Mid Suffolk
Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Needham Market until late 2017, and is currently sharing offices with the Suffolk County Council in Ipswich.[1][2] The largest town of Mid Suffolk is Stowmarket. The population of the District taken at the 2011 Census was 96,731.[3]
Mid Suffolk District | |
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![]() Mid Suffolk shown within Suffolk and England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East of England |
Non-metropolitan county | Suffolk |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
Admin HQ | Ipswich |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
• Body | Mid Suffolk District Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
• MPs | Dan Poulter Jo Churchill |
Area | |
• Total | 336.3 sq mi (871.1 km2) |
Area rank | 42nd (of 317) |
Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
• Total | 103,895 |
• Rank | 230th (of 317) |
• Density | 310/sq mi (120/km2) |
• Ethnicity | 99.0% White |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
ONS code | 42UE (ONS) E07000203 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | TM0853555286 |
Website | www.MidSuffolk.gov.uk |
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Eye, Stowmarket Urban District, Gipping Rural District, Hartismere Rural District and Thedwastre Rural District.
Politics
Since the elections in November 2019 [4] the Council has comprised
- Conservatives: 16 seats
- Green Party: 12 seats
- Liberal Democrats: 5 seats
- Independent: 1 seat
Parishes
The district has 123 parishes (3 are towns).
References
- "Contact Us » Babergh Mid Suffolk". www.midsuffolk.gov.uk.
- Geater, Paul. "Babergh and Mid Suffolk councils set to move to Ipswich in September". Ipswich Star.
- "District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- East Anglian Daily Times https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/election-2019-mid-suffolk-results-2572704
External links
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Table of wards that comprise Mid Suffolk and the parishes that this 2001 law defines as constituting each of those wards
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