The 1997 Suffolk County Council election took place on 1 May 1997 to elect members of Suffolk County Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the 1997 general election.
Previous composition 1993 election Party Seats 31 25 20 4Total80
Composition of council seats before election Party Seats 33 22 20 4Vacant 1Total80
Changes between elections
Summary Election result
Election of Group Leaders Chris Mole (Ipswich Town) was re-elected leader of the Labour Group, with Jane Hore (Oulton Broad) as his deputy.
Sue Sida-Lockett (Thedwastre North) was elected leader of the Conservative Group, with Colin Barrow (Wickham) as her deputy.
Rosalind Scott (Bosmere) was elected leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, with Peter Monk (Wilford) as her deputy.
Election of Leader of the Council Chris Mole the leader of the Labour group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a Labour/Lib Dem administration, with Rosalind Scott as his deputy.
Results by district Babergh
Summary
+Babergh District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 6 2 18,614 38.3 +10.0Labour 2 10,288 21.2 –1.1Conservative 1 1 16,432 33.8 –3.6Independent 1 3,292 6.8 +0.2Total 10 48,626 74.4 +35.1
Division results
Forest Heath
Summary
+Forest Heath District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 6 2 10,690 45.8 +0.8Labour 0 7,062 30.2 +6.8Liberal Democrats 0 1 4,043 17.3 –8.0Independent 0 1 1,569 6.7 +2.9Total623,36467.5+42.5
Division results
Ipswich
Summary
+Ipswich District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 13 34,475 52.2 +2.5Conservative 4 23,166 35.1 –1.4Liberal Democrats 0 8,373 12.7 –0.7Total1766,01470.1+36.0
Division results
Mid Suffolk
Summary
+Mid Suffolk District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 4 19,289 40.2 +4.5Liberal Democrats 4 2 15,716 32.7 –5.9Labour 1 2 12,352 25.7 +1.7Green 0 682 1.4 –0.3Total1048,03974.7+36.9
Division results
Suffolk Coastal
Summary
+Suffolk Coastal District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 8 1 28,499 40.5 –2.6Liberal Democrats 4 1 21,488 30.5 –0.3Labour 2 19,954 28.3 +3.3Independent 0 296 0.4 N/AGreen 0 189 0.3 –0.8Total1470,42674.5+34.5
Division results
St Edmundsbury
Summary
+St Edmundsbury District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 6 1 21,262 40.1 –0.5Labour 4 1 19,034 35.9 +7.2Liberal Democrats 1 2 11,956 22.6 –5.4Independent 0 720 1.4 +1.1Total1152,97272.1+38.7
Division results
Waveney
Summary
+Waveney District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 11 3 27,972 52.1 +4.4Conservative 1 1 17,731 33.0 +4.2Liberal Democrats 0 4,749 8.8 –3.7Independent 0 2 3,216 6.0 –5.0Total1253,66971.4+36.4
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