2007 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2007 Babergh council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey. The 2007 Babergh District Council election was held on 3 May 2007 to elect members to the council. The Conservative Party replaced the Liberal Democrats as the largest party but the council stayed under no overall control. The Labour Party lost all of its six seats. The number of Independents remained the same
Election result Babergh Local Election Result 2007 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 19 8 0 +8 44.2 36.6 13,288 +2.5% Liberal Democrats 16 1 3 -2 37.2 41.4 15,040 +1.6% Independent 8 0 0 0 18.6 11.7 4,237 -1.7% Labour 0 0 6 -6 0 6.4 2,310 -4.0% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1,459 +2.9%
2 Conservative and 2 Independent candidates were unopposed.
Ward results Alton (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Trot Ward 971 Liberal Democrats David Wood 954 Conservative Gordon Jones 559 Turnout 2,484 48.1 +10.8 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Berners (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Penny Clarke 802 Liberal Democrats Tony Roberts 762 Conservative Richard Searle 410 Turnout 1,974 39.3 +3.6 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Boxford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren 633 68.7 Conservative Carey Fraulo 288 31.3 Majority 345 37.4 Turnout 921 53.6 Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Brett Vale Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Desmond Keane 474 63.0 Liberal Democrats Nigel Adam 278 37.0 Majority 196 26.0 Turnout 752 45.6 Conservative hold Swing
Brook (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Nick Ridley 691 Independent Peter Jones 650 Liberal Democrats Michael Fenwick 571 Turnout 1,912 38.3 +3.5 Conservative hold Swing Independent hold Swing
Bures St Mary Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Holbrook uncontested Conservative hold Swing
Chadacre Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent James Long uncontested Independent hold Swing
Dodnash (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Michael Miller 829 Conservative John Hinton 728 UKIP Richard Hudson-Smith 142 UKIP Robert Hutchinson 129 Turnout 1,828 46.4 +1.9 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Glemsford and Stanstead (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Rex Thake 613 Independent Len Young 488 Conservative Peter Patrick 343 Turnout 1,444 32.2 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Independent hold Swing
Great Cornard North (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Carol Todd 459 Conservative Humphrey Todd 455 Labour Tony Bavngton 338 Labour Neil MacMaster 322 Turnout 1,574 26.7 +5.6 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Great Cornard South (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Beer 454 Conservative Mark Newman 438 Liberal Democrats Cathy Press 223 Liberal Democrats Lesley Ford-Platt 208 Labour Roger McCartney 174 Labour Parn White 162 Turnout 1,659 27.9 +3.3 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Hadleigh North (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Riley 381 Liberal Democrats David Warner 358 Independent Jan Byrne 328 Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting 318 Labour Keith Grimsey 292 UKIP Reginald Smith 166 UKIP Roy O'Shaughnessy 118 Turnout 1,961 33.7 +3.8 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hadleigh South (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats David Grutchfield 794 Liberal Democrats Mary Munson 690 Conservative Peter Burgoyne 330 Turnout 1,814 36.4 +2.0 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holbrook Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent David Rose unopposed Independent hold Swing
Lavenham Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Philip Gibson unopposed Conservative hold Swing
Leavenheath Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jennie Jenkins 455 67.7 Liberal Democrats Peter Turner 217 32.3 Majority 238 35.4 Turnout 672 45.6 Conservative hold Swing
Long Melford (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Richard Kemp 878 Independent John Brand 696 Conservative David Burch 512 Turnout 2,086 38.7 +4.4 Independent hold Swing Independent hold Swing
Lower Brett Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Sue Wigglesworth 620 83.1 UKIP Linda Redford 126 16.9 Majority 494 66.2 Turnout 746 44.1 Independent hold Swing
Mid Samford (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Susan Carpendale 966 Conservative Gerald White 759 Liberal Democrats Louise Banyard 747 UKIP John Smith 147 UKIP Jo Smith 137 Turnout 2,756 49.3 +4.0 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Nayland Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Richard Cave 464 53.8 Liberal Democrats Christopher Hunt 307 35.6 UKIP James Carver 92 10.7 Majority 154 18.2 Turnout 863 56.4 +2.5 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
North Cosford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Clive Arthey 577 63.5 +9.2 Conservative Taz Kavvadlas 331 36.5 −9.2 Majority 246 27.0 +18.4 Turnout 908 49.9 +4.5 Independent hold Swing
Pinewood (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats David Bushby 473 Liberal Democrats Leonard Johnson 451 Conservative Ian McIntyre 379 Turnout 1,303 24.8 +6.1 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
South Cosford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Brian Lazenby 451 59.0 −3.1 Conservative Patricia Cave 314 41.0 +3.1 Majority 137 18.0 −6.2 Turnout 765 42.9 +0.8 Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sudbury East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Adrian Osborne 480 Conservative Dean Walton 418 Labour Jack Owen 341 Liberal Democrats Tony Platt 310 Labour Tim Richmond 262 Turnout 1,811 32.1 +5.5 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Sudbury North (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Sayers 531 Conservative Ray Smith 403 Liberal Democrats Deborah Thomas 282 Labour Nick Irwin 272 Liberal Democrats Marion Press 205 Labour Torsten Friedag 147 Turnout 1,840 31.0 +6.8 Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sudbury South (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Nigel Bennett 603 Liberal Democrats Martyn Booth 527 Conservative Errol Newman 317 Conservative David Thomas 275 UKIP Donald Martin 106 UKIP Jane Martin 91 Turnout 1,919 31.1 +8.0 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Waldingfield (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colin Spence 865 Conservative Jenny Antill 775 Liberal Democrats Francis Bates 497 UKIP Leon Stedman 205 Turnout 2,342 40.4 +8.2 Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
External links 2007 Babergh election result