Election 2013: Suffolk County Council results
In the 2013 election the Conservatives retained control of Suffolk County Council but with a severely reduced majority. It went down from 35 in 2009 to just 3.
Labour returned as the official opposition with 11 gains and UKIP beat the Liberal Democrats into third place.
The Conservatives won 55 of the 75 seats on Suffolk Council Council in the last local elections in 2009. The Liberal Democrats replaced Labour as the main opposition at that election as Labour lost 18 councillors
The Greens won two seats in 2009 and UKIP a single seat in Lowestoft.
There are 75 county councillors being elected in Suffolk in 63 electoral divisions. Some areas have two councillors. Votes are being counted during Friday morning with the final result expected during the afternoon.
These are the electoral divisions being contested in Suffolk:
Aldeburgh & Leiston - Con hold - Richard Smith
Beccles - Con holds - Mark Bee & Chris Punt
Belstead Brook - LD hold - David Busby
Bixley - Con hold - Alan Murray
Blackbourn - Con hold - Joanna Spicer
Blything - Con hold - Michael Gower
Bosmere - LD hold - Julia Truelove
Brandon - UKIP gain from Con - Reg Silvester
Bridge - Lab hold - Bryony Rudkin
Bungay - Con hold - David Richie
Carlford - Con hold - Peter Bellfield
Chantry - Lab gains - Helen Armitage & Peter Gardiner
Clare - Con hold - Mary Evans
Cosford - Con hold - Jenny Antill
Eastgate & Moreton Hall - Ind hold - Trevor Beckwith
Exning & Newmarket - UKIP gain from Con - David Hudson
Felixstowe Coastal - Con holds - Nick Barber & Graham Newman
Felixstowe North & Trimley - Con hold - John Goodwin
Framlingham - Con hold - Stephen Burroughes
Gainsborough - Lab gain from Con - Kim Cook
Gipping Valley - LD hold - John Field
Great Cornard - Con hold - Peter Beer
Gunton - Lab gains - Keith Patience & Janet Craig
Hadleigh - Con gain from LD - Brian Riley
Halesworth - Con hold - Tony Goldson
Hardwick - Con gain from LD - Sarah Stamp
Hartismere - Con hold - Jessica Fleming
Haverhill Cangle - Con hold + UKIP gain from Con - Anne Gower + Julian Flood
Haverhill East & Kedington - UKIP gain from Con - Tony Brown
Hoxne & Eye - Con hold - Guy McGregor
Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew - Con holds - Robert Whiting & Christopher Hudson
Kessingland & Southwold - Con hold - Michael Ladd
Lowestoft South - UKIP hold + UKIP gain from Con - Bill Mountford + Derek Hackett
Martlesham - Con hold
Melford - Ind hold - Richard Kemp
Mildenhall - Con hold - James Waters
Newmarket & Red Lodge - Con hold - Lisa Chambers
Oulton - UKIP gain from Con + Lab gain from Con - Bert Poole + Leonard Jacklin
Pakefield - Lab gains - Sonia Barker & Peter Byatt
Peninsula - LD hold - David Wood
Priory Heath - Lab hold - Bill Quinton
Row Heath - Con hold - Colin Noble
Rushmere - Lab gain from Con - Sandra Gage
Samford - Con hold - Gordon Jones
St Helen's - Lab gain from LD - Mandy Gaylard
St John's - Lab hold - Sandy Martin
St Margaret's & Westgate - Lab gain from LD + LD hold - Sarah Adams + Inga Lockington
Stour Valley - Con hold - James Finch
Stowmarket North & Stowupland - Con hold - Gary Green
Stowmarket South - UKIP gain from Con - Stephen Searle
Sudbury - Con hold - John Sayers
Sudbury East & Waldringfield - Con hold - Colin Spence
Thedwastre North - Con hold - Jane Storey
Thedwastre South - LD hold - Penny Otton
Thingoe North - Beccy Hopfensperger
Thingoe South - Terry Clements
Thredling - Con hold - Matthew Hicks
Tower - Green hold + Ind gain from Con - Mark Ereira + David Nettleton
Upper Gipping - Green gain from Con (2009) - Andrew Stringer
Whitehouse & Whitton - Lab gain from Con + UKIP gain from Con - Kathy Bole + James Crossley
Wickham - Con hold - Michael Bond
Wilford - Con hold - Andrew Reid
Woodbridge - LD hold - Caroline Page