Mid Suffolk District Council elections

Mid Suffolk District Council elections are held every four years to elect members of Mid Suffolk District Council in Suffolk, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, there have been 34 councillors elected from 26 wards.^[1]

Council elections

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats[a]	Green	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (40 seats)
1973	6	9	1	–	24		Independent
1976	13	6	2	0	19		No overall control
New ward boundaries[2]
1979	15	5	2	0	18		No overall control
1983	19	6	1	0	14		No overall control
1987	19	6	4	0	11		No overall control
1991	17	8	10	0	5		No overall control
1995	6	17	12	0	4		No overall control
1999	15	6	14	0	5		No overall control
New ward boundaries[3][4]
2003	21	2	11	2	4		Conservative
2007	22	0	10	2	6[b]		Conservative
2011	22	1	6	4	7[c]		Conservative
2015	29	0	4	5	2		Conservative
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 40 to 34[1]
2019	16	0	5	12	1		No overall control
2023	6	0	4	24	0		Green

Results maps

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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Badwell Ash By-Election 27 February 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		292	44.4
	Labour		184	28.0
	Liberal Democrats		182	27.7
Majority			108	16.4
Turnout			658	50.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

1999-2003

Norton By-Election 9 September 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		546	61.4	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Ottley	343	38.6	−8.0
Majority			203	22.8
Turnout			889	49.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mendlesham By-Election 17 January 2002^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gilmour	343	48.2	−2.3
	Labour		257	36.1	−13.4
	Green		111	15.6	+15.6
Majority			86	12.1
Turnout			711	41.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmswell By-Election 21 March 2002^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Millward	726	77.6	+68.1
	Conservative		209	22.4	−16.3
Majority			517	55.2
Turnout			935	37.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Worlingworth By-Election 23 January 2003^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Debenham	411	83.4	+28.6
	Labour		82	16.6	+16.6
Majority			329	66.8
Turnout			493	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2003-2007

Barking & Somersham By-Election 21 October 2004^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Richardson	281	51.1
	Conservative		183	33.3
	UKIP		86	15.6
Majority			98	17.8
Turnout			550	32.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Claydon & Barham By-Election 21 October 2004^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Redbound	617	57.7	−0.7
	Conservative		374	35.0	−6.6
	Labour		78	7.3	+7.3
Majority			243	22.7
Turnout			1,069	30.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hoxne By-Election 28 July 2005^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Adey	308	46.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gibson-Harries	295	45.0	−17.7
	Labour	Garry Deeks	54	8.2	+8.2
Majority			13	1.9
Turnout			657	40.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bramford & Blakenham By-Election 24 November 2005^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field	536	64.3
	Conservative	Michael Damant	229	27.5
	Labour	Suzanne Britton	68	8.2
Majority			307	36.8
Turnout			833	26.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2007-2011

Haughley and Wetherden By-Election 25 March 2010^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rachel Eburne	444	61.0	+45.4
	Conservative	Samantha Powell	176	24.2	−20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Vecchi	51	7.0	−32.4
	Labour	David Hill	32	4.4	+4.4
	UKIP	Christopher Streatfield	25	3.4	+3.4
Majority			268	36.8
Turnout			728	41.6
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+33.2

2011-2015

Stowmarket North By-Election 22 May 2014^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Humphreys	707	31.8	−1.8
	UKIP	Stephen Searle	616	27.7	+18.0
	Green	Nigel Rozier	444	19.9	−0.7
	Labour	Anthony Elliott	315	14.2	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Willshere	144	6.5	−5.6
Majority			91	4.1
Turnout			2,226
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Barking and Somersham By-Election 2 June 2016^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Anne Marie Killett	212	34.5	+34.5
	Conservative	Jemma Lynch	210	34.2	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Valladares	154	25.1	+13.2
	Labour	Will Marsburg	38	6.2	+6.2
Majority			2	0.3
Turnout			617	34.1
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.0

Eye By-Election 4 May 2017^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Burke	438	52.3	+52.3
	Green	Simon Hooton	220	26.3	−19.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Blake	112	13.4	+13.4
	Labour	Alex Wilson	68	8.1	+8.1
Majority			218	26.0
Turnout			838
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2019-2023

Thurston By-Election 17 February 2022^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Austin Davies	845	64.4	+25.2
	Conservative	Philippa Wilding	399	30.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Glenton	37	2.8	−8.2
	Labour	Terence Wilson	32	2.4	−4.9
Majority			446	34.0
Turnout			1,313
	Green hold		Swing

2023-2027

Chilton (Stowmarket) By-Election 2 May 2024^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lorraine Baker	589	47.2
	Conservative	Steven Runciman	375	30.0
	Labour	William Howman	285	22.8
Majority			214	17.1
Turnout			1,249
	Green hold		Swing

Thurston By-Election 24 September 2024^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Richardson	579	49.2
	Green	Oscar Barrick-Cook	518	44.0
	Labour	Nathan Hope	79	6.7
Majority			61	5.2
Turnout			1,176
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. Including 2 Suffolk Together
3. Including 2 Suffolk Together