Suffolk
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2026 69 races · 70 seats 94.3% below quota
- 2021 63 races · 75 seats 33.3% below quota
- 2017 63 races · 75 seats 32.0% below quota
Council composition as of 2026
70 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2026)
In 2026, 70 seats were up across 69 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 70 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 87,720 | 32.9% | 41 | 58.6% | 23 | 32.9% | +18 |
| Green Party | 62,752 | 23.5% | 13 | 18.6% | 17 | 24.3% | -4 |
| Conservative Party | 58,958 | 22.1% | 9 | 12.9% | 16 | 22.9% | -7 |
| Labour Party | 27,778 | 10.4% | 3 | 4.3% | 7 | 10.0% | -4 |
| Liberal Democrats | 23,960 | 9.0% | 2 | 2.9% | 6 | 8.6% | -4 |
| Independent | 5,484 | 2.1% | 2 | 2.9% | 1 | 1.4% | +1 |
| The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 25 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Communist Party of Britain | 17 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 266,694 | 100.0% | 70 | 100.0% | 70 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeygate and Minden | 32% | ||
| Aldeburgh and Leiston | 49% | 67% | 33% |
| Barrow and Thingoe | 42% | ||
| Beccles | 47% | 56% | |
| Beccles and Kessingland | 38% | ||
| Belstead Brook | 41% | 51% | |
| Belstead Hills | 40% | ||
| Bixley | 56% | 62% | 31% |
| Blackbourn | 82% | 71% | 38% |
| Blyth Estuary | 27% | ||
| Blything | 53% | 49% | |
| Bosmere | 46% | 49% | 33% |
| Brandon | 47% | 41% | 43% |
| Bridge | 50% | 43% | 30% |
| Brook | 39% | ||
| Bungay | 53% | 44% | 44% |
| Carlford | 55% | 63% | 40% |
| Carlton and Whitton | 47% | ||
| Carlton Colville | 51% | ||
| Chantry | 46% | 55% | |
| Clare | 67% | 63% | 36% |
| Constable | 30% | ||
| Cornard and Sudbury East | 39% | ||
| Cosford | 48% | 62% | 36% |
| Eastgate and Moreton Hall | 41% | 35% | 28% |
| Exning and Newmarket | 37% | 41% | 30% |
| Felixstowe Clifflands | 33% | ||
| Felixstowe Coastal | 56% | 58% | |
| Felixstowe Maritime | 43% | ||
| Felixstowe North and Trimley | 49% | 57% | |
| Framlingham | 57% | 59% | |
| Framlingham and Wickham Market | 34% | ||
| Gainsborough | 41% | 53% | 34% |
| Gipping | 37% | ||
| Gipping Valley | 40% | 54% | 36% |
| Great Cornard | 49% | 50% | |
| Gunton | 40% | 46% | 45% |
| Hadleigh | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| Halesworth | 53% | 49% | 46% |
| Harbour | 43% | ||
| Hardwick | 59% | 62% | 48% |
| Hartismere | 61% | 57% | 35% |
| Haverhill Cangle | 46% | 59% | |
| Haverhill East and Kedington | 48% | 57% | |
| Haverhill East and Rural | 35% | ||
| Haverhill North West and Withersfield | 50% | ||
| Haverhill South | 39% | ||
| Hoxne and Eye | 57% | 45% | 34% |
| Kesgrave | 34% | ||
| Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew | 57% | 71% | |
| Kessingland and Southwold | 49% | 51% | |
| Kirkley and Pakefield | 41% | ||
| Lowestoft South | 40% | 57% | |
| Martlesham | 68% | 62% | 33% |
| Melford | 56% | 55% | 32% |
| Mildenhall | 66% | 40% | 35% |
| Newmarket and Red Lodge | 50% | 47% | 36% |
| Oulton | 50% | 57% | 47% |
| Oulton Broad and Normanston | 45% | ||
| Pakefield | 43% | 59% | |
| Peninsula | 39% | 42% | 32% |
| Priory Heath | 50% | 46% | 35% |
| Row Heath | 52% | 60% | 44% |
| Rushmere | 51% | 43% | 33% |
| Rushmere St Andrew | 37% | ||
| Samford | 43% | 57% | |
| Saxmundham and District | 28% | ||
| St Clement's | 33% | ||
| St Helen's | 55% | ||
| St John's | 58% | ||
| St Margaret's | 38% | ||
| St Margaret's and Westgate | 39% | ||
| St Olaves and Tollgate | 32% | ||
| St. Helens | 47% | ||
| St. Johns | 48% | ||
| St. Margarets and Westgate | 46% | ||
| Stour Valley | 51% | 51% | 41% |
| Stowmarket East | 38% | ||
| Stowmarket North and Stowupland | 49% | 46% | |
| Stowmarket South | 38% | 40% | |
| Stowmarket West | 44% | ||
| Sudbury | 31% | 42% | |
| Sudbury East and Waldingfield | 53% | 42% | |
| Sudbury West | 39% | ||
| Thedwastre North | 62% | 41% | 36% |
| Thedwastre South | 47% | 46% | 31% |
| Thingoe North | 73% | 65% | |
| Thingoe South | 68% | 65% | |
| Thredling | 70% | 63% | 37% |
| Tower | 40% | 41% | |
| Upper Gipping | 54% | 63% | 58% |
| Walton and Trimleys | 39% | ||
| Westbourne | 40% | ||
| Westgate | 29% | ||
| Whitehouse and Whitton | 44% | 53% | |
| Whitton | 47% | ||
| Wickham | 48% | 46% | |
| Wilford | 57% | 54% | 32% |
| Woodbridge | 51% | 63% | 46% |