2019 Babergh District Council election

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2019 Babergh District Council election
County Flag of Suffolk.svg
  2015
2 May 2019
2023  

All 32 seats for Babergh District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Independent Green
Seats won1584
Popular vote11,7916,5727,887
Percentage34.8%19.5%23.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.5%Increase2.svg 6.9%Increase2.svg 10.6%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats won32
Popular vote3,4783,253
Percentage10.3%9.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.1%Decrease2.svg 8.0%

Babergh UK ward map 2019.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Babergh District Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


No overall control

The 2019 Babergh District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Babergh District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Summary

Election result

2019 Babergh District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 301511Decrease2.svg 1646.934.811,791–5.5
  Green 27400Increase2.svg 412.523.37,887+10.6
  Independent 11811Steady2.svg25.019.56,572+6.9
  Liberal Democrats 11300Steady2.svg9.410.33,478–2.1
  Labour 11200Increase2.svg 16.39.63,253–8.0
  UKIP 2000Steady2.svg0.01.1387–3.2

Ward results

Assington

Assington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Lee Parker 415 49.5
Conservative David Holland27833.1
Green Laura Smith14617.4
Turnout 84339.4
Independent win (new seat)

Box Vale

Box Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren 833 80.1
Conservative Jacqueline Rawlinson20719.9
Turnout 1,05947.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Brantham

Brantham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alastair McCraw 712 85.9
Conservative William Shropshire597.1
Green Caroline Wheeler587.0
Turnout 83340.6
Independent win (new seat)

Brett Vale

Brett Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Ward 458 46.8
Independent Stephen Laing31429.7
Green Philippa Draper21119.9
Independent Stephen Williams444.2
Turnout 1,03340.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Bures St. Mary & Nayland

Bures St. Mary & Nayland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Melanie Barrett 405 53.2
Green Miriam Burns35646.8
Turnout 77834.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Capel St. Mary

Capel St. Mary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpendale 681 79.1
Conservative Delme Thompson18020.9
Turnout 89237.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chadacre

Chadacre (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Stephen Plumb 983 65.6
Conservative Michael Holt 780 52.1
Green Luis Orna Diaz37224.8
Green Felix Reeves Whymark32421.6
Turnout 1,51431.3
Independent hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Copdock & Washbrook

Copdock & Washbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Busby 604 61.4
Conservative Barry Gasper38038.6
Turnout 1,02239.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Bergholt

East Bergholt
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alan Hinton 432 44.4
Conservative Dominic Torringtom29230.0
Green Sallie Davies25025.7
Turnout 98042.9
Independent win (new seat)

Ganges

Ganges
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Derek Davis 561 70.9
Conservative Paul Clarke11114.0
Green Sharon-Anne Kennedy658.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Ingram546.8
Turnout 79742.0
Independent win (new seat)

Great Cornard

Great Cornard
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter Beer 703 39.3
Conservative Mark Newman 682 38.2
Conservative Honor Grainger-Howard 640 35.8
Labour Anthony Bavington55330.9
Labour Tracey Welsh50428.2
Labour Stewart Sheridan46325.9
Green Dean Walton37220.8
Green Andrew Liffen30917.3
Green Tobias Horkan29016.2
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Bark25414.2
Turnout 1,78725.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hadleigh North

Hadleigh North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Sian Dawson 236 36.0
Liberal Democrats Karen Harman14622.3
Labour Angela Wiltshire14321.8
Green Peter Lynn13120.0
Turnout 66932.5
Conservative hold

Hadleigh South

Hadleigh South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Kathryn Grandon-White 832 54.8
Conservative Michael Fraser 436 28.7
Conservative Matthew Pescott-Frost39225.8
Green Amy Aylett36824.2
Labour Rickaby Shearly-Sanders32821.6
Green Sophie Ship24516.1
Turnout 1,51834.0
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Lavenham

Lavenham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Margaret Maybury 745 45.9
Independent Clive Arthey 704 43.4
Conservative Philip Faircloth-Mutton62438.5
Green Karen Marshall54133.4
UKIP Leon Stedman25415.7
Turnout 1,62239.1
Conservative hold
Independent win (new seat)

Long Melford

Long Melford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent John Nunn 1,276 76.4
Conservative Elisabeth Malvisi 625 37.4
Green Janet Smith38322.9
Green John Smith20612.3
Turnout 1,67036.4
Independent hold
Conservative gain from Independent

North West Cosford

North West Cosford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Robert Lindsay 690 70.6
Conservative Alexandra Dawson28729.4
Turnout 98545.6
Green win (new seat)

Orwell

Orwell
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Vivienne Gould 654 72.4
Conservative Nicholas Ridley24927.6
Turnout 92844.8
Green win (new seat)

South East Cosford

South East Cosford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Leigh Jamieson 708 61.7
Conservative Alan Ferguson44038.3
Turnout 1,16354.9
Green win (new seat)

Sproughton & Pinewood

Sproughton & Pinewood
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Zachary Norman 508 36.8
Green Richard Hardacre 437 31.6
Labour Co-op David Plowman43631.6
Conservative Christopher Hudson352
Turnout 1,06224.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Stour

Stour
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mary McLaren 292 31.2
Independent Christopher Sawyer25927.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Bamford22524.0
Green Lyndon Ship16117.2
Turnout 94640.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Sudbury North East

Sudbury North East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alison Owen 190 36.4
Conservative Gary Quinlan13626.1
UKIP Paul Dalley13325.5
Green Theresa Munson6312.1
Turnout 52725.5
Labour win (new seat)

Sudbury North West

Sudbury North West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Janice Osborne 411 33.4
Labour Trevor Cresswell 372 30.3
Conservative Simon Barrett36129.4
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bennett30324.7
Labour Daniel Williams28523.2
Green Michael Chapman21617.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Spivey21217.2
Green John Burch16613.5
Turnout 1,24130.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sudbury South East

Sudbury South East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Adrian Osborne 260 42.2
Labour Luke Cresswell21034.1
Green Heather James7912.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Platt6710.9
Turnout 62730.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Sudbury South West

Sudbury South West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Susan Ayres 262 35.6
Labour Nicola Dixon20527.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Welsh9913.5
Green Julie Fowles-Smith8611.7
Independent Robert Darvell8411.4
Turnout 74534.8
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Great Cornard

Great Cornard by-election: 6 May 2021 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Barrett 971 46.4 +9.0
Labour Jake Thomas60228.7−0.7
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Bark28713.7+0.2
Green James Killbery23411.2−8.6
Majority 36917.7
Turnout 2,094
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg4.9

References

  1. "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Midsuffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. "Local Elections Archive Project — Great Cornard Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2024.