User:Chelston-temp-1/List of electoral wards in Suffolk

This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Suffolk in the East of England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.

Suffolk
Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1974 (first election 12 April 1973) to 2 May 1985: • #Aldeburgh (1)

• #Beccles (2)

• #Blyth No. 1 (1)

• #Blyth No. 2 (1)

• #Blyth No. 3 (1)

• #Bungay (1)

• #Bury St Edmunds No. 1 (Abbeygate And (1)

• #Bury St Edmunds No. 2 (Risbygate And (1)

• #Bury St Edmunds No. 3 (Northgate And (1)

• #Bury St Edmunds No. 4 (Southgate And (1)

• #Clare No. 1 (1)

• #Clare No. 2 (1)

• #Cosford No. 1 (1)

• #Cosford No. 2 (1)

• #Deben No. 1 (1)

• #Deben No. 2 (1)

• #Deben No. 3 (1)

• #Deben No. 4 (1)

• #Deben No. 5 (1)

• #Felixtowe No. 1 (East & South East) (1)

• #Felixtowe No. 2 (North) (1)

• #Felixtowe No. 3 (South & West) (1)

• #Gipping No. 1 (1)

• #Gipping No. 2 (1)

• #Gipping No. 3 (1)

• #Gipping No. 4 (1)

• #Hadleigh (1)

• #Halesworth (1)

• #Hartismere No. 1 (1)

• #Hartismere No. 2 (1)

• #Hartismere No. 3 (1)

• #Haverhill (1)

• #Ipswich (Bixley) (2)

• #Ipswich (Bridge) (2)

• #Ipswich (Broom Hill) (1)

• #Ipswich (Chantry) (2)

• #Ipswich (Gainsborough) (1)

• #Ipswich (Middle) (1)

• #Ipswich (Racecourse) (1)

• #Ipswich (Rushmere) (1)

• #Ipswich (St Clements) (1)

• #Ipswich (St Johns) (1)

• #Ipswich (St Margarets) (1)

• #Ipswich (Valley) (1)

• #Ipswich (Westbourne) (1)

• #Ipswich (Whitton) (2)

• #Leiston-cum-Sizewell (1)

• #Lothingland No. 1 (1)

• #Lothingland No. 2 (1)

• #Lothingland No. 3 (1)

• #Lowestoft No. 1 (Carlton) (2)

• #Lowestoft No. 2 (Oulton) (1)

• #Lowestoft No. 3 (Pakefield) (1)

• #Lowestoft No. 4 (Kirkley & St John (1)

• #Lowestoft No. 5 (Gunton) (1)

• #Lowestoft No. 6 (Central & Waveney) (1)

• #Lowestoft No. 7 (Roman Hill & St M (1)

• #Melford No. 1 (1)

• #Melford No. 2 (1)

• #Melford No. 3 (1)

• #Mildenhall No. 1 (1)

• #Mildenhall No. 2 (1)

• #Mildenhall No. 3 (1)

• #Newmarket No. 1 (1)

• #Newmarket No. 2 (1)

• #Samford No. 1 (1)

• #Samford No. 2 (1)

• #Samford No. 3 (1)

• #Stowmarket (1)

• #Sudbury (1)

• #Thedwastre No. 1 (1)

• #Thedwastre No. 2 (1)

• #Thingoe No. 1 (1)

• #Thingoe No. 2 (1)

• #Thingoe No. 3 (1)

• #Woodbridge (1)

Electoral Divisions from 2 May 1985 to 5 May 2005: • #Abbeygate & Eastgate (1)

• #Beccles (1)

• #Belstead Brook (1)

• #Bixley (1)

• #Blackbourn (1)

• #Blything (1)

• #Bosmere (1)

• #Brandon (1)

• #Brett (1)

• #Bridge (1)

• #Broom Hill (1)

• #Bungay (1)

• #Carlford (1)

• #Castle Hill (1)

• #Chantry (1)

• #Clare (1)

• #Clay Hills (1)

• #Colneis (1)

• #Cosford (1)

• #Exning (1)

• #Felixstowe Ferry (1)

• #Felixstowe Landguard (1)

• #Felixstowe Walton (1)

• #Framlingham (1)

• #Gainsborough (1)

• #Gipping Valley (1)

• #Great Cornard (1)

• #Gunton (1)

• #Hadleigh (1)

• #Halesworth (1)

• #Hartismere (1)

• #Haverhill North (1)

• #Haverhill South (1)

• #Hoxne (1)

• #Icknield (1)

• #Ipswich St Margarets (1)

• #Ipswich Town (1)

• #Kesgrave & Martlesham (1)

• #Lothingland North (1)

• #Lothingland South (1)

• #Lowestoft Central (1)

• #Lowestoft St Margarets (1)

