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The 2023 West Suffolk District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of West Suffolk District Council in Suffolk, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
Summary
[edit]The council had been under Conservative majority control prior to the election. After the election the Conservatives remained the largest group, but lost their majority. A coalition of Labour, the West Suffolk Independents, Liberal Democrats, Greens and independent councillors formed after the election, with Labour councillor Cliff Waterman being appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023.[3][4]
Election result
[edit]2023 West Suffolk District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 58 | 26 | 2 | 12 | ![]() |
40.6 | 44.1 | 23,997 | –4.1 | |
Labour | 41 | 17 | 12 | 0 | ![]() |
26.6 | 30.4 | 16,523 | +12.1 | |
Independent | 19 | 10 | 3 | 8 | ![]() |
15.6 | 9.3 | 5,082 | –10.4 | |
West Suffolk Independents | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ![]() |
14.1 | 7.9 | 4,307 | +1.8 | |
Green | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
1.6 | 4.2 | 2,266 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
1.6 | 3.0 | 1,649 | –0.1 | |
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.9 | 470 | N/A | |
Communist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 74 | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by West Suffolk District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:[6][7]
Abbeygate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Julia Wakelam* | 796 | 54.7 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Jo Rayner* | 575 | 39.5 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Nicola Iannelli-Popham | 515 | 35.4 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Anabelle Mackenzie | 433 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Communist | Darren Turner | 74 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,455 | 40.0 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,635 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bardwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Smith* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold |
Barningham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carol Bull* | 529 | 66.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Alexander Callum | 264 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 265 | 33.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 804 | 37.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,139 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Barrow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Houlder* | 350 | 47.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Theo Williams | 192 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Zigurds Kronbergs | 189 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 158 | 21.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 736 | 36.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,036 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Brandon Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Jools Savage | 290 | 58.9 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Tony Simmons | 202 | 41.1 | +22.9 | |
Majority | 88 | 17.8 | –22.3 | ||
Turnout | 499 | 22.6 | –0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,208 | ||||
WSI hold | Swing | ![]() |
Brandon East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Phil Wittam* | 275 | 48.5 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | Christine Mason | 154 | 27.2 | –3.0 | |
Independent | Susan Smith | 138 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 121 | 21.3 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 570 | 26.1 | –0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,181 | ||||
WSI hold | Swing | ![]() |
Brandon West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Victor Lukaniuk* | 310 | 57.2 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | David Palmer* | 232 | 42.8 | +20.4 | |
Majority | 78 | 14.4 | –1.4 | ||
Turnout | 551 | 24.7 | –1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,227 | ||||
WSI hold | Swing | ![]() |
Chedburgh & Chevington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Chester* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold |
Clare, Hundon & Kedington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Clarke | 1,381 | 71.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Karen Richardson* | 1,226 | 63.6 | +20.3 | |
Conservative | Marion Rushbrook* | 1,226 | 63.6 | +15.4 | |
Reform UK | Robin Turbefield | 354 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,928 | 31.7 | –6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,087 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Eastgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Cliff Waterman* | 415 | 63.8 | +30.2 | |
Conservative | Zachary Bastiani | 235 | 36.2 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 180 | 27.6 | +27.2 | ||
Turnout | 663 | 38.4 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,729 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Exning
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jon London | 413 | 64.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Terry Wood | 223 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 190 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 639 | 37.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,723 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Haverhill Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Aaron Luccarini* | 229 | 38.2 | –2.1 | |
Labour | Mary Martin | 221 | 36.9 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Heike Sowa | 149 | 24.9 | –8.0 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.3 | –6.1 | ||
Turnout | 603 | 25.1 | –0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,401 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() |
Haverhill East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Hanlon* | 303 | 53.5 | +16.1 | |
Labour | Lora Miller-Jones | 279 | 49.3 | +19.2 | |
Independent | John Burns* | 222 | 39.2 | –1.5 | |
Conservative | Abbey Khawaja | 160 | 28.3 | –6.0 | |
Turnout | 566 | 19.8 | –2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,863 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Haverhill North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Paul Firman | 462 | 47.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joe Mason* | 422 | 43.6 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Quinn Cox | 412 | 42.6 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | Lisa Mason | 362 | 37.4 | –7.2 | |
