Babergh District Council elections

Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 43 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–2015
Conservative	2015–present

Council elections

• Babergh District Council election, 1973
• Babergh District Council election, 1976
• Babergh District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• Babergh District Council election, 1983
• Babergh District Council election, 1987
• Babergh District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• Babergh District Council election, 1995
• Babergh District Council election, 1999
• Babergh District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4][5][6]
• Babergh District Council election, 2007
• Babergh District Council election, 2011
• Babergh District Council election, 2015

District result maps

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  2003 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2011 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

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

1997-2001

Alton By-Election 28 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		327	63.4
	Conservative		189	36.6
Majority			138	26.8
Turnout			516	50.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Great Cornard North By-Election 4 May 2000[7]
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[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Great Cornard North By-Election 22 July 2010[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Bavington	340	45.1	+2.7
	Conservative	Martin Fryer	201	26.7	-30.9
	Liberal Democrat	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

See also

• Politics of England

References

1. "England council elections". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
2. The District of Babergh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
4. "Local elections". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. "Past election results" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
8. Dines, Graham (9 November 2007). "11.6% swing to Lib Dems in Hadleigh". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
9. Land, Jon (30 July 2010). "Labour vote surges in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
10. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.

• By-election results

External links

• Babergh District Council website