• #Melford (1)

• #Mildenhall (1)

• #Newmarket Town (1)

• #Normanston (1)

• #Northgate & St Olaves (1)

• #Oulton Broad (1)

• #Pakefield (1)

• #Peninsula (1)

• #Plomesgate (1)

• #Priory Heath (1)

• #Risbridge (1)

• #Risbygate & Sextons (1)

• #Rowheath (1)

• #Rushmere (1)

• #Samford (1)

• #Southgate & Westgate (1)

• #Southwold (1)

• #Sprites (1)

• #St Clements (1)

• #St Johns (1)

• #Stoke Park (1)

• #Stour Valley (1)

• #Stowmarket St Marys (1)

• #Stowmarket St Peters (1)

• #Sudbury (1)

• #Thedwastre North (1)

• #Thedwastre South (1)

• #Thingoe North (1)

• #Thingoe South (1)

• #Thredling (1)

• #Upper Gipping (1)

• #Wainford (1)

• #Whitehouse (1)

• #Whittington (1)

• #Whitton (1)

• #Wickham (1)

• #Wilford (1)

• #Woodbridge (1)

Electoral Divisions from 5 May 2005 to present: • #Aldeburgh & Leiston (1)

• #Beccles (2)

• #Belstead Brook (1)

• #Bixley (1)

• #Blackbourn (1)

• #Blything (1)

• #Bosmere (1)

• #Brandon (1)

• #Bridge (1)

• #Bungay (1)

• #Carlford (1)

• #Chantry (2)

• #Clare (1)

• #Cosford (1)

• #Eastgate & Moreton Hall (1)

• #Exning & Newmarket (1)

• #Felixstowe Coastal (2)

• #Felixstowe North & Trimley (1)

• #Framlingham (1)

• #Gainsborough (1)

• #Gipping Valley (1)

• #Great Cornard (1)

• #Gunton (2)

• #Hadleigh (1)

• #Halesworth (1)

• #Hardwick (1)

• #Hartismere (1)

• #Haverhill Cangle (2)

• #Haverhill East & Kedington (1)

• #Hoxne & Eye (1)

• #Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew (2)

• #Kessingland & Southwold (1)

• #Lowestoft South (2)

• #Martlesham (1)

• #Melford (1)

• #Mildenhall (1)

• #Newmarket & Red Lodge (1)

• #Oulton (2)

• #Pakefield (2)

• #Peninsula (1)

• #Priory Heath (1)

• #Row Heath (1)

• #Rushmere (1)

• #Samford (1)

• #St Helen's (1)

• #St John's (1)

• #St Margaret’s & Westgate (2)

• #Stour Valley (1)

• #Stowmarket North & Stowupland (1)

• #Stowmarket South (1)

• #Sudbury (1)

• #Sudbury East & Waldingfield (1)

• #Thedwastre North (1)

• #Thedwastre South (1)

• #Thingoe North (1)

• #Thingoe South (1)

• #Thredling (1)

• #Tower (2)

• #Upper Gipping (1)

• #Whitehouse & Whitton (2)

• #Wickham (1)

• #Wilford (1)

• #Woodbridge (1)

Babergh
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:

Wards from 1 May 2003 to present: • #Alton (2)

• #Berners (2)

• #Boxford (1)

• #Brett Vale (1)

• #Brook (2)

• #Bures St Mary (1)

• #Chadacre (1)

• #Dodnash (2)

• #Glemsford & Stanstead (2)

• #Great Cornard North (2)

• #Great Cornard South (2)

• #Hadleigh North (2)

• #Hadleigh South (2)

• #Holbrook (1)

• #Lavenham (1)

• #Leavenheath (1)

• #Long Melford (2)

• #Lower Brett (1)

• #Mid Samford (2)

• #Nayland (1)

• #North Cosford (1)

• #Pinewood (2)

• #South Cosford (1)

• #Sudbury East (2)

• #Sudbury North (2)

• #Sudbury South (2)

• #Waldingfield (2)

Forest Heath
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:

Wards from 1 May 2003 to present: • #All Saints (2)

• #Brandon East (3)

• #Brandon West (2)

• #Eriswell & The Rows (2)

• #Exning (1)

• #Great Heath (2)

• #Iceni (1)

• #Lakenheath (2)

• #Manor (1)

• #Market (2)

• #Red Lodge (2)

• #St Mary's (3)

• #Severals (3)

• #South (1)

Ipswich
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 2 May 2002:

Wards from 2 May 2002 to present: • #Alexandra (3)

• #Bixley (3)

• #Bridge (3)

• #Castle Hill (3)

• #Gainsborough (3)

• #Gipping (3)

• #Holywells (3)

• #Priory Heath (3)

• #Rushmere (3)

• #St John's (3)

