Suffolk County Council

Suffolk County Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan county
Leadership
Chair	Liz Harsant, Conservative since 23 May 2024[1]
Leader	Matthew Hicks, Conservative since 24 May 2018
Chief Executive	Nicola Beach since May 2018[2]
Structure
Seats	75 seats
Political groups	Administration (52)   Conservative (51) Other parties (23)   Green (9)   Labour (6)   Liberal Democrats (5)   Independent (2)   West Suffolk Ind. (1)   Reform UK (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	7 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX
Website
www.suffolk.gov.uk

Suffolk County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2017. It is based at Endeavour House in Ipswich.