Local Election Results 2017
Suffolk
Whole council up for election.
WSuffolk = West Suffolk Independent
Other results for Suffolk:
2005
2009
2013
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)
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— Forest Heath 2003
2007
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2015
— Ipswich 2002
2003
2004
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2007
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2022
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— Mid Suffolk 2003
2007
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— St Edmundsbury 2003
2007
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— Suffolk Coastal 2003
2007
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— 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 |
92238 |
46.3% |
52 |
| Labour |
41242 |
20.7% |
11 |
| Liberal Democrat |
27237 |
13.7% |
5 |
| Green Party |
16367 |
8.2% |
3 |
| UK Independence Party |
11974 |
6.0% |
0 |
| Independent |
8511 |
4.3% |
3 |
| West Suffolk Independent |
1771 |
0.9% |
1 |
| Russ Rainger |
C |
1288 |
49.4% |
| Freda Casagrande |
Lab |
607 |
23.3% |
| Roger Ball |
UKIP |
291 |
11.2% |
| Julia McLean |
LD |
270 |
10.3% |
| Peter Ward |
Grn |
153 |
5.9% |
| Mark Bee |
C |
2241 |
42.3% |
| Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw |
Grn |
2189 |
41.3% |
| Graham Catchpole |
C |
2031 |
|
| Josi Horne |
Grn |
1446 |
|
| Tarek Lahin |
Lab |
541 |
10.2% |
| Nasima Begum |
Lab |
388 |
|
| Pat Hawes |
UKIP |
224 |
4.2% |
| Mike Shaw |
UKIP |
194 |
|
| Caroline Way |
LD |
105 |
2.0% |
| Simon Macdowall |
LD |
96 |
|
| Christopher Hudson |
C |
867 |
40.9% |
| David Busby |
LD |
792 |
37.4% |
| David Plowman |
Lab |
270 |
12.7% |
| Stuart Armstrong |
UKIP |
119 |
5.6% |
| Richard Hardacre |
Grn |
72 |
3.4% |
| Paul West |
C |
1310 |
55.7% |
| Paul Anderson |
Lab |
557 |
23.7% |
| Timothy Lockington |
LD |
198 |
8.4% |
| Dave Ranson |
UKIP |
166 |
7.1% |
| Linda Sharp |
Ind |
120 |
5.1% |
| Joanna Spicer |
C |
2532 |
81.7% |
| Cyrille Bouche |
Lab |
568 |
18.3% |
| Richard Smith |
C |
1602 |
52.9% |
| James Sandbach |
LD |
586 |
19.3% |
| Mark Turner |
Lab |
540 |
17.8% |
| Nigel Hiley |
Grn |
302 |
10.0% |
| Anne Whybrow |
C |
1169 |
46.0% |
| Steve Phillips |
LD |
987 |
38.9% |
| Tony Elliott |
Lab |
198 |
7.8% |
| Terence Carter |
Grn |
185 |
7.3% |
| Victor Lukaniuk |
WSuffolk |
937 |
46.9% |
| Stephen Frost |
C |
562 |
28.1% |
| Reg Silvester |
UKIP |
256 |
12.8% |
| Susan Dean |
Lab |
242 |
12.1% |
| Jack Abbott |
Lab |
1036 |
50.0% |
| Mark Felix-Thomas |
C |
630 |
30.4% |
| Charlotte Armstrong |
Grn |
154 |
7.4% |
| Lynn Turner |
Ind |
139 |
6.7% |
| Christopher Wrathall |
