Gainsborough Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council. It is located in the South East Area of Ipswich and comprises the whole of Gainsborough Ward plus part of Holywells Ward,[1] both of which are electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council.
| Gainsborough | |
|---|---|
| County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
 Gainsborough Electoral Division | |
| District | Ipswich |
| Region | East of England |
| Population | 10,514 (2019) |
| Electorate | 8,041 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Gainsborough, Greenwich |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Councillor | Liz Harsant (Conservative) |
| Local council | Ipswich Borough Council |
Members for Gainsborough edit
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| T Lambert | Labour | 1973–1977 | |
| R Skerritt | Labour | 1977–1989 | |
| R Crane | Labour | 1989–1993 | |
| Ronald Sudds[2] | Labour | 1993–2003 | |
| Bill Quinton | Labour | 2003–2009 | |
| Carol Debman | Conservative | 2009–2013 | |
| Kim Cook[3] | Labour | 2013–2021 | |
| Liz Harsant | Conservative | 2021–present | |
Election results edit
Elections in the 2020s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liz Harsant | 1,673 | 52.9 | +11.7 | |
| Labour | Stephen Connelly | 1,162 | 36.8 | –4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conrad Packwood | 254 | 8.0 | +5.1 | |
| Green | Jenny Rivett | 71 | 2.2 | –2.0 | |
| Majority | 511 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,188 | 39.6 | +7.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,041 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.1 | |||
References edit
- ^ Gainsborough Electoral Division Profile 2017 (PDF). Aylesbury: ESRI UK Limited. 2017.
- ^ . Suffolk County Council. 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123255/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E2E0E259-2381-4A4B-96D1-2BEC9A06597D/0/2001electionresults.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Kim Cook: Candidate - Castle Hill". ipswich-labour.org.uk. Ipswich Labour Party. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Ipswich: Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). suffolk.gov.uk. Suffolk County Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2024.