St Edmundsbury Borough Council elections

St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 45 councillors have been elected from 31 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - 1991
No overall control	1991 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - 2001
No overall control	2001 - 2003
Conservative	2003 - present

Council elections

• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 1973
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 1976
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 1983
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 1987
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 1995
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 1999
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 2007
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 2011
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Haverhill Clements By-Election 5 September 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		381	76.2
	Conservative		61	12.2
	Liberal Democrat		58	11.6
Majority			320	64.0
Turnout			500	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ixworth By-Election 21 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		413	43.4
	Liberal Democrat		289	30.4
	Labour		250	26.3
Majority			124	13.0
Turnout			952	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ixworth By-Election 6 March 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		475	57.7
	Liberal Democrat		196	23.8
	Labour		152	18.5
Majority			279	33.9
Turnout			823	37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kedington By-Election 23 April 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		231	41.1
	Conservative		159	28.3
	Independent		89	15.8
	Liberal Democrat		83	14.8
Majority			72	12.8
Turnout			562	41.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanton By-Election 10 September 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		423	55.3	+22.1
	Labour		275	35.9	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat		67	8.8	-6.5
Majority			148	19.4
Turnout			765	34.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1999-2003

St Olave's By-Election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		1,106	72.1
	Conservative		300	19.6
	Independent		128	8.3
Majority			806	52.5
Turnout			1,534
	Labour hold		Swing

Westgate By-Election 25 April 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		423	44.0	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat		231	24.0	+9.9
	Labour		230	23.9	-12.5
	Green		78	8.1	+8.1
Majority			192	20.0
Turnout			962	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honington By-Election 31 October 2002^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Hale	272	69.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat		118	30.3	+30.3
Majority			154	39.4
Turnout			390	32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2003-2007

Risbygate By-Election 20 May 2004^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Melinda Nettleton	293	34.1	-6.1
	Conservative	Paul Simner	278	32.3	+1.2
	Labour	Ray Nowak	169	19.7	-9.0
	Green	Mandy Leathers	85	9.9	+9.9
	Independent	Brian Lockwood	35	4.1	+4.1
Majority			15	1.8
Turnout			860	26.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Haverhill East By-Election 10 June 2004^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gordon Cox	520	35.9	-12.4
	Independent	Mabon Dane	376	26.0	+26.0
	Labour	George Hatchell	363	25.1	-26.6
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Warmington	189	13.0	+13.0
Majority			114	9.9
Turnout			1,448	28.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barningham By-Election 9 September 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haverhill South By-Election 5 May 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		746	43.8
	Conservative		602	35.3
	Liberal Democrat		357	20.9
Majority			144	8.5
Turnout			1,705
	Labour hold		Swing

Westgate By-Election 16 February 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lynsey Alexander	500	54.0	+16.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Chappell	311	33.6	+9.0
	Green	Ritchie Tennant	64	6.9	+6.9
	UKIP	James Lumley	50	5.4	+5.4
Majority			189	20.4
Turnout			925	27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kedington By-Election 15 June 2006^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Marion Rushbrook	350	53.8	-9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Terry McNally	250	38.4	+38.4
	Labour	Michael Simpkin	51	7.8	-29.3
Majority			100	15.4
Turnout			651	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Haverhill North By-Election 20 March 2008^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tim Marks	426	57.3	+2.5
	Labour	Patrick Hanlon	255	34.3	+2.1
	UKIP	Arthur Nightingale	62	8.3	+8.3
Majority			171	23.0
Turnout			743	13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

This by-election was held following the death of the Conservative Cllr Leslie Ager.

Haverhill East By-Election 9 January 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UKIP	Tony Brown	529	54.0	N/A
	Labour	Pat Hanlon	240	24.5	-12.7
	Conservative	David Roach	157	16.0	-31.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ken Rolph	54	5.5	-9.4
Majority			289	29.5
Turnout			980	16.4
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "St Edmundsbury". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
2. The Borough of St Edmundsbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of St Edmundsbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
5. "Tory win bucks Labour trend". guardian.co.uk. 2002-11-01. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
6. "Tories maintain balance in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-05-21. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
7. "Tories make gains in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
8. "Labour loses Scottish council stronghold". guardian.co.uk. 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
9. "St Edmundsbury Borough Council Haverhill North by-election 20 March 2008". St Edmundsbury Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-17.

• By-election results

External links

• St Edmundsbury Council