Turnout | 967 | 26.7 | –2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,621 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Haverhill South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Smith* | 383 | 53.0 | +19.3 | |
Labour | Liz Smith | 353 | 48.8 | +16.0 | |
Independent | Jason Crooks* | 352 | 48.7 | +10.6 | |
Turnout | 723 | 16.9 | –1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,276 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Haverhill South East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Tony Brown* | 363 | 72.0 | +16.0 | |
Labour | Roger Andre | 141 | 28.0 | +11.8 | |
Majority | 222 | 44.0 | |||
Turnout | 517 | 28.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,815 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() |
Haverhill West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Martin | 455 | 41.6 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Margaret Marks* | 421 | 38.5 | –6.8 | |
Labour | Damian Page | 413 | 37.8 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | David Roach* | 358 | 32.8 | –9.8 | |
Independent | Bruce Davidson | 335 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,093 | 25.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,249 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Horringer
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Karen Soons | 418 | 49.8 | –19.1 | |
Green | Mark Ereira-Guyer | 249 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Quentin Cornish | 172 | 20.5 | –10.6 | |
Majority | 169 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 843 | 40.7 | |||
Registered electors | 2,074 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Iceni
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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WSI | Dawn Dicker* | 354 | 47.5 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Andy Drummond | 240 | 32.2 | +3.7 | |
Green | Simon Morse | 231 | 31.0 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Keith Holland | 227 | 30.4 | +17.4 | |
WSI | Lee Anderson | 201 | 26.9 | –5.5 | |
Turnout | 746 | 19.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,917 | ||||
WSI hold | |||||
Conservative gain from WSI |
Ixworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Griffiths* | 242 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Ben Lord | 211 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Helen Vicat | 165 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 31 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 622 | 36.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,710 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Kentford & Moulton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Roger Dicker* | 517 | 57.4 | –0.7 | |
Conservative | Bobby Bennett | 216 | 31.1 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Hilary Appleton | 167 | 11.6 | –2.5 | |
Majority | 301 | 26.3 | |||
Turnout | 906 | 39.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,269 | ||||
WSI hold | Swing | ![]() |
Lakenheath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gerald Kelly | 660 | 55.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Tracy Whitehand | 606 | 50.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Frost* | 453 | 38.1 | –7.7 | |
Conservative | Colin Noble | 379 | 31.8 | –5.6 | |
Turnout | 1,190 | 29.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,034 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent hold |
Manor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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WSI | Dave Taylor | 355 | 50.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brian Harvey* | 342 | 49.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 706 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,050 | ||||
WSI gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Mildenhall Great Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Richard Alecock* | 362 | 68.4 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Russell Leaman | 79 | 31.6 | –2.1 | |
Majority | 283 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 444 | 21.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,037 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() |
Mildenhall Kingsway & Market
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ian Shipp* | 382 | 61.0 | –1.3 | |
Conservative | Melanie Thielker | 114 | 30.5 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Patrick Finn | 96 | 8.5 | –1.2 | |
Majority | 268 | 30.5 | |||
Turnout | 592 | 28.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,107 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() |
Mildenhall Queensway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Andy Neal* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent hold |
Minden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donna Higgins | 831 | 49.6 | +17.6 | |
Labour | Richard O'Driscoll | 744 | 44.4 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Everitt* | 602 | 36.0 | –4.8 | |
Conservative | Chris Turner | 482 | 28.8 | –7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Korfanty | 320 | 19.1 | –8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Pinsker | 192 | 11.5 | –14.4 | |
Turnout | 1,674 | 40.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,188 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Moreton Hall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Armitage | 810 | 46.3 | +25.0 | |
Labour | Rowena Lindberg | 797 | 45.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Birgitte Mager* | 781 | 44.7 | +17.2 | |
Labour | Umor Haque | 757 | 43.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Thompson* | 716 | 40.9 | –0.4 | |
Conservative | Derrick Maher | 711 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,749 | 30.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,735 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative hold |
Newmarket East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sue Perry | 358 | 35.8 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Rachel Hood* | 317 | 30.5 | –7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonny Edge | 309 | 29.8 | +17.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Nobbs* | 306 | 29.5 | –6.4 | |
WSI | Jonathan Richer | 292 | 28.1 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Tom Kerby | 245 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,038 | 25.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,070 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Newmarket North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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WSI | Michael Anderson* | 483 | 53.4 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Janne Jarvis | 347 | 38.4 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | Chris Burton | 313 | 34.6 | –3.4 | |
