Chantry Division, Suffolk

Chantry Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns two county councillors to Suffolk County Council. It is located in the South West Area of Ipswich and consists of Gipping Ward, Sprites Ward and Stoke Park Ward of Ipswich Borough Council.

Chantry
County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council
District	Ipswich
Region	East of England
Population	23,059 (2019)
Electorate	16,785 (2021)
Major settlements	Chantry, Stoke Park
Current constituency
Created	1973
Seats	2
Councillor	Nadia Cenci (Conservative) Nathan Wilson (Conservative)
Local council	Ipswich Borough Council

Members for Chantry

Two Seats (1973–85)

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	A Ross	Labour	1973–1981		M Cartwright	Labour	1973–1977
					T Payne	Labour	1977–1985
	G Bulding	Labour	1981–1985

One Seat (1985–2005)

Member		Party	Term
	J Wells	Labour	1985–1989
	Susan Thomas	Labour	1989–2005

Two Seats (2005–present)

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Keith Rawlingson	Labour	2005–2009		Bryony Rudkin	Labour	2005–2009
	Paul West	Conservative	2009–2013		Peter Gardiner	Labour	2009–2021
	Helen Armitage	Labour	2013–2021
	Nadia Cenci	Conservative	2021–present		Nathan Wilson	Conservative	2021–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Suffolk County Council election: Chantry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	2,895	48.5	+8.6
	Conservative	Nathan Wilson	2,337
	Labour	Helen Armitage *	2,255	37.8	–4.7
	Labour	Peter Gardiner *	1,970
	Green	Martin Hynes	529	8.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Merritt	291	4.9	–0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Drake	281
Majority			640	10.7
Turnout			5,777	34.4	+2.9
Registered electors			16,793
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour