Thingoe North Division, Suffolk

Thingoe North
County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council
District	West Suffolk
Region	East of England
Population	10,291 (2019)
Electorate	7,363 (2021)
Major settlements	Fornham All Saints, Fornham St Martin, Great Barton
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	1
Councillor	Beccy Hopfensperger (Conservative)
Local council	West Suffolk Council
Created from	Thingoe No. 2

Thingoe North Division is an electoral division in Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.

History

The division has been held by Conservative party since its formation at the 1985 United Kingdom local elections.

Geography

Its made up of the villages surrounding the Northern half of Bury St Edmunds and consists of the West Suffolk council wards of The Fornhams & Great Barton, Pakenham & Troston, and Risby excluding the parish of Icklingham which is part of Row Heath Division.

Parishes

The division is made up of 18 civil parishes plus the Western half of Honington.

• Ampton
• Culford
• Flempton
• Fornham All Saints
• Fornham St Genevieve
• Fornham St Martin
• Great Barton
• Great Livermere
• Hengrave
• Honington excluding the Eastern part of the parish which falls in the Blackbourne Division
• Ingham
• Lackford
• Little Livermere
• Pakenham
• Risby
• Timworth
• Troston
• West Stow
• Wordwell

Members for Thingoe North

Member		Party	Term
	C Salton	Conservative	1985–1989
	J Pereira	Conservative	1989–1997
	Simon Pott	Conservative	1997–2001
	Valerie White	Conservative	2001–2005
	Beccy Hopfensperger	Conservative	2005–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger *	1,961	64.7	8.1
	Labour	Katie Parker	471	15.5	0.5
	Green	Oliver King	369	12.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chapman	229	7.6	3.5
Majority			1,490	49.1	7.6
Turnout			3,052	41.5	3.1
Registered electors			7,363
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger *	1,989	72.9	+19.2
	Labour Co-op	Frederick Rowell	439	16.1	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Turner	302	11.1	N/A
Majority			1,550	56.8	+23.1
Turnout			2,730	38.2	+5.3
Registered electors			7,144
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.8

2013 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger *	1,360	53.7	–4.8
	UKIP	Linda Redford	506	20.0	+14.9
	Independent	Susan Glossop	278	11.0	N/A
	Labour	Brian Turnbull	216	8.5	+1.5
	Green	Natasha Ereira-Guyer	173	6.8	N/A
Majority			854	33.7	+9.8
Turnout			2,533	33.0
Registered electors			7,666
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

2009 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger *	1,732	58.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Chappell	1,024	34.6	N/A
	Labour	Bob Cockle	207	7.0	−1.5
Majority			708	23.9
Turnout			2,533	33.0
Registered electors			7,646
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Suffolk County Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beccy Hopfensperger	2,538	51.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Tidman	1,076	22.0
	Labour	David Dawson	1,038	21.2
	UKIP	Maureen Chessell	248	5.1
Majority			1,462	29.8
Turnout			4,900
Registered electors			6,206
	Conservative hold		Swing

2001 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie White	2,520	52.5
	Labour	David Dawson	1,316	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Couper	964	20.1
Majority			1,204	25.1
Turnout			4,800	68.0
Registered electors			7,054
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

1997 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Pott	2,560	49.3
	Labour	Robert Cockle	1,573	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Black	1,063	20.5
Majority			987	19.0
Turnout				73.5
Registered electors			7,069
	Conservative hold		Swing

1993 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Pereira *	1,386	56.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Black	548	22.2
	Labour	R Bridge	537	21.7
Majority			838	33.9
Turnout			2,471	36.4
Registered electors			6,797
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Pereira	1,720	71.0
	Labour	F Roberts	704	29.0
Majority			1,016	41.9
Turnout			2,424	36.8
Registered electors			6,595
	Conservative hold		Swing

1985 Suffolk County Council election: Thingoe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C Salton *	1,720	71.0
	Alliance	R Hartland	797	30.9
	Labour	P Williams	288	11.2
	Ecology	R Anstee-Parry	149	5.8
Majority			923	35.8
Turnout			2,576	42.2
Registered electors			6,100
	Conservative win (new seat)