2011 Babergh District Council election

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2011 Babergh District Council election
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All 42 seats to Babergh District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won1812
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote17,69110,787
Percentage38.6%23.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.0%Decrease2.svg 17.8%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Labour
Seats won103
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote7,0467,776
Percentage15.4%17.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.7%Increase2.svg 10.6%
Babergh UK ward map 2011.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Babergh District Council election.
Control before election


No overall control

Control after election


No overall control

The 2011 Babergh District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England. [1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Summary

Background

The previous election in 2007 saw no party win a majority, with the Conservatives being the largest party. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5]

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. [6] 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. [6] The 31 candidates from Labour was a record for the party in Babergh, [7] while the Liberal Democrat leader on Suffolk County Council, Kathy Pollard, was among the Liberal Democrat candidates. [4]

Election result

The results saw the council remain under no overall control, with the Conservatives staying as the largest party on 18 seats. [3] 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. [3]

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. [3]

2011 Babergh District Council election [8] [9] [10]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 341845Decrease2.svg 141.938.617,691+2.0
  Liberal Democrats 271215Decrease2.svg 427.923.610,787–17.8
  Independent 141020Increase2.svg 223.315.47,046+3.7
  Labour 31330Increase2.svg 37.017.07,776+10.6
  UKIP 14000Steady2.svg0.04.52,048+0.5
  Green 1000Steady2.svg0.00.9428N/A

2 Liberal Democrats and 1 Independent were elected unopposed.

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)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Ward* 902 55.1
Liberal Democrats David Wood* 823 50.3
Conservative Christopher Chambers50330.7
Conservative Patricia Cave39624.1
Labour Keith Rawlings23114.1
Labour Carol Tilbury21913.4
Turnout ~1,68752.8
Registered electors 3,195
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Berners

Berners (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charles Roberts* Unopposed
Liberal Democrats Mackenzie Deacon Unopposed
Registered electors 3,149
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Boxford

Boxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren* 695 65.6
Conservative Tasia Kavvadias36534.4
Majority 33031.1
Turnout 1,06060.7
Registered electors 1,769
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brett Vale

Brett Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Desmond Keane* 434 50.3
Green Robert Lindsay42849.7
Majority 60.7
Turnout 86253.7
Registered electors 1,658
Conservative hold Swing

Brook

Brook (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Ridley* 721 33.6
Independent Peter Jones* 598 27.9
Liberal Democrats Gloria Wallace56226.2
Conservative Barry Gasper55525.9
Labour Emma Cookson26412.3
Turnout ~1,59949.2
Registered electors 3,250
Conservative hold
Independent hold

Bures St. Mary

Bures St. Mary
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Holbrook* 585 82.0
Labour Iain Scott12818.0
Majority 45764.1
Turnout 71350.6
Registered electors 1,421
Conservative hold Swing

Chadacre

Chadacre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Long* 792 89.7
Labour John Finnigan9110.3
Majority 70179.4
Turnout 88354.9
Registered electors 1,627
Independent hold Swing

Dodnash

Dodnash (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Hinton* 792 41.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Bamford 495 26.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Miller*45123.7
Independent Clive Totman35418.6
Labour Joy Harrison26213.8
Labour Emma Nordon1749.1
Turnout ~1,59355.1
Registered electors 2,889
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Glemsford & Stanstead

Glemsford & Stanstead (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Rex Thake* 694 53.6
Independent Leonard Young* 611 47.2
Conservative David Burch39730.7
Labour Heath Brown20315.7
Labour David Hayes18314.1
Turnout ~1,23441.6
Registered electors 2,968
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats
Independent hold

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Bavington 508 37.0
Labour Neil MacMaster 432 31.5
Conservative Nicholas Antill38728.2
UKIP Derek Allen24818.1
Liberal Democrats Marion Press22916.7
UKIP Cynthia Allen20715.1
Turnout ~1,19635.8
Registered electors 3,341
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Great Cornard South

Great Cornard South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Beer* 464 44.7
Conservative Mark Newman* 426 41.0
Labour To5 Bellaris21020.3
Labour Robert Porter20519.8
Independent Anthony Harman20519.8
Independent Thomas Keane17016.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Platt15815.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Press13412.9
Turnout ~1,06031.7
Registered electors 3,343
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hadleigh North

Hadleigh North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Riley* 595 39.5
Liberal Democrats Mary Munson* 448 29.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting36724.4
Labour Angela Wiltshire24716.4
Labour David Westwood23315.5
UKIP Reginald Smith21514.3
Turnout ~1,32739.0
Registered electors 3,402
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hadleigh South

Hadleigh South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Grutchfield* 659 40.6
Conservative Kathryn Grandon-White 508 31.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews38023.4
Labour Susan Monks20412.6
Independent David Cooper18611.5
Labour Stephen Cockerton1589.7
UKIP John Smith664.1
UKIP Josephine Smith573.5
Turnout ~1,33244.4
Registered electors 3,000
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Holbrook

Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Rose* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,677
Independent hold

Lavenham

Lavenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrea Norman 411 50.3
Conservative Philip Gibson*33741.2
Labour James Coleman698.4
Majority 749.1
Turnout 81755.0
Registered electors 1,492
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Leavenheath

Leavenheath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Jenkins* 648 77.7
Labour Andrew Jameson18622.3
Majority 46255.4
Turnout 83458.2
Registered electors 1,460
Conservative hold Swing

Long Melford

Long Melford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Kemp* 1,089 63.5
Independent John Nunn 743 43.3
Conservative William Shropshire47427.6
Conservative Margaret Maybury41924.4
Labour Susan Bishop1538.9
Turnout ~1,58550.1
Registered electors 3,161
Independent hold
Independent hold

Lower Brett

Lower Brett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Susan Wigglesworth* 592 60.3
Conservative John Ward39039.7
Majority 20220.6
Turnout 98255.2
Registered electors 1,751
Independent hold Swing

Mid Samford

Mid Samford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpendale* 819 42.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Pollard 808 41.9
Conservative Gerald White*76639.8
Conservative Theresa Bloomfield67134.9
Labour Susan Thomas22811.8
UKIP Richard Hudson-Smith1125.8
UKIP Christopher Streatfield1085.6
Turnout ~1,88458.5
Registered electors 3,222
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Nayland

Nayland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cave* 498 57.3
Labour William Kennedy16018.4
UKIP James Carver12314.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Breeze8810.1
Majority 33838.9
Turnout 86958.9
Registered electors 1,487
Conservative hold Swing

North Cosford

North Cosford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Clive Arthey* 601 59.2
Conservative Brian Tora28828.3
Labour Gerald Gould12712.5
Majority 31330.8
Turnout 1,01655.6
Registered electors 1,837
Independent hold Swing

Pinewood

Pinewood (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Burgoyne 423 34.1
Liberal Democrats David Busby* 418 33.7
Labour David Plowman40032.2
Liberal Democrats Leonard Johnson*33627.1
Conservative Susan Powell32726.4
Turnout ~1,16134.8
Registered electors 3,336
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

South Cosford

South Cosford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dawn Kendall 492 48.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Lazenby*33032.7
Labour Nicola Gerrard18718.5
Majority 16216.1
Turnout 1,00956.7
Registered electors 1,789
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Sudbury East

Sudbury East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Osborne* 500 39.4
Labour Jack Owen 479 37.7
Conservative Janice Osborne47637.4
Labour Russell Smith39230.8
Liberal Democrats Emma Hewett15312.1
UKIP Susan Smith13710.8
UKIP Donald Martin13310.5
Liberal Democrats Oliver Forder997.8
Turnout ~1,26337.3
Registered electors 3,386
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Sudbury North

Sudbury North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sayers* 690 50.3
Conservative Raymond Smith* 537 39.1
Labour Joanne Connah40529.5
Labour Ian Pointon37026.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Welsh27720.2
Turnout ~1,29737.7
Registered electors 3,439
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sudbury South

Sudbury South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bennett* 508 37.7
Conservative Simon Barrett 371 27.5
Conservative Peter Goodchild36427.0
Liberal Democrats Martyn Booth*33725.0
Labour Luke Cresswell33624.9
Labour Michael Cornish33224.6
UKIP Jane Martin1329.8
UKIP Christine Wardrop1077.9
Turnout ~1,35839.0
Registered electors 3,481
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Waldingfield

Waldingfield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Antill* 1,068 66.5
Conservative Frank Lawrenson 824 51.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Scott31119.4
UKIP Robert Armstrong22814.2
UKIP Leon Stedman17510.9
Turnout ~1,50246.3
Registered electors 3,245
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Bures St Mary's

Bures St Mary's by-elecetion: 2 May 2013 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cartlidge 305 59.6
Green Laura Smith13626.6
Labour Hadley French Gerrard7113.9
Majority 16933.0
Turnout 51227.8
Registered electors 6,633
Conservative hold Swing

South Cosford

South Cosford by-election: 22 May 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Robert Lindsay 346 35.8
Conservative David Talbot Clarke33034.1
UKIP Stephen Laing21922.6
Labour Angela Wiltshire727.4
Majority 161.7
Turnout 96754.7
Registered electors 1,768
Green 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. 11–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Babergh: No overall control for district council as Lib Dems lose out". Evening Star . 6 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  4. 1 2 Geater, Paul (7 April 2011). "Labour hoping for rural breakthrough". East Anglian Daily Times . Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Councillor Quits Blues for Greens". Green Party. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Babergh elections: More candidates than ever before, the fewest uncontested seats and a reminder about postal voting". Babergh District Council. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  7. ↑ McGurran, Deborah (4 April 2011). "The strength of Labour's slate". BBC News Online . Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  8. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Result of Poll - 5 May 2011". Babergh District Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Election results 2011: English council summary results". The Guardian . 6 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  11. 1 2 "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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