Priory Heath Division, Suffolk

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Priory Heath

|type = County Council

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|parl_name = Suffolk County Council

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|image = Map Priory Heath Ward, Ipswich.png

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|caption = Priory Heath Electoral Division

|district = Ipswich

|region = East of England

|population = 9,082 (2019)

|electorate = 6,670 (2021)

|towns = Racecourse, Ravenswood

|future =

|year = 1985

|abolished =

|member = Lucy Smith (Labour)

|members_label = Councillor

|seats = 1

|elects_howmany = 1

|local_council = Ipswich Borough Council

|previous = Racecourse, St. Johns

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Priory Heath Division is an electoral division of Suffolk, England, which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.

Geography

It is located in the South East Area of Ipswich and equates to Priory Heath Ward of Ipswich Borough Council.{{cite book |title=Priory Heath Electoral Division Profile 2017 |date=2017 |publisher=ESRI UK Limited |location=Aylesbury |url=https://www.suffolkobservatory.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20-Priory-Heath.pdf}}

History

The Division has been historically a safe Labour seat.

Boundaries and boundary changes

=1985–present=

Ipswich District Ward of Priory Heath.{{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}}{{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 Priory Heath

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colspan="2"\|Member	Party	Term
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| D Sierakowski \| Labour \| 1985–1989
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| R Sudds \| Labour \| 1989–1993
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| Ken Wilson \| Labour \| 1993–2001
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| Bryony Rudkin{{cite web \|title= 2001 - Suffolk County Council Election results \|url=http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E2E0E259-2381-4A4B-96D1-2BEC9A06597D/0/2001electionresults.pdf \|publisher=Suffolk County Council \|accessdate=4 May 2020 \|date=16 July 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123255/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E2E0E259-2381-4A4B-96D1-2BEC9A06597D/0/2001electionresults.pdf \|archive-date=2011-07-16 }} \| Labour \| 2001–2005
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| Susan Maguire \| Labour \| 2005–2013
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| Bill Quinton \| Labour \| 2013–2023
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| Lucy Smith \| Labour \| 2023–present

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