Local Election Results 2003
Suffolk Coastal
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. Nine Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.
FAC = Firefighters against Cuts
Other results for Suffolk Coastal:
2007
2011
2015
By-elections for Suffolk Coastal (may be incomplete): 5th February 2004 (Yoxford)
— 22nd April 2004 (Felixstowe S.)
— 10th March 2005 (Farlingaye)
— 31st July 2008 (Witnesham)
— 18th September 2008 (Riverside)
— 4th June 2009 (Felixstowe S.E.)
— 9th July 2009 (Walberswick & Wenhaston)
— 9th February 2012 (Kesgrave E.)
— 17th May 2018 (Leiston)
— 20th September 2018 (Wenhaston & Westleton)
Results for Suffolk county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
14816 |
49.5% |
43 |
| Liberal Democrat |
9794 |
32.7% |
10 |
| Labour |
3356 |
11.2% |
2 |
| Green Party |
1501 |
5.0% |
0 |
| Independent |
207 |
0.7% |
0 |
| Firefighters Against Cuts |
156 |
0.5% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
78 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Anthony Warren |
C |
826 |
52.7% |
| Margaret Wilson |
C |
818 |
|
| Lisabeth Hoad |
LD |
609 |
38.9% |
| Keith Dickerson |
LD |
557 |
|
| William Berry |
Grn |
131 |
8.4% |
| Neil Jackson |
C |
442 |
54.8% |
| Ronald Else |
LD |
289 |
35.9% |
| Edward Thompson |
Grn |
75 |
9.3% |
| Annabel Healey |
LD |
289 |
49.5% |
| Benjamin Redsell |
C |
193 |
33.0% |
| Thomas Guest |
Lab |
102 |
17.5% |
| Doreen Savage |
C |
936 |
60.3% |
| Christopher Slemmings |
C |
852 |
|
| David Houseley |
LD |
395 |
25.4% |
| Mervyn Sheppard |
LD |
317 |
|
| Harriet Bennett |
Lab |
222 |
14.3% |
| John Mullen |
Lab |
201 |
|
| Ann Rodwell |
C |
464 |
38.3% |
| Michael Deacon |
Lab |
459 |
37.9% |
| Peter Coleman |
C |
403 |
|
| Dennis Carpenter |
Lab |
380 |
|
| Steven Brinkley |
FAC |
156 |
12.9% |
| Paul Woolstenholmes |
FAC |
151 |
|
| Bernard Price |
LD |
132 |
10.9% |
| Robert Sherratt |
LD |
116 |
|
| David Smith |
C |
535 |
44.4% |
| David Bentinck |
C |
529 |
|
| Doreen Rayner |
LD |
483 |
40.1% |
| Cherrie MacGregor |
LD |
473 |
|
| Mark Campbell |
Lab |
187 |
15.5% |
| Stephen Tuthill |
Lab |
159 |
|
| Malcolm Minns |
C |
878 |
58.8% |
| Andrew Smith |
C |
840 |
|
| Ruth Campbell |
Lab |
325 |
21.8% |
| Lee Reeves |
LD |
289 |
19.4% |
| Andrew Yates |
LD |
289 |
|
| Mark Knight |
Lab |
284 |
|
| Henry Dangerfield |
LD |
709 |
49.4% |
| Doris Paddick |
LD |
685 |
|
| Michael Ninnmey |
LD |
594 |
|
| Marian Pettit |
Lab |
395 |
27.5% |
| Margaret Morris |
Lab |
382 |
|
| Peter Waller |
Lab |
356 |
|
| Graham Newman |
C |
332 |
23.1% |
| Eric Bishop |
C |
314 |
|
| Joan Sennington |
C |
301 |
|
| Kenneth Musgrave |
C |
710 |
55.2% |
| Winter Rose |
C |
678 |
|
| David Griffiths |
LD |
459 |
35.7% |
| Mark Baker |
LD |
383 |
|
| Marion Gaze |
Grn |
