Babergh District Council elections

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Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 32 councillors have been elected from 24 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] Green Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (38 seats)
1973 [2] 8110–19No overall control
1976 1741016No overall control
New ward boundaries; seats increased from 38 to 42 [3]
1979 1752018No overall control
1983 1833018No overall control
1987 1824018No overall control
1991 [b] 1565016No overall control
1995 9127014No overall control
1999 10513014No overall control
New ward boundaries; seats increased from 42 to 43 [5] [6] [7]
2003 1161808No overall control
2007 1901608No overall control
2011 18312010No overall control
2015 311308Conservative
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 43 to 32 [1]
2019 152348No overall control
2023 715109No overall control

District result maps

By-election results

1993–1997

Shotley By-Election 8 August 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 50660.7
Conservative 27633.1
Labour 516.1
Majority 23027.6
Turnout 83348.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

1997–2001

Alton By-Election 28 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 32763.4
Conservative 18936.6
Majority 13826.8
Turnout 51650.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Great Cornard North By-Election 4 May 2000 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Macmaster30956.4−3.6
UKIP Derek Allen23943.6+43.6
Majority 7012.8
Turnout 54819.5
Labour hold Swing

2007–2011

Hadleigh North By-Election 8 November 2007 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting44649.0+25.5
Conservative Peter Burgoyne26128.6+3.6
Independent Jan Byrne13815.1−6.4
UKIP Reginald Smith667.2−3.7
Majority 18520.4
Turnout 91127.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Great Cornard North By-Election 22 July 2010 [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Bavington34045.1+2.7
Conservative Martin Fryer20126.7−30.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Platt14118.7+18.7
UKIP Leon Stedman729.5+9.5
Majority 13918.4
Turnout 75422.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2011–2015

Bures St Mary By-Election 2 May 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cartlidge305
Green Laura Smith136
Labour Hadley French Gerrard71
Majority 169
Turnout 37.22
Conservative hold Swing
South Cosford By-Election 22 May 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Robert Lindsay346
Conservative David Talbot Clarke330
UKIP Stephen Laing219
Labour Angela Wiltshire72
Majority 16
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative Swing

2015–2019

Sudbury South By-Election 7 September 2017 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Luke Cresswell33642.7+20.4
Conservative Simon Sudbury33542.6+11.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Welsh11614.7+3.6
Majority 10.1
Turnout 787
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2015–2019

Great Cornard By-Election 6 May 2021 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Barrett97146.4+9.0
Labour Jake Thomas60228.7−0.7
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Bark28713.7+0.2
Green James Killbery23411.2−8.6
Majority 36917.6
Turnout 2,094
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Babergh (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2018/1315, retrieved 3 January 2024
  2. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. ↑ The District of Babergh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Local elections". * BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Past election results" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sudbury South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Great Cornard Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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