Draft:2026 Suffolk County Council election
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The next council elections in Suffolk are due to take place in 2026 to elect members to successors to Suffolk County Council.
This election will be first taken after the implementation of a review by Local Government Boundary Commission for England which will reduce the number of councillors from 75 to 70.[1]
Voters who live in divisions which elected two councillors are entitled to cast a maximum of two votes, while those living in divisions only electing one councillor are only entitled to cast one vote.
Previous composition
[edit]2021 election
[edit]| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 55 | |
| Green | 9 | |
| Labour | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| West Suffolk Independents | 1 | |
| Total | 75 | |
Composition of council seats before election
[edit]| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | ||
| Labour | ||
| Liberal Democrats | ||
| Green | ||
| Independent | ||
| West Suffolk Independents | ||
| Reform UK | ||
| Vacant | ||
| Total | 75 | |
Changes between elections
[edit]In between the 2021 election and the 2025 election, the following council seats changed hands outside of by-elections:
| Division | Date | Previous Party | New Party | Cause | Resulting Council Composition | ||||||||
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| Con | Grn | Lab | LDem | Ind | WSI | Ref | |||||||
| Eastgate & Moreton Hall[2] | April 2023 | Conservative | Independent | Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member. | 54 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Felixstowe Coastal[3] | 4 May 2023 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Sitting councillor died. Liberal Democrats won by-election. | 53 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Belstead Brook[4] | 6 September 2024 | Conservative | Reform UK | Councillor defected to Reform UK. | 52 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Overall Results
[edit]| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Results summaries by district
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East Suffolk
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Ipswich
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Mid Suffolk
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West Suffolk
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Results by ward
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "LGBCE | Suffolk County Council | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Derrick, Paul (19 May 2023). "Former Bury St Edmunds mayor Peter Thompson quits Conservative Party but will carry on as Independent as "there's still work that needs to be done"". Suffolk News. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Suffolk County Council councillor of 17 years dies after short illness". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Suffolk councillor Christopher Hudson joins Reform". eadt.co.uk. East Anglian Daily Times. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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