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]

Council elections

District result maps

By-election results

1993-1997

Shotley By-Election 8 August 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 506 60.7
Conservative 276 33.1
Labour 51 6.1
Majority 230 27.6
Turnout 833 48.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

1997-2001

Alton By-Election 28 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 327 63.4
Conservative 189 36.6
Majority 138 26.8
Turnout 516 50.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Great Cornard North By-Election 4 May 2000[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Macmaster 309 56.4 -3.6
UKIP Derek Allen 239 43.6 +43.6
Majority 70 12.8
Turnout 548 19.5
Labour hold Swing

2007-2011

Hadleigh North By-Election 8 November 2007[8]
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[9][10]
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

2011-2015

Bures St Mary By-Election 2 May 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Cartlidge 305
Green Laura Smith 136
Labour Hadley French Gerrard 71
Majority 169
Turnout 37.22
Conservative hold Swing
South Cosford By-Election 22 May 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Robert Lindsay 346
Conservative David Talbot Clarke 330
UKIP Stephen Laing 219
Labour Angela Wiltshire 72
Majority 16
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative Swing

2015-2019

Sudbury South By-Election 7 September 2017[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Luke Cresswell 336 42.7 +20.4
Conservative Simon Sudbury 335 42.6 +11.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Welsh 116 14.7 +3.6
Majority 1 0.1
Turnout 787
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2015-2019

Great Cornard By-Election 6 May 2021[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Barrett 971 46.4 +9.0
Labour Jake Thomas 602 28.7 -0.7
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Bark 287 13.7 +0.2
Green James Killbery 234 11.2 -8.6
Majority 369 17.6
Turnout 2,094
Conservative hold Swing

See also

References

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

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