East Suffolk District Council elections

Elections of members of East Suffolk District Council in Suffolk, England are held every four years, following the merger of Waveney and Suffolk Coastal districts to form the new East Suffolk district in April 2019. 55 councillors are elected to the chamber, with 29 wards each electing either one, two or three representatives.^[1] The first elections to East Suffolk District Council were held on 2 May 2019.^[2]

Council elections

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats[a]	Green	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Council established from the merger of Suffolk Coastal & Waveney (55 seats)
2019	39	7	3	4	2		Conservative
2023	15	12	11	16	1		No overall control

Results maps

• 
  2019 results map
• 
  2023 results map

By-election results

2019–2023

Beccles and Worlingham By-Election 6 May 2021^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah Plummer	2,374	48.9	−16.1
	Conservative	Mark Bee	2,062	42.5	+20.4
	Labour	Dom Taylor	418	8.6	+3.9
Majority			312	6.4
Turnout			4,854
	Green hold		Swing

Framlingham By-Election 6 May 2021^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lydia Freeman	1,508	52.7	+17.9
	Green	Beth Keys-Holloway	1,036	36.2	+7.8
	Labour	Paul Richards	318	11.1	−1.8
Majority			472	16.5
Turnout			2,862
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldeburgh and Leiston By-Election 8 July 2021 (2 seats)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Thomas Daly	1,110
	Conservative	Russ Rainger	1,103
	Green	Matt Oakley	1,101
	Conservative	Andrew Reid	1,006
	Labour	Ian Ilett	355
	Labour	Mark Turner	311
	Communist	Steve Marsling	61
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Orwell and Villages By-Election 12 August 2021^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Richardson	873	45.9	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ninnmey	800	42.0	+42.0
	Labour	David Rowe	230	12.1	−1.5
Majority			73	3.8
Turnout			1,903
	Conservative hold		Swing

2023–2027

Carlton Colville By-Election 4 July 2024^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Letitia Smith	1,474	34.9
	Labour	Lewis Weller	1,303	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Robertson	923	21.9
	Independent	Paul Light	520	12.3
Majority			171	4.1
Turnout			4,220
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rushmere St Andrew By-Election 27 February 2025^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cawley	377	29.8	−17.0
	Green	Julian Cusack	373	29.5	+8.9
	Reform UK	Alistair Jeffreys	347	27.5	+27.5
	Labour	Laurence Bradley	166	13.1	−19.5
Majority			4	0.3
Turnout			1,263
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodbridge By-Election 27 February 2025^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Leach	1,023	53.6
	Conservative	Alan Porter	391	20.5
	Reform UK	Garry Debenham	274	14.4
	Labour	Des Waters	219	11.5
Majority			632	33.1
Turnout			1,907
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).