2025 Suffolk County Council election

The 2025 Suffolk County Council election will take place on 1 May 2025 as part of the 2025 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 70 councillors will be elected from electoral divisions across the county, which will return either one or two county councillors each, by first-past-the-post voting, for a four-year term of office.

2025 Suffolk County Council election

← 2021 1 May 2025 2028 →

All 70 seats to Suffolk County Council
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Green Labour
Last election 55 9 5

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Independent WSI
Last election 4 1 1

Council control before election

Conservative

Elected Council control

TBD

This election will be first taken after the implementation of a review by Local Government Boundary Commission for England which will reduce the number of councillors from 75 to 70.[2]

Voters who live in divisions which elected two councillors are entitled to cast a maximum of two votes, while those living in divisions only electing one councillor are only entitled to cast one vote.

Previous composition edit

2021 election edit

Party Seats
Conservative 55
Green 9
Labour 5
Liberal Democrats 4
Independent 1
West Suffolk Independents 1
Total 75

Composition of council seats before election edit

Party Seats
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Independent
West Suffolk Independents
Vacant
Total 75

Changes between elections edit

In between the 2021 election and the 2025 election, the following council seats changed hands outside of by-elections:

Overall Results edit

2025 Suffolk County Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal Democrats
  Green
  Independent
  West Suffolk Independents

Results summaries by district edit

Babergh edit

Babergh District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Labour
Independent
Green
Total

East Suffolk edit

East Suffolk District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Green
Labour
Total

Ipswich edit

Ipswich Borough Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Green
Independent
Total

Mid Suffolk edit

Mid Suffolk District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Green
Labour
Total

West Suffolk edit

West Suffolk District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrat
West Suffolk Independents
Green
Total

Results by ward edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Elections | Suffolk County Council". www.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  2. ^ "LGBCE | Suffolk County Council | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-24.