2017 Suffolk County Council election

2017 Suffolk County Council election
All 75 seats to Suffolk County Council; 38 seats needed for a majority
	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.
Leader before election; Colin Noble; Conservative; No overall control	Leader after election ; Colin Noble; 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.

Previous composition

2013 election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	39
	Labour	15
	UKIP	9
	Liberal Democrats	7
	Independent	3
	Green	2
Total		75

Composition of council seats before election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	36
	Labour	15
	UKIP	9
	Liberal Democrats	8
	Independent	5
	Green	2
Total		75

Changes between elections

In between the 2013 election and the 2017 election, the following council seats changed hands:

Division	Date			Cause	Resulting Council Composition
					Con	Lab	UKIP	LDem	Grn	Ind

Haverhill Cangle^[2]	5 May 2016	Conservative	UKIP	Sitting councillor died. UKIP won by-election.	38	15	10	7	2	3
Hadleigh^[3]	22 September 2016	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Sitting councillor disqualified. Liberal Democrats won by-election.	37	15	10	8	2	3
Lowestoft South	March 2017	UKIP	Independent	Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member.	37	15	9	8	2	4
Sudbury	March 2017	Conservative	Independent	Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member.	36	15	9	8	2	5

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).^[4]^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7]

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^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hudson	867	40.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Busby *	792	37.4	–0.2
	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	–0.5
Turnout			2,124	31.8	+4.0
Registered electors			6,670		–13
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.8

Cosford^[8]
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	–4.6
Majority			111	3.3	–8.2
Turnout			3,370	47.8	+6.1
Registered electors			6,938		+202
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.4

Great Cornard^[8]
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	+2.0
	Green	Dean Walton	91	4.9	–13.9
Majority			380	20.6	+9.3
Turnout			1,859	26.2	+1.6
Registered electors			7,087		+103
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Hadleigh^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Fraser	847	39.6	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Sheldrick *	795	37.2	+13.0
	Labour	Sue Monks	330	15.4	–1.2
	UKIP	Christine Hempstead	91	4.3	–18.5
	Green	Lisa Gordon	75	3.5	–1.3
Majority			52	2.4	–4.9
Turnout			2,138	32.3	+3.5
Registered electors			6,619		+181
	Conservative hold		Swing	–2.4

Melford^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp *	1,614	56.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Margaret Maybury	809	28.1	+11.9
	Labour	Paul Watson	208	7.2	+0.5
	Green	John Smith	131	4.5	–1.1
	UKIP	Peter Lynham	119	4.1	–14.2
Majority			805	27.9	–6.9
Turnout			2,886	36.1	+2.5
Registered electors			7,992		+197
	Independent hold		Swing	–4.5

Peninsula^[8]
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	–10.6
Turnout			3,433	42.3	+10.5
Registered electors			7,986		–8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–15.5

Samford^[8]
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	–18.1
Majority			92	2.7	–5.6
Turnout			3,475	43.3	+4.8
Registered electors			8,026		+109
	Conservative hold		Swing	–2.8

Stour Valley^[8]
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	–17.7
	Green	Lois Hickey	96	3.5	N/A
Majority			462	16.6	+1.4
Turnout			2,780	43.8	+0.1
Registered electors			6,352		+240
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Sudbury^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Owen	693	30.5	–0.8
	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	4.0	N/A
Majority			62	2.7	N/A
Turnout			2,279	32.4	+5.9
Registered electors			7,027		+38
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.8

Sudbury East & Waldingfield^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Spence *	1,169	53.2	+7.3
	Labour	Luke Cresswell	546	24.9	+3.7
	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	28.4	+10.1
Turnout			2,205	31.9	+3.4
Registered electors			6,905		+196
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

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^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	West Suffolk Independents	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	+0.2
Turnout			2,011	29.6	–0.8
Registered electors			6,794		–334
style="background-color: 6EFFC5" \|	WSI gain from UKIP		Swing	+23.1

Exning & Newmarket^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Hood	909	37.2	+12.2
	Labour	Michael Jefferys	585	23.9	+3.9
	West Suffolk Independents	Simon Cole	561	23.0	+4.0^[10]
	UKIP	Dave Hudson *	252	10.3	–20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Redbond	136	5.6	+0.3
Majority			324	13.3	+7.6
Turnout			2,450	31.2	+4.6
Registered electors			7,848		–972
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+16.3

