Colin Noble
{{Short description|British politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Cllr
| name = Colin Noble
| country = United Kingdom
| office = Leader of Suffolk County Council
| termstart = 21 May 2015
| termend = 24 May 2018
| deputy = Christopher Hudson
Jane Storey
| predecessor = Mark Bee
| successor = Matthew Hicks
| office1 = Cabinet Member for Finances and Resources at Suffolk County Council
| termstart1 = Jun 2013
| termend1 = May 2014
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office2 = Cabinet Member for Adult & Community Services at Suffolk County Council
| termstart2 = Jul 2009
| termend2 = May 2013
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 = West Suffolk District Councillor
for Lakenheath
| termstart3 = 6 May 2021
| termend3 = 4 May 2023
| predecessor3 = David Gathercole
| successor3 = Tracy Whitehand
| office4 = Forest Heath District Councillor
for Lakenheath
| termstart4 = 5 May 2011
| termend4 = 2 May 2019
| predecessor4 = Simon Flack
| successor4 = Seat Abolished
| office5 = Suffolk County Councillor
for Row Heath
| termstart5 = 8 June 2006
| termend5 =
| predecessor5 = Matthew Edwards
| successor5 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|06|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Newmarket, Suffolk, England
| party = Conservative
| education =
| alma_mater =
| website = {{URL|http://askcolinnoble.com/}}
| image = File:Colin-Noble-Offical-SCC-Portrait-2021.png
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Official Portrait, 2021
}}
Colin Lawrence Noble (born 10 June 1965) is a British politician of the Conservative Party. He was leader of the Suffolk Conservatives group{{Cite news|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/colin-noble-wins-the-race-to-become-suffolk-county-council-leader-1-4024388|title=Colin Noble wins the race to become Suffolk County Council leader|last=Geater|first=Paul|work=East Anglian Daily Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en}} and Leader of Suffolk County Council from May 2015 to May 2018.[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/UnYy24G8QPVwaOEOClfniGkX_SY/appointments Companies House]{{Cite web|url=https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/councillors-and-elected-representatives/find-your-councillor/colin-noble/|title=Suffolk County Council: Find Your Councillor > Colin Noble profile|date=2018-01-22|website=www.suffolk.gov.uk|access-date=2018-01-22}}
Political career
Noble joined the Conservative Party in 1984 and was a local branch activist from 1999. In 2002 Noble was elected Deputy Chairman Political of the West Suffolk Conservative Association; after three years he was elected Chairman for a 4 year term then vice-President and President. In 2011 Noble was appointed Chairman of Norwich North Conservative Association and stepped down in 2013 when Norwich North and Norwich South Conservative Associations formed a Federation.
In 2005 Noble was elected an officer of the Norfolk and Suffolk Conservative Area Executive then in 2008 Noble was elected Deputy Chairman Political. From 2011 to 2014, he was elected as the Norfolk and Suffolk Area Chairman. In 2014 Noble was elected Additional Officer of the Eastern Region Executive, in September 2017 Noble was elected Deputy Chairman (Political) and elected Regional Chairman for the Conservative Party from 2021 to 2024.
Noble was elected to the Conservative Councillors Association board in January 2019 and served on it as the county representative till January 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.conservativecouncillors.com/cca-board|title=CCA Board|website=The Conservative Councillors' Association|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}}
In March 2019 he became a board member and Commissioner of the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise, an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Transport and served a three year term until 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/independent-commission-on-civil-aviation-noise|title=Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://iccan.gov.uk/about-iccan/the-iccan-team/colin-noble/|title=Colin Noble – ICCAN|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-15}}
=County Council=
He was first elected as a County Councillor at a by-election for the county electoral division of Row Heath in the constituency of West Suffolk on 8 June 2006.{{Cite web |date=2006-06-09 |title=Byelection cheer for three main parties |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/09/byelections.uk |access-date=2018-03-22 |website=The Guardian |language=en |agency=Press Association}} On 21 May 2009 Colin was appointed as Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and on 23 May 2013 he became Cabinet Member for Finance.
