2011 Babergh District Council election

2011 Babergh District Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 42 seats to Babergh District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 18 12
Seat change 1 4
Popular vote 17,691 10,787
Percentage 38.6% 23.6%
Swing 2.0% 17.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Labour
Seats won 10 3
Seat change 2 3
Popular vote 7,046 7,776
Percentage 15.4% 17.0%
Swing 3.7% 10.6%
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.

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]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 34 18 4 5 1 41.9 38.6 17,691 +2.0
  Liberal Democrats 27 12 1 5 4 27.9 23.6 10,787 –17.8
  Independent 14 10 2 0 2 23.3 15.4 7,046 +3.7
  Labour 31 3 3 0 3 7.0 17.0 7,776 +10.6
  UKIP 14 0 0 0 0.0 4.5 2,048 +0.5
  Green 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 428 N/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)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Ward* 902 55.1
Liberal Democrats David Wood* 823 50.3
Conservative Christopher Chambers 503 30.7
Conservative Patricia Cave 396 24.1
Labour Keith Rawlings 231 14.1
Labour Carol Tilbury 219 13.4
Turnout ~1,687 52.8
Registered electors 3,195
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Berners

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

Boxford

Boxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren* 695 65.6
Conservative Tasia Kavvadias 365 34.4
Majority 330 31.1
Turnout 1,060 60.7
Registered electors 1,769
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brett Vale

Brett Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Desmond Keane* 434 50.3
Green Robert Lindsay 428 49.7
Majority 6 0.7
Turnout 862 53.7
Registered electors 1,658
Conservative hold Swing

Brook

Brook (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Ridley* 721 33.6
Independent Peter Jones* 598 27.9
Liberal Democrats Gloria Wallace 562 26.2
Conservative Barry Gasper 555 25.9
Labour Emma Cookson 264 12.3
Turnout ~1,599 49.2
Registered electors 3,250
Conservative hold
Independent hold

Bures St. Mary

Bures St. Mary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Holbrook* 585 82.0
Labour Iain Scott 128 18.0
Majority 457 64.1
Turnout 713 50.6
Registered electors 1,421
Conservative hold Swing

Chadacre

Chadacre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Long* 792 89.7
Labour John Finnigan 91 10.3
Majority 701 79.4
Turnout 883 54.9
Registered electors 1,627
Independent hold Swing

Dodnash

Dodnash (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Hinton* 792 41.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Bamford 495 26.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Miller* 451 23.7
Independent Clive Totman 354 18.6
Labour Joy Harrison 262 13.8
Labour Emma Nordon 174 9.1
Turnout ~1,593 55.1
Registered electors 2,889
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Glemsford & Stanstead

Glemsford & Stanstead (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rex Thake* 694 53.6
Independent Leonard Young* 611 47.2
Conservative David Burch 397 30.7
Labour Heath Brown 203 15.7
Labour David Hayes 183 14.1
Turnout ~1,234 41.6
Registered electors 2,968
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats
Independent hold

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Bavington 508 37.0
Labour Neil MacMaster 432 31.5
Conservative Nicholas Antill 387 28.2
UKIP Derek Allen 248 18.1
Liberal Democrats Marion Press 229 16.7
UKIP Cynthia Allen 207 15.1
Turnout ~1,196 35.8
Registered electors 3,341
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Great Cornard South

Great Cornard South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Beer* 464 44.7
Conservative Mark Newman* 426 41.0
Labour To5 Bellaris 210 20.3
Labour Robert Porter 205 19.8
Independent Anthony Harman 205 19.8
Independent Thomas Keane 170 16.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Platt 158 15.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Press 134 12.9
Turnout ~1,060 31.7
Registered electors 3,343
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hadleigh North

Hadleigh North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Riley* 595 39.5
Liberal Democrats Mary Munson* 448 29.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting 367 24.4
Labour Angela Wiltshire 247 16.4
Labour David Westwood 233 15.5
UKIP Reginald Smith 215 14.3
Turnout ~1,327 39.0
Registered electors 3,402
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hadleigh South

Hadleigh South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Grutchfield* 659 40.6
Conservative Kathryn Grandon-White 508 31.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews 380 23.4
Labour Susan Monks 204 12.6
Independent David Cooper 186 11.5
Labour Stephen Cockerton 158 9.7
UKIP John Smith 66 4.1
UKIP Josephine Smith 57 3.5
Turnout ~1,332 44.4
Registered electors 3,000
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Holbrook

Holbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Rose* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,677
Independent hold