Mildenhall^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Busuttil	1,405	65.5	+26.2
	Independent	David Chandler	423	19.7	–19.2^[11]
	Labour	Kevin Yarrow	317	14.8	+0.9
Majority			982	45.8	+45.4
Turnout			2,152	30.8	–1.0
Registered electors			6,994		–157
	Conservative hold		Swing	+22.7

Newmarket & Red Lodge^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Millar *	1,203	50.5	+5.5
	Labour	Joy Uney	373	15.6	–5.1
	UKIP	Roger Dicker	322	13.5	–14.8
	West Suffolk Independents	Andrew Appleby	273	11.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Gillett	213	8.9	+2.7
Majority			830	34.8	+10.9
Turnout			2,384	25.6	+2.4
Registered electors			9,289		–20
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

Row Heath^[9]
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	+28.7
Turnout			2,601	32.3	–0.1
Registered electors			8,039		+241
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

Ipswich

District Summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	9	1	13,711	41.2	+1.4
Conservative	2	1	12,012	36.1	+11.4
Liberal Democrat	1		3,781	11.4	+2.7
UKIP	0		2,160	6.5	–12.5
Green	0		1,320	3.5	–3.7
Independent	0		259	0.7	+0.7

Division Results

Bixley^[12]
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	+2.9
	UKIP	Dave Ranson	166	7.1	N/A
	Independent	Linda Sharp	120	5.1	N/A
Majority			753	32.0	–15.1
Turnout			2,354	42.0	+6.9
Registered electors			5,651		–63
	Conservative hold		Swing	–0.8

Bridge^[12]
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	+2.8
Turnout			2,079	27.1	+3.5
Registered electors			7,682		+463
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	–2.2

Chantry (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Armitage *	2,246	42.5	+0.9
	Labour	Peter Gardiner	2,145
	Conservative	Bob Hall	2,110	39.9	+18.9
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	2,069
	UKIP	Alan Cotterell	658	12.5	–12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Chambers	271	5.1	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Haaker	257
Majority			136	2.6	–14.1
Turnout			5,194	31.5	+4.4
Registered electors			16,486		–556
	Labour hold		Swing	–9.0
	Labour hold

Gainsborough^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Clements *	1,081	41.3	–6.2
	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	–25.5
Turnout			2,623	32.0	+4.6
Registered electors			8,090		–72
	Labour hold		Swing	–11.6

Priory Heath^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Quinton *	927	49.5	–3.4
	Conservative	Andy Shannon	639	34.2	+16.8
	UKIP	Pippa Gordon	141	7.5	–13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Jacob	93	5.0	+0.7
	Green	Andrew Patmore	71	3.8	–0.9
Majority			288	15.4	–16.8
Turnout			1,875	28.6	+3.7
Registered electors			6,566		+222
	Labour hold		Swing	–10.3

Rushmere^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Gage *	1,429	50.5	+3.3
	Conservative	Paul Cawthorn	997	35.2	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Packard	162	5.7	+1.9
	UKIP	Jo Grant	152	5.4	–11.6
	Green	Maxwell Phillips	89	3.1	–0.8
Majority			432	15.3	–5.4
Turnout			2,832	39.2	+6.4
Registered electors			7,216		+23
	Labour hold		Swing	–2.7

St Helen's^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mandy Gaylard *	1,322	54.7	+9.1
	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	–14.6
Majority			658	27.2	–0.1
Turnout			2,431	31.0	+4.7
Registered electors			7,891		+299
	Labour hold		Swing	–0.1

St John's^[12]
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	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Toye	120	5.0	–0.9
Majority			622	25.9	–0.5
Turnout			2,406	36.1	+6.3
Registered electors			6,674		–109
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	–0.3

St. Margaret's and Westgate (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington *	2,284	35.4	+10.2
	Conservative	Chris Chambers	1,954	30.3	+6.8
	Labour	Sarah Adams *	1,897	29.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,869
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1,697
	Labour	Jan Parry	1,541
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	323	5.0	–3.3
	Green	John Mann	287
Majority			330	5.1	+1.5
Turnout			6,103	40.2	+6.4
Registered electors			15,180		–15
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.1

Whitehouse & Whitton (2)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Goldsmith	1,869	37.8	+16.1
	Labour	Kathy Bole *	1,833	37.1	+1.1
	Labour	Rob Bridgeman	1,733
	Conservative	Erion Xhaferaj	1,409
	UKIP	Tony Gould	680	13.8	–15.7
	Green	Liz Smith	293	5.9	–2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hore	263	5.3	+1.4
	Green	Shaun McDonald	256
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Mitchell	216
Majority			36	0.7	–0.6
Turnout			4,474	29.3	+1.4
Registered electors			15,247		–364
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+15.9
	Labour hold		Swing	–7.5

