2001_Suffolk_Council_election

2001 Suffolk County Council election
All 80 seats in the Suffolk County Council; 41 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

2001 Suffolk County Council election

2001 UK local government election

Elections for Suffolk County Council as part of the 2001 United Kingdom local elections were held on 7 June. 80 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 1997. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

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As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Suffolk took place on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	36	5	2	+3	45.0	34.3	108,891
Conservative	31	6	6	0	38.8	42.0	133,349
Liberal Democrats	12	3	6	−3	15.0	21.7	68,957
Independent	1	0	0	0	1.3	1.5	4,721
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	1,104
Local Party Bury St Edmunds	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	573
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	222

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%
Liberal Democrat	4	2	14,790	34.8
Conservative	3	2	15,889	37.4
Labour	2		7,445	17.5
Independent	1		3,911	9.2
Green	0		438	1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Pollard *	3,305	62.0	−9.3
	Conservative	Gerald White	2,025	38.0	+9.3
Majority			1,280	24.0	−18.6
Turnout			5,330	61.6	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−9.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Roberts	1,820	52.5	+13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Jenkins	1,644	47.5	+6.4
Majority			176	5.0
Turnout			3,464	69.2	−7.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Pembroke	1,621	51.3	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Hoy *	1,539	48.7	+2.6
Majority			82	2.6	−1.1
Turnout			3,160	71.3	−2.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.2

2001_Suffolk_Council_election

2001 Suffolk County Council election

Summary

Government Formation

Election result

Results by District

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Forest Heath

Ipswich

Mid Suffolk

Suffolk Coastal

St. Edmundsbury

Waveney

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilmoth Gibson *	2,001	58.2	−6.7
	Conservative	Peter Beer	1,438	41.8	+6.7
Majority			563	16.4	−13.3
Turnout			3,439	58.3	−12.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Grutchfield *	1,526	42.1	−32.8
	Labour	James Quinlan	1,040	28.7	+28.7
	Conservative	Lesley Chalmers	698	19.3	−5.9
	Independent	Eileen Banks	360	9.9	+9.9
Majority			486	13.4	−36.3
Turnout			3,624	64.3	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−30.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp *	3,216	68.8	+15.9
	Conservative	David Burch	1,462	31.3	+5.3
Majority			1,754	37.4	+10.6
Turnout			4,678	63.0	−12.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Wood *	2,316	60.4	−4.7
	Conservative	Jane Burch	1,078	28.1	−6.7
	Green	Andrew Sterling	438	11.4	+11.4
Majority			1,238	32.3	+2.0
Turnout			3,832	69.0	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Lavender	1,639	37.7	−7.7
	Conservative	William Yorke-Edwards	1,624	37.3	+4.4
	Labour	Carol Brinded	1,090	25.0	+3.3
Majority			15	0.4	−12.0
Turnout			4,353	71.7	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Selwyn Pryor *	2,572	51.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gabrielle Blackman-Sheppard	1,269	25.2	−3.2
	Labour	Emma Bishton	1,203	23.9	−0.8
Majority			1,303	25.8	+7.1
Turnout			5,044	68.2	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Irwin	2,111	38.0	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Booth	1,552	28.0	+4.4
	Conservative	John Sayers	1,551	28.0	−2.7
	Independent	Rex Thake	335	6.0	+6.0
Majority			559	10.0	−5.1
Turnout			5,549	57.9	−13.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bishop *	2,027	61.3	+17.6
	Labour	Cyril Brown	1,279	38.7	+5.2
Majority			748	22.6	+12.4
Turnout			3,306	55.6	−10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Levick *	2,071	55.5	+12.1
	Labour	Sheila Malham	1,663	44.5	+16.8
Majority			408	11.0	−3.5
Turnout			3,734	54.7	−13.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Andrews-Smith *	2,224	64.8	+15.5
	Labour	Patricia Rucinski	1,206	35.2	+7.2
Majority			1,018	29.6	+8.3
Turnout			3,430	63.8	−9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2

Mildenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Pendleton *	1,565	54.0	+9.5
	Labour	John Taylor	1,334	46.0	+6.3
Majority			231	8.0	+3.3
Turnout			2,899	55.2	−9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

Newmarket Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Sadler	1,541	53.2	+5.0
	Labour	Paul Dwane	1,353	46.8	+14.2
Majority			188	6.4	−9.3
Turnout			2,894	52.7	−10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.6

