2017 Suffolk County Council election

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All 75 seats to Suffolk County Council
38 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	39 seats, 35.5%	15 seats, 21.6%	7 seats, 20.0%
Seats before	37	15	8
Seats won	52	11	5
Seat change	13	4	3
Popular vote	92,238	41,242	27,237
Percentage	46.3%	20.7%	13.0%
Swing	10.8%	0.9%	3.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Independent	Green	UKIP
Last election	3 seats, 3.6%	2 seats, 8.8%	9 seats, 20.0%
Seats before	3	2	10
Seats won	3	3	0
Seat change		1	10
Popular vote	8,511	16,367	11,974
Percentage	4.3%	6.0%	6.0%
Swing	0.7%	0.6%	14.0%

Map of the results of the 2017 Suffolk council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Greens in green and independents in grey.

Council control before election

No overall control
Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2017 Suffolk County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 75 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each, by first-past-the-post voting, for a four-year term of office.

Voters who live in divisions which elected two councillors (12 divisions) were entitled to cast a maximum of two votes, while those living in divisions only electing one councillor (51 divisions) were only entitled to cast one vote.

Labour and the Conservatives were the only parties fielding candidates in all 63 electoral divisions. The Liberal Democrats had candidates standing in 58 divisions, while the Green Party stood candidates in 46 divisions and UKIP stood candidates in 43 divisions.

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Summary

The Conservatives regained much of the ground they lost at the previous election taking a net gain of 15 seats despite only picking up two extra seats in Ipswich.

Labour lost 4 of its 5 seats in Lowestoft but managed to pick up a Sudbury seat that they haven't held since 2009 and remained the main opposition party.

The Lib Dem lost 2 seats and failed to maintain a by election gain in Hadleigh.

The Greens made a net gain of 1, and UKIP lost all their seats.

Government Formation

With 52 seats and a fourth successive victory, the Conservatives were able to form a working majority of 29 in the new Council, with Colin Noble (Row Heath) elected as Council Leader. In May 2018 he was ousted in a party room ballot by cabinet member for waste, fire and the environment Matthew Hicks (Thredling).^[2]^[3]

Opposition leader Sandy Martin (St John's) stood down after being elected to Parliament in the 2017 general election in June, with Sandra Gage (Rushmere) succeeding him. However, in December 2017 she stood down to be replaced by former deputy group leader Sarah Adams (St John's), who had returned to the council after winning the by-election triggered by Martin's departure.^[4]

The Lib Dems and the Greens agreed to form a joint group, with the leadership switching each year, David Wood (Peninsula) the incumbent Lib Dem group leader became the first leader of this new group.^[5]

Overall Result

2017 Suffolk County Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	52	18	3	15	69.3	46.3	92,238	+10.8
Labour	11	1	5	4	14.7	20.7	41,242	-0.9
Liberal Democrats	5	0	3	3	6.7	13.7	27,237	+3.1
Green	3	2	1	1	4.0	8.2	16,367	-0.6
Independent	3	0	0		5.3	4.3	8,511	+0.7
West Suffolk Independents	1	1	0	1	0.0	0.9	1,771	N/A
UKIP	0	0	10	10	0.0	6.0	11,974	-14.0

Results by District

Babergh

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	6	1	10,463	39.5	+3.7
Liberal Democrat	1	1	5,880	22.2	+4.3
Labour	1	1	3,439	13.0	-1.6
Independent	1		3,007	11.3	+5.2
Green	1	1	2,424	9.1	-2.0
UKIP	0		1,293	4.9	-9.6

