Forest_Heath_District_Council_elections
Forest Heath District Council in Suffolk, England was elected every four years. between the last boundary changes in 2003 and the final elections in 2015, 27 councillors were elected from 14 wards.[1] The council was abolished in 2019, with the area becoming part of West Suffolk.
From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[2]
More information Party in control, Years ...
Party in control | Years | |
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Conservative | 1973–1976 | |
No overall control | 1976–1979 | |
Conservative | 1979–1983 | |
No overall control | 1983–1987 | |
Conservative | 1987–1991 | |
No overall control | 1991–1999 | |
Conservative | 1999–2019 |
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Leadership
The leaders of the council from 1995 until 2019 were:[3]
More information Councillor, Party ...
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
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Adrian Rogers[4] | Liberal Democrats | May 1995 | May 1997 | |
Paul Dwane[5] | Labour | 5 Jun 1997 | 9 May 1999 | |
Geoffrey Jaggard[6] | Conservative | 1999 | 25 May 2011 | |
James Waters | Conservative | 25 May 2011 | 31 Mar 2019 |
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James Waters served as leader of the West Suffolk shadow authority prior to the new council coming into effect in 2019, but he was unsuccessful in securing a seat at the first election to the new council.
- 1973 Forest Heath District Council election
- 1976 Forest Heath District Council election
- 1979 Forest Heath District Council election (New ward boundaries)[7]
- 1983 Forest Heath District Council election
- 1987 Forest Heath District Council election
- 1991 Forest Heath District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[8]
- 1995 Forest Heath District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[9]
- 1999 Forest Heath District Council election
- 2003 Forest Heath District Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)[10][11]
- 2007 Forest Heath District Council election
- 2011 Forest Heath District Council election
- 2015 Forest Heath District Council election
1995-1999
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | 273 | 38.7 | |||
Conservative | 245 | 34.7 | |||
Labour | 188 | 26.6 | |||
Majority | 28 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 706 | 27.3 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 444 | 58.6 | +13.6 | ||
Labour | 272 | 35.9 | -3.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 42 | 5.5 | -10.1 | ||
Majority | 172 | 22.7 | |||
Turnout | 758 | 25.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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2003-2007
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Syvret | 269 | 66.9 | +41.0 | |
Independent | 133 | 33.1 | -10.1 | ||
Majority | 136 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 402 | 32.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Dicker | 564 | 59.7 | ||
Independent | Brian Gray | 381 | 40.3 | ||
Majority | 183 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 945 | 75.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Julie Middleton | 173 | 55.3 | +55.3 | |
Conservative | Stuart Hastings | 111 | 35.5 | -20.3 | |
UKIP | David Whitear | 29 | 9.3 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 62 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 313 | 26.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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2007-2011
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Timothy Huggan | 281 | 53.6 | ||
Conservative | Brian Harvey | 211 | 40.3 | ||
UKIP | David Chandler | 32 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 70 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 524 | 41.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Albert McCloud | 321 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | Alnoor Hirji | 230 | 40.1 | ||
UKIP | David Chandler | 23 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 91 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 574 | 38.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Waters | 400 | 45.8 | -24.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Smith | 346 | 39.6 | +39.6 | |
UKIP | David Chandler | 128 | 14.6 | -15.2 | |
Majority | 54 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 874 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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2011-2015
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Simon Cole | 263 | 64.1 | +64.1 | |
Conservative | Marion Fairman-Smith | 147 | 35.9 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 116 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 410 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Bloodworth | 266 | 50.3 | -19.9 | |
UKIP | David Chandler | 263 | 49.7 | +49.7 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 529 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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2015-2019
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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WSI | Victor Lukaniuk | 220 | 29.0 | -15.4 | |
UKIP | Ian Smith | 197 | 26.0 | +26.0 | |
Independent | Edward Stewart | 180 | 23.7 | +23.7 | |
Conservative | Anthony Simmons | 161 | 21.2 | -34.4 | |
Majority | 23 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 758 | ||||
WSI gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Roger Dicker | 334 | 51.9 | +51.9 | |
Conservative | Karen Soons | 309 | 48.1 | -17.8 | |
Majority | 25 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 643 | ||||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Nobbs | 338 | 50.1 | +10.7 | |
Labour | Michael Jefferys | 276 | 40.9 | +8.8 | |
Green | Alice Haylock | 60 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 62 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 674 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Your Council". Forest Heath District Council. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- "Forest Heath". BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- "Council minutes". West Suffolk Council. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- "Disappointed Shirley stopped from being chairman of council". Newmarket Journal. 25 May 1995. p. 6. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- "Council leader elected after second ballot". Newmarket Journal. 12 June 1997. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- "District Council elects new leaders". Newmarket Journal. 3 June 1999. p. 5. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- legislation.gov.uk - The District of Forest Heath (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
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- "Local Elections Archive Project — Exning Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Market Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Brandon West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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- By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine