Local Election Results 2003
Babergh
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. Two Liberal Democrat councillors, three Conservative councillors and three Independent councillors were elected unopposed.
Other results for Babergh:
2007
2011
2015
2019
By-elections for Babergh (may be incomplete): 8th November 2007 (Hadleigh N.)
— 22nd July 2010 (Great Cornard N.)
— 5th February 2013 (Bures St Mary)
— 22nd May 2014 (South Cosford)
— 7th September 2017 (Sudbury S.)
— 6th May 2021 (Great Cornard)
Results for Suffolk county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Liberal Democrat |
7788 |
37.2% |
18 |
| Conservative |
7418 |
35.5% |
11 |
| Independent |
3142 |
15.0% |
8 |
| Labour |
1940 |
9.3% |
6 |
| Green Party |
315 |
1.5% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
309 |
1.5% |
0 |
| David Wood |
LD |
686 |
50.0% |
| Duncan Read |
LD |
587 |
|
| Kenneth Felstead |
Ind |
380 |
27.7% |
| Patricia Cave |
C |
305 |
22.2% |
| Wendy Sadler |
LD |
856 |
76.2% |
| Penny Clarke |
LD |
723 |
|
| Peter Burgoyne |
C |
267 |
23.8% |
| Peter Jones |
Ind |
611 |
38.8% |
| Nicholas Ridley |
C |
492 |
31.3% |
| Dale Cartwright |
LD |
471 |
29.9% |
| Michael Miller |
LD |
753 |
44.2% |
| John Hinton |
C |
634 |
37.3% |
| Ian St John |
Grn |
315 |
18.5% |
| Rex Thake |
LD |
unop. |
|
| Len Young |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Anthony Bavington |
Lab |
280 |
38.5% |
| Neil MacMaster |
Lab |
262 |
|
| Carol Beer |
C |
253 |
34.8% |
| David Thomas |
C |
218 |
|
| Derek Allen |
UKIP |
195 |
26.8% |
| Peter Beer |
C |
371 |
44.4% |
| Humphrey Todd |
C |
353 |
|
| Susan Gibson |
Lab |
234 |
28.0% |
| Patrick Treacy |
Lab |
215 |
|
| Richard Platt |
LD |
117 |
14.0% |
| Cynthia Allen |
UKIP |
114 |
13.6% |
| James Quinlan |
Lab |
360 |
34.5% |
| Keith Grimsey |
Lab |
317 |
|
| Eileen Banks |
Ind |
269 |
25.8% |
| Peter Matthews |
LD |
260 |
24.9% |
| Ann Stephenson |
LD |
251 |
|
| Pat White |
C |
154 |
14.8% |
| David Grutchfield |
LD |
644 |
48.5% |
| Jean Chapman |
LD |
369 |
|
| Jan Byrne |
Ind |
266 |
20.0% |
| Sheila Webb |
C |
232 |
17.5% |
| Penelope Cook |
Lab |
186 |
14.0% |
| Susan Monks |
Lab |
151 |
|
| David Rose |
Ind |
380 |
57.2% |
| Annette Steggles |
LD |
284 |
42.8% |
| John Roberts |
C |
506 |
73.0% |
| Fiona Jenkins |
LD |
187 |
27.0% |
| Richard Kemp |
Ind |
800 |
65.0% |
| John Brand |
Ind |
571 |
|
| David Burch |
C |
430 |
35.0% |
| Susan Wigglesworth |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Susan Carpendale |
LD |
781 |
50.1% |
| Gerald White |
C |
778 |
49.9% |
| David Yorke-Edwards |
C |
648 |
|
| Leonard Johnson |
LD |
633 |
|
| Christopher Hunt |
LD |
428 |
50.5% |
| John Cave |
C |
420 |
49.5% |
| Clive Arthey |
Ind |
436 |
54.3% |
| Dick Sands |
C |
367 |
45.7% |
| David Busby |
LD |
358 |
58.4% |
| Colin Kerr |
LD |
309 |
|
| Colin Hurcombe |
C |
255 |
41.6% |
| Brian Lazenby |
LD |
438 |
62.1% |
| Joyce Jardine |
C |
267 |
37.9% |
| Jack Owen |
Lab |
396 |
37.0% |
| Albert Pearce |
LD |
343 |
32.1% |
| Sylvia Byham |
C |
331 |
30.9% |
| John Sayers |
C |
412 |
43.5% |
| Nicholas Irwin |
Lab |
322 |
34.0% |
| Raymond Smith |
C |
303 |
|
| Andrew Welsh |
LD |
214 |
22.6% |
| Nigel Bennett |
LD |
381 |
46.3% |
| Martyn Booth |
LD |
365 |
|
| Peter Goodchild |
C |
280 |
34.0% |
| David Regester |
Lab |
162 |
19.7% |
| Colin Spence |
C |
664 |
53.1% |
| Frances Bates |
LD |
587 |
46.9% |
| David Jardine |
C |
500 |
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