Division Results

Belstead Brook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hudson	867	40.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Busby *	792	37.4	-0.1
	Labour Co-op	David Plowman	270	12.7	-5.3
	UKIP	Stuart Armstrong	119	5.6	N/A
	Green	Richard Hardacre	72	3.4	-7.6
Majority			75	3.5
Turnout			2,120	31.5	+3.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cosford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Lindsay	1,630	48.4	+8.0
	Conservative	Philip Mutton	1,519	45.1	-6.8
	UKIP	Leon Stedman	115	3.4	N/A
	Labour	Rickaby Shearly-Sanders	106	3.1	-4.7
Majority			111	3.3
Turnout			3,370	47.8	+6.1
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Great Cornard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Beer *	902	48.9	+5.9
	Labour	Sarah Page	522	28.3	-3.3
	UKIP	Aidan Powlesland	173	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Bark	157	8.5	+1.9
	Green	Dean Walton	91	4.9	-14.0
Majority			380	20.6
Turnout			1,845	25.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hadleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Fraser	847	39.6	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Sheldrick *	795	37.2	+13.0
	Labour	Sue Monks	330	15.4	-1.2
	UKIP	Christine Hempstead	91	4.3	-18.4
	Green	Lisa Gordon	75	3.5	-1.4
Majority			52	2.4
Turnout			2,138	31.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp *	1,614	56.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Margaret Maybury	809	28.1	+12.0
	Labour	Paul Watson	208	7.2	+0.6
	Green	John Smith	131	4.5	-1.1
	UKIP	Peter Lynham	119	4.1	-14.2
Majority			805	27.9
Turnout			2,881	35.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Peninsula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Wood *	1,337	38.9	-4.2
	Independent	Derek Davis	923	26.9	N/A
	Conservative	Will Shropshire	786	22.9	+2.5
	Labour	Phil Dunnett	274	8.0	-1.9
	Green	Andrew Sterling	113	3.3	-2.9
Majority			414	12.1
Turnout			3,433	42.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Samford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Jones *	1,502	43.3	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Carpendale	1,410	40.6	+15.2
	Labour	Charlie Nixon	323	9.3	-1.0
	UKIP	Steve Laing	235	6.8	-18.0
Majority			92	2.7
Turnout			3,470	42.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Finch *	1,428	51.4	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hurren	966	34.8	+7.6
	Labour	John Cook	167	6.0	-2.3
	UKIP	James Carver	121	4.4	-17.6
	Green	Lois Hickey	96	3.5	N/A
Majority			462
Turnout			2,778	43.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sudbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Owen	693	30.5	-0.9
	Conservative	Adrian Osborne	631	27.8	-16.5
	Independent	John Sayers *	470	20.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Welsh	262	11.5	-0.7
	Green	Julie Fowles-Smith	124	5.5	-6.7
	UKIP	Steven Whalley	91	4.3	N/A
Majority			62
Turnout			2,271	32.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sudbury East & Waldingfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Spence *	1,169	53.2	+7.3
	Labour	Luke Cresswell	546	24.9	+3.8
	UKIP	Darren Clarke	229	10.4	-17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Spivey	161	7.3	N/A
	Green	John Burch	92	4.2	-1.1
Majority			623
Turnout			2,197	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest Heath

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	1	5,441	47.0	+11.0
West Suffolk Independents	1	1	1,771	15.3	N/A
Labour	0		1,830	15.8	+1.3
Independent	0		1,185	10.2	+3.9
UKIP	0	2	830	7.2	-28.4
Liberal Democrat	0		513	4.4	-3.1

Division Results

Brandon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	West Suffolk Independent	Victor Lukaniuk	937	46.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Stephen Frost	562	28.1	+0.8
	UKIP	Reg Silvester *	256	12.8	-33.1
	Labour	Susan Dean	242	12.1	+1.3
Majority			375	18.8
Turnout			1,997	29.4
	West Suffolk Independent gain from UKIP

Exning & Newmarket
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rachel Hood	909	37.2
	Labour	Michael Jefferys	585	23.9
	West Suffolk Independent	Simon Cole	561	23.0
	UKIP	Dave Hudson *	252	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Redbond	136	5.6
Majority			324	13.3
Turnout			2,443	31.1
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Mildenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Busuttil	1,405	65.5	+26.2
	Independent	David Chandler	423	19.7	N/A
	Labour	Kevin Yarrow	317	14.8	+0.9
Majority			982	45.8
Turnout			2,145	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newmarket & Red Lodge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Millar *	1,203	50.5	+5.9
	Labour	Joy Uney	373	15.6	-5.2
	UKIP	Roger Dicker	322	13.5	-14.9
	West Suffolk Independent	Andrew Appleby	273	11.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Gillett	213	8.9	+2.6
Majority			830	34.8
Turnout			2,384	25.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Row Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Noble *	1,362	52.4	+9.1
	Independent	David Gathercole	383	14.7	+3.5
	Independent	John Smith	379	14.6	N/A
	Labour	Jack Fawbert	313	12.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Brownie	164	6.3	+3.3
Majority			979	37.6
Turnout			2,601	32.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ipswich

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	9	1	19,130	40.9	-1.5
Conservative	2	1	17,187	36.8	+9.6
Liberal Democrat	1		6,123	13.1	+2.8
UKIP	0		2,160	4.6	-9.7
Green	0		1,863	4.0	-1.8
Independent	0		259	0.6	N/A

Division Results

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul West *	1,310	55.7	-2.7
	Labour	Paul Anderson	557	23.7	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Lockington	198	8.4	+2.8
	UKIP	Dave Ranson	166	7.1	N/A
	Independent	Linda Sharp	120	5.1	N/A
Majority			753	32.0
Turnout			2,351	41.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jack Abbott	1,036	50.0	+6.1
	Conservative	Mark Felix-Thomas	630	30.4	+10.4
	Green	Charlotte Armstrong	154	7.4	+2.5
	Independent	Lynn Turner	139	6.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wrathall	114	5.5	+1.3
Majority			406	19.6
Turnout			2,073	26.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Chantry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Helen Armitage *	2,246	43.4
	Labour	Peter Gardiner	2,145	41.4
	Conservative	Bob Hall	2,110	40.8
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	2,069	39.9
	UKIP	Alan Cotterell	658	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Chambers	271	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Haaker	257	5.0
Majority
Turnout				32.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Clements *	1,081	41.3	-6.1
	Conservative	Liz Harsant	1,078	41.2	+17.0
	UKIP	Shayne Pooley	275	10.5	-11.4
	Green	Ben Magrath	110	4.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	75	2.9	-0.8
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			2,619	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Quinton *	927	50.0	-3.0
	Conservative	Andy Shannon	639	34.2	+16.9
	UKIP	Pippa Gordon	141	7.5	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Jacob	93	5.0	+0.7
	Green	Andrew Patmore	71	3.8	-0.9
Majority			288	15.4
Turnout			1,871	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Gage *	1,429	50.5	+3.2
	Conservative	Paul Cawthorn	997	35.2	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Packard	162	5.7	+1.9
	UKIP	Jo Grant	152	5.4	-11.6
	Green	Maxwell Phillips	89	3.1	-0.9
Majority			432	15.3
Turnout			2,829	39.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St Helen's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mandy Gaylard *	1,322	54.7	+9.2
	Conservative	Alex Burgess	664	27.5	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Barrett	201	8.3	+0.5
	Green	Maria Harrison	142	5.9	-4.3
	UKIP	Wilfred Arasaratnam	88	3.6	-14.7
Majority			658	27.2
Turnout			2,417	30.5
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sandy Martin *	1,383	57.6	+3.0
	Conservative	Steve Flood	761	31.7	+3.5
	Green	Jane Scott	138	5.7	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Toye	120	5.0	-0.9
Majority			622	25.9
Turnout			2,402	35.86
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

St. Margaret's and Westgate (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington *	2,284	37.5
	Conservative	Chris Chambers	1,954	32.1
	Labour	Sarah Adams *	1,897	31.1
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,869	30.7
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1,697	27.8
	Labour	Jan Parry	1,541	25.3
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	323	5.3
	Green	John Mann	287	4.7
Majority
Turnout			11,852	40.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Whitehouse & Whitton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Goldsmith	1,869	39.2
	Labour	Kathy Bole *	1,833	38.5
	Labour	Rob Bridgeman	1,733	36.4
	Conservative	Erion Xhaferaj	1,409	29.6
	UKIP	Tony Gould	680	14.3
	Green	Liz Smith	293	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hore	263	5.5
	Green	Shaun McDonald	256	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Mitchell	216	4.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Mid Suffolk

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	7	2	13,918	49.3	+14.3
Liberal Democrat	2	1	5,750	20.4	+6.6
Green	1		4,171	14.8	-0.8
Labour	0		3,179	11.3	-0.6
UKIP	0	1	1,191	4.2	-19.4