LD |
114 |
5.5% |
| David Ritchie |
C |
1534 |
53.1% |
| Sue Collins |
Lab |
758 |
26.2% |
| Pauline Midwinter |
Grn |
280 |
9.7% |
| Dave O'Neill |
LD |
173 |
6.0% |
| Andrew Bols |
UKIP |
144 |
5.0% |
| Robin Vickery |
C |
1646 |
55.4% |
| Rose Johnson |
Ind |
411 |
13.8% |
| Kay Yule |
LD |
311 |
10.5% |
| Shasha Toptani |
Lab |
293 |
9.9% |
| Miriam Burns |
Grn |
185 |
6.2% |
| Michael Coney |
UKIP |
123 |
4.1% |
| Helen Armitage |
Lab |
2246 |
42.5% |
| Peter Gardiner |
Lab |
2145 |
|
| Bob Hall |
C |
2110 |
39.9% |
| Nadia Cenci |
C |
2069 |
|
| Alan Cotterell |
UKIP |
658 |
12.5% |
| Robert Chambers |
LD |
271 |
5.1% |
| Maureen Haaker |
LD |
257 |
|
| Mary Evans |
C |
2445 |
66.8% |
| Alex Rolph |
LD |
545 |
14.9% |
| Robin Davies |
Lab |
355 |
9.7% |
| Stuart Letten |
UKIP |
315 |
8.6% |
| Robert Lindsay |
Grn |
1630 |
48.4% |
| Philip Mutton |
C |
1519 |
45.1% |
| Leon Stedman |
UKIP |
115 |
3.4% |
| Rickaby Shearly-Sanders |
Lab |
106 |
3.1% |
| Trevor Beckwith |
Ind |
1050 |
41.4% |
| Peter Thompson |
C |
924 |
36.4% |
| Elle Zwandahl |
Lab |
308 |
12.1% |
| Chris Lale |
LD |
255 |
10.1% |
| Rachel Hood |
C |
909 |
37.2% |
| Michael Jefferys |
Lab |
585 |
23.9% |
| Simon Cole |
WSuffolk |
561 |
23.0% |
| Dave Hudson |
UKIP |
252 |
10.3% |
| Martin Redbond |
LD |
136 |
5.6% |
| Graham Newman |
C |
3198 |
50.0% |
| Steve Wiles |
C |
3018 |
|
| Margaret Morris |
Lab |
1038 |
16.2% |
| Corinne Franklin |
Lab |
1036 |
|
| Seamus Bennett |
LD |
1028 |
16.1% |
| Jan Candy |
LD |
754 |
|
| Keith Phair |
UKIP |
727 |
11.4% |
| Kay Lyndle |
Grn |
403 |
6.3% |
| Aidan Semmens |
Grn |
230 |
|
| Stuart Bird |
C |
1295 |
49.2% |
| Dave Ablitt |
Lab |
692 |
26.3% |
| David Coutts |
UKIP |
306 |
11.6% |
| Andrew Marfleet |
LD |
235 |
8.9% |
| Jonathan Mulbery |
Grn |
106 |
4.0% |
| Stephen Burroughes |
C |
1685 |
57.2% |
| James Holloway |
Grn |
408 |
13.8% |
| Kezia Bayfield |
Lab |
389 |
13.2% |
| Andrew Turner |
LD |
310 |
10.5% |
| David Owen |
UKIP |
156 |
5.3% |
| Kim Clements |
Lab |
1081 |
41.3% |
| Liz Harsant |
C |
1078 |
41.2% |
| Shayne Pooley |
UKIP |
275 |
10.5% |
| Ben Magrath |
Grn |
110 |
4.2% |
| Robin Whitmore |
LD |
75 |
2.9% |
| John Field |
LD |
1030 |
40.1% |
| John Whitehead |
C |
1000 |
39.0% |
| Julie Cuninghame |
Lab |
249 |
9.7% |
| David Bosworth |
UKIP |
203 |
7.9% |
| David Penny |
Grn |
85 |
3.3% |
| Peter Beer |
C |
902 |
48.9% |
| Sarah Page |
Lab |
522 |
28.3% |
| Aidan Powlesland |
UKIP |
173 |
9.4% |
| Marjorie Bark |
LD |
157 |
8.5% |
| Dean Walton |
Grn |
91 |
4.9% |
| Steve Ardley |
C |
1569 |
37.3% |
| Keith Patience |
Lab |
1517 |
36.0% |
| Mary Rudd |
C |
1511 |
|
| Janet Craig |
Lab |
1471 |
|
| Bernie Guymer |
UKIP |
570 |
13.5% |
| Jenny Hinton |
UKIP |
503 |
|
| Emma Bateman |
Grn |
297 |
7.1% |
| Steven Taylor |
LD |
258 |
6.1% |
| Rupert Butlin |
Grn |
201 |
|
| Mick Fraser |
C |
847 |
39.6% |
| Trevor Sheldrick |
LD |
795 |
37.2% |
| Sue Monks |
Lab |
330 |
15.4% |
| Christine Hempstead |
UKIP |
91 |
4.3% |
| Lisa Gordon |
Grn |
75 |
3.5% |
| Tony Goldson |
C |
1545 |
53.5% |
| Peter Coghill |
Lab |
608 |
21.1% |
| Alice Bull |
Grn |
290 |
10.0% |
| Sarah Hunt |
LD |
249 |
8.6% |
| James Scott |
UKIP |
196 |
6.8% |
| Richard Rout |
C |
1645 |
58.7% |
| Helen Korfanty |
LD |
470 |
16.8% |
| Nicola Iannelli-Popham |
Lab |
463 |
16.5% |
| Sara Rae |
Grn |
224 |
8.0% |
| Jessica Fleming |
C |
1810 |
61.2% |
| Rowland Warboys |
Grn |
459 |
15.5% |
| Anthony Scott-Robinson |
Lab |
431 |
14.6% |
| Josh Townsley |
LD |
258 |
8.7% |
| Paula Fox |
C |
1481 |
38.5% |
| Quillon Fox |
C |
1324 |
|
| Maureen Byrne |
Lab |
1134 |
29.5% |
| David Smith |
Lab |
845 |
|
| Julian Flood |
UKIP |
773 |
20.1% |
| Lewis Curtis |
LD |
455 |
11.8% |
| Ken Rolph |
LD |
376 |
|
| David Roach |
C |
922 |
47.9% |
| Jason Simpkin |
Lab |
464 |
24.1% |
| Ant Williams |
UKIP |
366 |
19.0% |
| Oliver Forder |
LD |
172 |
8.9% |
| Guy McGregor |
C |
1846 |
56.9% |
| John Blake |
LD |
470 |
14.5% |
| Garry Deeks |
Lab |
466 |
14.4% |
| James Hargrave |
Grn |
268 |
8.3% |
| Roger Fouracre |
UKIP |
197 |
6.1% |
| Stuart Lawson |
C |
2840 |
50.8% |
| Robert Whiting |
C |
2474 |
|
| Becky Patten |
Lab |
1083 |
19.4% |
| Helen Clarkson |
Lab |
961 |
|
| Mark Ling |
Ind |
543 |
9.7% |
| Sally Neal |
LD |
436 |
7.8% |
| Jonathan Ogden |
Ind |
434 |
|
| David Mears |
UKIP |
390 |
7.0% |
| Jon Neal |
LD |
380 |
|
| Barbara Richardson-Todd |
Grn |
295 |
5.3% |
| Charlie Zakss |
Grn |
145 |
|
| Michael Ladd |
C |
1392 |
48.9% |
| David Beavan |
LD |
498 |
17.5% |
| Paul Tyack |
Lab |
497 |
17.5% |
| Jean Difford |
UKIP |
308 |
10.8% |
| Callum Rollo |
Grn |
150 |
5.3% |
| Jenny Ceresa |
C |
1582 |
39.0% |
| Jamie Starling |
C |
1445 |
|
| Tess Gandy |
Lab |
1174 |
29.0% |
| David Finnigan |
Lab |
1167 |
|
| Peter Collecott |
UKIP |
489 |
12.1% |
| Steve Harvey |
UKIP |
444 |
|
| Desmond Baldry |
Ind |
428 |
10.6% |
| Bill Mountford |
Ind |
409 |
|
| Peter Lang |
Grn |
203 |
5.0% |
| Mark Moran |
Grn |
191 |
|
| Sandra Tonge |
LD |
179 |
4.4% |
| Darius McCarthy |
LD |
160 |
|
| Patricia O'Brien |
C |
2542 |
67.6% |
| Mark Gibbons |
LD |
458 |
12.2% |
| Jeremy Hawksley |
Lab |
446 |
11.9% |
| Betsy Reid |
Grn |
315 |
8.4% |
| Richard Kemp |
Ind |
1614 |
56.0% |
| Margaret Maybury |
C |
809 |
28.1% |
| Paul Watson |
Lab |
208 |
7.2% |
| John Smith |
Grn |
131 |
4.5% |
| Peter Lynham |
UKIP |
119 |
4.1% |
