Suffolk County Council election, 2017

Suffolk County Council election, 2017

4 May 2017
All 75 seats to Suffolk County Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Last election 39 15 7 Seats before 37 15 8 Seats won 52 11 5 Seat change 15 4 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Green UKIP Last election 3 2 9 Seats before 3 2 10 Seats won 4 3 0 Seat change 1 1 10
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 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.

Overall Result

Suffolk County Council election, 2017
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	52	18	3	15	69.3	45.6	112,828	+9.6
	Labour	11	1	5	4	14.7	22.8	56,137	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	5	0	3	3	6.7	13.0	32,237	+2.9
	Independent	4	1	0	1	5.3	5.1	12,748	+2.5
	Green	3	2	1	1	4.0	7.9	19,510	-0.1
	UKIP	0	0	10	10	-	5.7	13,997	-12.7

Candidates and results by division

Aldeburgh and Leiston

Aldeburgh and Leiston (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Russ Rainger	1,288	49.4
	Labour	Freda Casagrande	607	23.3
	UKIP	Roger Ball	291	11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Julia McLean	270	10.3
	Green	Peter Ward	153	5.9
Majority			681	26.1
Turnout			2,609	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beccles

Beccles (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Bee	2,241	23.7
	Green	Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw	2,189	23.2
	Conservative	Graham Catchpole	2,031	21.5
	Green	Josi Horne	1,446	15.3
	Labour	Tarik Lahin	541	5.7
	Labour	Nasima Begum	388	4.1
	UKIP	Pat Hawes	224	2.4
	UKIP	Mike Shaw	194	2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Way	105	1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Macdowall	96	1.0
Majority
Turnout			4,843	41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Belstead Brook

Belstead Brook (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Hudson	867	40.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Busby	792	37.4
	Labour Co-op	David Plowman	270	12.7
	UKIP	Stuart Armstrong	119	5.6
	Green	Richard Hardacre	72	3.4
Majority			75	3.5
Turnout			2,120	31.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bixley

Bixley (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul West	1,310	55.7
	Labour	Paul Anderson	557	23.7
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Lockington	198	8.4
	UKIP	Dave Ranson	166	7.1
	Independent	Linda Sharp	120	5.1
Majority			753	32.0
Turnout			2,351	41.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackbourn

Blackbourn (1 councillor)

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

Blything

Blything (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Smith	1,602	52.9
	Liberal Democrat	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

Bosmere

Bosmere (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anne Whybrow	1,169	46.0
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Phillips	987	38.7
	Labour	Tony Elliott	198	7.8
	Green	Terence Carter	185	7.3
Majority			632	24.9
Turnout			2,539	32.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Brandon

Brandon (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	West Suffolk Independents	Victor Lukaniuk	937	46.9
	Conservative	Stephen Frost	562	28.1
	UKIP	Reg Silvester	256	12.8
	Labour	Susan Dean	242	12.1
Majority			375	18.8
Turnout			1,997	29.4
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing

Bridge

Bridge (1 councillor)

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

Bungay

Bungay (1 councillor)

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

Carlford

Carlford (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robin Vickery	1,646	55.4
	Independent	Rose Johnson	411	13.8
	Liberal Democrat	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

Chantry

Chantry (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Helen Armitage	2,246	23.0
	Labour	Peter Gardiner	2,145	22.0
	Conservative	Bob Hall	2,110	21.6
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	2,069	21.2
	UKIP	Alan Cotterell	658	6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Chambers	271	2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Haaker	257	2.6
Majority
Turnout				32.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clare

Clare (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mary Evans	2,445	66.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Rolph	545	14.9
	Labour	Robin Davies	355	9.7
	UKIP	Stuart Letten	315	8.6
Majority			1,900	51.9
Turnout			3,660	41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cosford

Cosford (1 councillor)

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

Eastgate & Moreton Hall

Eastgate & Moreton Hall (1 councillor)

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

Exning & Newmarket

Exning & Newmarket (1 councillor)

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

Felixstowe Coastal

Felixstowe Coastal (2 councillors)

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 Democrat	Seamus Bennett	1,028	9.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

Felixstowe North & Trimley (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stuart Bird	1,295	49.2
	Labour	Dave Ablitt	692	26.3
	UKIP	David Coutts	306	11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Marfleet	235	8.9
	Green	Jonathan Mulbery	106	4.0
Majority			603	22.9
Turnout			2,634	34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Framlingham

