Local Election Results 2005
Suffolk
New division boundaries came into force at this election.
Other results for Suffolk:
2009
2013
2017
2021
By-elections for Suffolk (may be incomplete): 2nd February 2006 (Stowmarket S.)
— 4th May 2006 (Pakefield)
— 8th June 2006 (Row Heath)
— 21st June 2007 (Stowmarket N. & Stowupland)
— 23rd August 2007 (Thedwastre S.)
— 17th April 2008 (Stowmarket N. & Stowupland)
— 18th September 2008 (Woodbridge)
— 6th May 2010 (Aldeburgh & Leiston)
— 11th November 2010 (Tower)
— 5th May 2011 (Wilford)
— 9th February 2012 (Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew)
— 3rd May 2012 (Bixley)
— 7th May 2015 (Haverhill Cangle)
— 18th February 2016 (Newmarket & Red Lodge)
— 5th May 2016 (Bixley; Haverhill Cangle)
— 7th July 2016 (Carlford)
— 22nd September 2016 (Hadleigh)
— 7th September 2017 (St John's)
— 25th October 2018 (Bosmere)
— 30th January 2020 (Newmarket & Red Lodge)
— 17th November 2022 (Beccles)
— 4th May 2023 (Felixstowe Coastal; Priory Heath)
— 12th October 2023 (Woodbridge)
— 4th July 2024 (Pakefield)
— 10th October 2024 (Hoxne & Eye)
Results for district councils — Babergh 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Forest Heath 2003
2007
2011
2015
— Ipswich 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
— Mid Suffolk 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
— St Edmundsbury 2003
2007
2011
2015
— Suffolk Coastal 2003
2007
2011
2015
— Waveney 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2015
— West Suffolk 2019
— East Suffolk 2019
2023
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
131719 |
39.2% |
45 |
| Labour |
93370 |
27.8% |
22 |
| Liberal Democrat |
88238 |
26.3% |
7 |
| Independent |
9491 |
2.8% |
1 |
| Green Party |
7454 |
2.2% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
5304 |
1.6% |
0 |
| West Suffolk Independent Alliance Party |
466 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Ronald Ward |
C |
2091 |
41.1% |
| Joan Girling |
Lab |
1671 |
32.8% |
| Lisabeth Hoad |
LD |
1325 |
26.0% |
| Mark Bee |
C |
3104 |
39.0% |
| John Taylor |
Lab |
2757 |
34.6% |
| Alan Thwaites |
Lab |
2714 |
|
| Kenneth Sale |
C |
2255 |
|
| Frances Mitchell |
LD |
1280 |
16.1% |
| Philip Mitchell |
LD |
1139 |
|
| Graham Elliot |
Grn |
822 |
10.3% |
| Liam Carroll |
Grn |
383 |
|
| Kathy Pollard |
LD |
1875 |
43.8% |
| John Browne Cave |
C |
1497 |
35.0% |
| Janet Norden |
Lab |
909 |
21.2% |
| Russell Harsant |
C |
1972 |
48.8% |
| Martyn Green |
Lab |
1051 |
26.0% |
| Gareth Jones |
LD |
1022 |
25.3% |
| Joanna Spicer |
C |
2902 |
56.0% |
| Alison Fairgrieve |
Lab |
1132 |
21.8% |
| Margaret Fossati |
LD |
878 |
16.9% |
| Philip Huckett |
UKIP |
273 |
5.3% |
| Rae Leighton |
C |
1807 |
38.1% |
| John Slater |
LD |
1539 |
32.4% |
| David Jeremy |
Lab |
892 |
18.8% |
| Don Tricker |
Ind |
508 |
10.7% |
| Julia Truelove |
LD |
1640 |
33.1% |
| John Pratt |
C |
1453 |
29.4% |
| James Higgins |
Lab |
779 |
15.7% |
| Michael Turner |
Ind |
648 |
13.1% |
| Ian Mason |