• #St Margaret's (3)

• #Sprites (3)

• #Stoke Park (3)

• #Westgate (3)

• #Whitehouse (3)

• #Whitton (3)

Mid Suffolk
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:

Wards from 1 May 2003 to present: • #Bacton & Old Newton (1)

• #Badwell Ash (1)

• #Barking & Somersham (1)

• #Bramford & Blakenham (2)

• #Claydon & Barham (2)

• #Debenham (1)

• #Elmswell & Norton (2)

• #Eye (1)

• #Fressingfield (1)

• #Gislingham (1)

• #Haughley & Wetherden (1)

• #Helmingham & Coddenham (1)

• #Hoxne (1)

• #Mendlesham (1)

• #Needham Market (2)

• #Onehouse (1)

• #Palgrave (1)

• #Rattlesden (1)

• #Rickinghall & Walsham (2)

• #Ringshall (1)

• #Stowmarket Central (2)

• #Stowmarket North (3)

• #Stowmarket South (2)

• #Stowupland (1)

• #Stradbroke & Laxfield (1)

• #The Stonhams (1)

• #Thurston & Hessett (2)

• #Wetheringsett (1)

• #Woolpit (1)

• #Worlingworth (1)

St Edmundsbury
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:

Wards from 1 May 2003 to present: • #Abbeygate (2)

• #Bardwell (1)

• #Barningham (1)

• #Barrow (1)

• #Cavendish (1)

• #Chedburgh (1)

• #Clare (1)

• #Eastgate (1)

• #Fornham (1)

• #Great Barton (1)

• #Haverhill East (3)

• #Haverhill North (3)

• #Haverhill South (2)

• #Haverhill West (2)

• #Horringer & Whelnetham (1)

• #Hundon (1)

• #Ixworth (1)

• #Kedington (1)

• #Minden (2)

• #Moreton Hall (3)

• #Northgate (1)

• #Pakenham (1)

• #Risby (1)

• #Risbygate (2)

• #Rougham (1)

• #St Olaves (2)

• #Southgate (2)

• #Stanton (1)

• #Westgate (2)

• #Wickhambrook (1)

• #Withersfield (1)

(formerly) Suffolk Coastal
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 5 May 1983:

Wards from 5 May 1983 to 1 May 2003:

Wards from 1 May 2003 to 7 May 2015: • #Aldeburgh (2)

• #Earl Soham (1)

• #Farlingaye (1)

• #Felixstowe East (2)

• #Felixstowe North (2)

• #Felixstowe South (2)

• #Felixstowe South East (2)

• #Felixstowe West (3)

• #Framlingham (2)

• #Grundisburgh (1)

• #Hacheston (1)

• #Hollesley with Eyke (1)

• #Kesgrave East (3)

• #Kesgrave West (2)

• #Kyson (1)

• #Leiston (3)

• #Martlesham (2)

• #Melton & Ufford (2)

• #Nacton (2)

• #Orford & Tunstall (1)

• #Otley (1)

• #Peasenhall (1)

• #Rendlesham (1)

• #Riverside (1)

• #Rushmere St Andrew (3)

• #Saxmundham (2)

• #Seckford (1)

• #Snape (1)

• #Sutton (1)

• #Trimleys with Kirton (3)

• #Walberswick & Wenhaston (1)

• #Wickham Market (1)

• #Witnesham (1)

• #Yoxford (1)

Wards from 7 May 2015 to 1 April 2019:

• #Aldeburgh (2)

• #Deben (1)

• #Felixstowe East (2)

• #Felixstowe North (2)

• #Felixstowe South (2)

• #Felixstowe West (2)

• #Framlingham (2)

• #Fynn Valley (1)

• #Grundisburgh (1)

• #Hacheston (1)

• #Kesgrave East (2)

• #Kesgrave West (2)

• #Kirton (1)

• #Leiston (2)

• #Martlesham (2)

• #Melton (2)

• #Nacton & Purdis Farm (1)

• #Orford & Eyke (1)

• #Peasenhall & Yoxford (1)

• #Rendlesham (1)

• #Saxmundham (2)

• #The Trimleys (2)

• #Tower (2)

• #Wenhaston & Westleton (1)

• #Wickham Market (1)

• #Woodbridge (3) On 1 April 2019, the Districts of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney merged, to form East Suffolk District Council.

