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The 2025 Suffolk County Council election will take place on 1 May 2025 as part of the 2025 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 70 councillors will be elected from electoral divisions across the county, which will return either one or two county councillors each, by first-past-the-post voting, for a four-year term of office.
This election will be first taken after the implementation of a review by Local Government Boundary Commission for England which will reduce the number of councillors from 75 to 70.[2]
Voters who live in divisions which elected two councillors are entitled to cast a maximum of two votes, while those living in divisions only electing one councillor are only entitled to cast one vote.
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 55 | |
| Green | 9 | |
| Labour | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| West Suffolk Independents | 1 | |
| Total | 75 | |
| Party | Seats | |
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| Total | 75 | |
In between the 2021 election and the 2025 election, the following council seats changed hands outside of by-elections:
| Division | Date | Previous Party | New Party | Cause | Resulting Council Composition | |||||||
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| Eastgate & Moreton Hall[3] | April 2023 | Conservative | Independent | Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member. | 54 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Felixstowe Coastal[4] | 4 May 2023 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Sitting councillor died. Liberal Democrats won by-election. | 53 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
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