Colin Lawrence Noble (born 10 June 1965) is a British politician of the

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. He served as leader of the Suffolk Conservatives group and

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from May 2015 to May 2018.

Political and local government career

He was first elected as a

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at a by-election for the county electoral division of Row Heath in the constituency of

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on 8 June 2006. Colin was elected to Forest Heath District Council at the 2011 United Kingdom local elections as one of the two District Councillors for

Lakenheath Lakenheath is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It has a population of 4,691 according to the 2011 Census, and is situated close to the county boundaries of both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, ...

ward. From 2011 to 2014, he was the Norfolk and Suffolk Area Chairman for the

. In September 2017 Colin became the Deputy Chairman (Political) for the Eastern Region Conservatives. He became Leader of the Conservative group on

on 7 April 2015. At the annual general meeting of Suffolk County Council on 21 May 2015 he was duly elected Leader of Suffolk County Council. At the Suffolk County Council Conservative leadership election held on 11 May 2018 Colin was defeated by County Councillor Matthew Hicks and left office as Leader of Suffolk County Council on 24 May 2018 at its Annual General Meeting. Colin was elected to th
Conservative Councillors Association
board in January 2019 and served on it as the county representative till January 2020. In March 2019 he became a board member and Commissioner of the

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Personal life

Colin Noble was born in Newmarket,

. His father, Lawrence Noble, died in a road accident in Suffolk in May 2016. He attended school at

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. He lives in the village of

in north-west

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Electoral history

References

External links

Colin Noble - A Strong Voice for Suffolk

Colin Noble - Wordpress Blog

Colin Noble - Twitter

Colin Noble - Facebook

Suffolk Conservatives

West Suffolk Conservatives - Councillor Colin Noble

West Suffolk (Forest Heath District & St Edmundsbury Borough Councils) - Colin Noble (District Councillor for Lakenheath)

Suffolk County Council - Colin Noble (Conservative Councillor for Row Heath)
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Political and local government career

Personal life

Electoral history

See also

References

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