2019 West Suffolk District Council election

2019 UK local government election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

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All 64 seats to West Suffolk District Council
33 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Independent	WSI
Seats won	36	15	7
Popular vote	24,134	9,860	3,074
Percentage	48.2%	19.7%	6.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Labour	Green
Seats won	5	1
Popular vote	9,159	1,047
Percentage	18.3%	2.1%

Winner of each seat at the 2019 West Suffolk District Council election

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2019 West Suffolk District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 and was the inaugural election of the new West Suffolk District Council. It was held concurrently with other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The Conservative Party won 43 of the 64 seats and currently control the Council.

Summary

Election result

2019 West Suffolk District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	61	36	N/A	N/A	N/A	60.6	48.2	23,134	N/A
	Independent	20	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	21.1	19.7	6,860	N/A
	West Suffolk Independents	10	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	9.9	6.1	3,074	N/A
	Labour	36	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.0	18.3	9,159	N/A
	Green	3	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.4	2.1	1,047	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	3.1	1,549	N/A
	UKIP	4	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	2.4	1,219	N/A

Ward results

Abbeygate

Abbeygate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Lisa Ingwall King	628	45.6
	Conservative	Joanna Rayner	523	38.0
	Conservative	Andrew Speed	484	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lale	392	28.4
	Labour	Nicola Iannelli-Popham	385	27.9
Turnout			1,378	37.0
Registered electors			3,724
	Green win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bardwell

Bardwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	518	73.2
	UKIP	Julian Flood	190	26.8
Majority			328	46.4
Turnout			759	36.9
Registered electors			2,055
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barningham

Barningham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carol Bull	Unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barrow

Barrow
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ian Houlder	Unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brandon Central

Brandon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	WSI	Victor Lukaniuk	292	58.3
	Conservative	Francis Hart	91	18.2
	Independent	Susan Smith	68	13.6
	Labour	Susan Dean	50	10.0
Majority			201	40.1
Turnout			505	22.7
Registered electors			2,230
	WSI win (new seat)

Brandon East

Brandon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	West Suffolk Independent	Philip Wittam	179	31.3
	Conservative	Reginald Silvester	173	30.2
	Independent	Peter Ridgwell	111	19.4
	Labour	Andrew Erlam	59	10.3
	Independent	Peter Callaghan	50	8.7
Majority			6	1.1
Turnout			581	26.4
Registered electors			2,200
	West Suffolk Independent win (new seat)

Brandon West

Brandon West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	West Suffolk Independent	David Palmer	267	46.7
	Independent	Edward Stewar	177	30.9
	Conservative	Christine Mason	128	22.4
Majority			90	15.8
Turnout			590	26.1
Registered electors			2,257
	West Suffolk Independent win (new seat)

Chedburgh & Chevington

Chedburgh & Chevington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Chester	628	73.5
	Labour	Gary Dillon	227	26.5
Majority			401	47.0
Turnout			886	41.9
Registered electors			2,117
	Conservative win (new seat)

Clare, Hundon & Kedington

Clare, Hundon & Kedington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marion Rushbrook	1,134	48.2
	Independent	James Meikle	1,025	43.6
	Conservative	Karen Richardson	1,019	43.3
	Conservative	Robin Pilley	822	34.9
	UKIP	Stuart Letten	558	23.7
Turnout			2,353	38.4
Registered electors			6,122
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eastgate

Eastgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clifford Waterman	228	33.6
	Independent	Patricia Warby	225	33.2
	Conservative	Frankie Wright	225	33.2
Majority			3	0.4
Turnout			688	38.0
Registered electors			1,810
	Labour win (new seat)

Exning

Exning
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haverhill Central

Haverhill Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Aaron Luccarini	239	40.3
	Conservative	Susan Roach	195	32.9
	Labour	Roger Andre	159	26.8
Majority			44	7.4
Turnout			601	25.9
Registered electors			2,322
	Independent win (new seat)

Haverhill East

Haverhill East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Burns	246	40.7
	Labour	Patrick Hanlon	226	37.4
	Conservative	Bryan Hawes	207	34.3
	Labour	Lora-Jane Miller-Jones	182	30.1
	Conservative	Tatiana Chernyavskaya	156	25.8
Turnout			604	22.1
Registered electors			2,739
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Haverhill North

Haverhill North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elaine McManus	404	44.6
	Conservative	Joseph Mason	373	41.2
	UKIP	Ian Hirst	248	27.4
	Green	Donald Allwright	240	26.5
	Labour	Damian Page	221	24.4
Turnout			905	29.3
Registered electors			3,090
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haverhill South

Haverhill South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jason Crooks	310	38.1
	Labour	David Smith	274	33.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Smith	267	32.8
	Conservative	Denis Lynch	207	25.4
	Conservative	Heike Sowa	168	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Rolph	136	16.7
Turnout			814	18.8
Registered electors			4,330
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Haverhill South East

Haverhill South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Anthony Brown	346	56.0
	Conservative	Liam Collins	172	27.8
	Labour	Alan Stinchcombe	100	16.2
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Haverhill West

Haverhill West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Marks	487	45.3
	Conservative	David Roach	458	42.6
	Labour	Rebecca Smith	396	36.9
	Labour	Stuart Dillon	334	31.1
	Independent	Paula Fox	302	28.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Horringer

Horringer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terence Clements	524	68.9
	Labour	Robin Davies	237	31.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Iceni

Iceni
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	West Suffolk Independent	Dawn Dicker	373	46.7
	West Suffolk Independent	Michael Bradshaw	259	32.4
	Conservative	Jordon Millward	228	28.5
	Conservative	Douglas Hall	219	27.4
	Green	Simon Morse	179	22.4
	Labour	Claire Unwin	104	13.0
	Labour	Gaelle Kemp	95	11.9
Majority
Turnout
	West Suffolk Independent win (new seat)
	West Suffolk Independent win (new seat)

Ixworth

Ixworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Griffiths	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kentford & Moulton

Kentford & Moulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	West Suffolk Independent	Roger Dicker	518	58.1
	Conservative	Thomas Kerby	248	27.8
	Labour	Hilary Appleton	126	14.1
Majority
Turnout
	West Suffolk Independent win (new seat)

Lakenheath

Lakenheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Gathercole	717	61.2
	Conservative	Stephen Frost	537	45.8
	Conservative	Colin Noble	438	37.4
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Manor

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Brian Harvey	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mildenhall Great Heath

Mildenhall Great Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Alecock	432	79.0
	Conservative	Russell Leaman	115	21.0
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Mildenhall Kingsway & Market

Mildenhall Kingsway & Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian Shipp	399	62.3
	Conservative	David Bowman	179	28.0
	Labour	Patrick Finn	62	9.7
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Mildenhall Queensway

Mildenhall Queensway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andrew Neal	379	57.3
	Conservative	Ruth Bowman	283	42.7
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Minden

Minden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	622	40.8
	Conservative	Clive Springett	546	35.8
	Labour	Donna Higgins	488	32.0
	Labour	Richard O'Driscoll	460	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Allen	425	27.9
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Korfanty	394	25.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith	1,200	67.2
	Independent	Francis Warby	1,058	59.2
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	738	41.3
	Conservative	Antony Whittingham	492	27.5
	Labour	Cyrille Bouche	380	21.3
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newmarket East

Newmarket East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rachel Hood	353	37.6
	Conservative	Robert Nobbs	337	35.9
	West Suffolk Independent	Andrew Appleby	260	27.7
	West Suffolk Independent	Christopher O'Neil	233	24.8
	Labour	Robert Yarrow	196	20.9
	Labour	Susan Perry	187	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Gillett	115	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Derry	87	9.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newmarket North

Newmarket North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	West Suffolk Independent	Michael Anderson	404	46.4
	Conservative	Robin Millar	331	38.0
	West Suffolk Independent	Ruth Allen	289	33.2
	Conservative	Stephen Edwards	220	25.3
	Labour	Oliver Bowen	195	22.4
	Labour	Duncan Russell	182	20.9
Majority
Turnout
	West Suffolk Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newmarket West

Newmarket West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Drummond	482	49.0
	Conservative	Winston Lay	376	38.3
	Labour	Michael Jeffreys	350	35.6
	Labour	Yasemin Fitzgerald	319	32.5
	UKIP	David Hudson	223	22.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pakenham & Troston

Pakenham & Troston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon Brown	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Risby

Risby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Glossop	565	73.0
	Labour	Sheila Rowell	209	27.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rougham

