Tower Division, Suffolk
| Tower | |
|---|---|
| County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
| District | West Suffolk |
| Region | East of England |
| Population | 22,028 (2019) |
| Electorate | 16,494 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Bury St Edmunds Town Centre |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Councillor | David Nettleton (Conservative) Robert Everitt (Conservative) |
| Local council | West Suffolk Council |
| Created from | Northgate & St. Olaves, Risbygate & Sextons |
Tower Division is an electoral division in Suffolk which returns two county councillors to Suffolk County Council.
Geography
[edit]It is made up of the central and North West Bury St Edmunds and consists of the West Suffolk council wards of Miden, St Olaves, Tollgate, and Abbeygate along with a small part of Westgate ward between the River Linnet, Hospital Road, and Petticoat lane.[1]
History
[edit]The first elections for this division were held as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections, after the division was created through The County of Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2004[2][3]
Both seats of the division are currently held by Conservative party after David Nettleton defected to the Conservatives in December 2019 having been elected as an independent.[4]
Members for Tower
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lockwood | Labour | 2005–2009 | Paul Hopfensperger | Conservative | 2005–2008[5] | ||
| Independent | 2008–2009 | ||||||
| Paul Farmer | Conservative | 2009–2010 | Mark Ereira-Guyer | Green | 2009–2017 | ||
| Stefan Oliver | Conservative | 2010–2013 | |||||
| David Nettleton | Independent | 2013–2019 | |||||
| Conservative | 2019–present | Robert Everitt | Conservative | 2017–present | |||
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Everitt * | 2,277 | 33.7 | +4.9 | |
| Conservative | David Nettleton * | 2,104 | |||
| Green | Steph Holland | 1,993 | 29.5 | +7.4 | |
| Green | Matthew Rowe | 1,489 | |||
| Labour | Donna Higgins | 1,409 | 20.8 | +5.2 | |
| Labour | Marilyn Sayer | 830 | |||
| Independent | Frank Stennett | 691 | 10.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Poulson | 269 | 4.0 | –2.3 | |
| Communist | Darren Turner | 120 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 284 | 4.2 | +1.0 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 932 | 15.3 |  15.1
| ||
| Turnout | 6,090 | 36.9 | 3.8
| ||
| Registered electors | 16,494 | 928
| |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –1.2 | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Everitt | 1,833 | 22.9 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | David Nettleton * | 1,628 | 20.4 | –5.4 | |
| Independent | Paul Hopfensperger[9] | 1,623 | 20.3 | N/A | |
| Green | Mark Ereira-Guyer * | 1,406 | 17.6 | –9.9 | |
| Labour | Quentin Cornish | 998 | 12.5 | –4.1 | |
| Labour | Alex Griffin | 907 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Lale | 507 | 6.3 | –1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheena Rawlings | 173 | |||
| Majority | 205 | 2.6 | +7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,147 | 33.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 15,566 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Green | Swing | 2.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Mark Ereira-Guyer * | 1,481 | 23.2 | –3.9 | |
| Independent | David Nettleton | 1,389 | 21.8 | –4.2 | |
| Conservative | Robert Everitt | 1,227 | 19.3 | –9.5 | |
| Conservative | Patsy Warby | 1,008 | |||
| UKIP | Luke Levene | 983 | 15.4 | +15.4 | |
| Labour | Diane Hind | 895 | 14.0 | +5.0 | |
| Labour | Nicola Ridgeway | 840 | |||
| UKIP | James Lumley | 823 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Judy Roadway | 399 | 6.3 | –2.8 | |
| Majority | 162 | 1.4 | –0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 6,374 | 29.6 | –5.5 | ||
| Green hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stefan Oliver | 1,005 | 28.8 | 0.0 | |
| Independent | David Nettleton | 950 | 27.2 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Kevin Hind | 759 | 21.7 | +12.6 | |
| Green | Pippa Judd | 479 | 13.7 | −13.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Chappell | 300 | 8.6 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 55 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,505 | 20.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Farmer | 2,042 | 28.8 | ||
| Green | Mark Ereira-Guyer | 1,924 | 27.1 | ||
| Independent | David Nettleton | 1,846 | 26.0 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Rout | 1,726 | |||
| Labour | Keith Waterson | 645 | 9.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Warren | 641 | 9.9 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Hind | 624 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Allan Jones | 605 | |||
| Majority | 118 & 78 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 10,053 | 32.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 15,576 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lockwood * | 3,181 | 32.7 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Hopfensperger[12] | 2,747 | 28.3 | ||
| Labour | Ray Nowak * | 2,720 | - | ||
| Conservative | Robert Everitt | 2,663 | - | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Chappell | 1,738 | 17.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Warren | 1,266 | - | ||
| UKIP | Brian Lockwood | 801 | 8.2 | ||
| Independent | David Nettleton | 799 | 8.2 | ||
| UKIP | Ivan Cook | 509 | - | ||
| Independent | Melinda Nettleton | 498 | - | ||
| Green | Adam Stacey | 455 | 4.7 | ||
| Green | Samantha Hunt Stacey | 432 | - | ||
| Majority | 27 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 68.6 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Tower Electoral Division Profile 2017" (PDF). www.suffolkobservatory. Suffolk Observatory. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "The County of Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 9 December 2004, SI 2004/3252
- ^ "Suffolk County Council Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ Geater, Paul. "Independent councillor joins Suffolk Tories for role in policy-making". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Top Tory quits in middle schools protest". eadt.co.uk. East Anglian Daily Times. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "West Suffolk: Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). suffolk.gov.uk. Suffolk County Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Official Declaration of Result - Tower". Twitter. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Forest Heath & St Edmundsbury: Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). suffolk.gov.uk. Suffolk County Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Paul Hopfensperger - Official Website".
- ^ "Tower by-election results". Suffolk County Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Suffolk County Council Elections 2009". elections.suffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Councillor Paul Hopfensperger - Official Website".