Division Results

Bosmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anne Whybrow	1,169	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Phillips	987	38.7
	Labour	Tony Elliott	198	7.8
	Green	Terence Carter	185	7.3
Majority			182	7.3
Turnout			2,539	32.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gipping Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field *	1,030	40.1	+8.1
	Conservative	John Whitehead	1,000	39.0	+13.1
	Labour	Julie Cuninghame	249	9.7	-3.8
	UKIP	David Bosworth	203	7.9	-16.2
	Green	David Penny	85	3.3	-1.2
Majority			30	1.2
Turnout			2,567	34.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hartismere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessica Fleming *	1,810	61.2	+17.7
	Green	Rowland Warboys	459	15.5	+0.9
	Labour	Anthony Scott-Robinson	431	14.6	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Townsley	258	8.7	+2.5
Majority			1,351	45.7
Turnout			2,958	36.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoxne & Eye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy McGregor *	1,846	56.9	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Blake	470	14.5	+9.4
	Labour Co-op	Garry Deeks	466	14.4	-2.1
	Green	James Hargrave	268	8.3	-0.1
	UKIP	Roger Fouracre	197	6.1	-18.4
Majority			1,376	42.4
Turnout			3,247	41.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stowmarket North & Stowupland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Green *	1,320	49.4	+13.3
	Green	Keith Welham	793	29.7	+14.3
	Labour	Susan Hollands	376	14.1	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Curle	181	6.8	+3.8
Majority			527
Turnout			2,670	26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stowmarket South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Gowrley	921	38.3	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Scarff	789	32.8	+9.0
	Labour	Nikki Betts	307	12.8	-1.1
	UKIP	Stephen Searle *	220	9.2	-16.4
	Green	Max Betts-Davies	167	6.9	-4.2
Majority			132
Turnout			2,404	31.1
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Thedwastre North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Storey *	1,927	62.2	+14.7
	Green	Andy Mellen	678	21.9	+9.6
	Labour	Ursula Ajimal	293	9.5	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jon James	199	6.4	+2.0
Majority			1,249	40.3
Turnout			3,097	36.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thedwastre South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Otton *	1,346	46.7	+17.5
	Conservative	Gilly Morgan	1,263	43.8	+16.1
	Labour	Philip Cockell	274	9.5	+1.7
Majority			83	2.9	+1.4
Turnout			2,883	39.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.7

Thredling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Hicks *	2,066	70.0	+20.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Payne	455	15.4	+9.7
	Labour	Stan Robinson	431	14.6	5.1
Majority			1,611	54.6
Turnout			2,952	37.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upper Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Stringer *	1,645	53.6	+0.5
	Conservative	Glen Horn	1,135	37.0	+16.4
	Labour	Terry Wilson	166	5.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Valladares	122	5.4	+2.8
Majority			510
Turnout			3,068	39
	Green hold		Swing

Suffolk Coastal

District Summary

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	10	25,773	53.3	+3.4
Liberal Democrat	1	7,338	15.2	-2.2
Green	0	3,265	6.7	+4.1
Labour	0	8,072	16.7	-3.4
UKIP	0	2,550	5.3	-3.1

Division Results

Aldeburgh and Leiston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russ Rainger	1,288	49.4	+9.8
	Labour	Freda Casagrande	607	23.3	-3.7
	UKIP	Roger Ball	291	11.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julia McLean	270	10.3	+3.1
	Green	Peter Ward	153	5.9	-3.7
Majority			681	26.1
Turnout			2,609	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blything
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Smith *	1,602	52.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Sandbach	586	19.3
	Labour	Mark Turner	540	17.8
	Green	Nigel Hiley	302	10.0
Majority			1,016	33.5
Turnout			3,030	40.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Vickery	1,646	55.4
	Independent	Rose Johnson	411	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Yule	311	10.5
	Labour	Shasha Toptani	293	9.9
	Green	Miriam Burns	185	6.2
	UKIP	Michael Coney	123	4.1
Majority			1,235	41.6
Turnout			2,969	42.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felixstowe Coastal (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Newman *	3,198	28.0
	Conservative	Steve Wiles	3,018	26.4
	Labour	Margaret Morris	1,038	9.1
	Labour	Corrine Franklin	1,036	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Seamus Bennett	1,028	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Candy	754	6.6
	UKIP	Keith Phair	727	6.4
	Green	Kay Lyndle	403	3.5
	Green	Aidan Semmens	230	2.0
Majority
Turnout				39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felixstowe North & Trimley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Bird	1,295	49.2	+4.2
	Labour	Dave Ablitt	692	26.3	-10.8
	UKIP	David Coutts	306	11.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Marfleet	235	8.9	-9.1
	Green	Jonathan Mulbery	106	4.0	N/A
Majority			603	22.9
Turnout			2,634	34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Framlingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Burroughes *	1,685	57.2	+12.9
	Green	James Holloway	408	13.8	+3.7
	Labour	Kezia Bayfield	389	13.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Turner	310	10.5	+1.8
	UKIP	David Owen	156	5.3	-17.6
Majority			1,277	43.3
Turnout			2,948	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Lawson	2,840	28.5	+2.9
	Conservative	Robert Whiting *	2,474	24.8	+2.3
	Labour	Becky Patten	1,083	10.9	-1.8
	Labour	Helen Clarkson	961	9.6	-0.4
	Independent	Mark Ling	543	5.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Neal	436	4.4	-1.8
	Independent	Jonathan Ogden	434	4.3	N/A
	UKIP	David Mears	390	3.9	-13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Neal	380	3.8	-2.5
	Green	Barbara Richardson-Todd	295	3.0	N/A
	Green	Charlie Zakss	145	1.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout				33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Martlesham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia O'Brien *	2,542	67.6	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gibbons	458	12.2	-10.2
	Labour	Jeremy Hawksley	446	11.9	-2.5
	Green	Betsy Reid	315	8.4	-4.4
Majority			2,084	55.4
Turnout			3,761	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Nicoll	1,566	48.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kit Twinch	684	21.2	+9.3
	Labour	Lesley Bensley	418	12.9	-7.9
	UKIP	Trevor Coult MC	308	9.5	-11.8
	Green	Catherine Walsh	258	8.0	N/A
Majority			882
Turnout			3,234	38.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Reid *	1,578	56.8	-5.1
	Green	Victoria Hambley	352	12.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Brown	339	12.2	-3.8
	Labour	Philip Harle	315	11.3	-10.8
	UKIP	Garry Debenham	194	7.0	N/A
Majority			1,226
Turnout			2,778	41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Page *	1,547	51.4	+9.7
	Conservative	Stephen Attwell	1,041	34.6	+2.4
	Labour	Vicky Jones	254	8.4	-0.1
	Green	Eamonn O'Nolan	113	3.8	-0.7
	UKIP	Ray Tunstall	55	1.8	-10.3
Majority			506
Turnout			3,010	47.19
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Edmundsbury

