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2025 Suffolk County Council election

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All 70 seats to Suffolk County Council 36 seats needed for a majority
Leader Matthew Hicks Andrew Stringer Sarah Adams Party Conservative Green Labour Leader since 11 May 2018 14 May 2021 December 2017 Leader's seat Thredling Upper Gipping St John's Last election 55 seats, 47.6% 9 seats, 15.0% 5 seats, 21.3% Current seats 51 9 6   Leader Penny Otton Victor Lukaniuk Party Liberal Democrats Independent WSI Leader since 7 May 2019 May 2017 Leader's seat Thedwastre South Brandon Last election 4 seats, 9.9% 1 seats, 4.5% 1 seats, 0.8% Current seats 5 2 1
Map showing the new pattern of electoral divisions for the Suffolk County Council area.
Incumbent Leader Matt Hicks Conservative

The 2025 Suffolk County Council election will take place on 1 May 2025 as part of the 2025 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 70 councillors will be elected from electoral divisions across the county, which will return either one or two county councillors each, by first-past-the-post voting, for a four-year term of office.

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.

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

2021 election

Composition of council seats before election

Changes between elections

In between the 2021 election and the 2025 election, the following council seats changed hands outside of by-elections:

Overall Results

Results summaries by district

Babergh

East Suffolk

Ipswich

Mid Suffolk

West Suffolk

Results by ward

References

1. "Elections | Suffolk County Council". www.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
2. "LGBCE | Suffolk County Council | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
3. 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.
4. "Suffolk County Council councillor of 17 years dies after short illness". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
5. "Suffolk councillor Christopher Hudson joins Reform". eadt.co.uk. East Anglian Daily Times. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

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v t e Council elections in Suffolk
Suffolk County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Babergh District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
East Suffolk District Council	2019 2023
Ipswich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Mid Suffolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Suffolk District Council	2019 2023
East Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Forest Heath District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
St Edmundsbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Suffolk Coastal District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Waveney District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 Abolished
West Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

• 2025 English local elections
• 2020s in Suffolk
• Suffolk County Council elections