St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk, England, was elected every four years. After the last boundary changes in 2003, 45 councillors were elected from 31 wards. The council was abolished in 2019, with the area becoming part of West Suffolk.
Political control
[edit]From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 1973–1991 | |
No overall control | 1991–1995 | |
Labour | 1995–1999 | |
Conservative | 1999–2001 | |
No overall control | 2001–2003 | |
Conservative | 2003–2019 |
Leadership
[edit]The leaders of the council from 1995 until 2019 were:[2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Kiernan | Labour | 1995 | 1999 | |
Mike Brundle | Conservative | 1999 | 2000 | |
Derek Redhead[3] | Conservative | 2000 | Apr 2002 | |
Ray Nowak[4] | Labour | May 2002 | 2003 | |
John Griffiths | Conservative | May 2003 | 31 Mar 2019 |
John Griffiths subsequently became the first leader of West Suffolk District Council.
Council elections
[edit]- 1973 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
- 1976 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
- 1979 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[5]
- 1983 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
- 1987 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
- 1991 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
- 1995 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
- 1999 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
- 2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[7]
- 2007 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
- 2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
- 2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
Results maps
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
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2015 results map
By-election results
[edit]1995-1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 381 | 76.2 | |||
Conservative | 61 | 12.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 58 | 11.6 | |||
Majority | 320 | 64.0 | |||
Turnout | 500 | 20.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 413 | 43.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 289 | 30.4 | |||
Labour | 250 | 26.3 | |||
Majority | 124 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 952 | 44.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 475 | 57.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 196 | 23.8 | |||
Labour | 152 | 18.5 | |||
Majority | 279 | 33.9 | |||
Turnout | 823 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 231 | 41.1 | |||
Conservative | 159 | 28.3 | |||
Independent | 89 | 15.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 83 | 14.8 | |||
Majority | 72 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 562 | 41.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 423 | 55.3 | +22.1 | ||
Labour | 275 | 35.9 | −1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 67 | 8.8 | −6.5 | ||
Majority | 148 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 765 | 34.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
1999-2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,106 | 72.1 | |||
Conservative | 300 | 19.6 | |||
Independent | 128 | 8.3 | |||
Majority | 806 | 52.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,534 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 423 | 44.0 | −5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 231 | 24.0 | +9.9 | ||
Labour | 230 | 23.9 | −12.5 | ||
Green | 78 | 8.1 | +8.1 | ||
Majority | 192 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 962 | 35.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hale | 272 | 69.7 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 118 | 30.3 | +30.3 | ||
Majority | 154 | 39.4 | |||
Turnout | 390 | 32.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2003-2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Melinda Nettleton | 293 | 34.1 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Simner | 278 | 32.3 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Ray Nowak | 169 | 19.7 | −9.0 | |
Green | Mandy Leathers | 85 | 9.9 | +9.9 | |
Independent | Brian Lockwood | 35 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 15 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 860 | 26.7 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Cox | 520 | 35.9 | −12.4 | |
Independent | Mabon Dane | 376 | 26.0 | +26.0 | |
Labour | George Hatchell | 363 | 25.1 | −26.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Warmington | 189 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 114 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,448 | 28.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | unopposed | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 746 | 43.8 | |||
Conservative | 602 | 35.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 357 | 20.9 | |||
Majority | 144 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,705 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lynsey Alexander | 500 | 54.0 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Chappell | 311 | 33.6 | +9.0 | |
Green | Ritchie Tennant | 64 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
UKIP | James Lumley | 50 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 189 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 925 | 27.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marion Rushbrook | 350 | 53.8 | −9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry McNally | 250 | 38.4 | +38.4 | |
Labour | Michael Simpkin | 51 | 7.8 | −29.3 | |
Majority | 100 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 651 | 43.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2007-2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Marks | 426 | 57.3 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Patrick Hanlon | 255 | 34.3 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Arthur Nightingale | 62 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 171 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 743 | 13.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2011-2015
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Julia Wakelam | 394 | 51.8 | +30.1 | |
Conservative | Susan Glossop | 239 | 31.4 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Cliff Hind | 128 | 16.8 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 155 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 761 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charlotte Howard | 562 | 44.5 | −4.5 | |
Green | Philippa Judd | 399 | 31.6 | +9.8 | |
Labour | Quentin Cornish | 154 | 12.2 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judith Broadway | 149 | 11.8 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 163 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,264 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paula Wade | 419 | 66.1 | −10.7 | |
UKIP | James Lumley | 150 | 23.7 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Thomas Stebbing | 65 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 269 | 42.4 | |||
Turnout | 634 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joanna Rayner | 359 | 42.8 | −1.7 | |
Green | Mark Ereira-Guyer | 236 | 28.1 | −3.5 | |
UKIP | Clive Reason | 85 | 10.1 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Lale | 83 | 9.9 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Quentin Cornish | 76 | 9.1 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 123 | 14.7 | |||
Turnout | 839 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Tony Brown | 529 | 54.0 | +54.0 | |
Labour | Pat Hanlon | 240 | 24.5 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | David Roach | 157 | 16.0 | −31.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ken Rolph | 54 | 5.5 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 289 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 980 | 16.4 | |||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
2015-2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Anthony Williams | 563 | 37.3 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Maureen Byrne | 460 | 30.5 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Quillon Fox | 409 | 27.1 | −12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Rolph | 78 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 103 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,510 | ||||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Smith | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Trevor Beckwith | 550 | 56.0 | +22.4 | |
Conservative | Sue Bill | 213 | 21.7 | −22.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Lale | 102 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Alex Griffin | 71 | 7.2 | −15.4 | |
UKIP | Julian Flood | 47 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 337 | 34.3 | |||
Turnout | 983 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Chester | 372 | 65.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Gary Dillon | 128 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Chapman | 65 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 244 | 43.2 | |||
Turnout | 565 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Evans | 357 | 80.6 | +17.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Rolph | 86 | 19.4 | +19.4 | |
Majority | 271 | 61.2 | |||
Turnout | 443 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Max Clarke | 365 | 58.6 | +27.0 | |
Conservative | Tom Murray | 150 | 24.1 | −6.5 | |
Independent | Liam Byrne | 77 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Korfanty | 31 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 215 | 34.5 | |||
Turnout | 623 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robin Pilley | 577 | 47.4 | +13.8 | |
Labour | David Smith | 490 | 40.2 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Saoirse O'Suilleabhán | 151 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
Majority | 87 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,218 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elaine McManus | 752 | 56.0 | +16.9 | |
Labour | Martin Jerram | 444 | 33.0 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Lord | 148 | 11.0 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 308 | 22.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,344 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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