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{{Short description|Former non-metropolitan district in England}}
{{About|the former district|the constituency|Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
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| official_name           = Suffolk Coastal District
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| subdivision_name3       = [[Suffolk]]
| subdivision_name5       = [[Melton, Suffolk|Melton]]
| established_date1       = 1 April 1974
| extinct_date             = 1 April 2019
| governing_body          = Suffolk Coastal District Council
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[[File:AldeburghCoastline.JPG|thumb|300px|Coastline at Aldeburgh.]]
'''Suffolk Coastal''' was a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] in [[Suffolk]], [[England]].  Its council was based in [[Melton, Suffolk|Melton]], having moved from neighbouring [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]] in 2017. Other towns include [[Felixstowe]], [[Framlingham]], [[Leiston]], [[Aldeburgh]], and [[Saxmundham]].

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], as a merger of the [[municipal borough]] of [[Aldeburgh]], along with [[Felixstowe]], [[Leiston-cum-Sizewell]], [[Saxmundham]] and [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]] [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]s, and [[Blyth Rural District]] and [[Deben Rural District]]. The population of the district was 124,298 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6275266&c=Suffolk+Coastal&d=13&e=62&g=6467184&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471286087431&enc=1|title=District population 2011|access-date=15 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

Suffolk Coastal district was merged with [[Waveney District|Waveney district]] on 1 April 2019 to form the new [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]] district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/640/contents/made|title=The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018|author=Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government|date=24 May 2018|access-date=2018-05-28|website=legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>

==Election results==
{{main|Suffolk Coastal District Council elections}}
There were new ward boundaries in 2003<ref name="Leap SuffCoast2003"/> and 2015.<ref name="Leap SuffCoast2015"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  !!Party !! [[2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election|2003]]<ref name="Leap SuffCoast2003">{{cite web |last1=Teale |first1=Andrew |title=Local Election Results 2003 Suffolk Coastal|url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2003/336/ |website=Local Elections Archive Project|publisher=Andrew Teale |access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>!! [[2007 Suffolk Coastal District Council election|2007]]<ref name="Leap SuffCoast2007">{{cite web |last1=Teale |first1=Andrew |title=Local Election Results 2007 Suffolk Coastal|url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/336/|website=Local Elections Archive Project|publisher=Andrew Teale |access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>!! [[2011 Suffolk Coastal District Council election|2011]]<ref name="Leap SuffCoast2011">{{cite web |last1=Teale |first1=Andrew |title=Local Election Results 2011 Suffolk Coastal|url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2011/336/ |website=Local Elections Archive Project|publisher=Andrew Teale |access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>!! [[2015 Suffolk Coastal District Council election|2015]]<ref name="Leap SuffCoast2015">{{cite web |last1=Teale|first1=Andrew |title=Local Election Results 2015 Suffolk Coastal |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2015/336/ |website=Local Elections Archive Project |publisher=Andrew Teale |access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; color:white"|Con
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|43
|45
|44
|37
|-
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; color:black"|LD
|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
|10
|9
|5
|2
|-
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; color:white"|Lab
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
|2
|1
|4
|1
|-
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}; color:black"|Ind
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|0
|0
|2
|2
|-
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}; color:black"|Greens
|[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]]
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|! style="background-color:{{party color|UK Independence Party}}; color:white"|UKIP
|[[UK Independence Party]]
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Firefighters Against Cuts}}; color:white"|FAC
|[[Firefighters Against Cuts]]
|0
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|Result
|Largest party
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; color:white"|Con
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; color:white"|Con
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; color:white"|Con
|! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; color:white"|Con
|-
|
|Majority
|31
|35
|33
|32
|-
|
|Total no. of seats
|55
|55
|55
|42
|}

