Babergh District Council election, 1999

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Elections to Babergh Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Babergh Non-metropolitan district in England

Babergh is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Primarily a rural area, Babergh contains two towns of notable size: Sudbury, and Hadleigh, which was the administrative centre until 2017. Its council headquarters, which are shared with neighbouring Mid Suffolk, are now based in Ipswich.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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Election result

Babergh Local Election Result 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 14 -1 33.3 22.1 6,894
  Liberal Democrat 13 +4 31.0 29.5 9,199
  Conservative 10 +1 23.8 28.9 9,024
  Labour 5 -4 11.9 19.5 6,088

4 Independent and 1 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Alton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Wood 399 71.8
Conservative Christopher Thomas 157 28.2
Majority 242 43.6
Turnout 556 53.0
Berners
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Shirley Clarke 332 65.1
Conservative Linda Prismall 178 34.9
Majority 154 30.2
Turnout 510 43.4
Bildeston
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Stevens 295 52.9
Labour Rosemary Muntus 147 26.3
Independent Ruth Gregory 116 20.8
Majority 148 26.6
Turnout 558 41.3
Boxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Bryn Hurren 366 56.1
Independent Carol Harrison 286 43.9
Majority 80 12.2
Turnout 652 43.6
Brantham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Duncan Read 388 59.5
Conservative Diana Eastman 264 40.5
Majority 124 19.0
Turnout 652 32.9
Brett Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Clive Arthey 431 75.2
Labour Jocelyn Dalley 142 24.8
Majority 289 50.4
Turnout 573 47.6
Brook Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ann Stephenson 259 39.9
Conservative Lesley Chalmers 209 32.2
Independent James Baxter 181 27.9
Majority 50 7.7
Turnout 649 35.1
Bures St Mary
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Holbrook 382 71.5
Labour Geoffrey Hulme 152 28.5
Majority 230 43.0
Turnout 534 39.1
Capel and Wenham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Susan Carpendale 765
Liberal Democrat Leonard Johnson 659
Conservative Colin Hucombe 458
Turnout 1,882 43.0
Chadacre
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent James Long 457
Independent Graham Morgan 187
Majority 270
Turnout 644 35.5
Copdock
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Peter Jones uncontested
Dodnash (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Heselden 789
Conservative Duncan Mansfield 677
Liberal Democrat John Wheals 671
Turnout 2,137 46.3
Elmsett
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Brian Lazenby 337 60.3
Independent Tony Bailey-Smith 222 39.7
Majority 115 20.6
Turnout 559 40.1
Glemsford (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Rex Thake 447
Independent Leonard Young 314
Liberal Democrat Stephen Clarke 289
Conservative Paul Edmondson 203
Conservative Ian Lawrence 168
Turnout 1,421 30.9
Great Cornard (North) (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anthony Bavington 422
Labour Vera Cocker 408
Independent Christina Baker 164
Liberal Democrat Michael Gleed 113
Conservative Brian Rayner 101
Turnout 1,208 23.0
Great Cornard (South) (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rajiv Nandi 444
Labour Patrick Treacy 376
Conservative Peter Beer 355
Conservative Mark Newman 319
Liberal Democrat Nigel Adam 143
Turnout 1,637 28.2
Hadleigh (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Grutchfield 1,117
Independent Eileen Banks 708
Liberal Democrat Peter Matthews 682
Labour James Quinlan 595
Independent Janetta Byrne 514
Labour John Stock 472
Conservative Vivien Chapman 441
Conservative Christopher Drake 361
Turnout 4,890 35.1
Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Jack Godley uncontested
Lavenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Roberts 464 57.3
Liberal Democrat Fiona Jenkins 346 42.7
Majority 118 14.6
Turnout 810 53.3
Leavenheath
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Jonquil Mieville uncontested
Long Melford (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Richard Kemp 921
Independent John Brand 788
Conservative Ian Dowling 285
Turnout 1,994 37.5
Nayland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Cave 302 59.2
Labour Nicolette Fraser 208 40.8
Majority 94 18.4
Turnout 510 52.2
North Cosford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent David Hodge 342 50.7
Labour Roland Bee 332 49.3
Majority 10 1.4
Turnout 674 52.2
Polstead and Layham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Susan Wigglesworth uncontested
Shotley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Joy Sadler 541 71.5
Conservative Stephen Williams 216 28.5
Majority 325 43.0
Turnout 757 41.0
Sudbury (East) (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sylvia Byham 374
Independent Sylvia Cann 365
Conservative Robert Yerby 256
Labour Rita Titmus 222
Labour Sylvia Regester 221
Liberal Democrat Andrew Welsh 100
Turnout 1,538 31.4
Sudbury (North) (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Sayers 451
Labour Nicholas Irwin 419
Conservative Raymond Smith 358
Labour Valerie Waters 299
Liberal Democrat Nigel Bennett 156
Independent Brian Cann 125
Turnout 1,808 29.0
Sudbury (South) (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Martyn Booth 376
Independent Elizabeth Wiles 326
Conservative John Stewart 311
Labour Jack Owen 287
Labour Timothy Richmond 277
Conservative Doreen Braham 267
Turnout 1,844 32.6
Waldingfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Spence 657
Conservative Leon Stedman 515
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Bates 371
Labour Richard May 335
Labour John Skinner 330
Turnout 2,208 38.8
West Samford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mary Bancroft uncontested

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