St Edmundsbury Borough Council elections

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

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][2]

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

The leaders of the council from 1995 until 2019 were:[3]

Councillor Party From To
Gerry Kiernan[4] Labour 1995 May 1999
Mike Brundle[5] Conservative May 1999 2000
Derek Redhead[6] Conservative 2000 Apr 2002
Ray Nowak[7][8] Labour May 2002 2003
John Griffiths[9] Conservative May 2003 31 Mar 2019

John Griffiths served as leader of the West Suffolk shadow authority for part of the year prior to the new council coming into effect in 2019.[10] He subsequently became the first leader of West Suffolk District Council after the first elections to the new council in May 2019.[11]

Council elections

Results maps

  • 2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2015 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Haverhill Clements By-Election 5 September 1996
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
Ixworth By-Election 21 November 1996
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
Ixworth By-Election 6 March 1997
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
Kedington By-Election 23 April 1998
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
Stanton By-Election 10 September 1998
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

St Olave's By-Election 7 June 2001
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
Westgate By-Election 25 April 2002
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
Honington By-Election 31 October 2002[15]
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

Risbygate By-Election 20 May 2004[16]
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
Haverhill East By-Election 10 June 2004[17]
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
Barningham By-Election 9 September 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Haverhill South By-Election 5 May 2005
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
Westgate By-Election 16 February 2006
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
Kedington By-Election 15 June 2006[18]
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

Haverhill North By-Election 20 March 2008[19]
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

Risbygate By-Election 15 November 2012[20]
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
Abbeygate By-Election 2 May 2013[21]
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
Bardwell By-Election 5 September 2013[22]
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
Abbeygate By-Election 3 October 2013[23]
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
Haverhill East By-Election 9 January 2014
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

Haverhill North By-Election 5 May 2016[24]
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
Bardwell By-Election 24 November 2016[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Smith N/A N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Moreton Hall By-Election 15 December 2016[26]
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
Chedburgh By-Election 28 September 2017[27]
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
Hundon By-Election 28 September 2017[28]
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
St Olaves By-Election 12 April 2018[29]
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
Haverhill East By-Election 3 May 2018[30]
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
Haverhill North By-Election 3 May 2018[31]
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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