Bridge Division, Suffolk Explained

Bridge
Type:County Council
Parl Name:Suffolk County Council
District:Ipswich
Region:East of England
Population:13,256 (2019)
Electorate:8,351 (2021)
Towns:Ipswich Town Centre, Maidenhall, Stoke
Year:1973
Member:Rob Bridgeman (Labour)
Members Label:Councillor
Seats:1
Elects Howmany:1
Local Council:Ipswich Borough Council

Bridge Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns one county councillor to Suffolk County Council.

Geography

It is located in the South West Area of Ipswich and consists of all of Bridge Ward and part of Alexandra Ward of Ipswich Borough Council.[1]

Members for Bridge

Two Seats (1973–85)

MemberPartyTerm MemberPartyTerm
V GirlingLabour1973–1981P BarkerLabour1973–1977
L KnightsConservative1977–1981
L CoganLabour1981–1985A WhiteLabour1981–1985

One Seat (1985–present)

MemberPartyTerm
W ClarkLabour1985–1989
Ken DoranLabour1989–1999
Harold MangarLabour1999–2009
Bryony RudkinLabour2009–2017
Jack AbbottLabour2017–2021
Rob BridgemanLabour2021–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bridge Electoral Division Profile 2017 . www.suffolkobservatory . Suffolk Observatory . 19 June 2020.