Local Election Results 2009
Suffolk
Whole council up for election.
Many thanks to Suffolk County Council Democratic Services for pointing out an error on this page.
Suffolk = Suffolk Together
Other results for Suffolk:
2005
2013
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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)
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2007
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2015
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— Forest Heath 2003
2007
2011
2015
— Ipswich 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
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— 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 |
91617 |
44.1% |
55 |
| Liberal Democrat |
51106 |
24.6% |
11 |
| Labour |
28278 |
13.6% |
4 |
| Green Party |
17233 |
8.3% |
2 |
| UK Independence Party |
9393 |
4.5% |
1 |
| Independent |
6531 |
3.1% |
2 |
| Suffolk Together |
2583 |
1.2% |
0 |
| British National Party |
1182 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Ron Ward |
C |
1439 |
47.5% |
| Jill Hubbard |
LD |
743 |
24.5% |
| Anna Clark |
Grn |
451 |
14.9% |
| Terry Hodgson |
Lab |
399 |
13.2% |
| Mark Bee |
C |
2021 |
41.7% |
| Chris Punt |
C |
1782 |
|
| Graham Elliott |
Grn |
1473 |
30.4% |
| Netta Swallow |
Grn |
1018 |
|
| John Taylor |
Lab |
746 |
15.4% |
| Keith Jenkins |
Lab |
704 |
|
| Alison Briggs |
LD |
604 |
12.5% |
| Brian Howe |
LD |
386 |
|
| Kathy Pollard |
LD |
1182 |
50.0% |
| Gerald White |
C |
948 |
40.1% |
| Roger Fern |
Lab |
235 |
9.9% |
| Russell Harsant |
C |
1247 |
55.1% |
| Clive Witter |
LD |
391 |
17.3% |
| Tim Glover |
Grn |
317 |
14.0% |
| Lindsey Rawlingson |
Lab |
308 |
13.6% |
| Joanna Spicer |
C |
2065 |
58.8% |
| Amber Newman |
Suffolk |
750 |
21.4% |
| David Bradbury |
LD |
475 |
13.5% |
| Pervez Khan |
Lab |
222 |
6.3% |
| Rae Leighton |
C |
1382 |
42.3% |
| Barry Slater |
LD |
1075 |
32.9% |
| John Barrett |
Grn |
399 |
12.2% |
| Paul Bennett |
Lab |
222 |
6.8% |
| Dave Remy |
Ind |
192 |
5.9% |
| Julia Truelove |
LD |
1308 |
40.8% |
| David Whybrow |
C |
867 |
27.0% |
| Samantha Streatfield |
UKIP |
450 |
14.0% |
| Stephen Wright |
Suffolk |
432 |
13.5% |
| Elaine Halton |
Lab |
150 |
4.7% |
| Bill Bishop |
C |
1137 |
52.8% |
| Reginald Silvester |
UKIP |
648 |
30.1% |
| Ian Horner |
LD |
201 |
9.3% |
| Stephen Dean |
Lab |
166 |
7.7% |
| Bryony Rudkin |
Lab |
623 |
32.2% |
| James Spencer |
C |
610 |
31.5% |
| Louise Gooch |
LD |
264 |
13.6% |
| Euan Priddy |
BNP |
228 |
11.8% |
| Rick Deeks |
Grn |
212 |
10.9% |
| David Ritchie |
C |
1515 |
49.6% |
| Paul Jackson |
Grn |
657 |
21.5% |
| Dave O'Neil |
LD |
466 |
15.3% |
| Lynn Caswell |
Lab |
416 |
13.6% |
| Peter Bellfield |
C |
2172 |
66.4% |
| Victor Harrup |
LD |
865 |
26.4% |
| Edna Salmon |
Lab |
236 |
7.2% |
| Paul West |
C |
1858 |
