seal  Lab  86
Nicholas Bromley  LD  74
Ray Cameron-Goodman  Grn  43

Consolidated Results — Waveney

Conservative         7,410  37.4%  8 councillors
Labour               6,214  31.3%  6 councillors
Liberal Democrat     3,230  16.3%  1 councillor
Green Party          1,361   6.9%
Independents         1,296   6.5%  2 councillors
UK Independence Party  258   1.3%
Socialist Alliance      59   0.3%