1979 Babergh District Council election

1979 Babergh District Council election
← 1976 3 May 1979 1983 →
All 42 seats to Babergh District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1979 Babergh District Council election.
Control before election; ; No overall control	Control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1979 Babergh District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

New ward boundaries came into effect at this election increasing the number of seats by 4 to 42.

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1979 Babergh District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	17	N/A	N/A		40.5	42.6	16,451	–1.8
	Independent	21	17	N/A	N/A	2	40.5	21.8	8,422	+5.8
	Labour	18	5	N/A	N/A	1	11.9	32.5	12,547	+3.7
	Liberal	2	2	N/A	N/A	1	4.8	3.1	1,209	–4.5
	Residents	1	1	N/A	N/A		2.4	N/A	N/A	–3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Cook	488	57.9
	Conservative	J. Fraser	355	42.1
Majority			133	15.8
Turnout			843	74.9
Registered electors			1,125
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	E. Pollard*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,242
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	O. Simpson*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,226
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	T. Dawson	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,444
	Independent hold

1979 Babergh District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Alton

Berners

Bildeston

Boxford

Brantham

Brett Vale

Brookvale

Bures St. Mary

Capel & Wenham

Chadacre

Copdock

Dodnash

Elmsett

Glemsford

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard South

Hadleigh

Holbrook

Lavenham

Leavenheath

Long Melford

Nayland

North Cosford

Polstead & Layham

Shotley

Sudbury East

Sudbury North

Sudbury South

Waldingfield

West Samford

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Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Truswell	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,571
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Green*	545	62.6
	Independent	F. Pratten	326	37.4
Majority			219	25.2
Turnout			871	73.2
Registered electors			1,190
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Baxter*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,618
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	H. Engleheart*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,275
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Rossiter	1,115	51.9
	Labour	R. Pearce*	1,030	48.0
	Labour	T. Richardson	633	29.5
Turnout			~2,146	97.9
Registered electors			2,191
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	G. Ince*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,587
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Carey	729	61.3
	Conservative	F. Lloyd	461	38.7
Majority			268	22.6
Turnout			1,190	77.2
Registered electors			1,541
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	T. Goodchild*	Unopposed
	Independent	C. Wake-Walker*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,731
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	T. Bailey-Smith	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,254
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Goodwin*	826	59.9
	Conservative	P. Kiddy	680	49.3
	Labour	D. Chatters	553	40.1
Turnout			~1,503	80.3
Registered electors			1,718
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hadleigh (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Claireaux	2,115	54.4
	Independent	J. Andrews	1,186	30.5
	Independent	S. Hogg	1,111	28.6
	Labour	C. Culpin	1,047	26.9
	Independent	P. Crabtree*	1,034	26.6
	Conservative	D. Anstruther	729	18.7
	Labour	M. Marshall	725	18.6
Turnout			~3,887	91.2
Registered electors			4,267
	Independent gain from Labour
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Byham*	806	52.4
	Labour	F. Harvey	732	47.6
	Labour	B. Niall	671	43.6
	Conservative	N. Scofield	624	40.5
Turnout			~1,416	69.3
Registered electors			2,219
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Eady*	1,169	57.4
	Conservative	P. Beer	1,105	54.3
	Labour	R. Chaplin*	867	42.6
	Labour	C. Speroni	777	38.2
Turnout			~2,273	73.4
Registered electors			2,775
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Godley*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,364
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	L. Spraggins	618	57.5
	Conservative	W. Setchfield	456	42.5
Majority			162	15.1
Turnout			1,074	75.0
Registered electors			1,432
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Boram	515	51.8
	Conservative	E. York*	480	48.2
Majority			35	3.6
Turnout			995	75.4
Registered electors			1,319
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. Kemp*	Unopposed
	Residents	J. Abbott*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,710
	Labour gain from Liberal
	Residents hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Darbyshire	415	51.6
	Independent	D. Mitchell*	389	48.4
Majority			26	3.2
Turnout			804	85.6
Registered electors			939
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D. Hodge*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,167
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Lloyd	567	71.3
	Independent	C. Edmunds	228	28.7
Majority			339	42.6
Turnout			795	78.6
Registered electors			1,011
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	T. Lloyd*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,187
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Gargiulo	874	51.4
	Conservative	F. Matson	826	48.6
	Conservative	A. Wicks	810	47.6
	Labour	R. Tanner	807	47.5
Turnout			~1,700	65.7
Registered electors			2,587
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Playford*	1,075	55.1
	Conservative	H. Singh*	935	47.9
	Labour	P. Moulton	877	45.0
	Labour	H. Banham	873	44.7
Turnout			~1,951	70.9
Registered electors			2,752
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Moore*	712	39.5
	Liberal	J. Hewitt	591	32.8
	Conservative	G. Parker	587	32.6
	Labour	E. Wiles	499	27.7
Turnout			~1,802	91.9
Registered electors			1,961
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Spence*	1,173	46.1
	Independent	A. Clarke	789	31.1
	Labour	D. King	580	22.8
	Labour	C. White	514	20.2
Turnout			~2,541	103.6
Registered electors			2,453
	Conservative hold
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	D. Wedgewood*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,233
	Conservative hold

v t e Council elections in Suffolk
Suffolk County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2026
Babergh District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
East Suffolk District Council	2019 2023
Ipswich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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West Suffolk District Council	2019 2023
East Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Forest Heath District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
St Edmundsbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Suffolk Coastal District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Waveney District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 Abolished
West Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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