Rougham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sara Mildmay-White	491	74.2
	Labour	Quentin Cornish	171	25.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southgate

Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hung Chung	902	72.9
	Conservative	Ann Williamson	720	58.2
	Labour	Ian Cullen	406	32.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stanton

Stanton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Thorndyke	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Olaves

St. Olaves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Hopfensperger	680	71.4
	Labour	Max Clarke	341	35.8
	Conservative	Karen Soons	314	33.0
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

The Fornhams & Great Barton

The Fornhams & Great Barton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rebecca Hopfensperger	942	71.6
	Conservative	Sarah Broughton	890	67.6
	Labour	Darren Turner	352	26.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

The Rows

The Rows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Smith	636	60.6
	Independent	Donald Waldron	467	44.5
	Conservative	James Waters	402	38.3
	Conservative	Lance Stanbury	306	29.2
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Tollgate

Tollgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Nettleton	793	69.8
	Labour	Diane Hind	484	42.6
	Conservative	John Levantis	361	31.8
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Westgate

Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Rout	933	64.2
	Conservative	John Augustine	848	58.3
	Labour	Marilyn Sayer	554	38.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whepstead & Wickhambrook

Whepstead & Wickhambrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alison Evans	620	80.2
	Labour	Michael McConnell	153	19.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Withersfield

Withersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Stevens	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Newmarket North

Newmarket North: 30 January 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Soons	309	42.4	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Edge	130	17.9	N/A
	West Suffolk Independent	Ruth Allen	118	16.2	−17.0
	Labour	Theresa Chipulina	73	10.0	−12.4
	Independent	Frank Stennett	54	7.4	N/A
	Green	Alice Haylock	44	6.0	N/A
Majority			179
Turnout			728	19.52
	Conservative gain from West Suffolk Independent		Swing

Abbeygate

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Lisa Ingwall King.

Abbeygate: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Julia Wakelam	751	45.9	+13.3
	Conservative	Nick Wiseman	606	37.0	+9.9
	Labour	Cheryl Godber	279	17.1	–2.9
Majority			145	8.9	N/A
Turnout			1,655	43.2	+6.2
Registered electors			3,828
	Green hold		Swing	1.7

No Liberal Democrat candidate as previous (20.3%).

Clare, Hundon and Kedington

Clare, Hundon and Kedington: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Clarke	1,814	72.2
	Labour	Kerry Rogers	697	27.8
Majority			1,117	44.4
Turnout			2,532	40.2
Registered electors			6,295
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Lakenheath

Lakenheath: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Noble	573	48.2
	Independent	Gerald Kelly	434	36.5
	Labour	Layla Britton	119	10.0
	Independent	David Chandler	64	5.4
Majority			139	11.7
Turnout			1,196	28.9
Registered electors			4,134
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Birgitte Mager	1,098	52.6
	Independent	Barry Thomas	496	23.7
	Labour	Cyrille Bouche	495	23.7
Majority			602	28.9
Turnout			2,104	35.9
Registered electors			5,855
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Southgate

Southgate: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Stamp	814	58.2
	Labour	Richard O'Driscoll	251	17.9
	Green	Chris Dexter-Mills	186	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Korfanty	148	10.6
Majority			563	40.3
Turnout			1,407	43.1
Registered electors			3,220
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whepstead and Wickhambrook

Whepstead and Wickhambrook: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Pugh	645	69.8
	Labour	Robin Davies	142	15.4
	Green	Vicki Martin	137	14.8
Majority			503	54.4
Turnout			931	45.0
Registered electors			2,071
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Rows

The Rows: 30 September 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lance Stanbury	428	65.2	+26.5
	Labour	Theresa Chipulina	126	19.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Pinsker	102	15.5	N/A
Majority			302	46.0
Turnout			677	18.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	3.7

Horringer

Horringer: 25 November 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Wiseman	257	47.7
	Labour	Aaron McIntyre	204	37.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Lineham	78	14.5
Majority			53	9.9
Turnout			542	26.8
Registered electors			2,022
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Local Elections 2019 in the Anglia region". ITV News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
"West Suffolk Council". BBC News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
"West Suffolk Council election results 2 May 2019". www.westsuffolk.gov.uk.
"Election of a District Councillor for Newmarket North" (PDF). westsuffolk.gov.uk. West Suffolk District Council. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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