| Stowmarket South | |
|---|---|
| County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
| District | Mid Suffolk |
| Region | East of England |
| Population | 9,956 (2019) |
| Electorate | 7,462 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Combs Ford, Stowmarket |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Councillor | Keith Scarff (Liberal Democrats) |
| Local council | Mid Suffolk District Council |
| Created from | Stowmarket St. Marys |
| Replaced by | Stowmarket East, Stowmarket West |
Stowmarket South Division is an electoral division in Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk which returns a single County Councillor to Suffolk County Council. [1]
The division entirely urban and contains the southern part of the town of Stowmarket. It has higher-than-average proportion of people over the age of 50.
The division has always been competitive with no one receiving more than 40% of vote until 2021.
| Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Myers-Hewitt | Conservative | 2005 [3] | Resigned from the Conservative group after making a racist remark | |
| Independent | 2005 | Died November 2005 [4] | ||
| Anne Whybrow | Conservative | 2006–2013 | ||
| Stephen Searle | UKIP | 2013–2017 | ||
| Nick Gowrley | Conservative | 2017–2021 | Leader of Mid Suffolk District Council (2016–2019) | |
| Keith Scarff | Liberal Democrats | 2021–present | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Scarff | 1,030 | 40.3 |  7.5 | |
| Conservative | Nick Gowrley * | 854 | 33.4 |  4.9 | |
| Labour | Emma Bonner-Morgan | 380 | 14.9 | 2.1 | |
| Independent | David Card | 292 | 11.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 176 | 6.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,580 | 34.7 | 3.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,462 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.2 | |||