(formerly) Waveney
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 5 May 1983:

Wards from 5 May 1983 to 2 May 2002:

Wards from 2 May 2002 to 1 April 2019:

• #Beccles North (2)

• #Beccles South (2)

• #Blything (1)

• #Bungay (2)

• #Carlton (2)

• #Carlton Colville (3)

• #Gunton & Corton (2)

• #Halesworth (2)

• #Harbour (3)

• #Kessingland (2)

• #Kirkley (3)

• #Lothingland (1)

• #Normanston (3)

• #Oulton (2)

• #Oulton Broad (2)

• #Pakefield (3)

• #Southwold & Reydon (2)

• #St Margaret's (3)

• #The Saints (1)

• #Wainford (1)

• #Whitton (3)

• #Worlingham (2)

• #Wrentham (1) On 1 April 2019, the Districts of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney merged, to form East Suffolk District Council.

East Suffolk
Following the merger of Waveney and Suffolk Coastal district councils on 1 April, 2019, to form East Suffolk District, the council consists of 29 wards, represented by 55 councillors.

Wards from 1 April 2019 to present: • #Aldeburgh & Leiston(3)

• #Beccles & Worlingham(3)

• #Bungay & Wainford(2)

• #Carlford & Fynn Valley(2)

• #Carlton & Whitton(2)

• #Carlton Colville(2)

• #Deben(1)

• #Eastern Felixstowe(3)

• #Framlingham(2)

• #Gunton & St. Margaret's(2)

• #Halesworth & Blything(2)

• #Harbour & Normanston(3)

• #Kelsale & Yoxford(1)

• #Kesgrave(3)

• #Kessingland(1)

• #Kirkley & Pakefield(3)

• #Lothingland(1)

• #Martlesham & Purdis Farm(2)

• #Melton(1)

• #Orwell & Villages(2)

• #Oulton Broad(3)

• #Rendlesham & Orford(1)

• #Rushmere St. Andrew's(1)

• #Saxmundham(1)

• #Southwold(1)

• #Western Felixstowe(3)

• #Wickham Market(1)

• #Woodbridge(2)

• #Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton (1)

Bury St Edmunds
Abbeygate, Bacton and Old Newton, Badwell Ash, Eastgate, Elmswell and Norton, Fornham, Gislingham, Great Barton, Haughley and Wetherden, Horringer and Whelnetham, Minden, Moreton Hall, Needham Market, Northgate, Onehouse, Pakenham, Rattlesden, Rickinghall and Walsham, Ringshall, Risbygate, Rougham, St Olaves, Southgate, Stowmarket Central, Stowmarket North, Stowmarket South, Stowupland, Thurston and Hessett, Westgate, Woolpit.

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Barking and Somersham, Bramford and Blakenham, Castle Hill, Claydon and Barham, Debenham, Earl Soham, Eye, Framlingham, Fressingfield, Grundisburgh, Hacheston, Helmingham and Coddenham, Hoxne, Kesgrave East, Kesgrave West, Mendlesham, Otley, Palgrave, Rushmere St Andrew, Stradbroke and Laxfield, The Stonhams, Wetheringsett, Whitehouse, Whitton, Wickham Market, Witnesham, Worlingworth.

Ipswich
Alexandra, Bixley, Bridge, Gainsborough, Gipping, Holywells, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St John’s, St Margaret’s, Sprites, Stoke Park, Westgate.

South Suffolk
Alton, Berners, Boxford, Brett Vale, Brook, Bures St Mary, Cavendish, Chadacre, Clare, Dodnash, Glemsford and Stanstead, Great Cornard North, Great Cornard South, Hadleigh North, Hadleigh South, Holbrook, Lavenham, Leavenheath, Long Melford, Lower Brett, Mid Samford, Nayland, North Cosford, Pinewood, South Cosford, Sudbury East, Sudbury North, Sudbury South, Waldingfield.

Suffolk Coastal
Aldeburgh, Blything, Farlingaye, Felixstowe East, Felixstowe North, Felixstowe South, Felixstowe South East, Felixstowe West, Halesworth, Hollesley with Eyke, Kyson, Leiston, Martlesham, Melton and Ufford, Nacton, Orford and Tunstall, Peasenhall, Rendlesham, Riverside, Saxmundham, Seckford, Snape, Southwold and Reydon, Sutton, Trimleys with Kirton, Walberswick and Wenhaston, Wrentham, Yoxford.

Waveney
Beccles North, Beccles South, Bungay, Carlton, Carlton Colville, Gunton and Corton, Harbour, Kessingland, Kirkley, Lothingland, Normanston, Oulton, Oulton Broad, Pakefield, St Margaret’s, The Saints, Wainford, Whitton, Worlingham.

West Suffolk
All Saints, Bardwell, Barningham, Barrow, Brandon East, Brandon West, Chedburgh, Eriswell and The Rows, Exning, Great Heath, Haverhill East, Haverhill North, Haverhill South, Haverhill West, Hundon, Iceni, Ixworth, Kedington, Lakenheath, Manor, Market, Newmarket East, Red Lodge, Risby, St Mary’s, Severals, South, Stanton, Wickhambrook, Withersfield.