35.5% |
| Peter Gardiner |
Lab |
1819 |
34.8% |
| Keith Rawlingson |
Lab |
1726 |
|
| Nadia Cenci |
C |
1691 |
|
| Alison Williams |
LD |
840 |
16.1% |
| Robert Tiffen |
LD |
826 |
|
| Dennis Boater |
BNP |
714 |
13.6% |
| Jane Midwood |
C |
2248 |
55.8% |
| Ray Crowson |
UKIP |
909 |
22.6% |
| Martin Redbond |
LD |
561 |
13.9% |
| Neil Moffat |
Lab |
310 |
7.7% |
| Jeremy Pembroke |
C |
1933 |
64.5% |
| Duncan Read |
LD |
815 |
27.2% |
| Steve Buckingham |
Lab |
250 |
8.3% |
| Trevor Beckwith |
Ind |
1227 |
47.4% |
| Frank Warby |
C |
970 |
37.5% |
| Geoff Hills |
LD |
225 |
8.7% |
| Diane Hind |
Lab |
164 |
6.3% |
| Bill Sadler |
C |
977 |
38.8% |
| Ian Radford |
LD |
723 |
28.7% |
| David Hudson |
UKIP |
518 |
20.6% |
| Chris Turner |
Lab |
302 |
12.0% |
| Nick Barber |
C |
3001 |
49.5% |
| Graham Newman |
C |
2833 |
|
| Pam Dangerfield |
LD |
2329 |
38.4% |
| Michael Ninnmey |
LD |
2246 |
|
| Dennis Carpenter |
Lab |
732 |
12.1% |
| Brendan Lambe |
Lab |
692 |
|
| John Goodwin |
C |
1391 |
43.3% |
| Mike Deacon |
Lab |
952 |
29.7% |
| Gez Hughes |
LD |
441 |
13.7% |
| Jonathan Mulberg |
Grn |
425 |
13.2% |
| Colin Hart |
C |
1805 |
54.0% |
| Andrew Houseley |
LD |
652 |
19.5% |
| Eddie Thompson |
Grn |
625 |
18.7% |
| Tony Dockerill |
Lab |
260 |
7.8% |
| Carol Debman |
C |
997 |
40.0% |
| Bill Quinton |
Lab |
974 |
39.1% |
| Kirk Chambers |
LD |
523 |
21.0% |
| John Field |
LD |
1250 |
43.6% |
| John Whitehead |
C |
739 |
25.8% |
| John Blakenham |
Suffolk |
715 |
25.0% |
| Terry Wilson |
Lab |
160 |
5.6% |
| Peter Beer |
C |
1067 |
56.4% |
| Oliver Forder |
LD |
577 |
30.5% |
| Kevin Craig |
Lab |
248 |
13.1% |
| Mary Rudd |
C |
1648 |
36.1% |
| Bruce Provan |
C |
1440 |
|
| Keith Patience |
Lab |
1263 |
27.7% |
| David Thomas |
Lab |
958 |
|
| Peter Eyres |
Grn |
919 |
20.1% |
| Maxine Narburgh |
Grn |
822 |
|
| Michelle Lavill |
LD |
731 |
16.0% |
| Steven Taylor |
LD |
661 |
|
| David Grutchfield |
LD |
971 |
44.4% |
| Brian Riley |
C |
880 |
40.3% |
| Keith Grimsey |
Lab |
335 |
15.3% |
| Tony Goldson |
C |
1553 |
52.0% |
| Jen Berry |
Grn |
572 |
19.1% |
| Janet Blowers O'Neill |
LD |
443 |
14.8% |
| Peter Coghill |
Lab |
419 |
14.0% |
| Craig Dearden-Phillips |
LD |
1063 |
37.2% |
| Paul Hopfensperger |
Ind |
824 |
28.8% |
| Stefan Oliver |
C |
791 |
27.7% |
| Gill Malik |
Lab |
181 |
6.3% |
| Charles Michell |
C |
1828 |
55.0% |
| Roger Stearn |
Grn |
804 |
24.2% |
| Richard Flower |
LD |
435 |
13.1% |
| Kevin O'Keefe |
Lab |
258 |
7.8% |
| Tim Marks |
C |
1767 |
50.0% |
| Phillip French |
C |
1713 |
|
| Mick Graham |
LD |
1023 |
28.9% |
| Ken Rolph |
LD |
942 |
|
| Lisa Carr |
Lab |
747 |
21.1% |
| Patrick Hanlon |
Lab |
685 |
|
| Anne Gower |
C |
1223 |
57.6% |
| Terry McNally |
LD |
564 |
26.6% |
| Daniel Summers |
Lab |
335 |
15.8% |
| Guy McGregor |
C |
1878 |
56.8% |
| Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne |
LD |
1198 |
36.2% |
| Alan Brown |
Lab |
229 |
6.9% |
| John Klaschka |
C |
2821 |
57.2% |
| Steven Hudson |
C |
2799 |
|
| Margaret Aalders |
LD |
1426 |
28.9% |
| Adrian Taylor |
LD |
1378 |
|
| Stan Robinson |
Lab |
689 |
14.0% |
| Stephen Connelly |
Lab |
546 |
|
| John Goldsmith |
C |
1330 |
42.0% |
| Jack Tyler |
UKIP |
870 |
27.4% |
| Jacki Wheatley |
Lab |
363 |
11.5% |
| Lesley Roberts |
LD |
348 |
11.0% |
| Michael Platt |
Grn |
259 |
8.2% |
| Bill Mountford |
UKIP |
1318 |
26.2% |
| Deanna Law |
C |
1200 |
23.8% |
| Jamie Starling |
C |
1098 |
|
| Jane Hore |
Lab |
1016 |
20.2% |
| Rosemary Hudson |
LD |
932 |
18.5% |
| Chris Thomas |
LD |
793 |
|
| Julian Swainson |
Lab |
788 |
|
| James Harrison |
Grn |
574 |
11.4% |
| Michael Liddiment |
Grn |
426 |
|
| Patricia O'Brien |
C |
1915 |
48.3% |
| John Kelso |
LD |
1356 |
34.2% |
| John Forbes |
Grn |
466 |
11.8% |
| Howard Needham |
Lab |
224 |
5.7% |
| Richard Kemp |
Ind |
2159 |
68.0% |
| Richard Wade |
C |
828 |
26.1% |
| Kimberley Cook |
Lab |
188 |
5.9% |
| Stephen Frost |
C |
972 |
43.9% |
| David Chandler |
UKIP |
660 |
29.8% |
| John Smith |
LD |
320 |
14.4% |
| Gillian Vallack |
Lab |
264 |
11.9% |
| Lisa Chambers |
C |
1072 |
47.5% |
| Andrew Appleby |
LD |
588 |
26.0% |
| David Whitear |
UKIP |
397 |
17.6% |
| Joy Uney |
Lab |
202 |
8.9% |
| Mike Barnard |
C |
1887 |
36.7% |
| Colin Law |
C |
1536 |
|
| Bernard Ladd |
UKIP |
1280 |
24.9% |
| Bertie Poole |
UKIP |
1222 |
|
| Allyson Barron |
Lab |
1074 |
20.9% |
| Malcolm Cherry |
Lab |
1063 |
|
| Brenna Batchelder |
LD |
456 |
8.9% |
| Joy Russell |
LD |
447 |
|
| Christopher Goodings |
Grn |
438 |
8.5% |
| Trevor Rix |
Grn |
438 |
|
| Kathy Gosling |
C |
1659 |
41.6% |
| Ken Sale |
C |
1569 |
|
| Peter Byatt |
Lab |
958 |
24.0% |
| Roger Bellham |
Lab |
923 |
|
| Mike Milan |
Grn |
727 |
18.2% |
| Philip Tregear |
Grn |
645 |
|
| Jim Russell |
LD |
641 |
16.1% |
| Sandra Tonge |
LD |
584 |
|
| David Wood |
LD |
1941 |
56.5% |
| Peter Burgoyne |
C |
1236 |
36.0% |
| Keith Rawlings |
Lab |
257 |
7.5% |
| Susan Maguire |
Lab |
718 |
42.4% |
| Stephen Ion |
C |
625 |
36.9% |
| Leslie Nicholls |
LD |
350 |
20.7% |
| Colin Noble |
C |
1466 |
52.5% |
| Ian Smith |
UKIP |
842 |
30.1% |
| Eleanor Minshall |
LD |
307 |
11.0% |
| Thomas Caple |
Lab |
178 |
6.4% |
| Judy Terry |
C |
1196 |
43.4% |
| Sue Thomas |
Lab |
704 |
25.5% |
| Eric Nelson |
Grn |
430 |
15.6% |
| Robin Whitmore |
LD |
426 |
15.5% |
| Jane Chambers |
LD |
678 |
31.5% |
| Paul Carter |
C |
561 |
26.1% |
| Kevan Lim |
Lab |
526 |
24.4% |
| Brenda Cavanagh |
Grn |
387 |
18.0% |
| Sandy Martin |
Lab |
1022 |
40.3% |
| Gavin Maclure |
C |
865 |
34.1% |
| Richard Atkins |
LD |
354 |
13.9% |
| Lucy Glover |
Grn |
298 |
11.7% |
| Inga Lockington |
LD |
2409 |
41.2% |
| Andrew Cann |
LD |