118 |
9.2% |
| Ian Jowers |
C |
430 |
68.7% |
| Elise Joiner |
Grn |
196 |
31.3% |
| Colin Hart |
C |
525 |
73.0% |
| Rachel Fulcher |
Grn |
194 |
27.0% |
| Rhona Sturrock |
C |
402 |
57.3% |
| Vivien Mason |
LD |
300 |
42.7% |
| Norman Bugg |
C |
unop. |
|
| John Hammond |
C |
unop. |
|
| John Klaschka |
C |
unop. |
|
| Veronica Read |
LD |
418 |
50.7% |
| Robert Grimwood |
C |
406 |
49.3% |
| Jean Zoller |
C |
397 |
|
| John Briggs |
LD |
365 |
|
| Edward Binns |
C |
243 |
42.9% |
| Roy Burgon |
Lab |
141 |
24.9% |
| Andrew Craig-Bennett |
LD |
105 |
18.5% |
| John Brownsord |
UKIP |
78 |
13.8% |
| John Geater |
C |
758 |
38.2% |
| Trevor Hawkins |
C |
683 |
|
| Andrew Nunn |
C |
593 |
|
| Jaqueline Morrissey |
LD |
532 |
26.8% |
| Terence Hodgson |
Lab |
486 |
24.5% |
| John Troughton |
Lab |
417 |
|
| Robert Stroud |
Ind |
207 |
10.4% |
| John Kelso |
LD |
868 |
50.3% |
| Rebecca Foster |
LD |
674 |
|
| Christopher Blundell |
C |
571 |
33.1% |
| Anthony Ramsey |
C |
491 |
|
| John Forbes |
Grn |
287 |
16.6% |
| John Perry |
C |
748 |
58.2% |
| Paul Callaghan |
C |
663 |
|
| Geoffrey Butterwick |
LD |
537 |
41.8% |
| Colin Coates |
LD |
533 |
|
| Veronica Falconer |
C |
unop. |
|
| Patricia O'Brien |
C |
unop. |
|
| Raymond Herring |
C |
514 |
69.4% |
| Peter Perren |
LD |
227 |
30.6% |
| Peter Bellfield |
C |
500 |
69.6% |
| Sheila Else |
LD |
218 |
30.4% |
| Stephen Burroughes |
C |
373 |
51.4% |
| Raymond Andrews |
LD |
197 |
27.2% |
| Jennifer Berry |
Grn |
155 |
21.4% |
| Philip Dunnett |
C |
246 |
61.5% |
| Karen Wroe |
LD |
154 |
38.5% |
| Clifford Cocker |
C |
393 |
54.1% |
| Sally Bull |
LD |
247 |
34.0% |
| Rachel Smith-Lyte |
Grn |
87 |
12.0% |
| Dennis Gooch |
C |
unop. |
|
| Gordon Laing |
C |
unop. |
|
| Robert Whiting |
C |
unop. |
|
| Peter Batho |
C |
568 |
44.5% |
| Marian Andrews |
LD |
457 |
35.8% |
| William Wild |
C |
435 |
|
| Donald Tricker |
LD |
347 |
|
| Kevin Welton |
Lab |
252 |
19.7% |
| Edna Salmon |
Lab |
172 |
|
| Nigel Barratt |
C |
370 |
54.0% |
| Robert Montgomery |
LD |
315 |
46.0% |
| Cyril Fidler |
C |
393 |
64.2% |
| Winifred Moss |
LD |
219 |
35.8% |
| Christine Block |
LD |
306 |
52.5% |
| Dudley Deas |
C |
277 |
47.5% |
| Sherrie Green |
C |
742 |
39.1% |
| Mary Dixon |
Lab |
735 |
38.7% |
| James Bidwell |
C |
688 |
|
| Terence Eastman |
C |
648 |
|
| Michael Pulford |
Lab |
550 |
|
| Catherine Knight |
Lab |
458 |
|
| Gary Paddick |
LD |
420 |
22.1% |
| Imogen Dangerfield |
LD |
413 |
|
| Raeburn Leighton |
C |
463 |
62.6% |
| Andrew Block |
LD |
277 |
37.4% |
| Bruan Hall |
LD |
343 |
61.1% |
| Dorothy East |
C |
166 |
29.6% |
| Valerie Pizzey |
Lab |
52 |
9.3% |
| Peter Wragg |
C |
412 |
61.5% |
| John Barrett |
Grn |
258 |
38.5% |
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