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Suffolk Council election, 2001
Elections to Suffolk County Council in England were held on 7 June, 2001. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Election result
| Suffolk Local Election Result 2001 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 36 | +4 | 45.0 | 34.3 | 108,891 | ||||
| Conservative | 31 | +1 | 38.8 | 42.0 | 133,349 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | 12 | -2 | 15.0 | 21.7 | 68,957 | ||||
| Independent | 1 | -3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 4,721 | ||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1,104 | ||||
| Local Party Bury St Edmunds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 573 | ||||
| UK Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 222 | ||||
Ward results
| Abbeygate and Eastgate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Trevor Beckwith | 2,318 | 40.2 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Speakman | 1,999 | 34.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | David Chappell | 853 | 14.8 | ||
| Independent | Brian Lockwood | 595 | 10.3 | ||
| Majority | 319 | 5.5 | |||
| Turnout | 5,765 | 63.5 | |||
| Beccles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Thwaites | 1,754 | 44.3 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Standring | 1,386 | 35.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Alison Briggs | 815 | 20.6 | ||
| Majority | 368 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,955 | 65.6 | |||
| Belstead Brook | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Anne Pollard | 3,305 | 62.0 | ||
| Conservative | Gerald White | 2,025 | 38.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,280 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 5,330 | 61.6 | |||
| Bixley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Russell Harsant | 1,844 | 48.5 | ||
| Labour | Lee Mangar | 1,139 | 30.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Gregory Elliott | 816 | 21.5 | ||
| Majority | 705 | 18.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,799 | 66.3 | |||
| Blackbourn | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Joanna Spicer | 3,179 | 64.1 | ||
| Labour | Alison Fairgrieve | 1,778 | 35.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,401 | 28.2 | |||
| Turnout | 4,957 | 64.8 | |||
| Blything | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Church | 1,820 | 52.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Perren | 1,642 | 47.4 | ||
| Majority | 178 | 5.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,462 | 68.5 | |||
| Bosmere | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Rosalind Scott | 2,214 | 47.4 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Mason | 1,578 | 33.8 | ||
| Labour | Janet Preece | 881 | 18.9 | ||
| Majority | 636 | 13.6 | |||
| Turnout | 4,673 | 64.3 | |||
| Brandon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Bishop | 2,027 | 61.3 | ||
| Labour | Cyril Brown | 1,279 | 38.7 | ||
| Majority | 748 | 22.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,306 | 55.6 | |||
| Brett | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Roberts | 1,820 | 52.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Fiona Jenkins | 1,644 | 47.5 | ||
| Majority | 176 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,464 | 69.2 | |||
| Bridge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Harold Mangar | 1,682 | 57.4 | ||
| Conservative | Carlton Vajzovic | 714 | 24.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Dale Cartwright | 533 | 18.2 | ||
| Majority | 968 | 33.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,929 | 51.3 | |||
| Broom Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Noel Tostevin | 1,233 | 41.8 | ||
| Conservative | Mary Young | 1,202 | 40.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Jane Chambers | 514 | 17.4 | ||
| Majority | 31 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,949 | 57.4 | |||
| Bungay | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Morris Rose | 1,851 | 45.0 | ||
| Labour | Lynn Derges | 1,483 | 36.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Roberta Pumer | 781 | 19.0 | ||
| Majority | 368 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,115 | 64.9 | |||
| Carlford | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Steven Hudson | 2,914 | 53.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Diana Ball | 2,536 | 46.5 | ||
| Majority | 378 | 7.0 | |||
| Turnout | 5,450 | 67.0 | |||
| Castle Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Graham Manuel | 1,862 | 50.6 | ||
| Conservative | Dale Jackson | 1,817 | 49.4 | ||
| Majority | 45 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,679 | 64.9 | |||
| Chantry | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Susan Thomas | 1,405 | 59.6 | ||
| Conservative | Kathleen Kenna | 603 | 25.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Charles Blue | 351 | 14.9 | ||
