Suffolk Coastal

This article is about the former district. For the constituency, see Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency).

Suffolk Coastal was a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Melton, having moved from neighbouring Woodbridge in 2017. Other towns include Felixstowe, Framlingham, Leiston, Aldeburgh, and Saxmundham.

Suffolk Coastal District
Non-metropolitan district
Suffolk Coastal District Council Offices in Melton
Suffolk Coastal shown within Suffolk and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Suffolk
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Melton
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Suffolk Coastal District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet ( )
Area
• Total	344.2 sq mi (891.5 km2)
Population  (2017)
• Total	129,000
• Density	370/sq mi (140/km2)
• Ethnicity	98.1% White
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	42UG (ONS) E07000205 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TM2756349450
Website	www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk

Coastline at Aldeburgh.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe, Leiston-cum-Sizewell, Saxmundham and Woodbridge urban districts, and Blyth Rural District and Deben Rural District. The population of the district was 124,298 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Suffolk Coastal district was merged with Waveney district on 1 April 2019 to form the new East Suffolk district.^[2]

Election results

Main article: Suffolk Coastal District Council elections

There were new ward boundaries in 2003^[3] and 2015.^[4]

	Party	2003[3]	2007[5]	2011[6]	2015[4]
Con	Conservative	43	45	44	37
LD	Liberal Democrats	10	9	5	2
Lab	Labour Party	2	1	4	1
Ind	Independent	0	0	2	2
Greens	Green Party	0	0	0	0
UKIP	UK Independence Party	0	0	0	0
FAC	Firefighters Against Cuts	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Result	Largest party	Con	Con	Con	Con
	Majority	31	35	33	32
	Total no. of seats	55	55	55	42

Wards represented

Below is a list of wards with the number of councillors they returned in the relevant periods. There were 118 civil parishes and towns distributed amongst these wards.