Lavenham

Lavenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrea Norman 411 50.3
Conservative Philip Gibson* 337 41.2
Labour James Coleman 69 8.4
Majority 74 9.1
Turnout 817 55.0
Registered electors 1,492
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Leavenheath

Leavenheath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Jenkins* 648 77.7
Labour Andrew Jameson 186 22.3
Majority 462 55.4
Turnout 834 58.2
Registered electors 1,460
Conservative hold Swing

Long Melford

Long Melford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Kemp* 1,089 63.5
Independent John Nunn 743 43.3
Conservative William Shropshire 474 27.6
Conservative Margaret Maybury 419 24.4
Labour Susan Bishop 153 8.9
Turnout ~1,585 50.1
Registered electors 3,161
Independent hold
Independent hold

Lower Brett

Lower Brett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Susan Wigglesworth* 592 60.3
Conservative John Ward 390 39.7
Majority 202 20.6
Turnout 982 55.2
Registered electors 1,751
Independent hold Swing

Mid Samford

Mid Samford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpendale* 819 42.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Pollard 808 41.9
Conservative Gerald White* 766 39.8
Conservative Theresa Bloomfield 671 34.9
Labour Susan Thomas 228 11.8
UKIP Richard Hudson-Smith 112 5.8
UKIP Christopher Streatfield 108 5.6
Turnout ~1,884 58.5
Registered electors 3,222
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Nayland

Nayland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cave* 498 57.3
Labour William Kennedy 160 18.4
UKIP James Carver 123 14.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Breeze 88 10.1
Majority 338 38.9
Turnout 869 58.9
Registered electors 1,487
Conservative hold Swing

North Cosford

North Cosford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clive Arthey* 601 59.2
Conservative Brian Tora 288 28.3
Labour Gerald Gould 127 12.5
Majority 313 30.8
Turnout 1,016 55.6
Registered electors 1,837
Independent hold Swing

Pinewood

Pinewood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Burgoyne 423 34.1
Liberal Democrats David Busby* 418 33.7
Labour David Plowman 400 32.2
Liberal Democrats Leonard Johnson* 336 27.1
Conservative Susan Powell 327 26.4
Turnout ~1,161 34.8
Registered electors 3,336
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

South Cosford

South Cosford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dawn Kendall 492 48.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Lazenby* 330 32.7
Labour Nicola Gerrard 187 18.5
Majority 162 16.1
Turnout 1,009 56.7
Registered electors 1,789
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Sudbury East

Sudbury East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Osborne* 500 39.4
Labour Jack Owen 479 37.7
Conservative Janice Osborne 476 37.4
Labour Russell Smith 392 30.8
Liberal Democrats Emma Hewett 153 12.1
UKIP Susan Smith 137 10.8
UKIP Donald Martin 133 10.5
Liberal Democrats Oliver Forder 99 7.8
Turnout ~1,263 37.3
Registered electors 3,386
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Sudbury North

Sudbury North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sayers* 690 50.3
Conservative Raymond Smith* 537 39.1
Labour Joanne Connah 405 29.5
Labour Ian Pointon 370 26.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Welsh 277 20.2
Turnout ~1,297 37.7
Registered electors 3,439
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sudbury South

Sudbury South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bennett* 508 37.7
Conservative Simon Barrett 371 27.5
Conservative Peter Goodchild 364 27.0
Liberal Democrats Martyn Booth* 337 25.0
Labour Luke Cresswell 336 24.9
Labour Michael Cornish 332 24.6
UKIP Jane Martin 132 9.8
UKIP Christine Wardrop 107 7.9
Turnout ~1,358 39.0
Registered electors 3,481
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Waldingfield

Waldingfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Antill* 1,068 66.5
Conservative Frank Lawrenson 824 51.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Scott 311 19.4
UKIP Robert Armstrong 228 14.2
UKIP Leon Stedman 175 10.9
Turnout ~1,502 46.3
Registered electors 3,245
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Bures St Mary's

Bures St Mary's by-elecetion: 2 May 2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Cartlidge 305 59.6
Green Laura Smith 136 26.6
Labour Hadley French Gerrard 71 13.9
Majority 169 33.0
Turnout 512 27.8
Registered electors 6,633
Conservative hold Swing

South Cosford

South Cosford by-election: 22 May 2014[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Robert Lindsay 346 35.8
Conservative David Talbot Clarke 330 34.1
UKIP Stephen Laing 219 22.6
Labour Angela Wiltshire 72 7.4
Majority 16 1.7
Turnout 967 54.7
Registered electors 1,768
Green gain from Conservative Swing

References

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