2005 Suffolk County Council election
Elections to Suffolk County Council were held on 5 May 2005. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2001 reducing the number of seats by 5. The Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control.[1][2]
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The ruling Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition had become increasingly unpopular following a number of significant council tax rises. The opposition Conservatives were successful in highlighting this to their benefit.
Both the Liberal Democrats and Labour endured heavy losses to the Conservatives in rural areas, but they performed better in urban Suffolk. The Conservatives failed to gain a single seat in Ipswich and Lowestoft, for example.
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 45 | +15 | 60.0 | 39.2 | 131,719 | -2.8 | |||
Labour | 22 | -12 | 29.3 | 27.8 | 93,370 | -6.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | -6 | 9.3 | 26.3 | 88,238 | +4.6 | |||
Independent | 1 | -2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 9,491 | +1.3 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 7,454 | +1.9 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 5,304 | +1.5 |
Division Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Ronald Ward | 2,091 | 41.1 | |
Labour | Joan Girling | 1,671 | 32.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisabeth Hoad | 1,325 | 26.1 | |
Majority | 420 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,087 | 56.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Mark Bee | 3,104 | ||
Labour | John Taylor | 2,757 | ||
Labour | Alan Thwaites | 2,714 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Sale | 2,255 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Frances Mitchell | 1,280 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Mitchell | 1,139 | ||
Green | Graham Elliot | 822 | ||
Green | Liam Carroll | 383 | ||
Turnout | 14,454 | 63.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Anne Pollard | 1,875 | 43.8 | -18.2 | |
Conservative | John Browne Cave | 1,497 | 35.0 | -3.0 | |
Labour | Janet Norden | 909 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Majority | 378 | 8.8 | -15.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,281 | 64.3 | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Harsant | 1,972 | 48.8 | |
Labour | Martyn Green | 1,051 | 26.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Jones | 1,022 | 25.3 | |
Majority | 921 | 22.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,045 | 70.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joanna Spicer | 2,902 | 56.0 | |
Labour | Alison Fairgrieve | 1,132 | 21.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Fossati | 878 | 16.9 | |
UKIP | Philip Huckett | 273 | 16.9 | |
Majority | 1,770 | 34.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,185 | 77.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raeburn Leighton | 1,807 | 38.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Slater | 1,539 | 32.4 | |
Labour | David Jeremy | 892 | 18.8 | |
Independent | Donald Tricker | 508 | 10.7 | |
Majority | 268 | 5.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,746 | 60.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal Democrats | Julia Truelove | 1,640 | 33.1 | |
Conservative | John Pratt | 1,453 | 29.4 | |
Labour | James Higgins | 779 | 15.7 | |
Independent | Michael Turner | 648 | 13.1 | |
Independent | Ian Mason | 428 | 8.7 | |
Majority | 187 | 3.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,948 | 68.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bishop | 1,895 | 53.3 | |
Labour | Pamela Brown | 964 | 27.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catriona Pilborough | 464 | 13.1 | |
UKIP | John French | 233 | 6.6 | |
Majority | 931 | 26.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,556 | 55.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Mangar | 1,567 | 47.8 | |
Conservative | Nadia Cenci | 1,014 | 30.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Richardson | 698 | 21.3 | |
Majority | 553 | 16.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,279 | 53.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Morris Rose | 2,061 | 41.5 | |
Labour | Lynn Derges | 1,361 | 27.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Curry | 1,052 | 21.2 | |
Green | Lorna Kerrison | 488 | 9.8 | |
Majority | 700 | 14.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,962 | 68.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Peter Bellfield | 2,828 | 55.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Barrett | 1,324 | 26.1 | |
Labour | Stephen Connelly | 916 | 18.1 | |
Majority | 1,504 | 29.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,068 | 72.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Beccy Hopfensperger[3] | 2,538 | 51.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Tidman | 1,076 | 22.0 | |
Labour | David Dawson | 1,038 | 21.2 | |
UKIP | Maureen Chessell | 248 | 5.1 | |
Majority | 1,462 | |||
Turnout | 4,900 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Clements | 2,571 | 52.1 | |
Labour | Alexander Carmichael | 1,088 | 22.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Bradbury | 946 | 19.2 | |
UKIP | William Attwood | 327 | 6.6 | |
Majority | 1,483 | |||
Turnout | 4,932 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lockwood | 3,181 | ||
Conservative | Paul Hopfensperger[4] | 2,747 | ||
Labour | Ray Nowak | 2,720 | ||
Conservative | Robert Everitt | 2,663 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Chappell | 1,738 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Warren | 1,266 | ||
UKIP | Brian Lockwood | 801 | ||
Independent | David Nettleton | 799 | ||
UKIP | Ivan Cook | 509 | ||
Independent | Melinda Nettleton | 498 | ||
Green | Adam Stacey | 455 | ||
Green | Samantha Hunt Stacey | 432 | ||
Turnout | 17,809 |
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References
- "2005 Suffolk County Council Election Result (BBC News)".
- "2005 Suffolk County Council Election Result (Andrew Teale, Local Elections Archive Project)".
- "Councillor details – Suffolk County Councillor Beccy Hopfensperger - Cabinet Member for Adult Care".
- "Councillor Paul Hopfensperger - Official Website".
- Councillor's names in bold were Elected
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