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^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Whybrow	1,169	46.0	+19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Phillips	987	38.9	+5.0
	Labour	Tony Elliott	198	7.8	–1.6
	Green	Terence Carter	185	7.3	+0.9
Majority			182	7.2	+0.3
Turnout			2,543	32.7	–0.0
Registered electors			7,782		+94
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+7.0

Gipping Valley^[13]
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	–4.9
Turnout			2,567	34.2	+2.9
Registered electors			7,398		+411
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–2.5

Hartismere^[13]
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	+3.6
Majority			1,351	45.7	+24.3
Turnout			2,958	37.0	+4.7
Registered electors			8,013		+276
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.4

Hoxne & Eye^[13]
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	–18.5
Majority			1,376	42.4	+21.3
Turnout			3,247	42.2	+5.3
Registered electors			7,724		+355
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

Stowmarket North & Stowupland^[13]
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	–5.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Curle	181	6.8	+3.8
Majority			527	19.7	+9.1
Turnout			2,678	26.9	+1.9
Registered electors			9,960		+768
	Conservative hold		Swing	–0.5

Stowmarket South^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Gowrley	921	38.3	+12.8
	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	5.5
Turnout			2,407	31.6	+1.3
Registered electors			7,651		+168
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+14.6

Thedwastre North^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Storey *	1,927	62.2	+14.8
	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	+17.8
Turnout			3,101	37.3	+6.0
Registered electors			8,306		+293
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

Thedwastre South^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Otton *	1,346	46.7	+17.5
	Conservative	Gilly Morgan	1,263	43.8	+16.2
	Labour	Philip Cockell	274	9.5	+1.7
Majority			83	2.9	+1.3
Turnout			2,888	40.0	+4.7
Registered electors			7,215		+198
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.7

Thredling^[13]
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	+26.3
Turnout			2,961	38.7	+3.5
Registered electors			7,644		+172
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

Upper Gipping^[13]
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	4.0	+2.8
Majority			510	16.6	–15.8
Turnout			3,068	39.7	+1.4
Registered electors			7,755		+199
	Green hold		Swing	–7.9

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^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russ Rainger	1,288	49.4	+9.8
	Labour	Freda Casagrande	607	23.3	+6.6
	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	+13.5
Turnout			2,612	35.1	–0.0
Registered electors			7,451		+22
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

Blything^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Smith *	1,602	52.9	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Sandbach	586	19.3	+2.2
	Labour	Mark Turner	540	17.8	–1.6
	Green	Nigel Hiley	302	10.0	–5.7
Majority			1,016	33.5	+5.1
Turnout			3,039	41.1	+5.7
Registered electors			7,400		+353
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Carlford^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Vickery	1,646	55.4	–3.6
	Independent	Rose Johnson	411	13.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Yule	311	10.5	+2.6
	Labour	Shasha Toptani	293	9.9	–4.2
	Green	Miriam Burns	185	6.2	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Coney	123	4.1	–14.9
Majority			1,235	41.6	+1.6
Turnout			2,968	42.4	+4.2
Registered electors			6,998		+65
	Conservative hold		Swing	–8.7

Felixstowe Coastal (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Newman *	3,198	50.0	–3.5
	Conservative	Steve Wiles	3,018
	Labour	Margaret Morris	1,038	16.2	–10.1
	Labour	Corrine Franklin	1,036
	Liberal Democrats	Seamus Bennett	1,028	16.1	–4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Candy	754
	UKIP	Keith Phair	727	11.4	N/A
	Green	Kay Lyndle	403	6.3	N/A
	Green	Aidan Semmens	230
Majority			2,160	33.8	+6.6
Turnout			6,010	39.0	+7.0
Registered electors			15,411		+69
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3
	Conservative hold

Felixstowe North & Trimley^[14]
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	–9.0
	Green	Jonathan Mulbery	106	4.0	N/A
Majority			603	22.9	+15.1
Turnout			2,634	34.8	+2.6
Registered electors			7,586		–104
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.5