| Louis Busuttil |
C |
1405 |
65.5% |
| David Chandler |
Ind |
423 |
19.7% |
| Kevin Yarrow |
Lab |
317 |
14.8% |
| Robin Millar |
C |
1203 |
50.5% |
| Joy Uney |
Lab |
373 |
15.6% |
| Roger Dicker |
UKIP |
322 |
13.5% |
| Andrew Appleby |
WSuffolk |
273 |
11.5% |
| Andrew Gillett |
LD |
213 |
8.9% |
| James Reeder |
C |
2274 |
48.3% |
| Keith Robinson |
C |
2139 |
|
| Len Jacklin |
Lab |
1394 |
29.6% |
| Lynne Ward |
Lab |
1368 |
|
| George Hawes |
UKIP |
607 |
12.9% |
| Bert Poole |
UKIP |
515 |
|
| Sally Phillips |
Grn |
232 |
4.9% |
| Peter Eyres |
Grn |
225 |
|
| Chris Thomas |
LD |
201 |
4.3% |
| Patrick Gillard |
LD |
145 |
|
| Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro |
C |
1569 |
42.2% |
| Craig Rivett |
C |
1473 |
|
| Peter Byatt |
Lab |
1369 |
36.8% |
| Sonia Barker |
Lab |
1333 |
|
| Robin Hinton |
UKIP |
384 |
10.3% |
| Phillip Trindall |
UKIP |
367 |
|
| Adam Robertson |
LD |
215 |
5.8% |
| Christian Newsome |
LD |
190 |
|
| Rachel Fawkes |
Grn |
182 |
4.9% |
| Ben Quail |
Grn |
162 |
|
| Dave Wood |
LD |
1337 |
38.9% |
| Derek Davis |
Ind |
923 |
26.9% |
| Will Shropshire |
C |
786 |
22.9% |
| Phil Dunnett |
Lab |
274 |
8.0% |
| Andrew Sterling |
Grn |
113 |
3.3% |
| Bill Quinton |
Lab |
927 |
49.5% |
| Andy Shannon |
C |
639 |
34.2% |
| Pippa Gordon |
UKIP |
141 |
7.5% |
| Nicholas Jacob |
LD |
93 |
5.0% |
| Andrew Patmore |
Grn |
71 |
3.8% |
| Colin Noble |
C |
1362 |
52.4% |
| David Gathercole |
Ind |
383 |
14.7% |
| John Smith |
Ind |
379 |
14.6% |
| Jack Fawbert |
Lab |
313 |
12.0% |
| Ralph Brownie |
LD |
164 |
6.3% |
| Sandra Gage |
Lab |
1429 |
50.5% |
| Paul Cawthorn |
C |
997 |
35.2% |
| Edward Packard |
LD |
162 |
5.7% |
| Jo Grant |
UKIP |
152 |
5.4% |
| Maxwell Phillips |
Grn |
89 |
3.1% |
| Mandy Gaylard |
Lab |
1322 |
54.7% |
| Alex Burgess |
C |
664 |
27.5% |
| Julia Barrett |
LD |
201 |
8.3% |
| Maria Harrison |
Grn |
142 |
5.9% |
| Wilfred Arasaratnam |
UKIP |
88 |
3.6% |
| Sandy Martin |
Lab |
1383 |
57.6% |
| Steve Flood |
C |
761 |
31.7% |
| Jane Scott |
Grn |
138 |
5.7% |
| Kenneth Toye |
LD |
120 |
5.0% |
| Inga Lockington |
LD |
2284 |
35.4% |
| Chris Chambers |
C |
1954 |
30.3% |
| Sarah Adams |
Lab |
1897 |
29.4% |
| Oliver Holmes |
LD |
1869 |
|
| Lee Reynolds |
C |
1697 |
|
| Jan Parry |
Lab |
1541 |
|
| Kirsty Wilmot |
Grn |
323 |
5.0% |
| John Mann |
Grn |
287 |
|
| Gordon Jones |
C |
1502 |
43.3% |
| Sue Carpendale |
LD |
1410 |
40.6% |
| Charlie Nixon |
Lab |
323 |
9.3% |
| Steve Laing |
UKIP |
235 |
6.8% |
| James Finch |
C |
1428 |
51.4% |
| Bryn Hurren |
LD |
966 |
34.8% |
| John Cook |
Lab |
167 |
6.0% |
| James Carver |
UKIP |
121 |
4.4% |
| Lois Hickey |
Grn |
96 |
3.5% |
| Gary Green |
C |
1320 |
49.4% |
| Keith Welham |
Grn |
793 |
29.7% |
| Susan Hollands |
Lab |
376 |
14.1% |
| John Curle |
LD |
181 |
6.8% |
| Nicholas Gowrley |
C |
921 |
38.3% |
| Keith Scarff |
LD |
789 |
32.8% |
| Nikki Betts |
Lab |
307 |
12.8% |
| Stephen Searle |
UKIP |
220 |
9.2% |
| Max Betts-Davies |
Grn |
167 |
6.9% |
| Jack Owen |
Lab |
693 |
30.5% |
| Adrian Osborne |
C |
631 |
27.8% |
| John Sayers |
Ind |
470 |
20.7% |
| Andrew Welsh |
LD |
262 |
11.5% |
| Julie Fowles-Smith |
Grn |
124 |
5.5% |
| Steven Whalley |
UKIP |
91 |
4.0% |
| Colin Spence |
C |
1169 |
53.2% |
| Luke Cresswell |
Lab |
546 |
24.9% |
| Darren Clarke |
UKIP |
229 |
10.4% |
| Robert Spivey |
LD |
161 |
7.3% |
| John Burch |
Grn |
92 |
4.2% |
| Jane Storey |
C |
1927 |
62.2% |
| Andy Mellen |
Grn |
678 |
21.9% |
| Ursula Ajimal |
Lab |
293 |
9.5% |
| Jon James |
LD |
199 |
6.4% |
| Penny Otten |
LD |
1346 |
46.7% |
| Gilly Morgan |
C |
1263 |
43.8% |
| Philip Cockell |
Lab |
274 |
9.5% |
| Beccy Hopfensperger |
C |
1989 |
72.9% |
| Frederick Rowell |
Lab |
439 |
16.1% |
| Peter Turner |
LD |
302 |
11.1% |
| Karen Soons |
C |
2110 |
68.1% |
| Zigurds Kronbergs |
LD |
436 |
14.1% |
| Hilary Appleton |
Lab |
409 |
13.2% |
| Dawn Dicker |
UKIP |
145 |
4.7% |
| Matthew Hicks |
C |
2066 |
70.0% |
| David Payne |
LD |
455 |
15.4% |
| Stan Robinson |
Lab |
431 |
14.6% |
| Robert Everitt |
C |
1833 |
28.8% |
| David Nettleton |
Ind |
1628 |
25.5% |
| Paul Hopfensperger |
Ind |
1623 |
|
| Mark Ereira |
Grn |
1406 |
22.1% |
| Quentin Cornish |
Lab |
998 |
15.7% |
| Alex Griffin |
Lab |
907 |
|
| Julia Lale |
LD |
509 |
8.0% |
| Sheena Rawlings |
LD |
173 |
|
| Andrew Stringer |
Grn |
1645 |
53.6% |
| Glen Horn |
C |
1135 |
37.0% |
| Terry Wilson |
Lab |
166 |
5.4% |
| Mark Valladares |
LD |
122 |
4.0% |
| David Goldsmith |
C |
1869 |
37.8% |
| Kathy Bole |
Lab |
1833 |
37.1% |
| Rob Bridgeman |
Lab |
1733 |
|
| Erion Xhaferaj |
C |
1409 |
|
| Tony Gould |
UKIP |
680 |
13.8% |
| Liz Smith |
Grn |
293 |
5.9% |
| Martin Hore |
LD |
263 |
5.3% |
| Shaun McDonald |
Grn |
256 |
|
| Malcolm Mitchell |
LD |
216 |
|
| Alexander Nicoll |
C |
1566 |
48.4% |
| Kit Twinch |
LD |
684 |
21.2% |
| Lesley Bensley |
Lab |
418 |
12.9% |
| Trevor Coult |
UKIP |
308 |
9.5% |
| Catherine Welsh |
Grn |
258 |
8.0% |
| Andrew Reid |
C |
1578 |
56.8% |
| Victoria Hambley |
Grn |
352 |
12.7% |
| Nigel Brown |
LD |
339 |
12.2% |
| Philip Harle |
Lab |
315 |
11.3% |
| Garry Debenham |
UKIP |
194 |
7.0% |
| Caroline Page |
LD |
1547 |
51.4% |
| Stephen Attwell |
C |
1041 |
34.6% |
| Vicky Jones |
Lab |
254 |
8.4% |
| Eamonn O'Nolan |
Grn |
113 |
3.8% |
| Ray Tunstall |
UKIP |
55 |
1.8% |
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