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.
Political control
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]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
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 |
Leadership
The leaders of the council from 1995 until 2019 were:[3]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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.
Council elections
- 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
Results maps
- 2003 results map
- 2007 results map
- 2011 results map
- 2015 results map
By-election results
1995-1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 273 | 38.7 | |||
Conservative | 245 | 34.7 | |||
Labour | 188 | 26.6 | |||
Majority | 28 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 706 | 27.3 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
2003-2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Dicker | 564 | 59.7 | ||
Independent | Brian Gray | 381 | 40.3 | ||
Majority | 183 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 945 | 75.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
2007-2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
2011-2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
2015-2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
References
- ^ "Your Council". Forest Heath District Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. 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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- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Forest Heath (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Labour edges ahead in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Forest Heath District Council. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Forest Heath District Council. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Lib Dem by-elections bounce blow for Tories". WalesOnline. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Lib Dems win Red Lodge seat". Newmarket Journal. 11 June 2008.
- ^ "New councillor at Forest Heath". East Anglian Daily Times. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Mary's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine