Election: Results of the local elections in Suffolk
Results of the local elections for Suffolk in May 2021.
Last updated 10th May 2021
Residents in Suffolk headed to the polls on Thursday 6th May to vote in England's local elections.
In Suffolk residents had the chance to vote for their next County Councillors and a Police and Crime Commissioner.
A third of Ipswich Borough Councillors were also up for election.
Council by-elections were held in some areas including: East Suffolk, West Suffolk and Babergh.
Most votes in the elections are due to be counted over Friday 7th May and Saturday 8th May, with declarations due shortly after counting finishes.
We'll be updating this page as and when results come in.
Suffolk County Council
All 75 seats were up for election at the polls on Thursday.
Going into this election the Conservatives had a majority, holding 50 of the total seats available.
The Blues managed to retain overall control of the council and gaining an extra five seats in total.
The Green's made the most ground, tripling their numbers, making them the largest opposition on the council.
Here are the full results:
Haverhill and East Kedington - Conservative HOLD
Eastgate and Moreton Hall - Conservative GAIN
Thredling - Conservative HOLD
Aldeburgh and Leiston - Conservative HOLD
Sudbury East and Waldingfield - Conservative HOLD
Upper Gipping - Green HOLD
Felixstowe North and Trimley - Conservative HOLD
Woodbridge - Lib Dem HOLD
Sudbury - Green GAIN
Clare - Conservative HOLD
Hardwick - Conservative HOLD
Blything - Conservative HOLD
Bungay - Conservative HOLD
Haverhill Cangle - both seats Conservative HOLD
Thdwastre North - Green GAIN
Stour Valley - Conservative HOLD
Carlford - Conservative HOLD
Beccles - one Green HOLd, one Green GAIN
Samford - Conservative HOLD
Thdwastre South - Lib Dem HOLD
Felixstowe Coastal - both seats Conservative HOLD
Framlingham - Conservative HOLD
Halesworth - Green GAIN
Tower - one Conservative HOLD, one Conservative GAIN
Peninsula- GREEN GAIN
Stowmarket South- LIB DEM GAIN
Exning and Newmarket CON HOLD
Stowmarket North & Stowupland- GREEN GAIN
Thingoe South - CON HOLD
Martlesham- CON HOLD
Melford- INDEPENDENT HOLD
Stowmarket South- LIB DEM GAIN
Gunton- (2 Councillors Elected) CON HOLD and CON GAIN
Kessingland and Southwold - CON HOLD
Hadleigh - CON HOLD
Hartismere- CON HOLD
Kesgrave & Rushmere- (2 Councillors Elected) CON HOLD and CON HOLD
Wilford- CON HOLD
Great Cornard CON HOLD
Blackbourn- CON HOLD
Hoxne and Eye - CON HOLD
Wickham - CON HOLD
Thingoe North - CON HOLD
Row Heath - CON HOLD
Newmarket & Red Lodge - CON HOLD
Bosmere - CON HOLD
Belstead Brook - CON HOLD
Cosford - GREEN HOLD
Gipping Valley - CON GAIN
Pakefield - (2 Councillors elected) CON HOLD and CON HOLD
St John's - LAB HOLD
Bridge - LAB HOLD
Lowestoft South - (2 Councillors elected) CON HOLD and CON HOLD
Bixley - CON HOLD
Gainsborough- CON GAIN
Oulton - (2 Councillors elected) CON HOLD and CON HOLD
Mildenhall- CON HOLD
Brandon WSI HOLD
St Helen's - LAB HOLD
Priory Heath - LAB HOLD
St Margaret's and Westgate - Lib Dem HOLD and Conservative HOLD
Whitehouse and Whitton - Conservative HOLD and Conservative GAIN
Chantry - both seats Conservative GAIN
Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner
People in Suffolk also had the chance to vote for who they wanted to be their next Police and Crime Commissioner.
People in Suffolk also had the chance to vote for who they wanted to be their next Police and Crime Commissioner.
Incumbent, Tim Passmore (Conservative) retained his position with 54.7% of the vote turnout.
Final results:
Tim Passmore (Conservative) - 112,139
Elizabeth Hughes (Labour and Co-Operative Party) - 47,159
Andrew Patmore (Green) - 27,965
James Sandbach (Lib Dem) - 17,801
Ipswich Borough Council
A third of the seats, or 16 places, on Ipswich Borough Council were up for re-election this year.
Of those being contested 14 were Labour, three Conservative, and one Liberal Democrat.
Labour held the majority going into the election.
There were also two vacancy's in the Castle Hill and Holywells wards.
Labour managed to retain overall control of the council but did lose six seats to the Conservatives.
Here are the full results:
Alexandra Ward - Labour HOLD
Bixley Ward - Conservative HOLD
Bridge Ward - Labour HOLD
Castle Hill Ward - both Conservative HOLD
Gainsborough Ward - Conservative GAIN
Gipping Ward - Labour HOLD
Holywells Ward - both Conservative GAIN
Priory Heath Ward - Labour HOLD
Rushmere Ward - Labour HOLD
Sprites Ward - Conservative GAIN
St John's Ward - Labour HOLD
St Margaret's Ward - Lib Dem HOLD
Stoke Park Ward - Conservative GAIN
Westgate Ward - Labour HOLD
Whitehouse Ward - Labour HOLD
Whitton Ward - Conservative GAIN
Council by-elections
There were also a number of council by-elections held on the 6th May to fill vacant positions in a number of areas.
In East Suffolk, one seat was available in each of the following: Beccles and Worlingham, and Framlingham wards.
Here are those results:
Beccles and Worlingham - Green HOLD
Framlingham - Conservative HOLD
There was also a by-election in West Suffolk, here are the results for those:
Abbeygate - Green
Clare Hundon and Kedington - Conservative
Lakenheath - Conservative
Moreton Hall - Conservative
Southgate - Conservative
Whepstead and Wickhambrook - Conservative
And finally in Babergh, the Conservatives were voted in for the seat in Great Cornard.