==Wards represented==
Below is a list of wards with the number of councillors they returned in the relevant periods. There were 118 [[civil parish]]es and towns distributed amongst these wards.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward !! No. of Cllrs. 2003-2015<ref name="Leap SuffCoast2003"/> !!  Communities 2003-2015<ref name="Suffolk Coastal Boundary changes 2001">{{cite web |title=Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Suffolk Coastal |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/6525/suffolk-coastal_4799-4403__e__.pdf |publisher=[[Local Government Commission for England (1992)|Local Government Commission for England]] |access-date=22 March 2020 |date=2001}}</ref>!! No. of Cllrs. 2015-2019<ref name="Leap SuffCoast2015"/> !! Communities 2015–2019
|-
|Aldeburgh
|2
|[[Aldeburgh]] Ward: Aldeburgh Town<br>Buxlow Ward: [[Aldringham cum Thorpe]], 
|2
|
|-
|Deben
|0
|n/a
|1
|
|-
|Earl Soham
|1
|Earl Soham Ward: [[Brandeston]]; [[Earl Soham]]; [[Easton, Suffolk|Easton]]; [[Kettleburgh]]; [[Letheringham]]<br>[[Hasketon]] Ward:, [[Charsfield]]<br>[[Otley, Suffolk|Otley]] Ward: [[Cretingham]], [[Hoo, Suffolk|Hoo]], [[Monewden]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Farlingaye
|1
|Farlingaye ward: Farlingaye ward of [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge Town]]<br>Woodbridge Central ward: Central ward of Woodbridge Town (part)<br>Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town (part)
|0
|n/a
|-
|Felixstowe East
|2
|Felixstowe East Ward: East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe North Ward: North ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)
|2
|
|-
|Felixstowe North
|2
|Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe North Ward: North ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)
|2
|
|-
|Felixstowe South
|2
|Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe South Ward: South ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe West ward:West ward of Felixstowe Town (part)
|2
|
|-
|Felixstowe South East
|2
|Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe South Ward:South ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe South East Ward: South East ward of Felixstowe Town (part)
|0
|n/a
|-
|Felixstowe West
|3
|Felixstowe Central Ward: Central ward of Felixstowe Town (part)<br>Felixstowe West Ward: West ward of Felixstowe Town (part)
|2
|
|-
|Framlingham
|2
|Framlingham Ward [[Framlingham|Framlingham Town]]<br>Dennington Ward: [[Dennington]] (part); [[Badingham]]<br>Earl Soham ward: [[Saxtead]] (part)
|2
|[[Framlingham]]
|-
|Fynn Valley
|0
|n/a
|1
|
|-
|Grundisburgh
|1
|Bealings Ward: [[Great Bealings]] (part); [[Little Bealings]]; Grundisburgh & Witnesham Ward: [[Culpho]] (part); [[Grundisburgh]]; 
|1
|
|-
|Hacheston
|1
|Dennington Ward: [[Bruisyard]]; [[Cransford]]; [[Rendham]]; [[Swefling]] <br> Glemham Ward: [[Great Glemham]]; [[Hacheston]]; [[Little Glemham]]; [[Marlesford]]; [[Parham, Suffolk|Parham]]
|1
|
|-
|Hollesley with Eyke
|1
|Hollesley Ward: [[Boyton, Suffolk|Boyton]]; [[Butley, Suffolk|Butley]]; [[Capel St Andrew]]; [[Hollesley]]; [[Wantisden]]<br>Tunstall Ward: [[Chillesford]]; Ufford Ward: [[Eyke]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Kesgrave East
|3
|Kesgrave Ward:  Kesgrave East;<br>Martlesham Ward: Martlesham West
|2
|
|-
|Kesgrave West
|2
|Kesgrave Ward:  Kesgrave West;
|2
|
|-
|Kirton
|0
|n/a
|1
|
|-
|Kyson
|1
|Woodbridge Kyson Ward:<br>Woodbridge Seckford Ward 
|0
|n/a
|-
|Leiston
|3
|Buxlow Ward: [[Knodishall]]<br>Leiston Ward: [[Leiston]] Town 
|2
|
|-
|Martlesham
|2
|Martlesham Ward: [[Martlesham]]
|2
|
|-
|Melton
|0
|n/a
|2
|
|-
|Melton and Ufford
|2
|Melton Ward: [[Melton, Suffolk|Melton]]<br>Ufford Ward: [[Ufford, Suffolk|Ufford]]; [[Pettistree]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Nacton
|2
|[[Kirton, Suffolk|Kirton]] Ward: [[Hemley]]; [[Newbourne]]; [[Waldringfield]]<br>Nacton Ward: [[Brightwell, Suffolk|Brightwell]]; [[Bucklesham]]; [[Foxhall, Suffolk|Foxhall]]; [[Levington]]; [[Nacton]]; [[Purdis Farm]]; [[Stratton Hall]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Nacton and Purdis Farm
|0
|n/a
|1
|
|-
|Orford and Tunstall
|1
|Orford Ward: [[Gedgrave]]; [[Iken]]; [[Orford, Suffolk|Orford]]; and [[Sudbourne]]<br>Tunstall ward: [[Blaxhall]]; [[Tunstall, Suffolk|Tunstall]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Orford and Eyke
