County councillors

You are represented by one of 75 county councillors - men and women who are elected every four years by the residents of Suffolk to represent them and make decisions on their behalf.

Each councillor represents an area called an electoral division. Large towns may be split into several divisions; in rural areas, groups of parishes make up a single division. On average, each county councillor represents around 7,000 people.

To make it easier to find information about your councillor, we have grouped these electoral divisions into the district and borough council areas. Please click on the relevant area to see the divisional information:

• Babergh
• Forest Heath
• Ipswich
• Mid Suffolk
• St. Edmundsbury
• Suffolk Coastal
• Waveney

County councillors have an important role to reflect the views and needs of their local residents in the decisions made by the council. Each councillor also has a small amount of money called a "locality budget" which they can spend on local initiatives.

For more information about councillors, please use the links below:

• Who is my councillor?
• Alphabetical list of county councillors
• About the Leader and the Chairman
• District and borough councils in Suffolk
• Parish councils

Useful documents

• Making a complaint about the conduct of a county councillor
• The Register of Members' Interests is available for inspection by members of the public at: Reception, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm on weekdays (excluding bank holidays).
• Suffolk County Council Constitution
• Your Council leaflet (PDF, 1.1Mb) - last updated July 2008

Please note that the Your Council leaflet requires Adobe Reader in order to be correctly opened. If you don't have this on your computer, you can download it for free from www.adobe.com.