Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Needham Market until late 2017, and is currently sharing offices with the Suffolk County Council in Ipswich.[1][2] The largest town of Mid Suffolk is Stowmarket. The population of the district taken at the 2011 Census was 96,731.[3]

Mid Suffolk District
Non-metropolitan district
Mid Suffolk shown within Suffolk and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Suffolk
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Ipswich
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Mid Suffolk District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Dan Poulter Jo Churchill
Area
• Total	336.3 sq mi (871.1 km2)
• Rank	42nd (of 309)
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	103,895
• Rank	230th (of 309)
• Density	310/sq mi (120/km2)
• Ethnicity	99.0% White
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	42UE (ONS) E07000203 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TM0853555286
Website	www.MidSuffolk.gov.uk

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Eye, Stowmarket Urban District, Gipping Rural District, Hartismere Rural District and Thedwastre Rural District.

Politics

Since the elections in May 2019[4] the Council has comprised

• Conservatives: 16 seats
• Green Party: 12 seats
• Liberal Democrats: 5 seats
• Independent: 1 seat

Parishes

The district has 123 parishes (3 are towns).

References

External links

• Mid Suffolk District Council
• Table of wards that comprise Mid Suffolk and the parishes that this 2001 law defines as constituting each of those wards

На других языках

[de] Mid Suffolk

[ru] Мид-Суффолк