Babergh District Council elections

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 edit

Shotley By-Election 8 August 1996
Party		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

Alton By-Election 28 May 1998
Party		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

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

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

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

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

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