1991 Babergh District Council election

1991 Babergh District Council election
← 1987 2 May 1991 1995 →
All 42 seats to Babergh District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1991 Babergh District Council election.
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1991 Babergh District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1991 Babergh District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	17	16	2	4	2	38.1	13.9	4,305	–10.7
	Conservative	23	15	3	6	3	35.7	33.5	10,345	+0.4
	Labour	22	6	4	0	4	14.3	32.4	10,025	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	11	5	2	1	1	11.9	18.9	5,838	+1.7
	Ind. Conservative	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	410	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	R. Cook*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,136
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Holmes	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,175
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Gregory*	253	55.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Gleed	116	25.5
	Labour	D. Wedderburn	86	18.9
Majority			137	30.1
Turnout			455	34.5
Registered electors			1,328
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Lindsley*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,445
	Independent hold

1991 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

By-elections

Bildeston

Dodnash

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	P. Revell*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,770
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Arthey	331	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	M. Gleed*	263	35.5
	Labour	G. Gould	146	19.7
Majority			68	9.2
Turnout			740	62.4
Registered electors			1,186
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Baxter*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,857
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	H. Engleheart*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,327
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Pollard*	842	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	S. Carpendale	766	35.0
	Labour	R. Pearce	308	14.1
	Labour	S. Thomas	271	12.4
Majority			458	20.9
Turnout			2,187	46.9
Registered electors			2,511
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	G. Ince*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,756
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P. Jones*	758	66.8
	Labour	J. Morton	376	33.2
Majority			382	33.6
Turnout			1,134	35.1
Registered electors			3,234
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	C. Wake-Walker	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats	J. Heselden*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,763
	Independent hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	T. Bailey-Smith*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,378
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Schaffer*	641	62.6
	Conservative	P. Stevens*	442	43.2
	Labour	D. Wedderburn	384	37.5
Turnout			~1,024	41.0
Registered electors			2,498
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Great Cornard North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Bavington*	677	73.0
	Labour	V. Cocker*	664	71.6
	Conservative	S. Berry	261	28.1
	Conservative	D. Thomas	251	27.1
Turnout			~928	30.8
Registered electors			3,012
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Great Cornard South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Beer*	651	52.6
	Conservative	M. Newman	595	48.1
	Labour	R. Nandi	574	46.4
	Labour	S. Thorpe	526	42.5
Turnout			~1,237	39.3
Registered electors			3,149
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Lavenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Hepworth*	395	50.2
	Independent	H. Bramer	209	26.6
	Labour	D. Hastie	183	23.3
Majority			186	23.6
Turnout			787	54.4
Registered electors			1,446
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Melford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Kemp*	917	35.2
	Independent	R. Michette	504	19.4
	Conservative	K. Overman*	411	15.8
	Labour	R. Guyton	379	14.6
	Ind. Conservative	R. Roper	256	9.8
	Ind. Conservative	A. Hall	154	5.9
Turnout			~1,341	51.1
Registered electors			2,621
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Grutchfield*	1,566	59.9
	Conservative	E. Banks	1,019	39.0
	Independent	J. Andrews*	925	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	R. Whiting	815	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Pain	764	29.2
	Conservative	S. Williams	681	26.1
	Labour	P. Cook	500	19.1
Turnout			~2,614	51.0
Registered electors			5,126
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Godley*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,525
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A. Boram*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,730
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D. Mitchell*	Unopposed
Registered electors			925
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Hodge*	320	53.3
	Labour	S. Woods	280	46.7
Majority			40	6.7
Turnout			600	48.8
Registered electors			1,229
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. Wigglesworth	419	69.4
	Conservative	F. Gales	185	30.6
Majority			234	38.7
Turnout			604	53.5
Registered electors			1,129
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Law*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,726
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Cann*	910	52.7
	Labour	R. Titmus	610	35.3
	Conservative	J. Colman	546	31.6
Turnout			~1,520	48.0
Registered electors			2,828
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Sayers	628	33.9
	Labour	S. Gibbs	614	33.2
	Conservative	H. Singh*	553	29.9
	Labour	V. Waters	540	29.2
Turnout			~1,242	37.0
Registered electors			3,157
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Wiles*	789	39.4
	Conservative	S. Byham*	669	33.4
	Labour	R. Foster	543	27.1
	Conservative	D. Simmons	472	23.6
Turnout			~1,458	45.0
Registered electors			2,998
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Spence*	646	32.2
	Conservative	A. St Aubin D'Ancey	525	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	K. Watkins	460	22.9
	Labour	J. Skinner	371	18.5
	Labour	C. Richardson	294	14.7
Turnout			~1,291	44.7
Registered electors			2,956
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Bancroft	443	64.3
	Liberal Democrats	R. Thomas	246	35.7
Majority			197	28.6
Turnout			689	54.5
Registered electors			1,264
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	526	53.5
	Alliance	322	32.7
	Labour	136	13.8
Majority		204	20.7
Turnout		984	35.6
Registered electors		2,764
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

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