Ind |
428 |
8.6% |
| William Bishop |
C |
1895 |
53.3% |
| Pamela Brown |
Lab |
964 |
27.1% |
| Catriona Pilborough |
LD |
464 |
13.0% |
| John French |
UKIP |
233 |
6.6% |
| Harold Margar |
Lab |
1567 |
47.8% |
| Nadia Cenci |
C |
1014 |
30.9% |
| Philip Richardson |
LD |
698 |
21.3% |
| Morris Rose |
C |
2061 |
41.5% |
| Lynn Derges |
Lab |
1361 |
27.4% |
| Wendy Curry |
LD |
1052 |
21.2% |
| Lorna Kerrison |
Grn |
488 |
9.8% |
| Peter Bellfield |
C |
2828 |
55.8% |
| Anthony Barrett |
LD |
1324 |
26.1% |
| Stephen Connelly |
Lab |
916 |
18.1% |
| Keith Rawlingson |
Lab |
4413 |
47.8% |
| Bryony Rudkin |
Lab |
3927 |
|
| Robert Hall |
C |
3046 |
33.0% |
| Kathleen Kenna |
C |
2750 |
|
| Oliver Holmes |
LD |
1778 |
19.2% |
| John Whitear |
LD |
1450 |
|
| Jane Midwood |
C |
3019 |
52.0% |
| Leslie Warmington |
LD |
2295 |
39.5% |
| James Lumley |
UKIP |
489 |
8.4% |
| Jeremy Pembroke |
C |
2475 |
50.6% |
| Mary Munson |
LD |
1422 |
29.1% |
| Roland Bee |
Lab |
996 |
20.4% |
| Francis Warby |
C |
1539 |
39.4% |
| Trevor Beckwith |
Ind |
1305 |
33.4% |
| David Bradbury |
LD |
897 |
23.0% |
| Christopher Kisko |
UKIP |
166 |
4.2% |
| Bill Sadler |
C |
1740 |
37.1% |
| Peter Dwane |
Lab |
1243 |
26.5% |
| Ian Radford |
LD |
743 |
15.9% |
| Terence Mills |
WSIAP |
466 |
9.9% |
| Don Levick |
Ind |
263 |
5.6% |
| David Hudson |
UKIP |
229 |
4.9% |
| Ann Rodwell |
C |
3757 |
38.8% |
| Graham Newman |
C |
3714 |
|
| Dot Paddick |
LD |
3226 |
33.3% |
| Michael Ninnmey |
LD |
3087 |
|
| Mark Campbell |
Lab |
2692 |
27.8% |
| John Goodwin |
C |
1960 |
38.8% |
| David Rowe |
Lab |
1754 |
34.7% |
| Robert Sherratt |
LD |
1339 |
26.5% |
| Colin Hart |
C |
2355 |
48.8% |
| Andrew Houseley |
LD |
1645 |
34.1% |
| Edna Salmon |
Lab |
827 |
17.1% |
| William Quinton |
Lab |
2225 |
48.2% |
| Janet Sibley |
C |
1533 |
33.2% |
| Robert Chambers |
LD |
856 |
18.6% |
| John Field |
LD |
2028 |
45.4% |
| Michael Damant |
C |
1533 |
34.3% |
| Neil Curno |
Lab |
907 |
20.3% |
| Peter Beer |
C |
1470 |
40.2% |
| Wil Gibson |
Lab |
1268 |
34.7% |
| Marion Press |
LD |
921 |
25.2% |
| Keith Patience |
Lab |
3574 |
41.9% |
| David Thomas |
Lab |
2609 |
|
| Nancy Cuss |
C |
2256 |
26.4% |
| David Provan |
C |
1948 |
|
| Patricia Anderson |
LD |
1500 |
17.6% |
| Peter Guyton |
LD |
1372 |
|
| Dorothy Blenkinsopp |
Ind |
621 |
7.3% |
| Lucille Mason |
Grn |
580 |
6.8% |
| Maxine Narburgh |
Grn |
498 |
|
| David Grutchfield |
LD |
1894 |
46.2% |
| James Quinlan |
Lab |
1209 |
29.5% |
| Carey Fraulo |
C |
839 |
20.4% |
| Roy O'Shaughnessy |
UKIP |
162 |
3.9% |
| Wendy Mawer |
C |
2368 |
46.4% |
| Alan Brown |
Lab |
1402 |
27.5% |
| Roberta Pumer |
LD |
833 |
16.3% |
| Jennifer Berry |
Grn |
500 |
9.8% |
| Stephen Oliver |
C |
1827 |
39.1% |
| Allan Jones |
LD |
1362 |
29.1% |
| Robert Corfe |
Lab |
1174 |
25.1% |
| Michael Brundle |
UKIP |
312 |
6.7% |
| Charles Michell |
C |
2627 |
54.2% |
| Richard Flower |
LD |
1147 |
23.6% |
| Elaine Halton |
Lab |
1076 |
22.2% |
| Philip French |
