2019 West Suffolk District Council election

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.[1] It was held concurrently with other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2019 West Suffolk District Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 64 seats to West Suffolk District Council
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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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
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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 Conservative Party won 43 of the 64 seats and currently control the Council.[2]

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

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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[4]
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 Increase1.7

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 Increase3.7

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