Row Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ellen Crane *	2,150	69.6	+23.7
	Labour	Pamela Brown	938	30.4	+9.6
Majority			1,212	39.2	+16.9
Turnout			3,088	56.5	−12.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.1

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Harsant *	1,844	48.5	−2.1
	Labour	Lee Mangar	1,139	30.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Elliott	816	21.5	+1.3
Majority			705	18.5	−2.8
Turnout			3,799	66.3	−10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%
Labour	15	2	26,859	49.5
Conservative	1	3	18,194	33.5
Liberal Democrat	1	1	9,195	17.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Mangar *	1,682	57.4	+4.4
	Conservative	Carlton Vajzovic	714	24.4	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Cartwright	533	18.2	+3.2
Majority			968	33.0	+12.0
Turnout			2,929	51.3	−11.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Tostevin	1,233	41.8	+2.8
	Conservative	Mary Young *	1,202	40.8	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Chambers	514	17.4	−4.4
Majority			31	1.0
Turnout			2,949	57.4	−12.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Manuel	1,862	50.6	+12.5
	Conservative	Dale Jackson *	1,817	49.4	+7.4
Majority			45	1.2
Turnout			3,679	64.9	−11.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Thomas *	1,405	59.6	−0.9
	Conservative	Kathleen Kenna	603	25.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Blue	351	14.9	−0.1
Majority			802	34.0	−1.9
Turnout			2,359	52.9	−12.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Sudds *	1,889	60.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Anthony Ramsey	793	25.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Gooch	435	14.0	−3.2
Majority			1,096	35.2	+0.0
Turnout			3,117	52.2	−15.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	1,865	47.3	+24.8
	Conservative	Jeffrey Stansfield *	1,315	33.4	−6.7
	Labour	John Cook	762	19.3	−18.1
Majority			550	13.9	+11.3
Turnout			3,942	64.8	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Mole *	1,628	54.5	−1.4
	Conservative	Susan Rush	742	24.8	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Toye	617	20.7	+2.0
Majority			886	29.7	−0.8
Turnout			2,987	47.6	−12.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryony Rudkin *	1,576	54.5	+0.1
	Conservative	Elizabeth Harsant	830	28.7	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine French	488	16.9	−0.9
Majority			746	25.8	−0.6
Turnout			2,894	54.1	−14.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Le Grys *	1,750	47.2	−9.4
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	1,272	34.3	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Atkins	688	18.5	+18.5
Majority			478	12.9	−0.2
Turnout			3,710	62.1	−11.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Sargent *	1,824	60.2	−6.4
	Conservative	Carole Leggett	831	27.4	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Williams	376	12.4	+12.4
Majority			993	32.8	−0.3
Turnout			3,031	57.6	−12.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adele Cook	1,740	48.8	−8.1
	Conservative	David Hale	1,201	33.7	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	625	17.5	+17.5
Majority			539	15.1	+1.3
Turnout			3,566	60.8	−11.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Martin *	1,828	50.5	−7.6
	Conservative	George Cockram	1,125	31.1	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Witter	669	18.5	+18.5
Majority			703	19.4	+3.3
Turnout			3,622	60.0	−10.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Rawlingson	1,408	48.9	+0.8
	Conservative	Michael Rogers	942	32.7	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Mullett	530	18.4	−2.0
Majority			466	16.2	−0.3
Turnout			2,880	52.3	−16.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Green	1,779	68.2	+11.0
	Conservative	Stephen Lark	831	31.8	+6.3
Majority			948	36.4	+4.8
Turnout			2,610	48.3	−16.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Lewis *	1,604	65.1	−2.1
	Conservative	Robin Vickery	860	34.9	+2.1
Majority			744	30.2	−4.2
Turnout			2,464	50.3	−16.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.1

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%
Conservative	5		20,419	45.7
Liberal Democrat	3	1	13,831	31.1
Labour	2	1	10,439	23.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Scott *	2,214	47.4	−2.2
	Conservative	Ian Mason	1,578	33.8	+3.1
	Labour	Janet Preece	881	18.9	−0.9
Majority			636	13.6	−5.3
Turnout			4,673	64.3	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field	2,325	55.8	+55.8
	Conservative	John Williams *	1,845	44.2	−7.6
Majority			480	11.6	+7.9
Turnout			4,170	62.8	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+31.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Michell *	2,777	59.4	+17.9
	Labour	Timothy Lodge	1,897	40.6	+6.0
Majority			880	18.8	+11.9
Turnout			4,674	65.7	−7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.0