Ward	No. of Cllrs. 2003-2015[3]	Communities 2003-2015[7]	No. of Cllrs. 2015-2019[4]	Communities 2015–2019
Aldeburgh	2	Aldeburgh Ward: Aldeburgh Town Buxlow Ward: Aldringham cum Thorpe,	2
Deben	0	n/a	1
Earl Soham	1	Earl Soham Ward: Brandeston; Earl Soham; Easton; Kettleburgh; Letheringham Hasketon Ward:, Charsfield Otley Ward: Cretingham, Hoo, Monewden	0	n/a
Farlingaye	1	Farlingaye ward: Farlingaye ward of Woodbridge Town Woodbridge Central ward: Central ward of Woodbridge Town (part) Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town (part)	0	n/a
Felixstowe East	2	Felixstowe East Ward: East ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe North Ward: North ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	2
Felixstowe North	2	Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe North Ward: North ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	2
Felixstowe South	2	Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South Ward: South ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe West ward:West ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	2
Felixstowe South East	2	Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part) East ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South Ward:South ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	0	n/a
Felixstowe West	3	Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part) Felixstowe West Ward: West ward of Felixstowe Town (part)	2
Framlingham	2	Framlingham Ward Framlingham Town Dennington Ward: Dennington (part); Badingham Earl Soham ward: Saxtead (part)	2	Framlingham
Fynn Valley	0	n/a	1
Grundisburgh	1	Bealings Ward: Great Bealings (part); Little Bealings; Grundisburgh & Witnesham Ward: Culpho (part); Grundisburgh;	1
Hacheston	1	Dennington Ward: Bruisyard; Cransford; Rendham; Swefling Glemham Ward: Great Glemham; Hacheston; Little Glemham; Marlesford; Parham	1
Hollesley with Eyke	1	Hollesley Ward: Boyton; Butley; Capel St Andrew; Hollesley; Wantisden Tunstall Ward: Chillesford; Ufford Ward: Eyke	0	n/a
Kesgrave East	3	Kesgrave Ward: Kesgrave East; Martlesham Ward: Martlesham West	2
Kesgrave West	2	Kesgrave Ward: Kesgrave West;	2
Kirton	0	n/a	1
Kyson	1	Woodbridge Kyson Ward: Woodbridge Seckford Ward	0	n/a
Leiston	3	Buxlow Ward: Knodishall Leiston Ward: Leiston Town	2
Martlesham	2	Martlesham Ward: Martlesham	2
Melton	0	n/a	2
Melton and Ufford	2	Melton Ward: Melton Ufford Ward: Ufford; Pettistree	0	n/a
Nacton	2	Kirton Ward: Hemley; Newbourne; Waldringfield Nacton Ward: Brightwell; Bucklesham; Foxhall; Levington; Nacton; Purdis Farm; Stratton Hall	0	n/a
Nacton and Purdis Farm	0	n/a	1
Orford and Tunstall	1	Orford Ward: Gedgrave; Iken; Orford; and Sudbourne Tunstall ward: Blaxhall; Tunstall	0	n/a
Orford and Eyke	0	n/a	1
Otley	1	Hasketon Ward: Boulge; Bredfield; Burgh; Dallinghoo; Debach; Hasketon (part) Otley Ward: Clopton; Otley	0	n/a
Peasenhall	1	Bramfield an Cratfield Ward: Cookley (part); Cookley; Cratfield; Heveningham; Huntingfield; Linstead Magna; Linstead Parva; Walpole; Yoxford Ward: Peasenhall (part); Sibton	0	n/a
Peasenhall and Yoxford	0	n/a	1
Rendlesham	1	Tunstall Ward: Campsey Ash; Rendlesham	1
Riverside	1	Martlesham Ward: Martlesham North ward Woodbridge Central Ward: Central ward of Woodbridge Town Woodbridge Riverside Ward: Riverside Ward of Woodbridge Town Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town	0	n/a
Rushmere St Andrew	3	Rushmere Ward: Rushmere St Andrew	0	n/a
Saxmundham	2	Kelsale Ward: Kelsale cum Carlton; Theberton Saxmundham Ward: Saxmundham Town	2
Seckford	1	Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town (part) Woodbridge Central Ward: Central ward of Woodbridge Town (part) Woodbridge Riverside ward: Riverside ward of Woodbridge Town (part)	0	n/a
Snape	1	Buxlow Ward: Friston (part) Snape Ward: Benhall; Farnham; Snape; Sternfield; Stratford St Andrew	0	n/a
Sutton	1	Alderton & Sutton Ward : Alderton, Bawdsey, Ramsholt, Shottisham, Sutton; Sutton Heath (from 2012)[8] Ufford Ward: Bromeswell	0
Tower	0	n/a	2
The Trimleys	0	n/a	2
Trimleys with Kirton	3	Kirton Ward: Falkenham; Kirton Trimleys Ward: Trimley St Martin; Trimley St Mary	0	n/a
Walberswick and Wenhaston	1	Bramfield & Cratfield Ward: Bramfield (part); Thorington Walberswick Ward: Blythburgh; Walberswick; Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet	0	n/a
Wenhaston	0	n/a	1
Wickham Market	1	Wickham Market	1
Witnesham	1	Bealings Ward: Playford (part); Tuddenham St Martin; Westerfield Grundisburgh & Witnesham Ward: Swilland (part); Witnesham	0	n/a
Woodbridge	0	n/a	3
Yoxford	1	Westleton ward: Darsham; Dunwich; Middleton; Westleton Yoxford Ward: Yoxford	0	n/a
Total	55		42

Arms

Coat of arms of Suffolk Coastal

Notes Granted 10 December 1975. Crest On a wreath of the colours in front of a port between two square towers Proper issuant therefrom a rising sun of seven rays a mitre Or. Escutcheon Barry wavy of eight Azure and Argent a lymphad sail set Or flying flags and pennon of St. George on a chief Or three pellets that in the centre charged with a cross engrailed and the others each with an escallop of seven lobes Or. Motto New Views To Life.[9]