Lab |
2411 |
37.1% |
| Tim Marks |
C |
2395 |
36.8% |
| Jeremy Farthing |
C |
2348 |
|
| Ann Thomas |
Lab |
2145 |
|
| Mick Graham |
LD |
1328 |
20.4% |
| Lesley Robinson |
LD |
1198 |
|
| Derek Gregory |
UKIP |
366 |
5.6% |
| Frederick Rapsey |
UKIP |
317 |
|
| Karen Knight |
C |
1370 |
35.6% |
| Daniel Summers |
Lab |
1190 |
30.9% |
| Terry McNally |
LD |
1080 |
28.1% |
| Tracy Lumley |
UKIP |
205 |
5.3% |
| Guy McGregor |
C |
2525 |
50.4% |
| Colin Hammond |
LD |
1384 |
27.6% |
| Christopher Soule |
Lab |
1104 |
22.0% |
| John Klaschka |
C |
3567 |
41.3% |
| Steven Hudson |
C |
3547 |
|
| John Briggs |
LD |
2731 |
31.6% |
| Nikki Goodchild |
Lab |
2343 |
27.1% |
| Ronald Else |
LD |
2055 |
|
| Stanley Robinson |
Lab |
1936 |
|
| John Goldsmith |
C |
2341 |
45.1% |
| Michael Pickles |
Lab |
1566 |
30.1% |
| Christopher MacKinnon |
LD |
972 |
18.7% |
| Will Windell |
Grn |
316 |
6.1% |
| Jane Hore |
Lab |
3550 |
43.0% |
| Julian Swainson |
Lab |
2458 |
|
| Frank Mortimer |
C |
2190 |
26.5% |
| Andrew Shepherd |
LD |
2055 |
24.9% |
| Gifford Baxter |
LD |
1995 |
|
| Jamie Starling |
C |
1845 |
|
| Gary Hilton |
Grn |
465 |
5.6% |
| Christopher Goodings |
Grn |
431 |
|
| Patricia O'Brien |
C |
2622 |
43.1% |
| John Kelso |
LD |
2359 |
38.7% |
| Thomas Guest |
Lab |
1109 |
18.2% |
| Richard Kemp |
Ind |
2601 |
49.5% |
| David Burch |
C |
1644 |
31.3% |
| Mischa Wilson |
Lab |
1013 |
19.3% |
| Paul Pendleton |
C |
1638 |
43.1% |
| David Bowman |
Lab |
910 |
23.9% |
| Stephen Gunn |
Ind |
536 |
14.1% |
| Eleanor Minshall |
LD |
507 |
13.3% |
| Bert Hitt |
UKIP |
210 |
5.5% |
| Lisa Chambers |
C |
1582 |
43.7% |
| Jane Andrews-Smith |
LD |
932 |
25.8% |
| Joy Uney |
Lab |
883 |
24.4% |
| David Whitear |
UKIP |
220 |
6.1% |
| Allyson Barron |
Lab |
3266 |
37.2% |
| Malcolm Cherry |
Lab |
3217 |
|
| Mike Barnard |
C |
2920 |
33.2% |
| John Burford |
C |
2355 |
|
| Leslie Batchelder |
LD |
1329 |
15.1% |
| Antony Tibbitt |
LD |
1188 |
|
| Peter Collecott |
Ind |
808 |
9.2% |
| Jennifer Hinton |
Ind |
656 |
|
| Kerry Taylor |
Grn |
465 |
5.3% |
| Stephen Sizer |
Grn |
413 |
|
| George Hawes |
Ind |
403 |
|
| Stephen Barrett |
Lab |
2888 |
41.9% |
| Roger Bellham |
Lab |
2689 |
|
| Janice Corbett |
C |
2322 |
33.7% |
| Brian Keller |
C |
2061 |
|
| Brenna Batchelder |
LD |
1154 |
16.8% |
| Sandra Tonge |
LD |
957 |
|
| Ann Skipper |
Grn |
525 |
7.6% |
| Emma Waller |
Grn |
343 |
|
| David Wood |
LD |
2792 |
48.9% |
| Yvonne Chartier |
C |
1847 |
32.3% |
| Keith Rawlings |
Lab |
1074 |
18.8% |
| Susan Maguire |
Lab |
1593 |
51.7% |
| David Brown |
C |
865 |
28.1% |
| Catherine Stafford |
LD |
624 |
20.2% |
| Matthew Edwards |
C |
1838 |
40.8% |
| Cyril Brown |
Lab |
993 |
22.1% |
| Robert Newman |
Ind |
667 |
14.8% |
| Timothy Huggan |
LD |
587 |
13.0% |
| Ian Smith |
UKIP |
417 |
9.3% |
| Susan Thomas |
Lab |
1869 |
40.4% |
| Eileen Smith |
C |
1649 |
35.7% |
| Cathy French |
LD |
1107 |
23.9% |
| Kevan Lim |
Lab |
1485 |
39.2% |
| Philip Green |
LD |
1302 |
34.4% |
| Elizabeth Harsant |
C |
1001 |
26.4% |
| Sandy Martin |
Lab |
1721 |
43.3% |
| John Carnell |
C |
1238 |
31.2% |
| Bob Zablok |
LD |
1013 |
25.5% |
| Andrew Cann |
LD |
3301 |
39.6% |
| Inga Lockington |
LD |
3181 |
|
| Julia Schubert |
C |
2684 |
32.2% |
| Priscilla Steed |
C |
2681 |
|
| Keith Herod |
Lab |
2352 |
28.2% |
| Noel Tostevin |
Lab |
1914 |
|
| William Yorke-Edwards |
C |
2362 |
39.9% |
| Laurie Mayer |
LD |
2175 |
36.7% |
| Cameron Scott |
Lab |
1058 |
17.9% |
| John Smith |
UKIP |
330 |
5.6% |
| Selwyn Pryor |
C |
2131 |
46.5% |
| Bryn Hurren |
LD |
1699 |
37.0% |
| Emma Bishton |
Lab |
756 |
16.5% |
| Eleanor Ramsey |
C |
1743 |
39.5% |
| Duncan Macpherson |
Lab |
1468 |
33.3% |
| Colin Groundsell |
LD |
804 |
18.2% |
| John Matthissen |
Grn |
400 |
9.1% |
| Keith Myers-Hewitt |
C |
1576 |
34.1% |
| Ronald Snell |
Lab |
1446 |
31.3% |
| Keith Scarff |
LD |
1036 |
22.4% |
| Brenda Davis |
Grn |
563 |
12.2% |
| Jack Owen |
Lab |
1383 |
35.9% |
| Richard Platt |
LD |
1146 |
29.7% |
| Raymond Smith |
C |
1019 |
26.4% |
| Errol Newman |
Ind |
307 |
8.0% |
| Colin Spence |
C |
1633 |
38.7% |
| Nicholas Irwin |
Lab |
1396 |
33.0% |
| Andrew Welsh |
LD |
880 |
20.8% |
| Leon Stedman |
UKIP |
316 |
7.5% |
| Jane Storey |
C |
2365 |
47.1% |
| Carol Milward |
LD |
1708 |
34.0% |
| Sally Spore |
Lab |
945 |
18.8% |
| Susan Lockett |
C |
2247 |
46.9% |
| Penelope Otton |
LD |
1644 |
34.3% |
| Suzanne Britton |
Lab |
898 |
18.8% |
| Rebecca Hopfensperger |
C |
2538 |
51.8% |
| Christopher Tidman |
LD |
1076 |
22.0% |
| David Dawson |
Lab |
1038 |
21.2% |
| Maureen Chessell |
UKIP |
248 |
5.1% |
| Terry Clements |
C |
2571 |
52.1% |
| Alexander Carmichael |
Lab |
1088 |
22.1% |
| Charles Bradbury |
LD |
946 |
19.2% |
| William Attwood |
UKIP |
327 |
6.6% |
| Edward Alcock |
C |
2596 |
51.6% |
| Helen Whitworth |
LD |
2431 |
48.4% |
| David Lockwood |
Lab |
3181 |
32.7% |
| Paul Hopfensperger |
C |
2747 |
28.3% |
| Ray Nowak |
Lab |
2720 |
|
| Robert Everitt |
C |
2663 |
|
| David Chappell |
LD |
1738 |
17.9% |
| Daniel Warren |
LD |
1266 |
|
| Brian Lockwood |
UKIP |
801 |
8.2% |
| David Nettleton |
Ind |
799 |
8.2% |
| Ivan Cook |
UKIP |
509 |
|
| Melinda Nettleton |
Ind |
498 |
|
| Adam Stacey |
Grn |
455 |
4.7% |
| Samantha Hunt Stacey |
Grn |
432 |
|
| Jeremy Clover |
C |
2212 |
42.8% |
| Andrew Stringer |
Grn |
1875 |
36.3% |
| Marion Ravenhill |
Lab |
1076 |
20.8% |
| Anthony Lewis |
Lab |
3513 |
42.6% |
| Graham Manuel |
Lab |
3388 |
|
| David Goldsmith |
C |
2759 |
33.4% |
| Steven Wells |
C |
2539 |
|
| George King |
LD |
1980 |
24.0% |
| Stephen Williams |
LD |
1631 |
|
| Clare Aitchison |
C |
2123 |
43.6% |
| Barry Halliday |
LD |
1590 |
32.6% |
| Valerie Pizzey |
Lab |
1161 |
23.8% |
| Rosemary Clarke |
C |
2171 |
50.3% |
| Peter Monk |
LD |
2147 |
49.7% |
| Benjamin Redsell |
C |
1720 |
40.0% |
| Diana Ball |
LD |
1698 |
39.5% |
| Roy Burgon |
Lab |
884 |
20.5% |
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