Forest Heath District Council elections

Forest Heath District Council in Suffolk, England was elected every four years. between the last boundary changes in 2003 and the final elections in 2015, 27 councillors were elected from 14 wards. The council was abolished in 2019, with the area becoming part of West Suffolk.

Political control
From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties:

Leadership
The leaders of the council from 1995 until 2019 were:

James Waters served as leader of the West Suffolk shadow authority prior to the new council coming into effect in 2019, but he was unsuccessful in securing a seat at the first election to the new council.

Council elections

 * 1973 Forest Heath District Council election
 * 1976 Forest Heath District Council election
 * 1979 Forest Heath District Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1983 Forest Heath District Council election
 * 1987 Forest Heath District Council election
 * 1991 Forest Heath District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1995 Forest Heath District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1999 Forest Heath District Council election
 * 2003 Forest Heath District Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)
 * 2007 Forest Heath District Council election
 * 2011 Forest Heath District Council election
 * 2015 Forest Heath District Council election