2011 Babergh District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2011 Babergh council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Independents in grey and Labour in red. Babergh District Council election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Babergh council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Independents in grey and Labour in red.

The 2011 Babergh Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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Background

The previous election in 2007 saw no party win a majority, with the Conservatives being the largest party. [2] Labour won no seats at the election, but recovered one seat when Tony Bavington gained a seat back in a 2010 by-election in Great Cornard. [3] A further change in composition came in March 2010 when councillor Dean Walton defected to the Green Party from the Conservatives, but sat as an independent on Babergh Council. [4]

A total of 122 candidates were nominated for the 43 seats being contested, which was reported to be a record for an election to Babergh Council, and up from 78 at the 2003 election and 87 in 2007. [5] These were comprised on 34 Conservatives, 31 Labour, 27 Liberal Democrats, 14 United Kingdom Independence Party, 1 Green Party and 15 candidates from no party. [5] The 31 candidates from Labour was a record for the party in Babergh, [6] while the Liberal Democrat leader on Suffolk County Council, Kathy Pollard, was among the Liberal Democrat candidates. [3]

Election result

The results saw the council remain under no overall control, with the Conservatives staying as the largest party on 18 seats. [2] The Liberal Democrats dropped to 12 seats, while Labour increased from the 1 seat they had held after a by-election gain to 3 seats. [2]

Individual results included an independent gain from the Conservatives in Lavenham, Liberal Democrat Kathy Pollard winning a place back on the council after 16 years, while author and Labour candidate Nicci Gerrard lost in South Cosford, coming third with 187 votes. [2]

Babergh Local Election Result 2011 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1843+141.938.617,691+2.0%
  Liberal Democrats 1214-327.923.610,787-17.8%
  Independent 1011023.315.47,046+3.7%
  Labour 320+27.017.07,776+10.6%
  UKIP 000004.52,048+0.5%
  Green 000000.9428+0.9%

2 Liberal Democrat and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Alton (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Ward902
Liberal Democrats David Wood823
Conservative Christopher Chambers503
Conservative Patricia Cave396
Labour Keith Rawlings231
Labour Carol Tilbury219
Turnout 3,074
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Berners (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mackenzie Deaconunopposed
Liberal Democrats Charles Robertsunopposed
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Boxford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren69565.6-3.1
Conservative Tasia Kavvadias36534.4+3.1
Majority33031.1-6.3
Turnout 1,060
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Brett Vale [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Desmond Keane43450.3-12.7
Green Robert Lindsay42849.7+12.7
Majority60.7-25.3
Turnout 862
Conservative hold Swing
Brook (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Ridley721
Independent Peter Jones598
Liberal Democrats Gloria Wallace562
Conservative Barry Gasper555
Labour Emma Cookson264
Turnout 2,700
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Bures St Mary [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Holbrook58582.0
Labour Iain Scott12818.0
Majority45764.0
Turnout 713
Conservative hold Swing
Chadacre [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Long79289.7
Labour John Finnigan9110.3
Majority70179.4
Turnout 883
Independent hold Swing
Dodnash (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Hinton792
Liberal Democrats Michael Bamford495
Liberal Democrats Michael Miller451
Independent Clive Totman354
Labour Joy Harrison262
Labour Emma Nordon174
Turnout 2,528
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Glemsford and Stanstead (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Rex Thake694
Independent Leonard Young611
Conservative David Burch397
Labour Heath Brown203
Labour David Hayes183
Turnout 2,088
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Great Cornard North (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Bavington508
Labour Neil Macmaster432
Conservative Nicholas Antill387
UKIP Derek Allen248
Liberal Democrats Marion Press229
UKIP Cynthia Allen207
Turnout 2,011
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Great Cornard South (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Beer464
Conservative Mark Newman426
Labour Todd Bellaris210
Independent Anthony Harman205
Labour Robert Porter205
Independent Thomas Keane170
Liberal Democrats Richard Platt158
Liberal Democrats Catherine Press134
Turnout 1,972
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hadleigh North (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Riley595
Liberal Democrats Mary Munson448
Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting367
Labour Angela Wiltshire247
Labour David Westwood233
UKIP Reginald Smith215
Turnout 2,105
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hadleigh South (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Grutchfield659
Conservative Kathryn Grandon-White508
Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews380
Labour Susan Monks204
Independent David Cooper186
Labour Stephen Cockerton158
UKIP John Smith66
UKIP Josephine Smith57
Turnout 2,218
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Holbrook [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Roseunopposed
Independent hold Swing
Lavenham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrea Norman41150.3
Conservative Philip Gibson33741.2
Labour James Coleman698.4
Majority749.1
Turnout 817
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Leavenheath [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Jenkins64877.7+10.0
Labour Andrew Jameson18622.3+22.3
Majority46255.4+9.8
Turnout 834
Conservative hold Swing
Long Melford (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Kemp1,089
Independent John Nunn743
Conservative William Shropshire474
Conservative Margaret Maybury419
Labour Susan Bishop153
Turnout 2,878
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Lower Brett [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Susan Wigglesworth59260.3-22.8
Conservative John Ward39039.7+39.7
Majority20220.6-45.6
Turnout 982
Independent hold Swing
Mid Samford (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpendale819
Liberal Democrats Anne Pollard808
Conservative Gerald White766
Conservative Theresa Bloomfield671
Labour Susan Thomas228
UKIP Richard Hudson-Smith112
UKIP Christopher Streatfield108
Turnout 3,512
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Nayland [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cave49857.3+3.5
Labour William Kennedy16018.4+18.4
UKIP James Carver12314.2+3.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Breeze8810.1-25.5
Majority33838.9+20.7
Turnout 869
Conservative hold Swing
North Cosford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Clive Arthey60159.2-4.3
Conservative Brian Tora28828.3-8.2
Labour Gerald Gould12712.5+12.5
Majority31330.8+3.8
Turnout 1,016
Independent hold Swing
Pinewood (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Burgoyne423
Liberal Democrats David Busby418
Labour David Plowman400
Liberal Democrats Leonard Johnson336
Conservative Susan Powell327
Turnout 1,904
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
South Cosford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dawn Kendall49248.8+7.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Lazenby33032.7-26.3
Labour Nicola Gerrard18718.5+18.5
Majority16216.1
Turnout 1,009
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Sudbury East (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Osborne500
Labour Jack Owen479
Conservative Janice Osborne476
Labour Russell Smith392
Liberal Democrats Emma Hewett153
UKIP Susan Smith137
UKIP Donald Martin133
Liberal Democrats Oliver Forder99
Turnout 2,369
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Sudbury North (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sayers690
Conservative Raymond Smith537
Labour Joanne Connah405
Labour Ian Pointon370
Liberal Democrats Andrew Welsh277
Turnout 2,279
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Sudbury South (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bennett508
Conservative Simon Barrett371
Conservative Peter Goodchild364
Liberal Democrats Martyn Booth337
Labour Luke Cresswell336
Labour Michael Cornish332
UKIP Jane Martin132
UKIP Christine Wardrop107
Turnout 2,487
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Waldingfield (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Antill1,068
Conservative Frank Lawrenson824
Liberal Democrats Alan Scott311
UKIP Robert Armstrong228
UKIP Leon Stedman175
Turnout 2,606
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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