Bridge Division, Suffolk
{{short description|Electoral division of Suffolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Bridge
|type = County Council
|constituency_link =
|parl_name = Suffolk County Council
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|image =
|image_size = 300px
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|caption =
|district = Ipswich
|region = East of England
|population = 13,256 (2019)
|electorate = 8,351 (2021)
|towns = Ipswich Town Centre, Maidenhall, Stoke
|future =
|year = 1973
|abolished =
|member = Rob Bridgeman (Labour)
|members_label = Councillor
|seats = 1
|elects_howmany = 1
|local_council = Ipswich Borough Council
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Bridge Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.
Geography
It is located in the South West Area of Ipswich and consists of all of Bridge Ward and part of Alexandra Ward of Ipswich Borough Council.{{cite web |title=Bridge Electoral Division Profile 2017 |url=https://www.suffolkobservatory.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/17-Bridge.pdf |website=www.suffolkobservatory |publisher=Suffolk Observatory |accessdate=19 June 2020}}
Members for Bridge
=Two Seats (1973–85)=
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term | colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| V Girling |rowspan="2"| Labour |rowspan="2"| 1973–1981 |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | P Barker | Labour | 1973–1977 | |||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| L Knights | 1977–1981 | |||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| L Cogan | Labour | 1981–1985 |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | A White | Labour | 1981–1985 |
=One Seat (1985–present)=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| W Clark | Labour | 1985–1989 | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Ken Doran | Labour | 1989–1999 | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Harold Mangar | Labour | 1999–2009 | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Labour | 2009–2017 | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Labour | 2017–2021 | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Rob Bridgeman | Labour | 2021–present |
Election results
=Elections in the 2020s=
{{Election box begin | title= 2021 Suffolk County Council election: Bridge{{cite web |title=Ipswich: Declaration of Result of Poll |url=https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/asset-library/imported/Ipswich-SCC-Declaration-of-Results.pdf |website=suffolk.gov.uk |publisher=Suffolk County Council |access-date=30 April 2024 |date=7 May 2021}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rob Bridgeman
|votes = 1,095
|percentage = 43.3
|change = {{decrease}}6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mike Scanes
|votes = 1,004
|percentage = 39.7
|change = {{increase}}9.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Brieanna Jade Skie Patmore
|votes = 292
|percentage = 11.5
|change = {{increase}}4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin Hore
|votes = 139
|percentage = 5.5
|change = {{steady}}0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 91
|percentage = 4.6
|change = {{decrease}}15.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,560
|percentage = 30.7
|change = {{increase}}3.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,386
|change = {{increase}} 704
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = –7.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{reflist}}
Category:Electoral Divisions of Suffolk
Category:Central Area, Ipswich
Category:South West Area, Ipswich
{{Suffolk County Council}}