2019 Mid Suffolk District Council election

2019 UK local government election

The 2019 Mid Suffolk District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Suffolk District Council in England.

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All 34 seats for Mid Suffolk District Council
18 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Green
Last election	29 seats, 51.2%	5 seats, 15.2%
Seats before	29	5
Seats won	16	12
Seat change	13	7
Popular vote	14,259	11,944
Percentage	40.6%	34.0%
Swing	10.6%	18.8%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Last election	4 seats, 13.4%	2 seats, 4.0%
Seats before	4	2
Seats won	5	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	6,213	1,196
Percentage	17.7%	3.4%
Swing	4.3%	0.6%

Winner in each seat at the 2019 Mid Suffolk District Council election

Summary

2019 Mid Suffolk District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	32	16	1	1	13	47.7	40.6	14,259	–10.6
	Green	21	12	1	0	7	35.3	34.0	11,944	+18.8
	Liberal Democrats	19	5	0	0	1	14.7	17.7	6,213	+4.3
	Independent	3	1	0	1	1	2.9	3.4	1,196	–0.6
	Labour	8	0	0	0		0.0	3.9	1,370	–2.5
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	113	–8.2

Ward results

Bacton

Bacton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Andrew Mellen	633	64.9
	Conservative	Jill Wilshaw	343	35.1
Majority			290	30.0
Turnout			985	42.6
	Green win (new seat)

Battisford & Ringshall

Battisford & Ringshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Daniel Pratt	424	57.1
	Conservative	Kay Oakes	319	42.9
Majority			105	14.0
Turnout			756	31.5
	Green win (new seat)

Blakenham

Blakenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field	354	51.7
	Conservative	Robert Grimsey	196	28.6
	Green	Peter Jousiffe	135	19.7
Majority			158	23.1
Turnout			702	28.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bramford

Bramford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Caston	348	57.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Redbond	256	42.4
Majority			92	15.2
Turnout			621	31.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chilton (Stowmarket)

Chilton (Stowmarket)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Humphreys	552	48.7
	Green	Oliver Amorowson	548	48.3
	Conservative	Gary Green	428	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Poulson	360	31.7
Turnout			1,147	25.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Claydon & Barham

Claydon & Barham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Whitehead	749	53.4
	Conservative	Tim Passmore	717	51.1
	Green	Helen Bridgeman	562	40.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Valladares	427	30.5
Turnout			1,434	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Combs Ford (Stowmarket)

Combs Ford (Stowmarket)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gerard Brewster	893	61.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Scarff	557	38.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Gowrley	443	30.7
	Green	Miles Row	443	30.7
Majority
Turnout			1,458	30.5
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Debenham

Debenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Guthrie	605	70.1	+19.7
	Labour	Terence Wilson	258	29.9	+8.2
Majority
Turnout			910	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmswell & Woolpit

Elmswell & Woolpit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Sarah Mansel	1,006	59.6
	Green	Helen Geake	925	54.8
	Conservative	Jane Storey	719	42.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kerry Burn	204	12.1
Majority
Turnout			1,702	35.0
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Eye

Eye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Gould	419	52.9	*New*
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Glenton	370	47.1	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Fressingfield

Fressingfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lavinia Hadingham	518	54.8	−5.9
	Green	Peter Davies	206	21.8	New
	Independent	Garry Deeks	141	14.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Seeman	80	8.5	−10.0
Majority			312	33.0
Turnout			955	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gislingham

Gislingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rowland Warboys	506	48.8	+11.2
	Conservative	Christopher Pitt	421	40.6	−21.8
	Labour	Joanne Clifford	110	10.6	New
Majority			85	8.2
Turnout			1,056	41.6
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden

Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Rachel Eburne	1,363	78.2
	Green	Keith Welham	1,277	73.2
	Conservative	Stephen Britt	337	19.3
	Conservative	James Passmore	293	16.8
Majority
Turnout			1,755	40.0
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Hoxne & Worlingworth

Hoxne & Worlingworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Hicks	533	58.9
	Green	David Penny	182	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Card	108	11.9
	Labour	Anthony Scott-Robinson	82	9.1
Majority
Turnout			935	40.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mendlesham

Mendlesham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Stringer	838	72.0	+8.8
	Conservative	Elaine Bryce	326	28.0	−8.8
Majority
Turnout			1,170	49.5
	Green hold		Swing

Needham Market

Needham Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Norris	847	63.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Phillips	805	60.3
	Conservative	Matthew Oakes	442	33.1
	Conservative	Paul Allen	370	27.7
Majority
Turnout			1,364	28.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Onehouse

Onehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Matthissen	463	55.6	−0.6
	Conservative	James Spencer	245	29.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Willshere	125	15.0	−2.6
Majority
Turnout			844	38.4
	Green hold		Swing

Palgrave

Palgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burn	465	58.1	−7.0
	Green	Gillian Heriz-Smith	335	41.9	+23.9
Majority
Turnout			812	36.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rattlesden

Rattlesden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Otton	628	63.4	+4.8
	Conservative	Gillian Morgan	254	25.7	−15.7
	Labour	Philip Cockell	108	10.9	New
Majority
Turnout			1,002	40.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rickinghall

Rickinghall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jessica Fleming	502	62.4
	Labour	Susan Coe	302	37.6
Majority
Turnout			843	35.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Peter's (Stowmarket)

St. Peter's (Stowmarket)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Ekpenyong	282	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Child	281	49.9
Majority
Turnout			600	25.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stonham

Stonham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Morley	413	44.8
	Green	Nicholas Hardingham	304	33.0
	UKIP	Jeremy Hall	113	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Payne	91	9.9
Majority			109	11.8
Turnout			926	39.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stow Thorney (Stowmarket)

Stow Thorney (Stowmarket)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Muller	475	51.8
	Green	Terence Carter	415	45.3
	Conservative	Clifton Bushe	400	43.6
	Labour	William Howman	238	26.0
Majority
Turnout			934	22.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Stradbroke & Laxfield

Stradbroke & Laxfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Flatman	616	68.2	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Leith	287	31.8	New
Majority
Turnout			943	38.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thurston

Thurston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Wendy Turner	732	45.6
	Conservative	Harold Richardson	633	39.4
	Conservative	Oliver Passmore	498	31.0
	Green	Susan Tytler	438	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Kirkby	206	12.8
	Independent	Olivia Boland	162	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Wright	158	9.8
	Labour	Ursula Ajimal	136	8.5
Majority
Turnout			1,624	35.5
	Green win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Walsham-le-Willows

Walsham-le-Willows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Meyer	428	50.8
	Green	Stuart Masters	209	24.8
	Labour	John Dougall	136	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Spurling	69	8.2
Majority
Turnout			854	33.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Thurston

Thurston: 17 February 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Austin Davies	845	64.4	+25.2
	Conservative	Philippa Wilding	399	30.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Glenton	37	2.8	−8.2
	Labour	Terence Wilson	32	2.4	−4.8
Majority			446	34.0
Turnout			1,320	28.1
	Green hold		Swing	14.4

References

"Election results" (PDF). babergh.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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