Gainsborough Division, Suffolk
| 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 |
Gainsborough Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.
Geography
[edit]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
[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.