After the Hadleigh by -election the Suffolk County Lib Dems have a new County Councillor. Congratulations, Cllr Trevor Sheldrick!
Hadleigh by-election figures showed a large LibDem gain, a smaller Labour one, with losses for the Conservative and UKIP vote. The votes cast and percentage vote for each party:
LibDem: 642 – 36.2% (+12.0)
CON: 460 – 25.9% (-5.6)
LAB: 397 – 22.4% (+5.8)
UKIP: 204 -11.5% (-11.3)
GRN: 70 – 3.9% (-0.9)
LibDem GAIN from Con.
This mean that the Conservatives have finally lost control of Suffolk County Council. The balance is now: 37 Con, 15 Lab, 10 UKIP, 8 LibDem, 3 Ind, 2 Grn