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Council by-election · Thursday, 12 November 2026

Suffolk County: Bosmere ward

The candidates haven't been confirmed yet. Polling day is 12 November 2026. Once nominations close, a few weeks before polling day, the council publishes the official list (the Statement of Persons Nominated), and this page updates from it. Everyone who stands then gets the same page, in the order you will see on the ballot paper.

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At the election of Thursday, 7 May 2026, this seat was won by 151 votes (4.1% of votes cast); turnout was 44.7%. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

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Money · Housing · Healthcare · Education · Environment · Transport and roads · Immigration · Crime · Defence · Equality and rights

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In this ward 0 candidates from 0 parties or independent slots are standing. Parties do not stand everywhere; here is how to find out whether yours stands nearby.

This is a council seat. A councillor's win changes what the council decides: council tax, housing repairs and allocations, planning, social care, schools admissions, parking, bins, libraries. It does not change national tax, benefits or NHS policy, so this page shows only positions published for this council election, and no national party pledges are implied.

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You're voting for

Your local councillor

Councillors sit on the council that runs services where you live. They set the council's budget and council tax, and decide local planning applications. Here, for Suffolk County: Bosmere ward.

What this office decides

  • Planning. Whether new homes, extensions and developments get permission.
  • Waste and streets. Bins, recycling, street cleaning, fly-tipping.
  • Council tax. The level you pay, within limits set nationally.
  • Social care. In county and unitary councils, care for older and disabled people.
  • Parks and libraries. Opening, funding, closing.
  • Council housing. Repairs, allocations and, in many areas, homelessness.

What it does not

  • NHS policy and waiting times. Parliament and the NHS.
  • Income tax and benefits. Parliament.
  • Immigration. Parliament.
  • Policing policy. The Home Office and your Police and Crime Commissioner or mayor.
  • Schools' curriculum. Government and, for academies, their trusts.

Candidates often campaign on things their office cannot change. That is not dishonest in itself — an MP can press a council, a councillor can lobby government — but it is worth knowing which is which. Summarised from the Local Government Association and UK Parliament descriptions of each role.

How this vote is counted: first past the post. One cross; the candidate with the most votes wins.Worked example

Every ballot with one cross is counted for that candidate. The one with the most votes wins, even without a majority. Example: A 4,000, B 3,900, C 2,100. A wins with 40% of the vote; the 60% cast for others elect nobody. There are no second preferences; a vote for a candidate who does not win has no further effect.

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Photos appear only on each candidate's own page, so every candidate looks the same in this list. How much sourced material we found per party · Why isn't my party standing here?

Last time in this seat: election of Thursday, 7 May 2026
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gary Keogh (elected)Reform UK1,24133.5%
Adria Lee PittockGreen Party1,09029.4%
Kay Maxine OakesConservative and Unionist Party72019.4%
Atila William BorzakLiberal Democrats48513.1%
Tina Lousie CookeLabour Party1744.7%

3,710 valid votes, turnout 44.7% of 8,334 registered electors, 10 spoilt ballots. Result data from Democracy Club (source). Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

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