2375 |
|
| Sophie Stanbrook |
C |
1853 |
31.7% |
| Janet Sibley |
C |
1773 |
|
| Elizabeth Cooper |
Lab |
811 |
13.9% |
| Carole Jones |
Lab |
787 |
|
| Amy Drayson |
Grn |
774 |
13.2% |
| David Yorke-Edwards |
C |
1653 |
44.5% |
| Sue Carpendale |
LD |
1455 |
39.1% |
| Miriam Burns |
Grn |
410 |
11.0% |
| Keith Herod |
Lab |
200 |
5.4% |
| James Finch |
C |
1416 |
41.9% |
| Bryn Hurren |
LD |
1371 |
40.6% |
| James Carver |
UKIP |
477 |
14.1% |
| Alex Mayer |
Lab |
114 |
3.4% |
| Gary Green |
C |
1211 |
46.0% |
| Nicky Turner |
LD |
586 |
22.3% |
| Nigel Rozier |
Grn |
575 |
21.8% |
| Suzanne Britton |
Lab |
261 |
9.9% |
| Anne Whybrow |
C |
875 |
32.6% |
| Keith Scarff |
LD |
802 |
29.9% |
| Christopher Streatfield |
UKIP |
433 |
16.1% |
| Libbi Meade |
Grn |
328 |
12.2% |
| Duncan Macpherson |
Lab |
245 |
9.1% |
| John Sayers |
C |
1048 |
44.7% |
| Andrew Welsh |
LD |
790 |
33.7% |
| Jack Owen |
Lab |
506 |
21.6% |
| Colin Spence |
C |
1235 |
49.6% |
| Leon Stedman |
UKIP |
591 |
23.7% |
| Emma Hewett |
LD |
381 |
15.3% |
| Simon Clarke |
Lab |
283 |
11.4% |
| Jane Storey |
C |
1745 |
53.2% |
| Judy Broadway |
LD |
766 |
23.4% |
| Stephen Carlton-Walker |
Ind |
283 |
8.6% |
| David Hill |
Lab |
243 |
7.4% |
| John Jones |
BNP |
240 |
7.3% |
| Penny Otton |
LD |
1221 |
37.3% |
| Samantha Powell |
C |
1188 |
36.3% |
| John Matthissen |
Grn |
723 |
22.1% |
| David Jermy |
Lab |
143 |
4.4% |
| Beccy Hopefensperger |
C |
1732 |
58.5% |
| David Chappell |
LD |
1024 |
34.6% |
| Bob Cockle |
Lab |
207 |
7.0% |
| Terry Clements |
C |
1973 |
63.0% |
| Gordon Hughes |
LD |
844 |
27.0% |
| Cliff Hind |
Lab |
313 |
10.0% |
| Eddy Alcock |
C |
2068 |
62.8% |
| Lorraine Edwards |
LD |
1008 |
30.6% |
| James Higgins |
Lab |
217 |
6.6% |
| Paul Farmer |
C |
2042 |
28.8% |
| Mark Ereira |
Grn |
1924 |
27.1% |
| David Nettleton |
Ind |
1846 |
26.0% |
| Richard Rout |
C |
1726 |
|
| Kevin Waterson |
Lab |
645 |
9.1% |
| Daniel Warren |
LD |
641 |
9.0% |
| Kevin Hind |
Lab |
624 |
|
| Allan Jones |
LD |
605 |
|
| Andrew Stringer |
Grn |
1818 |
50.7% |
| Caroline Byles |
C |
1323 |
36.9% |
| Mark Valladares |
LD |
262 |
7.3% |
| John Cook |
Lab |
183 |
5.1% |
| Robin Vickery |
C |
1862 |
40.7% |
| Mary Young |
C |
1717 |
|
| Anthony Lewis |
Lab |
1065 |
23.3% |
| Nigel Cheeseman |
LD |
966 |
21.1% |
| Martin Goonan |
Lab |
963 |
|
| Stephen Williams |
LD |
902 |
|
| Michael Hallatt |
Suffolk |
686 |
15.0% |
| Michael Bond |
C |
1730 |
53.6% |
| Martin Whitaker |
LD |
1141 |
35.3% |
| Val Pizzey |
Lab |
359 |
11.1% |
| Rosie Clarke |
C |
1842 |
60.5% |
| Hugh Pilkington |
LD |
918 |
30.2% |
| Grayden Webb |
Lab |
283 |
9.3% |
| Caroline Page |
LD |
1460 |
47.2% |
| Geoff Holdcroft |
C |
1231 |
39.8% |
| Anthony Taylor |
Grn |
248 |
8.0% |
| Roy Burgon |
Lab |
156 |
5.0% |
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