Gainsborough Division, Suffolk Explained

Gainsborough
Type:	County Council
Parl Name:	Suffolk County Council
District:	Ipswich
Region:	East of England
Population:	10,514 (2019)
Electorate:	8,041 (2021)
Towns:	Gainsborough, Greenwich
Year:	1973
Member:	Liz Harsant (Conservative)
Members Label:	Councillor
Seats:	1
Elects Howmany:	1
Local Council:	Ipswich Borough Council

Gainsborough Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.

Geography

It is located in the South East Area of Ipswich and comprises the whole of Gainsborough Ward plus part of Holywells Ward,^[1] both of which are electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council.

Members for Gainsborough

Member		Party	Term
	T Lambert	Labour	1973–1977
	R Skerritt	Labour	1977–1989
	R Crane	Labour	1989–1993
	Ronald Sudds^[2]	Labour	1993–2003
	Bill Quinton	Labour	2003–2009
	Carol Debman	Conservative	2009–2013
	Kim Cook^[3]	Labour	2013–2021
	Liz Harsant	Conservative	2021–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Notes and References

1. Book: Gainsborough Electoral Division Profile 2017 . 2017 . ESRI UK Limited . Aylesbury .
2. Web site: http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E2E0E259-2381-4A4B-96D1-2BEC9A06597D/0/2001electionresults.pdf . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123255/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E2E0E259-2381-4A4B-96D1-2BEC9A06597D/0/2001electionresults.pdf . dead . 16 July 2011 . Suffolk County Council . 4 May 2020 . 16 July 2011.
3. Web site: Kim Cook: Candidate - Castle Hill . ipswich-labour.org.uk . Ipswich Labour Party . 1 May 2024.