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Suffolk Coastal

Coastline at Aldeburgh.

Suffolk Coastal was a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Melton, having moved from neighbouring Woodbridge in 2017. Other towns include Felixstowe, Framlingham, Leiston, Aldeburgh, and Saxmundham.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe, Leiston-cum-Sizewell, Saxmundham and Woodbridge urban districts, and Blyth Rural District and Deben Rural District. The population of the district was 124,298 at the 2011 Census.[1]

Suffolk Coastal district was merged with Waveney district on 1 April 2019 to form the new East Suffolk district.[2]

Election results

There were new ward boundaries in 2003[3] and 2015.[4]

Wards represented

Below is a list of wards with the number of councillors they returned in the relevant periods. There were 118 civil parishes and towns distributed amongst these wards.

Arms

References

  1. ^ "District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ^ Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (24 May 2018). "The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2015 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  6. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 Suffolk Coastal". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Suffolk Coastal" (PDF). Local Government Commission for England. 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Suffolk Coastal District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Sutton) Order 2012" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  9. ^ "East of England Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

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