2007 Babergh District Council election

2007 Babergh District Council election

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All 42 seats to Babergh District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats won 19 16 Seat change 8 2 Popular vote 13,288 15,040 Percentage 36.6% 41.4% Swing 2.5% 1.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Labour Seats won 8 0 Seat change 6 Popular vote 4,237 2,310 Percentage 11.7% 6.4% Swing 1.7% 4.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2007 Babergh District Council election.
Control before election No overall control Control after election No overall control

The 2007 Babergh District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2007 Babergh District Council election [2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30	19	8	0	8	44.2	36.6	13,288	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	28	16	1	3	2	37.2	41.4	15,040	+1.6
	Independent	9	8	0	0		18.6	11.7	4,237	–1.7
	Labour	9	0	0	6	6	0.0	6.4	2,310	–4.0
	UKIP	11	0	0	0		0.0	4.0	1,459	+2.9

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Alton

Alton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trot Ward	971	63.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Wood*	954	62.4
	Conservative	Gordon Jones	559	36.5
Turnout			~1,529	48.1
Registered electors			3,197
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Berners

Berners (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Clarke*	802	66.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Roberts	762	62.9
	Conservative	Richard Searle	410	33.8
Turnout			~1,212	39.3
Registered electors			3,017
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Boxford

Boxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hurren*	633	68.7
	Conservative	Carey Fraulo	288	31.3
Majority			345	37.5
Turnout			921	53.5
Registered electors			1,720
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brett Vale

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
Registered electors			1,659
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brook

Brook (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Ridley*	691	36.1
	Independent	Peter Jones*	650	34.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Fenwick	571	29.9
Turnout			~1,914	38.3
Registered electors			3,252
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold

Bures St. Mary

Bures St. Mary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Holbrook*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,449
	Conservative hold

Chadacre

Chadacre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Long*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,610
	Independent hold

Dodnash

Dodnash (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Miller*	829	48.8
	Conservative	John Hinton*	728	42.8
	UKIP	Richard Hudson-Smith	142	8.4
	UKIP	Robert Hutchinson	129	7.6
Turnout			~1,364	46.4
Registered electors			2,938
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Glemsford & Stanstead

Glemsford & Stanstead (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rex Thake*	613	42.5
	Independent	Len Young*	488	33.8
	Conservative	Peter Patrick	343	23.8
Turnout			~951	32.2
Registered electors			2,957
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Independent hold

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Todd	459	57.6
	Conservative	Humphrey Todd	455	57.1
	Labour	Tony Bavington*	338	42.4
	Labour	Neil MacMaster*	322	40.4
Turnout			~829	26.7
Registered electors			3,106
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Great Cornard South

Great Cornard South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Beer*	454	53.3
	Conservative	Mark Newman	438	51.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Press	223	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Ford-Platt	208	24.5
	Labour	Roger McCartney	174	20.4
	Labour	Pam White	162	19.0
Turnout			~868	28.0
Registered electors			3,102
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hadleigh North

Hadleigh North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Riley	381	25.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Warner	358	23.5
	Independent	Jan Byrne	328	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whiting	318	20.8
	Labour	Keith Grimsey*	292	19.1
	UKIP	Reginald Smith	166	10.9
	UKIP	Roy O'Shaughnessy	118	7.7
Turnout			~1,123	33.7
Registered electors			3,333
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Hadleigh South

Hadleigh South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Grutchfield*	794	70.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Munson	690	61.3
	Conservative	Peter Burgoyne	330	29.4
Turnout			~1,099	36.4
Registered electors			3,020
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Holbrook

Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rose*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,607
	Independent hold

Lavenham

Lavenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Gibson	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,552
	Conservative hold

Leavenheath

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
Registered electors			1,481
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Melford

Long Melford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp*	878	63.2
	Independent	John Brand*	696	50.1
	Conservative	David Burch	512	36.8
Turnout			~1,229	38.7
Registered electors			3,175
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Lower Brett

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
Registered electors			1,716
	Independent hold		Swing

Mid Samford

Mid Samford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Carpendale*	966	51.6
	Conservative	Gerald White*	759	40.5
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Banyard	747	39.9
	UKIP	John Smith	147	7.9
	UKIP	Jo Smith	137	7.3
Turnout			~1,590	49.3
Registered electors			3,227
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Nayland

Nayland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Cave	464	53.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hunt*	307	35.6
	UKIP	James Carver	92	10.7
Majority			157	18.2
Turnout			863	56.4
Registered electors			1,539
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

North Cosford

North Cosford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clive Arthey*	577	63.5
	Conservative	Taz Kavvadias	331	36.5
Majority			246	27.1
Turnout			908	49.9
Registered electors			1,836
	Independent hold		Swing

Pinewood

Pinewood (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Busby*	473	55.5
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Johnson*	451	52.9
	Conservative	Ian McIntyre	379	44.5
Turnout			~847	24.8
Registered electors			3,417
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

South Cosford

South Cosford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lazenby*	451	59.0
	Conservative	Patricia Cave	314	41.0
Majority			137	17.9
Turnout			765	42.9
Registered electors			1,796
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sudbury East

Sudbury East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Osborne	480	42.4
	Conservative	Dean Walton	418	37.0
	Labour	Jack Owen*	341	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Platt	310	27.4
	Labour	Tim Richmond	262	23.2
Turnout			~1,057	32.1
Registered electors			3,294
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Sudbury North

Sudbury North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sayers*	531	48.9
	Conservative	Ray Smith	403	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Thomas	282	26.0
	Labour	Nick Irwin*	272	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Press	205	18.9
	Labour	Torsten Friedag	147	13.5
Turnout			~970	31.0
Registered electors			3,131
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Sudbury South

Sudbury South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bennett*	603	58.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Booth*	527	51.4
	Conservative	Errol Newman	317	30.9
	Conservative	David Thomas	275	26.8
	UKIP	Donald Martin	106	10.3
	UKIP	Jane Martin	91	8.9
Turnout			~1,015	31.0
Registered electors			3,275
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Waldingfield

Waldingfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Spence*	865	55.2
	Conservative	Jenny Antill	775	49.5
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Bates*	497	31.7
	UKIP	Leon Stedman	205	13.1
Turnout			~1,312	40.4
Registered electors			3,249
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

By-elections

Hadleigh North By-Election 8 November 2007 ^[3]

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 ^{[4] [5]}

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

References

1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Babergh District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University, Plymouth: The Elections Centre. pp. 10–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.