Framlingham^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Burroughes *	1,685	57.2	+12.9
	Green	James Holloway	408	13.8	+3.8
	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	+21.9
Turnout			2,948	42.1	+5.5
Registered electors			7,027		+58
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Lawson	2,840	47.2	+6.1
	Conservative	Robert Whiting *	2,474
	Labour	Becky Patten	1,083	18.0	–2.3
	Labour	Helen Clarkson	961
	Independent	Mark Ling	543	9.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Neal	436	7.2	–2.8
	Independent	Jonathan Ogden	434	7.2	N/A
	UKIP	David Mears	390	6.5	–22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Neal	380
	Green	Barbara Richardson-Todd	295	4.9	N/A
	Green	Charlie Zakss	145
Majority			1,757	29.2	+16.7
Turnout			5,129	33.0	+5.0
Registered electors			15,541
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2
	Conservative hold

Martlesham^[14]
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	+27.3
Turnout			3,771	41.7	+5.7
Registered electors			9,043		+149
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.7

Wickham^[14]
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	–7.3
	UKIP	Trevor Coult	308	9.5	–11.8
	Green	Catherine Walsh	258	8.0	N/A
Majority			882	27.3	+2.0
Turnout			3,234	38.9	+6.9
Registered electors			8,330		+170
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.7

Wilford^[14]
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	44.1	+4.4
Turnout			2,778	41.8	+8.8
Registered electors			6,652		+4
	Conservative hold		Swing	–8.9

Woodbridge^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Page *	1,547	51.4	+9.7
	Conservative	Stephen Attwell	1,041	34.6	+2.3
	Labour	Vicky Jones	254	8.4	–1.0
	Green	Eamonn O'Nolan	113	3.8	–0.8
	UKIP	Ray Tunstall	55	1.8	–10.3
Majority			506	16.8	+7.3
Turnout			3,011	47.2	+5.2
Registered electors			6,378		–18
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.6

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^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanna Spicer *	2,532	81.7	+28.5
	Labour	Cyrille Bouché	568	18.3	+9.9
Majority			1,964	63.4	+40.5
Turnout			3,117	38.7	+1.6
Registered electors			8,045		+20
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.3

Clare^[15]
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	–22.9
Majority			1,900	51.9	+37.2
Turnout			3,667	42.1	+2.1
Registered electors			8,719		+87
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

Eastgate & Moreton Hall^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith *	1,050	41.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	924	36.4	+5.3
	Labour	Elle Zwandahl	308	12.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lale	255	10.1	+6.9
Majority			126	5.0	–3.6
Turnout			2,542	35.1	+6.4
Registered electors			7,244		–381
	Independent hold		Swing	–1.8

Hardwick^[15]
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	42.2	+40.0
Turnout			2,802	41.9	+3.3
Registered electors			6,700		–274
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.7

Haverhill Cangle (2)^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Fox	1,481	38.5	+4.1
	Conservative	Quillon Fox	1,324
	Labour	Maureen Byrne	1,134	29.5	+0.2
	Labour	David Smith	845
	UKIP	Julian Flood *	773	20.1	–9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Curtis	455	11.8	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rolph	376
Majority			708	18.4	+13.8
Turnout			3,462	26.1	+2.6
Registered electors			13,259
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+6.9

Haverhill East & Kedington^[15]
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	–20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Forder	172	8.9	–2.7
Majority			458	23.8	+9.7
Turnout			1,924	27.5	–0.9
Registered electors			7,002		–169
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+21.5

Thingoe North^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Rebecca Hopfensperger ^[16]**	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			2,742	38.4	+5.4
Registered electors			7,144		–621
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.8

Thingoe South^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Soons	2,110	68.1	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Zigurds Kronbergs	436	14.1	N/A
	Labour	Hilary Appleton	409	13.2	+1.0
	UKIP	Dawn Dicker	145	4.7	–24.3
Majority			1,674	54.0	+2.1
Turnout			3,110	42.5	+5.9
Registered electors			7,317		+61
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

Tower (2)^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	1,833	22.9	+3.7
	Independent	David Nettleton *	1,628	20.4	–1.4
	Independent	Paul Hopfensperger^[17]	1,623	20.3	N/A
	Green	Mark Ereira-Guyer *	1,406	17.6	–5.6
	Labour	Quentin Cornish	998	12.5	–1.6
	Labour	Alex Griffin	907
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Lale	507	6.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sheena Rawlings	173
Majority			205	2.6	+0.0
Turnout			5,147	33.1	+3.5
Registered electors			15,566
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing	+4.7
	Independent hold		Swing	–10.9

