Suffolk County Council

Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan county
Leadership
Chair	Liz Harsant, ; Conservative ; since 23 May 2024
Leader	Matthew Hicks, ; Conservative ; since 24 May 2018
Chief Executive	Nicola Beach ; since May 2018
Structure
Seats	75 seats
Political groups	Administration (52) Conservative (52) Other parties (23) Green (9) Labour (6) Liberal Democrats (5) Independent (2) West Suffolk Ind. (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.

^ Geater, Paul (24 May 2024). "Ipswich's Liz Harsant new chair of Suffolk County Council". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ "Chief Executive Officer". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 21 May 2018.