| Majority | 802 | 34.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,359 | 52.9 | |||
| Clare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Leslie Warmington | 2,118 | 50.6 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Stevens | 2,069 | 49.4 | ||
| Majority | 49 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 4,187 | 66.3 | |||
| Clay Hills | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joan Girling | 2,441 | 55.5 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Batho | 1,958 | 44.5 | ||
| Majority | 483 | 11.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,399 | 61.5 | |||
| Colneis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patricia O'Brien | 2,950 | 51.3 | ||
| Labour | Catherine Knight | 2,139 | 37.2 | ||
| Green | John Forbes | 666 | 11.6 | ||
| Majority | 811 | 14.1 | |||
| Turnout | 5,755 | 65.7 | |||
| Cosford | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Pembroke | 1,621 | 51.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Vivienne Hoy | 1,539 | 48.7 | ||
| Majority | 82 | 2.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,160 | 71.3 | |||
| Exning | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Donald Levick | 2,071 | 55.5 | ||
| Labour | Sheila Malham | 1,663 | 44.5 | ||
| Majority | 408 | 11.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,734 | 54.7 | |||
| Felixstowe Ferry | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Margaret Harris | 2,270 | 52.6 | ||
| Labour | John Mullen | 1,148 | 26.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Lee Reeves | 894 | 20.7 | ||
| Majority | 1,122 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,312 | 70.1 | |||
| Felixstowe Landguard | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Rowe | 1,450 | 35.3 | ||
| Conservative | Ann Rodwell | 1,344 | 32.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Cherrie MacGregor | 1,311 | 31.9 | ||
| Majority | 106 | 2.6 | |||
| Turnout | 4,105 | 58.0 | |||
| Felixstowe Walton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Donald Smith | 2,116 | 58.4 | ||
| Conservative | David Bentinck | 1,505 | 41.6 | ||
| Majority | 611 | 16.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,621 | 63.6 | |||
| Framlingham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Howard | 2,123 | 50.9 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Carlton | 2,051 | 49.1 | ||
| Majority | 72 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 4,174 | 68.1 | |||
| Gainsborough | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ronald Sudds | 1,889 | 60.6 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Ramsey | 793 | 25.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Louise Gooch | 435 | 14.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,096 | 35.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,117 | 52.2 | |||
| Gipping Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Field | 2,325 | 55.8 | ||
| Conservative | John Williams | 1,845 | 44.2 | ||
| Majority | 480 | 11.6 | |||
| Turnout | 4,170 | 62.8 | |||
| Great Cornard | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Wilmoth Gibson | 2,001 | 58.2 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Beer | 1,438 | 41.8 | ||
| Majority | 563 | 16.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,439 | 58.3 | |||
| Gunton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Susan Back | 1,384 | 43.8 | ||
| Labour | Ernest Skepelhorn | 1,315 | 41.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Anthony Tibbitt | 461 | 14.6 | ||
| Majority | 69 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,160 | 62.6 | |||
| Hadleigh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Grutchfield | 1,526 | 42.1 | ||
| Labour | James Quinlan | 1,040 | 28.7 | ||
| Conservative | Lesley Chalmers | 698 | 19.3 | ||
| Independent | Eileen Banks | 360 | 9.9 | ||
| Majority | 486 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,624 | 64.3 | |||
| Halesworth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Aldous | 2,012 | 54.8 | ||
| Labour | Jacqueline Wagner | 1,660 | 45.2 | ||
| Majority | 352 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,672 | 64.8 | |||
| Hartismere | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Michell | 2,777 | 59.4 | ||
| Labour | Timothy Lodge | 1,897 | 40.6 | ||
| Majority | 880 | 18.8 | |||
| Turnout | 4,674 | 65.7 | |||
| Haverhill North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Laurence Kiernan | 2,966 | 60.2 | ||
| Conservative | Adam Whittaker | 1,963 | 39.8 | ||
| Majority | 1,003 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 4,929 | 56.2 | |||
| Haverhill South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Maggie Lee | 2,536 | 62.3 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Sutton | 1,533 | 37.7 | ||
| Majority | 1,003 | 24.6 | |||
| Turnout | 4,069 | 51.3 | |||
| Hoxne | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Guy McGregor | 2,529 | 51.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Van Slooten | 2,343 | 48.1 | ||
