On Thursday 2nd May elections took place for the newly formed West Suffolk Council, after the merger between Forest Heath District Council & St Edmundsbury Borough Council, as well as for all the parishes in West Suffolk and Mid Suffolk District Council.

We’re extremely pleased to announce that we now have 5 Labour District Councillors on the new, enlarged West Suffolk District Council – 3 up from the previous 2:

• Diane Hind – Tollgate Ward (previous sitting Councillor for St Edmundsbury)
• Max Clarke – St Olaves Ward (previous sitting Councillor for St Edmundsbury)
• Cliff Waterman – Eastgate Ward (Bury St Edmunds)
• Pat Hanlon – Haverhill East Ward
• Dave Smith – Haverhill South Ward

We have also won an additional 6 Town Councillors in Bury St Edmunds, so we now have 8 rather than the previous 2:

• Diane Hind – Tollgate Ward (previous sitting Councillor)
• Kevin Hind – Tollgate Ward (previous sitting Councillor)
• Cliff Waterman – Eastgate Ward
• Katie Parker – St Olaves Ward
• Darren Turner – Out Westgate Ward
• Donna Higgins – Minden Ward
• Cyrille Bouche – Moreton Hall Ward
• Nicola Iannelli-Popham – Abbeygate Ward