|0
|n/a
|1
|
|-
|Otley
|1
|Hasketon Ward: [[Boulge]]; [[Bredfield]]; [[Burgh, Suffolk|Burgh]]; [[Dallinghoo]]; [[Debach]]; [[Hasketon]] (part)<br>Otley Ward: [[Clopton, Suffolk|Clopton]]; [[Otley]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Peasenhall
|1
|Bramfield an Cratfield Ward: [[Cookley, Suffolk|Cookley]] (part); [[Cookley]]; [[Cratfield]]; [[Heveningham]]; [[Huntingfield, Suffolk|Huntingfield]]; [[Linstead Magna]]; [[Linstead Parva]]; [[Walpole, Suffolk|Walpole]]; Yoxford Ward: [[Peasenhall]] (part); [[Sibton]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Peasenhall and Yoxford
|0
|n/a
|1
|
|-
|Rendlesham
|1
|Tunstall Ward: [[Campsey Ash]]; [[Rendlesham]]
|1
|
|-
|Riverside
|1
|Martlesham Ward: Martlesham North ward<br>Woodbridge Central Ward: Central ward of Woodbridge Town<br> Woodbridge Riverside Ward: Riverside Ward of Woodbridge Town<br>Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town
|0
|n/a
|-
|Rushmere St Andrew
|3
| Rushmere Ward: [[Rushmere St Andrew]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Saxmundham
|2
|Kelsale Ward: [[Kelsale cum Carlton]]; [[Theberton]]<br>Saxmundham Ward: [[Saxmundham|Saxmundham Town]]
|2
|
|-
|Seckford
|1
|Woodbridge Seckford Ward: Seckford ward of Woodbridge Town (part)<br>Woodbridge Central Ward: Central ward of
Woodbridge Town (part)<br>Woodbridge Riverside ward: Riverside ward of Woodbridge Town (part)
|0
|n/a
|-
|Snape
|1
|Buxlow Ward: [[Friston]] (part)<br>Snape Ward: [[Benhall]]; [[Farnham, Suffolk|Farnham]]; [[Snape, Suffolk|Snape]]; [[Sternfield]]; [[Stratford St Andrew]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Sutton
|1
|Alderton & Sutton Ward : [[Alderton, Suffolk|Alderton]], [[Bawdsey]], [[Ramsholt]], [[Shottisham]], [[Sutton, Suffolk|Sutton]]; [[Sutton Heath]] (from 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/12135/suffolk-coastal-dc-rocg-sutton-order-2012.pdf|title=Suffolk Coastal District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Sutton) Order 2012|publisher=[[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]]|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref><br>Ufford Ward: [[Bromeswell]]
|0
|
|-
|Tower
|0
|n/a
|2
|
|-
|The Trimleys
|0
|n/a
|2
|
|-
|Trimleys with Kirton
|3
|Kirton Ward: [[Falkenham]]; [[Kirton, Suffolk|Kirton]]<br>Trimleys Ward: [[Trimley St Martin]]; [[Trimley St Mary]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Walberswick and Wenhaston
|1
|Bramfield & Cratfield Ward: [[Bramfield, Suffolk|Bramfield]] (part); [[Thorington]]<br> Walberswick Ward: [[Blythburgh]]; [[Walberswick]]; [[Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Wenhaston
|0
|n/a
|1
|
|-
|Wickham Market
|1
|[[Wickham Market]]
|1
|
|-
|Witnesham
|1
|Bealings Ward: [[Playford, Suffolk|Playford]] (part); [[Tuddenham St Martin]]; [[Westerfield]]<br> Grundisburgh & Witnesham Ward: [[Swilland]] (part); [[Witnesham]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Woodbridge
|0
|n/a
|3
|
|-
|Yoxford
|1
|Westleton ward: [[Darsham]]; [[Dunwich]]; [[Middleton, Suffolk|Middleton]]; [[Westleton]]<br>Yoxford Ward: [[Yoxford]]
|0
|n/a
|-
|Total
|55
|
|42
|
|}

==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|escutcheon = Barry wavy of eight Azure and Argent a lymphad sail set Or flying flags and pennon of St. George on a chief Or three pellets that in the centre charged with a cross engrailed and the others each with an escallop of seven lobes Or.
|crest = On a wreath of the colours in front of a port between two square towers Proper issuant therefrom a rising sun of seven rays a mitre Or.
|bagde = A heptagon Azure fimriated Argent and charged with a lymphad as in the Arms.
|motto = New Views To Life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://civicheraldry.co.uk/east_of_england.html |title=East of England Region |access-date=9 March 2021 |publisher=Civic Heraldry of England}}</ref>
|notes = Granted 10 December 1975.}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk District Council website]

{{Suffolk Coastal}}
{{Former local government areas in Suffolk}}
{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Former non-metropolitan districts of Suffolk]]
[[Category:East Suffolk (district)]]