Framlingham (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Burroughes	1,685	57.2
	Green	James Holloway	408	13.8
	Labour	Kezia Bayfield	389	13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Turner	310	10.5
	UKIP	David Owen	156	5.3
Majority			1,277	43.3
Turnout			2,948	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough

Gainsborough (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kim Clements	1,081	41.3
	Conservative	Liz Harsant	1,078	41.2
	UKIP	Shayne Pooley	275	10.5
	Green	Ben Magrath	110	4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Whitmore	75	2.9
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			2,619	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipping Valley

Gipping Valley (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Field	1,030	40.1
	Conservative	John Whitehead	1,000	39.0
	Labour	Julie Cuninghame	249	9.7
	UKIP	David Bosworth	203	7.9
	Green	David Penny	85	3.3
Majority			30	1.2
Turnout			2,567	34.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Great Cornard

Great Cornard (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Beer	902	48.9
	Labour	Sarah Page	522	28.3
	UKIP	Aidan Powlesland	173	9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Marjorie Bark	157	8.5
	Green	Dean Walton	91	4.9
Majority			380	20.6
Turnout			1,845	25.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gunton

Gunton (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Steve Ardley	1,569	19.9
	Labour	Keith Patience	1,517	19.2
	Conservative	Mary Rudd	1,511	19.1
	Labour	Janet Craig	1,471	18.6
	UKIP	Bernie Guymer	570	7.2
	UKIP	Jenny Hinton	503	6.4
	Green	Emma Bateman	297	3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Taylor	258	3.3
	Green	Rupert Butley	201	2.6
Majority
Turnout			4,121	27.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hadleigh

Hadleigh (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mick Fraser	847	39.6
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Sheldrick	795	37.2
	Labour	Sue Monks	330	15.4
	UKIP	Christine Hempstead	91	4.3
	Green	Lisa Gordon	75	3.5
Majority			52	2.4
Turnout			2,138	31.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Halesworth

Halesworth (1 councillor)

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

Hardwick

Hardwick (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Rout	1,645	58.7
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Korfanty	470	16.8
	Labour	Nicola Iannelli-Popham	463	16.5
	Green	Sara Rae	224	8.0
Majority			1,175	41.9
Turnout			2,802	41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartismere

Hartismere (1 councillor)

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

Haverhill Cangle

Haverhill Cangle (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paula Fox	1,481	23.2
	Conservative	Quillon Fox	1,324	20.7
	Labour	Maureen Byrne	1,134	17.8
	Labour	David Smith	845	13.2
	UKIP	Julian Flood	773	12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Lewis Curtis	455	7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ken Rolph	376	5.9
Majority
Turnout			3,462	26.1
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Haverhill East & Kedington

Haverhill East & Kedington (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Roach	922	47.9
	Labour	Jason Simpkin	464	24.1
	UKIP	Ant Williams	366	19.0
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Forder	172	8.9
Majority			458	23.8
Turnout			1,924	27.5
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Hoxne & Eye

Hoxne & Eye (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Guy McGregor	1,846	56.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Blake	470	14.5
	Labour Co-op	Garry Deeks	466	14.4
	Green	James Hargrave	268	8.3
	UKIP	Roger Fouracre	197	6.1
Majority			1,376	42.4
Turnout			3,247	41.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew

Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stuart Lawson	2,840	28.5
	Conservative	Robert Whiting	2,474	24.8
	Labour	Becky Patten	1,083	10.9
	Labour	Helen Clarkson	961	9.6
	Independent	Mark Ling	543	5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Neal	436	4.4
	Independent	Jonathan Ogden	434	4.3
	UKIP	David Mears	390	3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Neal	380	3.8
	Green	Barbara Richardson-Todd	295	3.0
	Green	Charlie Zakss	145	1.5
Majority
Turnout				33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kessingland & Southwold

Kessingland & Southwold (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Ladd	1,392	48.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Beavan	498	17.5
	Labour	Paul Tyack	497	17.5
	UKIP	Jean Difford	308	10.8
	Green	Callum Rollo	150	5.3
Majority			894	31.4
Turnout			2,845	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lowestoft South

