Gainsborough Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.
Geography
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.
Members for Gainsborough
| 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
Elections in the 2020s
| 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
- ^ 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.
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