Chantry Division, Suffolk
{{short description|Electoral division of Suffolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Chantry
|type = County Council
|constituency_link =
|parl_name = Suffolk County Council
|map1 =
|map_size =
|image =
|image_size = 300px
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|map_year =
|caption =
|district = Ipswich
|region = East of England
|population = 23,059 (2019)
|electorate = 16,785 (2021)
|towns = Chantry, Stoke Park
|future =
|year = 1973
|abolished =
|member = Nadia Cenci (Conservative)
Nathan Wilson (Conservative)
|members_label = Councillor
|seats = 2
|elects_howmany = 2
|local_council = Ipswich Borough Council
|previous =
|next = Belstead Hills, Gipping
}}
Chantry Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns two county councillors to Suffolk County Council.
Geography
It is located in the South West Area of Ipswich and consists of Gipping Ward, Sprites Ward and Stoke Park Ward of Ipswich Borough Council.{{cite web |title=Chantry Electoral Division Profile 2017 |url=https://www.suffolkobservatory.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/18-Chantry.pdf|website=www.suffolkobservatory |publisher=Suffolk Observatory |accessdate=19 June 2020}}
History
The seat had been historically a safe Labour seat however since the 2005 boundary changes it has become swing seat that the Conservative have carried twice. It is set to be replaced in 2025 by the new Belstead Hills and Gipping divisions.
Boundaries and boundary changes
=1985–2005=
- Ipswich District Ward of Chantry.{{cite web |title=Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No. 429 |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/11744/429.-suffolk.pdf |website=lgbce.org.uk/ |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |access-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401013934/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/11744/429.-suffolk.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2018 |date=June 1982}}
=2005–present=
- Ipswich District Wards of Gipping, Sprites and Stoke Park.{{cite web |title=Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Suffolk County Council |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/6397/suffolkfinal_14270-10789__e__.pdf |website=lgbce.org.uk/ |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |access-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401075146/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/6397/suffolkfinal_14270-10789__e__.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2018 |date=July 2004}}
Members for Chantry
=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"| A Ross |rowspan="2"| Labour |rowspan="2"| 1973–1981 | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | M Cartwright | Labour | 1973–1977 | |||||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| T Payne |rowspan="2"| Labour |rowspan="2"| 1977–1985 | |||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| G Bulding | Labour | 1981–1985 |
=One Seat (1985–2005)=
=Two Seats (2005–present)=
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term | colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Keith Rawlingson | Labour | 2005–2009 |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Labour | 2005–2009 | |||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Paul West | 2009–2013 |rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |rowspan="2"| Peter Gardiner |rowspan="2"| Labour |rowspan="2"| 2009–2021 | |||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Helen Armitage | Labour | 2013–2021 | |||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Nadia Cenci | 2021–present |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | Nathan Wilson | 2021–present |
Election results
=Elections in the 2020s=
{{Election box begin | title= 2021 Suffolk County Council election: Chantry{{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 = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nadia Cenci
|votes = 2,895
|percentage = 48.5
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nathan Wilson
|votes = 2,337
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Armitage *
|votes = 2,255
|percentage = 37.8
|change = –4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Gardiner *
|votes = 1,970
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Martin Hynes
|votes = 529
|percentage = 8.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Adam Merritt
|votes = 291
|percentage = 4.9
|change = –0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lucy Drake
|votes = 281
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 640
|percentage = 10.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,777
|percentage = 34.4
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 16,793
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +6.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Electoral Divisions of Suffolk
Category:South West Area, Ipswich
{{Suffolk County Council}}