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 (2)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Bee *	2,241	42.3	+6.6
	Green	Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw	2,189	41.3	+15.4
	Conservative	Graham Catchpole	2,031
	Green	Josi Horne	1,446
	Labour	Tarik Lahin	541	10.2	–8.8
	Labour	Nasima Begum	388
	UKIP	Pat Hawes	224	4.2	–12.5
	UKIP	Mike Shaw	194
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Way	105	2.0	–0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Macdowall	96
Majority			52	1.0	–8.8
Turnout			4,843	41.3	+3.6
Registered electors			11,727
	Conservative hold		Swing	–4.4
	Green gain from Conservative

Bungay^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ritchie *	1,534	53.1	+7.9
	Labour	Sue Collins	758	26.2	+8.9
	Green	Pauline Midwinter	280	9.7	–20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dave O'Neill	173	6.0	–1.8
	UKIP	Andrew Bols	144	5.0	N/A
Majority			776	26.9	+11.4
Turnout			2,895	39.5	+3.9
Registered electors			7,324		–120
	Conservative hold		Swing	–0.5

Gunton (2)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Ardley	1,569	37.3	+11.7
	Labour	Keith Patience *	1,517	36.0	–2.3
	Conservative	Mary Rudd	1,511
	Labour	Janet Craig *	1,471
	UKIP	Bernie Guymer	570	13.5	–11.9
	UKIP	Jenny Hinton	503
	Green	Emma Bateman	297	7.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Taylor	258	6.1	+2.2
	Green	Rupert Butley	201
Majority			52	1.2	–11.5
Turnout			4,121	27.5	–8.1
Registered electors			14,993
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.0
	Labour hold

Halesworth^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Goldson *	1,545	53.5	+0.3
	Labour	Peter Coghill	608	21.1	–6.5
	Green	Alice Bull	290	10.0	–4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Hunt	249	8.6	+4.1
	UKIP	James Scott	196	6.8	N/A
Majority			937	32.4	+6.9
Turnout			2,898	39.3	+3.8
Registered electors			7,381		–75
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4

Kessingland & Southwold^[18]
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	–20.6
	Green	Callum Rollo	150	5.3	–1.3
Majority			894	31.4	+25.3
Turnout			2,850	38.3	+1.1
Registered electors			7,450		–201
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.7

Lowestoft South (2)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Ceresa	1,582	39.0	+18.9
	Conservative	Jamie Starling	1,455
	Labour	Tess Gandy	1,174	29.0	–4.8
	Labour	David Finnigan	1,167
	UKIP	Peter Collecott	489	12.1	–23.5
	UKIP	Steve Harvey	444
	Independent	Desmond Baldry	428	10.6	N/A
	Independent	Bill Mountford *	409
	Green	Peter Lang	203	5.0	–0.3
	Green	Mark Morgan	191
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Tonge	179	4.4	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Darius McCarthy	160
Majority			408	10.1
Turnout			4,135	28.0	+0.5
Registered electors			14,766		–267
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+21.2
	Conservative gain from UKIP

Oulton (2)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Reeder	2,274	48.3	+20.3
	Conservative	Keith Robinson	2,139
	Labour	Len Jacklin *	1,394	29.6	+0.3
	Labour	Lynne Ward	1,368
	UKIP	George Hawes	607	12.9	–18.5
	UKIP	Bert Poole *	515
	Green	Sally Phillips	232	4.9	–2.7
	Green	Peter Eyres	225
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	201	4.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Gillard	145
Majority			880	18.7
Turnout			4,693	30.3	–0.3
Registered electors			15,472
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+19.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+10.0

Pakefield (2)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro	1,569	42.2	+14.1
	Conservative	Craig Rivett	1,473
	Labour	Peter Byatt *	1,369	36.8	+3.2
	Labour	Sonia Barker *	1,333
	UKIP	Robin Hinton	384	10.3	–20.0
	UKIP	Phillip Trindall	367
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Robertson	215	5.8	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Newsome	190
	Green	Rachel Fawkes	182	4.9	+0.3
	Green	Ben Quail	162
Majority			200	5.4
Turnout			3,715	31.0	+0.2
Registered electors			11,975
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.5
	Conservative gain from Labour

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2017 Suffolk County Council election

Contents

Previous composition

2013 election

Composition of council seats before election

Changes between elections

Summary

Government Formation

Overall Result

Results by District

Babergh

Forest Heath

Ipswich

Mid Suffolk

Suffolk Coastal

St. Edmundsbury

Waveney

References