2007 Babergh District Council election

2007 Babergh District Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 42 seats to Babergh District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 19 16
Seat change 8 2
Popular vote 13,288 15,040
Percentage 36.6% 41.4%
Swing 2.5% 1.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Labour
Seats won 8 0
Seat change 6
Popular vote 4,237 2,310
Percentage 11.7% 6.4%
Swing 1.7% 4.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2007 Babergh District Council election.
Control before election


No overall control

Control after election


No overall control

The 2007 Babergh District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2007 Babergh District Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 19 8 0 8 44.2 36.6 13,288 +2.5
  Liberal Democrats 28 16 1 3 2 37.2 41.4 15,040 +1.6
  Independent 9 8 0 0 18.6 11.7 4,237 –1.7
  Labour 9 0 0 6 6 0.0 6.4 2,310 –4.0
  UKIP 11 0 0 0 0.0 4.0 1,459 +2.9

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)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Trot Ward 971 63.5
Liberal Democrats David Wood* 954 62.4
Conservative Gordon Jones 559 36.5
Turnout ~1,529 48.1
Registered electors 3,197
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Berners

Berners (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Penny Clarke* 802 66.2
Liberal Democrats Tony Roberts 762 62.9
Conservative Richard Searle 410 33.8
Turnout ~1,212 39.3
Registered electors 3,017
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Boxford

Boxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren* 633 68.7
Conservative Carey Fraulo 288 31.3
Majority 345 37.5
Turnout 921 53.5
Registered electors 1,720
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brett Vale

Brett Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Desmond Keane* 474 63.0
Liberal Democrats Nigel Adam 278 37.0
Majority 196 26.0
Turnout 752 45.6
Registered electors 1,659
Conservative hold Swing

Brook

Brook (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Ridley* 691 36.1
Independent Peter Jones* 650 34.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Fenwick 571 29.9
Turnout ~1,914 38.3
Registered electors 3,252
Conservative hold
Independent hold

Bures St. Mary

Bures St. Mary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Holbrook* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,449
Conservative hold

Chadacre

Chadacre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Long* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,610
Independent hold

Dodnash

Dodnash (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Miller* 829 48.8
Conservative John Hinton* 728 42.8
UKIP Richard Hudson-Smith 142 8.4
UKIP Robert Hutchinson 129 7.6
Turnout ~1,364 46.4
Registered electors 2,938
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Glemsford & Stanstead

Glemsford & Stanstead (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rex Thake* 613 42.5
Independent Len Young* 488 33.8
Conservative Peter Patrick 343 23.8
Turnout ~951 32.2
Registered electors 2,957
Liberal Democrats hold
Independent hold

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carol Todd 459 57.6
Conservative Humphrey Todd 455 57.1
Labour Tony Bavington* 338 42.4
Labour Neil MacMaster* 322 40.4
Turnout ~829 26.7
Registered electors 3,106
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Great Cornard South

Great Cornard South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Beer* 454 53.3
Conservative Mark Newman 438 51.4
Liberal Democrats Cathy Press 223 26.2
Liberal Democrats Lesley Ford-Platt 208 24.5
Labour Roger McCartney 174 20.4
Labour Pam White 162 19.0
Turnout ~868 28.0
Registered electors 3,102
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hadleigh North

Hadleigh North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Riley 381 25.0
Liberal Democrats David Warner 358 23.5
Independent Jan Byrne 328 21.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting 318 20.8
Labour Keith Grimsey* 292 19.1
UKIP Reginald Smith 166 10.9
UKIP Roy O'Shaughnessy 118 7.7
Turnout ~1,123 33.7
Registered electors 3,333
Conservative gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Hadleigh South

Hadleigh South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Grutchfield* 794 70.6
Liberal Democrats Mary Munson 690 61.3
Conservative Peter Burgoyne 330 29.4
Turnout ~1,099 36.4
Registered electors 3,020
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Holbrook

Holbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Rose* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,607
Independent hold

Lavenham

Lavenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Gibson Unopposed
Registered electors 1,552
Conservative hold

Leavenheath

Leavenheath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennie Jenkins* 455 67.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Turner 217 32.3
Majority 238 35.4
Turnout 672 45.6
Registered electors 1,481
Conservative hold Swing

Long Melford

Long Melford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Kemp* 878 63.2
Independent John Brand* 696 50.1
Conservative David Burch 512 36.8
Turnout ~1,229 38.7
Registered electors 3,175
Independent hold
Independent hold

Lower Brett

Lower Brett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sue Wigglesworth* 620 83.1
UKIP Linda Redford 126 16.9
Majority 494 66.2
Turnout 746 44.1
Registered electors 1,716
Independent hold Swing

Mid Samford

Mid Samford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Carpendale* 966 51.6
Conservative Gerald White* 759 40.5
Liberal Democrats Louise Banyard 747 39.9
UKIP John Smith 147 7.9
UKIP Jo Smith 137 7.3
Turnout ~1,590 49.3
Registered electors 3,227
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Nayland

Nayland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Cave 464 53.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hunt* 307 35.6
UKIP James Carver 92 10.7
Majority 157 18.2
Turnout 863 56.4
Registered electors 1,539
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

North Cosford

North Cosford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clive Arthey* 577 63.5
Conservative Taz Kavvadias 331 36.5
Majority 246 27.1
Turnout 908 49.9
Registered electors 1,836
Independent hold Swing

Pinewood

Pinewood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Busby* 473 55.5
Liberal Democrats Leonard Johnson* 451 52.9
Conservative Ian McIntyre 379 44.5
Turnout ~847 24.8
Registered electors 3,417
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

South Cosford

South Cosford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Lazenby* 451 59.0
Conservative Patricia Cave 314 41.0
Majority 137 17.9
Turnout 765 42.9
Registered electors 1,796
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sudbury East

Sudbury East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Osborne 480 42.4
Conservative Dean Walton 418 37.0
Labour Jack Owen* 341 30.2
Liberal Democrats Tony Platt 310 27.4
Labour Tim Richmond 262 23.2
Turnout ~1,057 32.1
Registered electors 3,294
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Sudbury North

Sudbury North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sayers* 531 48.9
Conservative Ray Smith 403 37.1
Liberal Democrats Deborah Thomas 282 26.0
Labour Nick Irwin* 272 25.1
Liberal Democrats Marion Press 205 18.9
Labour Torsten Friedag 147 13.5
Turnout ~970 31.0
Registered electors 3,131
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Sudbury South

Sudbury South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bennett* 603 58.8
Liberal Democrats Martyn Booth* 527 51.4
Conservative Errol Newman 317 30.9
Conservative David Thomas 275 26.8
UKIP Donald Martin 106 10.3
UKIP Jane Martin 91 8.9
Turnout ~1,015 31.0
Registered electors 3,275
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Waldingfield

Waldingfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Spence* 865 55.2
Conservative Jenny Antill 775 49.5
Liberal Democrats Frances Bates* 497 31.7
UKIP Leon Stedman 205 13.1
Turnout ~1,312 40.4
Registered electors 3,249
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

By-elections

Hadleigh North By-Election 8 November 2007[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting 446 49.0 +25.5
Conservative Peter Burgoyne 261 28.6 +3.6
Independent Jan Byrne 138 15.1 −6.4
UKIP Reginald Smith 66 7.2 −3.7
Majority 185 20.4
Turnout 911 27.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Great Cornard North By-Election 22 July 2010[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Bavington 340 45.1 +2.7
Conservative Martin Fryer 201 26.7 −30.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Platt 141 18.7 +18.7
UKIP Leon Stedman 72 9.5 +9.5
Majority 139 18.4
Turnout 754 22.8
Labour 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. 10–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
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