2019 East Suffolk District Council election

The inaugural East Suffolk District Council elections were held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 55 members of the newly-formed East Suffolk District Council in England.[1] This was held on the same day as other local council elections across England.

2019 East Suffolk District Council election
2 May 2019
All 55 seats in East Suffolk District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Seats won 39 7
Popular vote 52,080 23,232
Percentage 38.2% 17.0%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Seats won 4 3
Popular vote 29,957 15,582
Percentage 22.0% 11.4%
Council control before election

Conservative (Waveney)
Conservative (Suffolk Coastal)

 Council control after election

Conservative

Overall election result
2019 East Suffolk District Council election results
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 N/A N/A N/A 70.9 38.2 52,080 N/A
  Labour 7 N/A N/A N/A 12.7 17.0 23,232 N/A
  Green 4 N/A N/A N/A 7.3 22.0 29,957 N/A
  Liberal Democrats 3 N/A N/A N/A 5.5 11.4 15,582 N/A
  Independent 2 N/A N/A N/A 3.6 4.8 6,486 N/A
  UKIP 0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 6.6 8,950 N/A

Ward results

Aldeburgh & Leiston
Aldeburgh & Leiston (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative T-J Haworth-Culf 1,265 33.7 N/A
Conservative Jocelyn Bond 1,179 31.4 N/A
Independent Tony Cooper 1,154 30.8 N/A
Conservative Maureen Jones 1,151 30.7 N/A
Independent Marianne Fellowes 1,051 28.0 N/A
Labour Philip Harle 835 22.3 N/A
Labour Sean O'Reilly 779 20.8 N/A
Green Matthew Oakley 717 19.1 N/A
Labour Sushila Zeitlyn 612 16.3 N/A
Green Julian Cusack 577 15.4 N/A
Green Marion Wells 504 13.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jules Ewart 429 11.4 N/A
Majority 114 3.0 N/A
Majority 28 0.7 N/A
Majority 3 0.1 N/A
Turnout 3,780 38.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Beccles & Worlingham
Beccles & Worlingham (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw 3,806 72.4 N/A
Green Caroline Topping 3,456 65.7 N/A
Green Graham Elliott 3,439 65.4 N/A
Conservative Mark Bee 1,293 24.6 N/A
Conservative Graham Catchpole 1,110 21.1 N/A
Conservative Brian Woodruff 840 16.0 N/A
UKIP Len Allen 477 9.1 N/A
Labour Peter Shelley 276 5.2 N/A
Labour Tarek Lahin 273 5.2 N/A
Majority 2,513 47.8 N/A
Majority 2,163 41.1 N/A
Majority 2,146 40.8 N/A
Turnout 5,272 44.1 N/A
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Bungay & Wainford
Bungay & Wainford (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Ritchie 1,078 43.1 N/A
Conservative Judy Cloke 1,068 42.7 N/A
Green Annette Abbott 850 34.0 N/A
Green Pauline Midwinter 695 27.8 N/A
Labour Ian Graham 384 15.3 N/A
Labour David Sullivan 346 13.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Dave O'Neill 242 9.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Skydi Thompson 211 8.4 N/A
Majority 1,425 56.9 N/A
Majority 1,415 56.5 N/A
Turnout 2,545 36.0 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Carlford & Fynn Valley
Carlford & Fynn Valley (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Colin Hedgley 1,307 50.5 N/A
Conservative Anthony Fryatt 1,293 49.9 N/A
Green Daniel Clery 702 27.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Gibbons 521 20.1 N/A
Green Eamonn O'Nolan 512 19.8 N/A
Labour Theresa-Jane Dunningham 288 11.1 N/A
Labour Jane Mardell 269 10.4 N/A
Majority 605 23.4 N/A
Majority 591 22.8 N/A
Turnout 2,636 38.9 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Carlton & Whitton
Carlton & Whitton (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frank Mortimer 737 31.8 N/A
Conservative Trish Mortimer 698 30.1 N/A
Labour Sonia Barker 604 26.1 N/A
UKIP Rick Seal 599 25.9 N/A
UKIP Phillip Trindall 520 22.4 N/A
Labour Graham Parker 494 21.3 N/A
Independent Nick Webb 325 14.0 N/A
Green Peter Lang 286 12.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sandra Tonge 173 7.5 N/A
Majority 133 5.7 N/A
Majority 94 4.1 N/A
Turnout 2,328 28.6 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Carlton Colville
Carlton Colville (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jenny Ceresa 777 37.3 N/A
Conservative Craig Rivett 700 33.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Light 606 29.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Adam Robertson 605 29.1 N/A
UKIP Andrew Bols 441 21.2 N/A
Labour David Finnigan 380 18.3 N/A
Labour Louise Taylor 329 15.8 N/A
Majority 171 8.2 N/A
Majority 94 4.5 N/A
Turnout 2,084 27.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Deben
Deben (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Mallinder 722 47.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Monk 318 21.0 N/A
Green Aidan Semmens 286 18.9 N/A
UKIP Garry Debenham 191 12.6 N/A
Majority 404 26.6 N/A
Turnout 1,524 41.0 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Eastern Felixstowe
Eastern Felixstowe (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Steve Gallant 1,812 43.8 N/A
Conservative Steve Wiles 1,656 40.0 N/A
Conservative Mark Jepson 1,556 37.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Seamus Bennett 1,273 30.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jan Candy 1,015 24.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Ninnmey 974 23.5 N/A
Labour David Rowe 887 21.4 N/A