| Majority | 186 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 4,872 | 69.6 | |||
| Icknield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Jane Andrews-Smith | 2,224 | 64.8 | ||
| Labour | Patricia Rucinski | 1,206 | 35.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,018 | 29.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,430 | 63.8 | |||
| Ipswich St. Margarets | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Inga Lockington | 1,865 | 47.3 | ||
| Conservative | Jeffrey Stansfield | 1,315 | 33.4 | ||
| Labour | John Cook | 762 | 19.3 | ||
| Majority | 550 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,942 | 64.8 | |||
| Ipswich Town | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Christopher Mole | 1,628 | 54.5 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Rush | 742 | 24.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Kenneth Toye | 617 | 20.7 | ||
| Majority | 886 | 29.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,987 | 47.6 | |||
| Kesgrave and Martlesham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Kelso | 3,004 | 40.4 | ||
| Conservative | Paul West | 2,654 | 35.7 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Newbury | 1,778 | 23.9 | ||
| Majority | 350 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 7,436 | 67.0 | |||
| Lothingland North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Hunter | 2,336 | 50.8 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Ames | 1,622 | 35.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Brian Howe | 636 | 13.8 | ||
| Majority | 714 | 15.5 | |||
| Turnout | 4,594 | 62.0 | |||
| Lothingland South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anthony Andrews | 2,477 | 49.8 | ||
| Conservative | Kenneth Sale | 1,744 | 35.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | David O'Neill | 753 | 15.1 | ||
| Majority | 733 | 14.7 | |||
| Turnout | 4,974 | 58.1 | |||
| Lowestoft Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jane Hore | 1,740 | 59.5 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Ardley | 605 | 20.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Meadez | 579 | 19.8 | ||
| Majority | 1,135 | 38.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,924 | 47.6 | |||
| Lowestoft St Margaret's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Marie Rodgers | 2,000 | 59.3 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Mylan | 917 | 27.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Darren Ware | 458 | 13.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,083 | 32.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,375 | 58.6 | |||
| Melford | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Richard Kemp | 3,216 | 68.7 | ||
| Conservative | David Burch | 1,462 | 31.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,754 | 37.4 | |||
| Turnout | 4,678 | 63.0 | |||
| Mildenhall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Paul Pendleton | 1,565 | 54.0 | ||
| Labour | John Taylor | 1,334 | 46.0 | ||
| Majority | 231 | 8.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,899 | 55.2 | |||
| Newmarket Town | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Sadler | 1,541 | 53.2 | ||
| Labour | Paul Dwane | 1,353 | 46.8 | ||
| Majority | 188 | 6.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,894 | 52.7 | |||
| Normanston | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Thomas | 1,915 | 61.3 | ||
| Conservative | Stuart Foulger | 791 | 25.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Went | 419 | 13.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,124 | 36.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,125 | 52.0 | |||
| Oulton Broad | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Julian Swainson | 1,809 | 42.1 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Barnard | 1,786 | 41.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Thomas | 706 | 16.4 | ||
| Majority | 23 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 4,301 | 59.3 | |||
| Pakefield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Roger Bellham | 1,981 | 44.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Shepherd | 1,233 | 28.0 | ||
| Conservative | Valerie Pulford | 1,196 | 27.1 | ||
| Majority | 748 | 16.9 | |||
| Turnout | 4,410 | 61.5 | |||
| Peninsula | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Wood | 2,316 | 60.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Burch | 1,078 | 28.1 | ||
| Green | Andrew Sterling | 438 | 11.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,238 | 32.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,832 | 69.0 | |||
| Plomesgate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ronald Ward | 1,884 | 51.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Winifred Moss | 1,751 | 48.2 | ||
| Majority | 133 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,635 | 66.0 | |||
| Risbridge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Jane Midwood | 2,769 | 64.2 | ||
| Labour | Georgina Keatley | 1,543 | 35.8 | ||