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Election results for Sudbury

Borough Council Election - Thursday 7 May 2026

Status: Published
Borough Council Election - results by party
Previous results for Sudbury
Summary of comparison with previous results for Sudbury

Sudbury - results
Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Paul Lorber	Liberal Democrats	1776	24.69%	Elected
Nirmala Patel	Liberal Democrats	1523	21.18%	Elected
Teo Benea	Labour	784	10.90%	Not elected
Greg Innes	Labour	650	9.04%	Not elected
Harish Rameschandra Patel	Conservative	601	8.36%	Not elected
Bridget Miranda Rose Craghill	Green Party	441	6.13%	Not elected
Mihir Vinodroy Shah	Conservative	418	5.81%	Not elected
Neha Patel	Reform UK	344	4.78%	Not elected
Geevaka Crysantha Silva	Green Party	338	4.70%	Not elected
Himanshu Finaviya	Reform UK	317	4.41%	Not elected

Voting Summary
Details	Number
Seats	2
Total votes	7192
Electorate	9536
Number of ballot papers issued	3728
Number of ballot papers rejected	26
Turnout	39.09%

Share of the votes (%)
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Paul Lorber	24.69%	Elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Nirmala Patel	21.18%	Elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Teo Benea	10.90%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Greg Innes	9.04%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Harish Rameschandra Patel	8.36%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Bridget Miranda Rose Craghill	6.13%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Mihir Vinodroy Shah	5.81%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Neha Patel	4.78%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Geevaka Crysantha Silva	4.70%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Himanshu Finaviya	4.41%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers
Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	8
voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled	18
Total rejected	26