He became Leader of the Conservative group on Suffolk County Council on 7 April 2015. At the annual general meeting of Suffolk County Council on 21 May 2015 he was duly elected Leader of Suffolk County Council.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-32204937|title=Council leader replacement named|date=2015-04-07|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-GB}} At the Suffolk County Council Conservative leadership election held on 11 May 2018 Colin was defeated by County Councillor Matthew Hicks and left office as Leader of Suffolk County Council on 24 May 2018 at its Annual General Meeting.{{Cite news|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/matthew-hicks-wins-suffolk-county-council-conservative-leadership-vote-1-5513925|title=Matthew Hicks wins Suffolk County Council Conservative leadership vote over Colin Noble|last=Geater|first=Paul|work=East Anglian Daily Times|access-date=2018-05-11|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-44084553|title=New Tory chief after leadership battle|date=2018-05-11|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-05-11|language=en-GB}}
=District Council=
Noble was elected to Forest Heath District Council at the 2011 United Kingdom local elections as one of the two District Councillors for Lakenheath ward.{{Cite news|url=https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/local-election-results-2011-1-2658940|title=Local election results 2011|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323031710/https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/local-election-results-2011-1-2658940|archive-date=23 March 2018|url-status=dead}} He served until Forest Heath merged with St Edmundsbury in 2019, when he was unsuccessful in winning a seat in the new West Suffolk District Council. A by election victory in 2021 gave him an opportunity to return but he was again defeated in 2023.
Personal life
Colin Noble was born in Newmarket, West Suffolk {{citation needed|date=March 2017}}. His father, Lawrence Noble, died in a road accident in Suffolk in May 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/businessman_dies_in_suffolk_road_tragedy_1_4551914|title=Businessman dies in Suffolk road tragedy|last=Geater|first=Paul|work=East Anglian Daily Times|access-date=2018-01-21|language=en}}
He attended school at King's Ely in Ely, Cambridgeshire. He lives with his partner Lisa in the village of Lakenheath in north-west Suffolk.{{Cite web|url=https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=47|title=West Suffolk (Forest Heath District & St Edmundsbury Borough Council) > Councillor Colin Noble profile|date=2018-01-21|website=West Suffolk: Forest Heath District councillors|access-date=2018-01-21}}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin|title=Suffolk County Council elections: Row Heath By-Election 8th June 2006}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Noble
|votes = 1,222
|percentage = 61.5
|change = +20.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Ian Smith
|votes = 297
|percentage = 14.9
|change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Bowman
|votes = 219
|percentage = 11.0
|change = -11.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Tim Huggan
|votes = 118
|percentage = 5.9
|change = -7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Chandler
|votes = 110
|percentage = 5.5
|change = -9.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Hitchman
|votes = 22
|percentage = 1.1
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 925
|percentage = 46.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,988
|percentage = 27.0
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title= 2009 Suffolk County Council election: Row Heath 4th June 2009
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Noble
|votes = 1466
|percentage = 52.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Ian Smith
|votes = 842
|percentage = 30.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Eleanor Minshall
|votes = 307
|percentage = 11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Caple
|votes = 178
|percentage = 6.4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 624
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2824
|percentage = 39
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title= 2013 Suffolk County Council election: Row Heath 2nd May 2013}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Noble
|votes = 1104
|percentage = 43.43
|change = -9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Ian Smith
|votes = 881
|percentage = 34.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Gathercole
|votes = 284
|percentage = 11.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Pamela Brown
|votes = 197
|percentage = 7.75
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Eleanor Minshall
|votes = 76
|percentage = 2.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 223
|percentage = 8.8
|change = -13.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2542
|percentage = 32.85
|change = -9.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title= 2017 Suffolk County Council election: Row Heath 4th May 2017}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Noble
|votes = 1,362
|percentage = 52.4
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Gathercole
|votes = 383
|percentage = 14.7
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Smith
|votes = 379
|percentage = 14.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jack Fawbert
|votes = 313
|percentage = 12
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ralph Brownie
|votes = 164
|percentage = 6.3
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 979
|percentage = 37.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,601
|percentage = 32.3
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title= 2021 Suffolk County Council election: Row Heath 6th May 2021}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Noble
|votes = 1,620
|percentage = 59.9
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Theresa Chipulina
|votes = 387
|percentage = 14.3
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Don Waldron
|votes = 369
|percentage = 13.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (England and Wales)
|candidate = Clare Unwin
|votes = 305
|percentage = 11.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1233
|percentage = 45.57
|change = +13.27
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2706
|percentage = 29.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://askcolinnoble.com Official website]
- [https://www.westsuffolkconservatives.com/people/county-councillor-colin-noble West Suffolk Conservatives - Councillor Colin Noble]
- [https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=47 West Suffolk (Forest Heath District & St Edmundsbury Borough Councils) - Colin Noble (District Councillor for Lakenheath)]
- [https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/councillors-and-elected-representatives/find-your-councillor/colin-noble/ Suffolk County Council - Colin Noble (Conservative Councillor for Row Heath)]
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