Babergh District Council elections

Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 32 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.[1]

Council elections

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Green Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (38 seats)
1973[2] 8 11 0 – 19 No overall control
1976 17 4 1 0 16 No overall control
New ward boundaries; seats increased from 38 to 42[3]
1979 17 5 2 0 18 No overall control
1983 18 3 3 0 18 No overall control
1987 18 2 4 0 18 No overall control
1991[b] 15 6 5 0 16 No overall control
1995 9 12 7 0 14 No overall control
1999 10 5 13 0 14 No overall control
New ward boundaries; seats increased from 42 to 43[5][6][7]
2003 11 6 18 0 8 No overall control
2007 19 0 16 0 8 No overall control
2011 18 3 12 0 10 No overall control
2015 31 1 3 0 8 Conservative
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 43 to 32[1]
2019 15 2 3 4 8 No overall control
2023 7 1 5 10 9 No overall control

District result maps

  • 2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
  • 2023 results map

By-election results

1993–1997

Shotley By-Election 8 August 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 506 60.7
Conservative 276 33.1
Labour 51 6.1
Majority 230 27.6
Turnout 833 48.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

1997–2001

Alton By-Election 28 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 327 63.4
Conservative 189 36.6
Majority 138 26.8
Turnout 516 50.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Great Cornard North By-Election 4 May 2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Macmaster 309 56.4 −3.6
UKIP Derek Allen 239 43.6 +43.6
Majority 70 12.8
Turnout 548 19.5
Labour hold Swing

2007–2011

Hadleigh North By-Election 8 November 2007[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting 446 49.0 +25.5
Conservative Peter Burgoyne 261 28.6 +3.6
Independent Jan Byrne 138 15.1 −6.4
UKIP Reginald Smith 66 7.2 −3.7
Majority 185 20.4
Turnout 911 27.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Great Cornard North By-Election 22 July 2010[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Bavington 340 45.1 +2.7
Conservative Martin Fryer 201 26.7 −30.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Platt 141 18.7 +18.7
UKIP Leon Stedman 72 9.5 +9.5
Majority 139 18.4
Turnout 754 22.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2011–2015

Bures St Mary By-Election 2 May 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Cartlidge 305
Green Laura Smith 136
Labour Hadley French Gerrard 71
Majority 169
Turnout 37.22
Conservative hold Swing
South Cosford By-Election 22 May 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Robert Lindsay 346
Conservative David Talbot Clarke 330
UKIP Stephen Laing 219
Labour Angela Wiltshire 72
Majority 16
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative Swing

2015–2019

Sudbury South By-Election 7 September 2017[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Luke Cresswell 336 42.7 +20.4
Conservative Simon Sudbury 335 42.6 +11.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Welsh 116 14.7 +3.6
Majority 1 0.1
Turnout 787
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2015–2019

Great Cornard By-Election 6 May 2021[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Barrett 971 46.4 +9.0
Labour Jake Thomas 602 28.7 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Bark 287 13.7 +0.2
Green James Killbery 234 11.2 −8.6
Majority 369 17.6
Turnout 2,094
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Babergh (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/1315, retrieved 3 January 2024
  2. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. ^ The District of Babergh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Local elections". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  6. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Past election results" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  9. ^ Dines, Graham (9 November 2007). "11.6% swing to Lib Dems in Hadleigh". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  10. ^ Land, Jon (30 July 2010). "Labour vote surges in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sudbury South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Great Cornard Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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