Forest Heath District Council elections

Forest Heath District Council in Suffolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 27 councillors have been elected from 14 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

St Marys By-Election 24 September 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	444	58.6	+13.6
	Labour	272	35.9	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat	42	5.5	-10.1
Majority		172	22.7
Turnout		758	25.3
	Conservative hold	Swing

Manor By-Election 28 October 2004^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Syvret	269	66.9	+41.0
	Independent		133	33.1	-10.1
Majority			136	33.8
Turnout			402	32.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

South By-Election 5 May 2005^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Dicker	564	59.7
	Independent	Brian Gray	381	40.3
Majority			183	19.4
Turnout			945	75.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Red Lodge By-Election 15 December 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Middleton	173	55.3	+55.3
	Conservative	Stuart Hastings	111	35.5	-20.3
	UKIP	David Whitear	29	9.3	+9.3
Majority			62	19.8
Turnout			313	26.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Manor By-Election 22 November 2007^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Huggan	281	53.6
	Conservative	Brian Harvey	211	40.3
	UKIP	David Chandler	32	6.1
Majority			70	13.3
Turnout			524	41.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Red Lodge By-Election 5 June 2008^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Albert McCloud	321	55.9
	Conservative	Alnoor Hirji	230	40.1
	UKIP	David Chandler	23	4.0
Majority			91	15.8
Turnout			574	38.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Eriswell & the Rows By-Election 22 October 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Waters	400	45.8	-24.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Smith	346	39.6	+39.6
	UKIP	David Chandler	128	14.6	-15.2
Majority			54	6.2
Turnout			874
	Conservative hold		Swing

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v t e Council elections in Suffolk
Suffolk County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
Babergh District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Forest Heath District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Ipswich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Mid Suffolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
St Edmundsbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Suffolk Coastal District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Waveney District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015
East Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
West Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes