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West Suffolk District is a local government district in Suffolk, England. It was established in 2019 as a merger of the previous Forest Heath District with the Borough of St Edmundsbury . The council is based in Bury St Edmunds , the district's largest town.
West Suffolk County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of West Suffolk in east England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and acted as the governing authority for the county until it was amalgamated with East Suffolk County Council to form Suffolk County Council in 1974. [1]
Elections of members of West Suffolk Council are held every four years, following the merger of Forest Heath district council and the Borough of St Edmundsbury to form the new West Suffolk district in April 2019. 64 councillors are elected to the chamber, with 34 wards each electing either one, two or three representatives. The first elections ...
This system continued until 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 abolished the separate county councils for East Suffolk and West Suffolk and downgraded Ipswich to providing district-level services only. In their place, Suffolk County Council was created with responsibility for county-level services across the whole
The 2019 West Suffolk District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 and was the inaugural election of the new West Suffolk District Council. [1] It was held concurrently with other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won 43 of the 64 seats and currently control the Council. [2]
West Suffolk was an administrative county of England created in 1889 from part of the county of Suffolk. It survived until 1974 when it was rejoined with East Suffolk. Its county town was Bury St Edmunds. Before the introduction of county councils, Suffolk had been divided into eastern and western divisions, each with their own quarter sessions.
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by West Suffolk District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election: [6] [7]
West Suffolk is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Nick Timothy, a Conservative. [ n 2 ] Between 1832 and 1885 there had also been a constituency, the Western Division of Suffolk , also known as West Suffolk, although on different boundaries.