Lowestoft South (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jenny Ceresa	1,582	20.1
	Conservative	Jamie Starling	1,455	18.5
	Labour	Tess Gandy	1,174	14.9
	Labour	David Finnigan	1,167	14.8
	UKIP	Peter Collecott	489	6.2
	UKIP	Steve Harvey	444	5.6
	Independent	Desmond Baldry	428	5.4
	Independent	Bill Mountford	409	5.2
	Green	Peter Lang	203	2.6
	Green	Mark Morgan	191	2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Tonge	179	2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Darius McCarthy	160	2.0
Majority
Turnout			4,135	28.0
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Martlesham

Martlesham (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patricia O'Brien	2,542	67.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Gibbons	458	12.2
	Labour	Jeremy Hawksley	446	11.9
	Green	Betsy Reid	315	8.4
Majority			2,084	55.4
Turnout			3,761	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melford

Melford (1 councillor)

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

Mildenhall

Mildenhall (1 councillor)

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

Newmarket & Red Lodge

Newmarket & Red Lodge (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robin Millar	1,203	50.5
	Labour	Joy Uney	373	15.6
	UKIP	Roger Dicker	322	13.5
	West Suffolk Independents	Andrew Appleby	273	11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Gillett	213	8.9
Majority			830	34.8
Turnout			2,384	25.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oulton

Oulton (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Reeder	2,274	25.0
	Conservative	Keith Robinson	2,139	23.5
	Labour	Len Jacklin	1,394	15.3
	Labour	Lynne Ward	1,368	15.0
	UKIP	George Hawes	607	6.7
	UKIP	Bert Poole	515	5.7
	Green	Sally Phillips	232	2.5
	Green	Peter Eyres	225	2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Thomas	201	2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Gillard	145	1.6
Majority
Turnout			4,693	30.3
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pakefield

Pakefield (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro	1,569	21.7
	Conservative	Craig Rivett	1,473	20.4
	Labour	Peter Byatt	1,369	19.0
	Labour	Sonia Barker	1,333	18.4
	UKIP	Robin Hinton	384	5.3
	UKIP	Phillip Trindall	367	5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Robertson	215	3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Christian Newsome	190	2.6
	Green	Rachel Fawkes	182	2.5
	Green	Ben Quail	162	2.2
Majority
Turnout			3,715	31.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Peninsula

Peninsula (1 councilor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Wood	1,337	38.9
	Independent	Derek Davis	923	26.9
	Conservative	Will Shropshire	786	22.9
	Labour	Phil Dunnett	274	8.0
	Green	Andrew Sterling	113	3.3
Majority			414	12.1
Turnout			3,433	42.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Priory Heath

Priory Heath (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Quinton	927	50.0
	Conservative	Andy Shannon	639	34.2
	UKIP	Pippa Gordon	141	7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Jacob	93	5.0
	Green	Andrew Patmore	71	3.8
Majority			288	15.4
Turnout			1,871	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Row Heath

Row Heath (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Noble	1,362	52.4
	Independent	David Gathercole	383	14.7
	Independent	John Smith	379	14.6
	Labour	Jack Fawbert	313	12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ralph Brownie	164	6.3
Majority			979	37.6
Turnout			2,601	32.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rushmere

Rushmere (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sandra Gage	1,429	50.5
	Conservative	Paul Cawthorn	997	35.2
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Packard	162	5.7
	UKIP	Jo Grant	152	5.4
	Green	Maxwell Phillips	89	3.1
Majority			432	15.3
Turnout			2,829	39.06
	Labour hold		Swing

Samford

Samford (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gordon Jones	1,502	43.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Carpendale	1,410	40.6
	Labour	Charlie Nixon	323	9.3
	UKIP	Steve Laing	235	6.8
Majority			92	2.7
Turnout			3,470	42.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Helen's

St Helen's (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mandy Gaylard	1,322	54.7
	Conservative	Alex Burgess	664	27.5
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Barrett	201	8.3
	Green	Maria Harrison	142	5.9
	UKIP	Wilfred Arasaratnam	88	3.6
Majority			658	27.2
Turnout			2,417	30.54
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's

St John's (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Sandy Martin	1,383	57.6
	Conservative	Steve Flood	761	31.7
	Green	Jane Scott	138	5.7
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Toye	120	5.0
Majority			622	25.9
Turnout			2,402	35.86
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

St Margaret's & Westgate

St Margaret's & Westgate (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Inga Lockington	2,284	19.3
	Conservative	Chris Chambers	1,954	16.5
	Labour	Sarah Adams	1,897	16.0
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Holmes	1,869	15.8
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1,697	14.3
	Labour	Jan Parry	1,541	13.0
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	323	2.7
	Green	John Mann	287	2.4
Majority
Turnout			11,852
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stour Valley

Stour Valley (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Finch	1,428
	Liberal Democrat	Bryn Hurren	966
	Labour	John Cook	167
	UKIP	James Carver	121
	Green	Lois Hickey	96
Majority			462
Turnout			2,778	43.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stowmarket North & Stowupland

Stowmarket North & Stowupland (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gary Green	1,320
	Green	Keith Welham	793
	Labour	Susan Hollands	376
	Liberal Democrat	John Curle	181
Majority			527
Turnout			2,670	26.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stowmarket South

Stowmarket South (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nicholas Gowrley	921
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Scarff	789
	Labour	Nikki Betts	307
	UKIP	Stephen Searle	220
	Green	Max Betts-Davies	167
Majority			132
Turnout			2,404	31.14
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Sudbury

Sudbury (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jack Owen	693
	Conservative	Adrian Osborne	631
	Independent	John Sayers	470
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Welsh	262
	Green	Julie Fowles-Smith	124
	UKIP	Steven Whalley	91
Majority			62
Turnout			2,271	32.01
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sudbury East & Waldingfield

Sudbury East & Waldingfield (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Spence	1,169
	Labour	Luke Cresswell	546
	UKIP	Darren Clarke	229
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Spivey	161
	Green	John Burch	92
Majority			623
Turnout			2,197	31.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thedwastre North

Thedwastre North (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jane Storey	1,927
	Green	Andy Mellen	678
	Labour	Ursula Ajimal	293
	Liberal Democrat	Jon James	199
Majority			1,249
Turnout			3,097	36.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thedwastre South

Thedwastre South (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Penny Otton	1,346
	Conservative	Gilly Morgan	1,263
	Labour	Philip Cockell	274
Majority			83
Turnout			2,883	39.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Thingoe North

Thingoe North (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger	1,989
	Labour Co-op	Frederick Rowell	439
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Turner	302
Majority			1,550
Turnout			2,730	38.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thingoe South

Thingoe South (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Karen Soons	2,110
	Liberal Democrat	Zigurds Kronbergs	436
	Labour	Hilary Appleton	409
	UKIP	Dawn Dicker	145
Majority			1,674
Turnout			3,100
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thredling

Thredling (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Matthew Hicks	2,066
	Liberal Democrat	David Payne	455
	Labour	Stan Robinson	431
Majority			1,611
Turnout			2,952	37.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tower

Tower (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	1,833
	Independent	David Nettleton	1,628
	Independent	Paul Hopfensperger	1,623
	Green	Mark Ereira	1,406
	Labour	Quentin Cornish	998
	Labour	Alex Griffin	907
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Lale	507
	Liberal Democrat	Sheena Rawlings	173
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Upper Gipping

Upper Gipping (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Andrew Stringer	1,645
	Conservative	Glen Horn	1,135
	Labour	Terry Wilson	166
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Valladares	122
Majority			510
Turnout			3,068	39
	Green hold		Swing

Whitehouse & Whitton

Whitehouse & Whitton (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Goldsmith	1,869
	Labour	Kathy Bole	1,833
	Labour	Rob Bridgeman	1,733
	Conservative	Erion Xhaferaj	1,409
	UKIP	Tony Gould	680
	Green	Liz Smith	293
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Hore	263
	Green	Shaun McDonald	256
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Mitchell	216
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wickham

Wickham (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alexander Nicoll	1,566
	Liberal Democrat	Kit Twinch	684
	Labour	Lesley Bensley	418
	UKIP	Trevor Coult MC	308
	Green	Catherine Walsh	258
Majority			882
Turnout			3,234	38.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilford

Wilford (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Reid	1,578
	Green	Victoria Hambley	352
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Brown	339
	Labour	Philip Harle	315
	UKIP	Garry Debenham	194
Majority			1,226
Turnout			2,778	41.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodbridge

Woodbridge (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Page	1,547
	Conservative	Stephen Attwell	1,041
	Labour	Vicky Jones	254
	Green	Eamonn O'Nolan	113
	UKIP	Ray Tunstall	55
Majority			506
Turnout			3,010	47.19
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

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