2007 Babergh District Council election

Map of the results of the 2007 Babergh council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey.

The 2007 Babergh District Council election was held on 3 May 2007 to elect members to the council. The Conservative Party replaced the Liberal Democrats as the largest party but the council stayed under no overall control. The Labour Party lost all of its six seats. The number of Independents remained the same

Election result

Babergh Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	19	8	0	+8	44.2	36.6	13,288	+2.5%
	Liberal Democrats	16	1	3	-2	37.2	41.4	15,040	+1.6%
	Independent	8	0	0	0	18.6	11.7	4,237	-1.7%
	Labour	0	0	6	-6	0	6.4	2,310	-4.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1,459	+2.9%

2 Conservative and 2 Independent candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Alton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trot Ward	971
	Liberal Democrats	David Wood	954
	Conservative	Gordon Jones	559
Turnout			2,484	48.1	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Berners (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Clarke	802
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Roberts	762
	Conservative	Richard Searle	410
Turnout			1,974	39.3	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Boxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hurren	633	68.7
	Conservative	Carey Fraulo	288	31.3
Majority			345	37.4
Turnout			921	53.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brett Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Desmond Keane	474	63.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Adam	278	37.0
Majority			196	26.0
Turnout			752	45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Ridley	691
	Independent	Peter Jones	650
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Fenwick	571
Turnout			1,912	38.3	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Bures St Mary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Holbrook	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chadacre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Long	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Dodnash (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Miller	829
	Conservative	John Hinton	728
	UKIP	Richard Hudson-Smith	142
	UKIP	Robert Hutchinson	129
Turnout			1,828	46.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glemsford and Stanstead (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rex Thake	613
	Independent	Len Young	488
	Conservative	Peter Patrick	343
Turnout			1,444	32.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Great Cornard North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Todd	459
	Conservative	Humphrey Todd	455
	Labour	Tony Bavngton	338
	Labour	Neil MacMaster	322
Turnout			1,574	26.7	+5.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great Cornard South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Beer	454
	Conservative	Mark Newman	438
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Press	223
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Ford-Platt	208
	Labour	Roger McCartney	174
	Labour	Parn White	162
Turnout			1,659	27.9	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hadleigh North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Riley	381
	Liberal Democrats	David Warner	358
	Independent	Jan Byrne	328
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whiting	318
	Labour	Keith Grimsey	292
	UKIP	Reginald Smith	166
	UKIP	Roy O'Shaughnessy	118
Turnout			1,961	33.7	+3.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Hadleigh South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Grutchfield	794
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Munson	690
	Conservative	Peter Burgoyne	330
Turnout			1,814	36.4	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rose	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lavenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Gibson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leavenheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennie Jenkins	455	67.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Turner	217	32.3
Majority			238	35.4
Turnout			672	45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Melford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp	878
	Independent	John Brand	696
	Conservative	David Burch	512
Turnout			2,086	38.7	+4.4
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Lower Brett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sue Wigglesworth	620	83.1
	UKIP	Linda Redford	126	16.9
Majority			494	66.2
Turnout			746	44.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Mid Samford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carpendale	966
	Conservative	Gerald White	759
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Banyard	747
	UKIP	John Smith	147
	UKIP	Jo Smith	137
Turnout			2,756	49.3	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nayland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Cave	464	53.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hunt	307	35.6
	UKIP	James Carver	92	10.7
Majority			154	18.2
Turnout			863	56.4	+2.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

North Cosford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clive Arthey	577	63.5	+9.2
	Conservative	Taz Kavvadlas	331	36.5	-9.2
Majority			246	27.0	+18.4
Turnout			908	49.9	+4.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Pinewood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Bushby	473
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Johnson	451
	Conservative	Ian McIntyre	379
Turnout			1,303	24.8	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Cosford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lazenby	451	59.0	-3.1
	Conservative	Patricia Cave	314	41.0	+3.1
Majority			137	18.0	-6.2
Turnout			765	42.9	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sudbury East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Osborne	480
	Conservative	Dean Walton	418
	Labour	Jack Owen	341
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Platt	310
	Labour	Tim Richmond	262
Turnout			1,811	32.1	+5.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sudbury North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sayers	531
	Conservative	Ray Smith	403
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Thomas	282
	Labour	Nick Irwin	272
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Press	205
	Labour	Torsten Friedag	147
Turnout			1,840	31.0	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sudbury South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bennett	603
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Booth	527
	Conservative	Errol Newman	317
	Conservative	David Thomas	275
	UKIP	Donald Martin	106
	UKIP	Jane Martin	91
Turnout			1,919	31.1	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Waldingfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Spence	865
	Conservative	Jenny Antill	775
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Bates	497
	UKIP	Leon Stedman	205
Turnout			2,342	40.4	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

External links

• 2007 Babergh election result