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	7	2	17,205	49.0	+11.6
Independent	2		4,084	11.6	+0.6
Labour	0		6,890	19.6	+1.7
Liberal Democrat	0		3,691	10.5	+6.4
Green	0	1	1,630	4.6	-1.5
UKIP	0	1	1,599	4.6	-18.8

Division Results

Blackbourn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanna Spicer *	2,532	81.7
	Labour	Cyrille Bouché	568	18.3
Majority			1,964	63.4
Turnout			3,100	38.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Evans *	2,445	66.8	+20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Rolph	545	14.9	N/A
	Labour	Robin Davies	355	9.7	+3.0
	UKIP	Stuart Letten	315	8.6	-23.0
Majority			1,900	51.9
Turnout			3,660	41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastgate & Moreton Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith *	1,050	41.4
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	924	36.4
	Labour	Elle Zwandahl	308	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lale	255	10.1
Majority			126	5.0
Turnout			2,537	35.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Hardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Rout	1,645	58.7	+28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Korfanty	470	16.8	+5.3
	Labour	Nicola Iannelli-Popham	463	16.5	+4.3
	Green	Sara Rae	224	8.0	N/A
Majority			1,175	41.9
Turnout			2,802	41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haverhill Cangle (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paula Fox	1,481	42.9
	Conservative	Quillon Fox	1,324	38.3
	Labour	Maureen Byrne	1,134	32.8
	Labour	David Smith	845	24.5
	UKIP	Julian Flood *	773	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Curtis	455	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rolph	376	10.9
Majority
Turnout			3,462	26.1
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Haverhill East & Kedington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Roach	922	47.9	+22.9
	Labour	Jason Simpkin	464	24.1	+2.7
	UKIP	Ant Williams	366	19.0	-20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Forder	172	8.9	-2.8
Majority			458	23.8
Turnout			1,924	27.5
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Thingoe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Beccy Hopfensperger ^[6]**	1,989	72.9	+19.2
	Labour Co-op	Frederick Rowell	439	16.1	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Turner	302	11.1	N/A
Majority			1,550	56.8	+23.1
Turnout			2,730	38.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thingoe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karen Soons	2,110	68.1
	Liberal Democrats	Zigurds Kronbergs	436	14.1
	Labour	Hilary Appleton	409	13.2
	UKIP	Dawn Dicker	145	4.7
Majority			1,674
Turnout			3,100
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tower (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	1,833	35.7
	Independent	David Nettleton *	1,628	31.7
	Independent	Paul Hopfensperger^[7]	1,623	31.6
	Green	Mark Ereira *	1,406	27.4
	Labour	Quentin Cornish	998	19.4
	Labour	Alex Griffin	907	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Lale	507	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sheena Rawlings	173	3.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Waveney

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	11	6	22,315	44.5	+12.3
Labour	1	4	13,585	27.1	-4.2
Green	1	1	6,048	12.0	+0.6
UKIP	0	3	4,945	9.9	-12.1
Liberal Democrat	0		2,469	4.9	+1.7
Independent	0		837	1.7	N/A

Division Results

Beccles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Bee *	2,241	46.3
	Green	Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw	2,189	45.3
	Conservative	Graham Catchpole	2,031	42.0
	Green	Josi Horne	1,446	29.9
	Labour	Tarik Lahin	541	11.2
	Labour	Nasima Begum	388	8.0
	UKIP	Pat Hawes	224	4.6
	UKIP	Mike Shaw	194	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Way	105	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Macdowall	96	2.0
Majority
Turnout			4,843	41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Bungay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Ritchie *	1,534	53.1
	Labour	Sue Collins	758	26.2
	Green	Pauline Midwinter	280	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dave O'Neill	173	6.0
	UKIP	Andrew Bols	144	5.0
Majority			776	26.9
Turnout			2,889	39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gunton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Ardley	1,569	38.3
	Labour	Keith Patience *	1,517	37.0
	Conservative	Mary Rudd	1,511	36.9
	Labour	Janet Craig *	1,471	35.9
	UKIP	Bernie Guymer	570	13.9
	UKIP	Jenny Hinton	503	12.3
	Green	Emma Bateman	297	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Taylor	258	6.3
	Green	Rupert Butley	201	4.9
Majority
Turnout			4,121	27.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Halesworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Goldson *	1,545	53.5
	Labour	Peter Coghill	608	21.1
	Green	Alice Bull	290	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Hunt	249	8.6
	UKIP	James Scott	196	6.8
Majority			937	32.4
Turnout			2,888	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kessingland & Southwold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ladd *	1,392	48.9	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Beavan	498	17.5	+14.8
	Labour	Paul Tyack	497	17.5	-4.2
	UKIP	Jean Difford	308	10.8	-20.7
	Green	Callum Rollo	150	5.3	-1.3
Majority			894	31.4
Turnout			2,845	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lowestoft South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jenny Ceresa	1,582	38.6
	Conservative	Jamie Starling	1,455	35.5
	Labour	Tess Gandy	1,174	28.7
	Labour	David Finnigan	1,167	28.5
	UKIP	Peter Collecott	489	11.9
	UKIP	Steve Harvey	444	10.8
	Independent	Desmond Baldry	428	10.4
	Independent	Bill Mountford *	409	10.0
	Green	Peter Lang	203	5.0
	Green	Mark Morgan	191	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Tonge	179	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Darius McCarthy	160	3.9
Majority
Turnout			4,135	28.0
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Oulton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Reeder	2,274	48.5
	Conservative	Keith Robinson	2,139	45.6
	Labour	Len Jacklin *	1,394	29.7
	Labour	Lynne Ward	1,368	29.2
	UKIP	George Hawes	607	12.9
	UKIP	Bert Poole *	515	11.0
	Green	Sally Phillips	232	4.9
	Green	Peter Eyres	225	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	201	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Gillard	145	3.1
Majority
Turnout			4,693	30.3
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pakefield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro	1,569	42.3
	Conservative	Craig Rivett	1,473	39.7
	Labour	Peter Byatt *	1,369	36.9
	Labour	Sonia Barker *	1,333	35.9
	UKIP	Robin Hinton	384	10.3
	UKIP	Phillip Trindall	367	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Robertson	215	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Newsome	190	5.1
	Green	Rachel Fawkes	182	4.9
	Green	Ben Quail	162	4.4
Majority
Turnout			3,715	31.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
^ Geater, Paul. "Matthew Hicks wins Suffolk County Council Conservative leadership vote over Colin Noble". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "New Tory chief after leadership battle". BBC News. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ Geater, Paul (3 December 2017). "Labour leader Sandra Gage stands down after only six months at helm". East Anglian Daily Times.
^ "New leader for Lib Dem, Green and Independent group at Suffolk County Council". 3 June 2020.
^ "Councillor details – Suffolk County Councillor Beccy Hopfensperger - Cabinet Member for Adult Care". 28 January 2019.
^ "Councillor Paul Hopfensperger - Official Website".

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2017 Suffolk County Council election

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Summary

Government Formation

Overall Result

Results by District

Babergh

Forest Heath

Ipswich

Mid Suffolk

Suffolk Coastal

St. Edmundsbury

Waveney

References