WSI | Paula Stainton | 290 | 32.1 | –1.1 | |
Turnout | 904 | 25.0 | |||
Registered electors | 3,614 | ||||
WSI hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Newmarket West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Yarrow | 475 | 48.1 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Charlie Lynch | 377 | 38.2 | –10.8 | |
Conservative | Chloe Pitts | 364 | 36.8 | –1.5 | |
Green | Caroline Warn | 343 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Adrian Whittle | 116 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 988 | 26.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,734 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Pakenham & Troston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Speed | 310 | 53.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Shirley Stephenson | 271 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 39 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 592 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,875 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Risby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Glossop* | 506 | 64.0 | –9.0 | |
Labour | Peter Appleton | 285 | 36.0 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 221 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 805 | 35.6 | |||
Registered electors | 2,264 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Rougham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sara Mildmay-White* | 455 | 66.1 | –8.1 | |
Labour | Ian Cullen | 233 | 33.9 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 222 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 705 | 38.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,850 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Southgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Chung* | 705 | 55.4 | –17.5 | |
Conservative | Sarah Stamp | 615 | 48.3 | –9.9 | |
Labour | Judith Moore | 388 | 30.5 | –2.3 | |
Green | Chris Dexter-Mills | 339 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Cheryl Godber | 329 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,272 | 41.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,095 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Stanton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jim Thorndyke* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
St Olaves
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Luke Halpin | 511 | 51.1 | +15.3 | |
Independent | Frank Stennett | 440 | 44.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Mike Smith | 418 | 41.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tom Murray | 219 | 21.9 | –11.1 | |
Conservative | James Cockram | 166 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,000 | 24.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,161 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Independent hold |
The Fornhams & Great Barton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beccy Hopfensperger* | 765 | 53.2 | –18.4 | |
Conservative | Sarah Broughton* | 719 | 50.0 | –17.6 | |
Labour | Bruce Martin | 383 | 26.6 | –0.1 | |
Green | Jonathan King | 308 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Brendan Moore | 278 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Derry | 226 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,438 | 44.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,233 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
The Rows
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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WSI | Mick Bradshaw | 470 | 50.2 | N/A | |
WSI | Don Waldron* | 470 | 50.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lance Stanbury | 420 | 44.8 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Jordon Millward | 378 | 40.3 | +2.0 | |
Turnout | 937 | 24.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,836 | ||||
WSI gain from Independent | |||||
WSI gain from Independent |
Tollgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Diane Hind* | 740 | 65.5 | +22.9 | |
Labour | Marilyn Sayer | 701 | 62.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mark Winter | 354 | 31.3 | –0.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Sillett | 350 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,130 | 27.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,174 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Westgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Augustine* | 785 | 53.0 | –5.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Rout* | 751 | 50.7 | –13.6 | |
Labour | Paul McGoochan | 674 | 45.5 | +7.4 | |
Turnout | 1,481 | 39.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,782 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Whepstead & Wickhambrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sarah Pugh | 516 | 67.5 | –12.7 | |
Labour | Robert Sanderson | 248 | 32.5 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 268 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 771 | 37.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,077 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Withersfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Indy Wijenayaka | 339 | 45.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Stevens* | 325 | 44.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Lord | 75 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 14 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 744 | 40.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,833 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
References
[edit]- ^ Of the 13 independent councillors on the council before the election, 12 formed the "Independent Group", led by Ian Shipp
- ^ "Your councillors by party". West Suffolk Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Current vacancies and elections". West Suffolk District Council. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Green, Tamika (25 May 2023). "Bury St Edmunds councillor Cliff Waterman on 'exciting' new era for West Suffolk Council after being elected coalition leader". Suffolk News. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Sinclair, Andrew (24 May 2023). "West Suffolk: Alliance formed to stop Tories running council". BBC News. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "District Council election notices". West Suffolk District Council. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "West Suffolk Council election results 4 May 2023". West Suffolk Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Middleton, Siobhan (5 May 2023). "Suffolk local elections 2023: live coverage from election counts across the county". Suffolk News. Retrieved 7 January 2024.