2019 Babergh District Council election
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All 32 seats for Babergh District Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2019 Babergh District Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Babergh District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Babergh District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
Election result
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 30 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 46.9 | 34.8 | 11,791 | –5.5 | ||
| Green | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 23.3 | 7,887 | +10.6 | ||
| Independent | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 19.5 | 6,572 | +6.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 3,478 | –2.1 | ||
| Labour | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 3,253 | –8.0 | ||
| UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 387 | –3.2 | ||
Ward results
Assington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lee Parker | 415 | 49.5 | |
| Conservative | David Holland | 278 | 33.1 | |
| Green | Laura Smith | 146 | 17.4 | |
| Turnout | 843 | 39.4 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | ||||
Box Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bryn Hurren | 833 | 80.1 | |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Rawlinson | 207 | 19.9 | |
| Turnout | 1,059 | 47.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | ||||
Brantham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alastair McCraw | 712 | 85.9 | |
| Conservative | William Shropshire | 59 | 7.1 | |
| Green | Caroline Wheeler | 58 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | 833 | 40.6 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | ||||
Brett Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Ward | 458 | 46.8 | |
| Independent | Stephen Laing | 314 | 29.7 | |
| Green | Philippa Draper | 211 | 19.9 | |
| Independent | Stephen Williams | 44 | 4.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,033 | 40.8 | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Bures St. Mary & Nayland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Melanie Barrett | 405 | 53.2 | |
| Green | Miriam Burns | 356 | 46.8 | |
| Turnout | 778 | 34.2 | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Capel St. Mary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Carpendale | 681 | 79.1 | |
| Conservative | Delme Thompson | 180 | 20.9 | |
| Turnout | 892 | 37.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | ||||
Chadacre
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Stephen Plumb | 983 | 65.6 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Holt | 780 | 52.1 | ||
| Green | Luis Orna Diaz | 372 | 24.8 | ||
| Green | Felix Reeves Whymark | 324 | 21.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,514 | 31.3 | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Copdock & Washbrook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Busby | 604 | 61.4 | |
| Conservative | Barry Gasper | 380 | 38.6 | |
| Turnout | 1,022 | 39.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | ||||
East Bergholt
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alan Hinton | 432 | 44.4 | |
| Conservative | Dominic Torringtom | 292 | 30.0 | |
| Green | Sallie Davies | 250 | 25.7 | |
| Turnout | 980 | 42.9 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | ||||
Ganges
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Derek Davis | 561 | 70.9 | |
| Conservative | Paul Clarke | 111 | 14.0 | |
| Green | Sharon-Anne Kennedy | 65 | 8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Ingram | 54 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | 797 | 42.0 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | ||||
Great Cornard
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Beer | 703 | 39.3 | |
| Conservative | Mark Newman | 682 | 38.2 | |
| Conservative | Honor Grainger-Howard | 640 | 35.8 | |
| Labour | Anthony Bavington | 553 | 30.9 | |
| Labour | Tracey Welsh | 504 | 28.2 | |
| Labour | Stewart Sheridan | 463 | 25.9 | |
| Green | Dean Walton | 372 | 20.8 | |
| Green | Andrew Liffen | 309 | 17.3 | |
| Green | Tobias Horkan | 290 | 16.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Bark | 254 | 14.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,787 | 25.4 | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Hadleigh North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sian Dawson | 236 | 36.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Harman | 146 | 22.3 | ||
| Labour | Angela Wiltshire | 143 | 21.8 | ||
| Green | Peter Lynn | 131 | 20.0 | ||
| Turnout | 669 | 32.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Hadleigh South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kathryn Grandon-White | 832 | 54.8 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Fraser | 436 | 28.7 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Pescott-Frost | 392 | 25.8 | ||
| Green | Amy Aylett | 368 | 24.2 | ||
| Labour | Rickaby Shearly-Sanders | 328 | 21.6 | ||
| Green | Sophie Ship | 245 | 16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,518 | 34.0 | |||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Lavenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Maybury | 745 | 45.9 | ||
| Independent | Clive Arthey | 704 | 43.4 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Faircloth-Mutton | 624 | 38.5 | ||
| Green | Karen Marshall | 541 | 33.4 | ||
| UKIP | Leon Stedman | 254 | 15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,622 | 39.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Long Melford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Nunn | 1,276 | 76.4 | ||
| Conservative | Elisabeth Malvisi | 625 | 37.4 | ||
| Green | Janet Smith | 383 | 22.9 | ||
| Green | John Smith | 206 | 12.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,670 | 36.4 | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
North West Cosford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Robert Lindsay | 690 | 70.6 | ||
| Conservative | Alexandra Dawson | 287 | 29.4 | ||
| Turnout | 985 | 45.6 | |||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
Orwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Vivienne Gould | 654 | 72.4 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Ridley | 249 | 27.6 | ||
| Turnout | 928 | 44.8 | |||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
South East Cosford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Leigh Jamieson | 708 | 61.7 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Ferguson | 440 | 38.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,163 | 54.9 | |||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
Sproughton & Pinewood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Zachary Norman | 508 | 36.8 | ||
| Green | Richard Hardacre | 437 | 31.6 | ||
| Labour Co-op | David Plowman | 436 | 31.6 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Hudson | 352 | |||
| Turnout | 1,062 | 24.1 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
Stour
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary McLaren | 292 | 31.2 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Sawyer | 259 | 27.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Bamford | 225 | 24.0 | ||
| Green | Lyndon Ship | 161 | 17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 946 | 40.5 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Sudbury North East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Owen | 190 | 36.4 | ||
| Conservative | Gary Quinlan | 136 | 26.1 | ||
| UKIP | Paul Dalley | 133 | 25.5 | ||
| Green | Theresa Munson | 63 | 12.1 | ||
| Turnout | 527 | 25.5 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Sudbury North West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Janice Osborne | 411 | 33.4 | ||
| Labour | Trevor Cresswell | 372 | 30.3 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Barrett | 361 | 29.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bennett | 303 | 24.7 | ||
| Labour | Daniel Williams | 285 | 23.2 | ||
| Green | Michael Chapman | 216 | 17.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Spivey | 212 | 17.2 | ||
| Green | John Burch | 166 | 13.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,241 | 30.8 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Sudbury South East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Adrian Osborne | 260 | 42.2 | ||
| Labour | Luke Cresswell | 210 | 34.1 | ||
| Green | Heather James | 79 | 12.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Platt | 67 | 10.9 | ||
| Turnout | 627 | 30.8 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Sudbury South West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Ayres | 262 | 35.6 | ||
| Labour | Nicola Dixon | 205 | 27.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Welsh | 99 | 13.5 | ||
| Green | Julie Fowles-Smith | 86 | 11.7 | ||
| Independent | Robert Darvell | 84 | 11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 745 | 34.8 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
By-elections
Great Cornard
| 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 | 17.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,094 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Midsuffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
