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