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2001 Suffolk County Council election

2001 UK local government election

2001 UK local government election

FieldValue
election_name2001 Suffolk County Council election
countrySuffolk
typeParliamentary
ongoingno
party_colouryes
previous_election1997 Suffolk County Council election
previous_year1997
next_election2005 Suffolk County Council election
next_year2005
seats_for_electionAll 80 seats in the Suffolk County Council
majority_seats41
election_date7 June 2001
image1[[File:Chris Mole (cropped).jpg115px]]
leader1Chris Mole
party1Labour Party (UK)
leader_since1November 1989
leaders_seat1Ipswich Town
last_election134 seats, 36.1%
seats_before133
seats136
seat_change13
popular_vote1108,891
percentage134.3%
swing11.9%
image2Con
leader2Sue Sida-Lockett
party2Conservative Party (UK)
leader_since2May 1997
leaders_seat2Thedwastre North
last_election231 seats, 37.7%
seats_before230
seats231
seat_change2
popular_vote2133,349
percentage242.0%
swing24.2%
image3LD
leader3Peter Monk
party3Liberal Democrats (UK)
leader_since3May 2000
leaders_seat3Wilford
last_election315 seats, 23.4%
seats_before314
seats312
seat_change33
popular_vote368,967
percentage321.7%
swing31.7%
image4[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party4Independent (politician)
last_election41 seats, 2.5%
seats_before44
seats41
seat_change4
popular_vote44,721
percentage41.5%
swing41.0%
map_imageSuffolk UK local election 2001 map.svg
map_size350px
map_captionMap of the 2001 Suffolk County Council Election result.
titleCouncil control
posttitleCouncil control after election
before_electionNo overall control
after_electionNo overall control

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.

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.

Summary

Government Formation

The incumbent Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition continued in government with Labour group leader Chris Mole (Ipswich Town) remaining as council leader until he won a parliamentary by-election in November 2001. He was succeeded by Jane Hore (Lowestoft Central), however in May 2003 she was replaced by deputy Bryony Rudkin (Priory Heath).

Election results

|seats % = 45.0 |votes % = 34.3 |plus/minus = –1.9 |seats % = 38.8 |votes % = 42.0 |plus/minus = +4.2 |seats % = 15.0 |votes % = 21.7 |plus/minus = –1.7 |seats % = 1.3 |votes % = 1.5 |plus/minus = –1.0 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = +0.1 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = +0.2 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = +0.1

Results by District

Babergh

PartySeats+/-Votes%+/-
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democrats4214,79034.8
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative3215,88937.4
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour27,44517.5
Independent politician}}"Independent13,9119.2
Green Party of England and Wales}}"Green04381.0
Total1042,47364.7–9.7

Division results

Forest Heath

PartySeats+/-Votes%+/-
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative611,57859.8
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour07,77340.2
Total619,35156.3–11.2

Division results

Ipswich

PartySeats+/-Votes%+/-
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour15226,85949.5
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative1318,19433.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democrats119,19516.9
Total1754,24857.3–12.8

Division results

Mid Suffolk

PartySeats+/-Votes%+/-
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative520,41945.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democrats3113,83130.9
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour2110,43923.4
Total1044,68966.1–8.6

Division results

Suffolk Coastal

PartySeats+/-Votes%+/-
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative720,41944.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democrats3113,83130.4
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour3110,43922.9
Green Party of England and Wales}}"Green06661.5
Independent politician}}"Independent02150.5
Total1445,57046.9–27.6

Division results

St. Edmundsbury

PartySeats+/-Votes%+/-
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative5121,41245.0
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour5119,17640.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democrats15,62711.8
Independent politician}}"Independent05951.2
Independent politician}}"Local Party Bury St Edmunds05731.2
UKIP}}"UKIP02220.5
Total1147,60562.4–9.7

Division results

Waveney

District Summary

PartySeats+/-Votes%+/-
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour10225,55248.2
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative4219,96337.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democrat07,54814.2

Division results

References

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