Green Kay Lyndle 883 21.3 N/A
Green Lesley Bennett 838 20.3 N/A
Green Jax Blunt 629 15.2 N/A
Majority 539 13.0 N/A
Majority 383 9.3 N/A
Majority 283 6.8 N/A
Turnout 4,216 39.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Framlingham
Framlingham (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Maurice Cook 1,051 42.0 N/A
Conservative William Taylor 985 39.4 N/A
Green James Holloway 857 34.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gary Kitching 723 28.9 N/A
Green Beth Keys-Holloway 621 24.8 N/A
Labour Lesley Bensley 391 15.6 N/A
Majority 194 7.8 N/A
Majority 130 5.2 N/A
Turnout 2,546 37.7 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Gunton & St Margarets
Gunton & St Margarets (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mary Rudd 802 34.0 N/A
Conservative Linda Coulam 708 30.0 N/A
UKIP Bernie Guymer 600 25.4 N/A
Labour Malcolm Cherry 582 24.7 N/A
Green David Youngman 553 23.4 N/A
UKIP Mike Shaw 546 23.1 N/A
Labour Nasima Begum 482 20.4 N/A
Majority 202 8.6 N/A
Majority 108 4.5 N/A
Turnout 2,376 30.0 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Halesworth & Blything
Halesworth & Blything (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alison Cackett 1,052 43.4 N/A
Conservative Tony Goldson 1,038 42.8 N/A
Green Kim Hoare 1,033 42.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sarah Hunt 677 27.9 N/A
Labour Peter Coghill 575 23.7 N/A
Majority 19 0.8 N/A
Majority 5 0.2 N/A
Turnout 2,468 36.8 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Harbour & Normanston
Harbour & Normanston (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Keith Patience 961 37.4 N/A
Labour Janet Craig 928 36.1 N/A
Labour Tess Gandy 910 35.4 N/A
UKIP Marcus Crouch 552 21.5 N/A
UKIP Patricia Hawes 529 20.6 N/A
Independent Steve Ardley 469 18.2 N/A
UKIP Lynn Oakley 453 17.6 N/A
Green Emma Bateman 411 16.0 N/A
Conservative Deanna Law 346 13.5 N/A
Independent Tracey Eastwood 345 13.4 N/A
Conservative Jean Bowry 330 12.8 N/A
Conservative May Reader 297 11.6 N/A
Independent Peter Knight 266 10.3 N/A
Independent Mike Healy 194 7.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Janet Blowers O'Neill 119 4.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tim Sutton-Day 102 4.0 N/A
Majority 409 15.9 N/A
Majority 376 14.6 N/A
Majority 358 13.9 N/A
Turnout 2,620 22.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Kelsale & Yoxford
Kelsale & Yoxford (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Steven Burroughes 561 44.6 N/A
Green Jeremy Adams 298 23.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Dickerson 290 23.0 N/A
Independent Peter Wilkinson 108 8.6 N/A
Majority 263 20.9 N/A
Turnout 1,279 38.7 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Kesgrave
Kesgrave (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Debbie McCallum 2,004 59.9 N/A
Conservative Stuart Lawson 1,643 49.1 N/A
Conservative Geoff Lynch 1,585 47.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sally Neal 786 23.5 N/A
Green Tracy Watson Brown 734 21.9 N/A
Green Martin Wilks 644 19.2 N/A
Labour Julie Cuninghame 546 16.3 N/A
Labour Helen Clarkson-Fieldsend 528 15.8 N/A
UKIP Alistair Jeffreys 493 14.7 N/A
Majority 1,218 36.4 N/A
Majority 857 25.6 N/A
Majority 799 23.9 N/A
Turnout 3,363 29.3 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kessingland
Kessingland (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Letitia Smith 350 34.4 N/A
Labour Alan Green 326 32.1 N/A
Green Nicky Elliott 217 21.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Gwynn 124 12.2 N/A
Majority 24 2.4 N/A
Turnout 1,064 29.4 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Kirkley & Pakefield
Kirkley & Pakefield (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Byatt 1,086 36.4 N/A
Labour Louise Gooch 1,080 36.2 N/A
Labour Malcolm Pitchers 922 30.9 N/A
Conservative Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro 857 28.7 N/A
Conservative Jenna Meen 808 27.1 N/A
Conservative June Ford 739 24.7 N/A
UKIP Colin Bedson 722 24.2 N/A
UKIP Robin Hinton 646 21.6 N/A
Green Rosemary Brambley 637 21.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christian Newsome 336 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Hunt 241 8.1 N/A
Majority 229 7.7 N/A
Majority 223 7.5 N/A
Majority 65 2.2 N/A
Turnout 3,006 27.7 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Lothingland
Lothingland (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Paul Ashdown 449 48.1 N/A
Labour Bob Groome 241 25.8 N/A
Green Sally Phillips 173 18.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Fiona Shreeve 70 7.5 N/A
Majority 208 22.3 N/A
Turnout 958 32.5 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Martlesham & Purdis Farm
Martlesham & Purdis Farm (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Chris Blundell 1,209 56.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Edward Thompson 955 44.5 N/A
Conservative Patti Mulcahy 918 42.7 N/A
Green Margaret Walsh 806 37.5 N/A
Majority 291 13.5 N/A
Majority 37 1.7 N/A
Turnout 2,175 34.1 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Melton
Melton (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Rachel Smith-Lyte 933 59.9 N/A
Conservative Jim Bidwell 624 40.1 N/A
Majority 309 19.8 N/A
Turnout 1,576 46.1 N/A
Green win (new seat)

Orwell & Villages
Orwell & Villages (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Melissa Allen 1,179 38.8 N/A
Conservative Richard Kerry 1,141 37.6 N/A
Independent Sherrie Green 1,040 34.3 N/A
Independent Stephen Wrinch 1,017 33.5 N/A
Green Betsy Reid 694 22.9 N/A
Labour Neville Mayes 459 15.1 N/A
Majority 139 4.6 N/A
Majority 101 3.3 N/A
Turnout 3,064 38.9 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Oulton Broad
Oulton Broad (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Back 1,214 39.7 N/A
Conservative Keith Robinson 1,132 37.0 N/A
Conservative Andree Gee 1,120 36.6 N/A
UKIP Jenny Hinton 786 25.7 N/A
UKIP George Hawes 739 24.2 N/A
Labour Yvonne Cherry 702 23.0 N/A
Labour Jack Smith 697 22.8 N/A
UKIP Bert Poole 656 21.5 N/A
Labour Jen Jones 643 21.0 N/A
Green Josi Horne 367 12.0 N/A
Green Nick Hoare 353 11.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Chris Thomas 291 9.5 N/A
Majority 428 14.0 N/A
Majority 346 11.3 N/A
Majority 334 10.9 N/A
Turnout 3,066 28.7 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rendlesham & Orford
Rendlesham & Orford (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ray Herring 669 51.9 N/A
Green Thomas Daly 273 21.2 N/A
Labour Stephen Smedley 181 14.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kit Twinch 166 12.9 N/A
Majority 396 30.7 N/A
Turnout 1,329 33.6 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Rushmere St Andrew
Rushmere St Andrew (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mark Newton 663 57.9 N/A
Green Peter Ward 252 22.0 N/A
Labour Anthony Meehan 230 20.1 N/A
Majority 411 35.9 N/A
Turnout 1,162 32.4 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Saxmundham
Saxmundham (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent John Fisher 517 46.0 N/A
Conservative Phillip Dunnett 305 27.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Sandbach 301 26.8 N/A
Majority 212 18.9 N/A
Turnout 1,141 33.7 N/A
Independent win (new seat)

Southwold
Southwold (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats David Beavan 1,469 80.8 N/A
Conservative Michael Ladd 282 15.5 N/A
Labour John Cracknell 67 3.7 N/A
Majority 1,187 65.3 N/A
Turnout 1,834 56.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Western Felixstowe
Western Felixstowe (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mike Deacon 1,022 42.3 N/A
Conservative Stuart Bird 878 36.4 N/A
Conservative Tracey Green 852 35.3 N/A
Labour Margaret Morris 802 33.2 N/A
Conservative Andy Smith 781 32.4 N/A
Labour Mark Jones 714 29.6 N/A
Green Jon Mulberg 501 20.8 N/A
Green Kate Dickinson 471 19.5 N/A
Green Nigel Hiley 382 15.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lee Reeves 309 12.8 N/A
Majority 220 9.1 N/A
Majority 76 3.1 N/A
Majority 50 2.1 N/A
Turnout 2,491 28.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wickham Market
Wickham Market (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Carol Poulter 686 47.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jon James 343 23.6 N/A
Green Peter James 251 17.3 N/A
Labour Callum Paylor 175 12.0 N/A
Majority 343 23.6 N/A
Turnout 1,492 37.7 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Woodbridge
Woodbridge (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Kay Yule 1,555 55.4 N/A
Conservative Chris Mapey 1,070 38.1 N/A
Conservative Geoff Holdcroft 1,036 36.9 N/A
Labour Sharon Miller 1,035 36.9 N/A
Majority 519 18.5 N/A
Majority 34 1.2 N/A
Turnout 2,849 43.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton
Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Norman Brooks 474 35.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Turner 358 26.7 N/A
Green Sarah Butt 316 23.6 N/A
Labour Philip O'Hear 191 14.3 N/A
Majority 158 11.8 N/A
Turnout 1,366 39.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

References
  1. "Who is standing in the first ever East Suffolk election in May 2019?". www.eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
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