2003 Babergh District Council election

2003 Babergh District Council election
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All 43 seats to Babergh District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2003 Babergh District Council election.
Control before election; ; No overall control	Control after election ; ; No overall control

The 2003 Babergh District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 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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2003 Babergh District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	26	18	N/A	N/A	5	41.9	39.8	11,025	+9.3
	Conservative	27	11	N/A	N/A	1	25.6	34.1	9,440	+4.2
	Independent	11	8	N/A	N/A	6	18.6	13.4	3,713	–9.5
	Labour	11	6	N/A	N/A	1	14.0	10.4	2,885	–6.3
	Green	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.1	315	N/A
	UKIP	2	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.1	309	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Wood*	686	58.9
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Read*	587	50.4
	Independent	Kenneth Felstead	380	32.6
	Conservative	Patricia Cave	305	26.2
Turnout			~1,164	37.3
Registered electors			3,120
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Sadler	856	79.4
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Clarke*	723	67.1
	Conservative	Peter Burgoyne	267	24.8
Turnout			~1,078	35.7
Registered electors			3,016
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hurren*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,730
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Desmond Keane	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,634
	Conservative gain from Independent

2003 Babergh District Council election

Summary

Election result

Ward results

Alton

Berners

Boxford

Brett Vale

Brook

Bures St. Mary

Chadacre

Dodnash

Glemsford & Stanstead

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard South

Hadleigh North

Hadleigh South

Holbrook

Lavenham

Leavenheath

Long Melford

Lower Brett

Mid Samford

Nayland

North Cosford

Pinewood

South Cosford

Sudbury East

Sudbury North

Sudbury South

Waldingfield

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Jones*	611	56.4
	Conservative	Nicholas Ridley	492	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Cartwright	471	43.4
Turnout			~1,084	34.8
Registered electors			3,114
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Holbrook*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,408
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	James Long*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,553
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Miller	753	44.2
	Conservative	John Hinton	634	37.3
	Green	Ian St John	315	18.5
Turnout			~1,260	44.5
Registered electors			2,831
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Rex Thake*	Unopposed
	Independent	Len Young*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,901
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Bavington*	280	38.5
	Labour	Neil MacMaster	262	36.0
	Conservative	Carol Beer	253	34.8
	Conservative	David Thomas	218	30.0
	UKIP	Derek Allen	195	26.8
Turnout			~673	22.1
Registered electors			3,045
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Beer	371	44.4
	Conservative	Humphrey Todd	353	42.2
	Labour	Susan Gibson	234	28.0
	Labour	Patrick Treacy*	215	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Platt	117	14.0
	UKIP	Cynthia Allen	114	13.6
Turnout			~734	24.6
Registered electors			2,986
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Quinlan	360	34.5
	Labour	Keith Grimsey	317	30.4
	Independent	Eileen Banks*	269	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matthews	260	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Stephenson*	251	24.1
	Conservative	Pat White	154	14.8
Turnout			~866	29.9
Registered electors			2,896
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Grutchfield*	644	48.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Chapman	369	27.8
	Independent	Jan Byrne	266	20.0
	Conservative	Sheila Webb	232	17.5
	Labour	Penelope Cook	186	14.0
	Labour	Susan Monks	151	11.4
Turnout			~1,015	34.4
Registered electors			2,951
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Rose	380	57.2
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Steggles	284	42.8
Majority			96	14.5
Turnout			664	43.9
Registered electors			1,517
	Independent hold		Swing

Sudbury North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Sayers*	412	43.5
	Labour	Nicholas Irwin*	322	34.0
	Conservative	Raymond Smith	303	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Welsh	214	22.6
Turnout			~745	24.2
Registered electors			3,078
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Roberts*	506	73.0
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Jenkins	187	27.0
Majority			319	46.0
Turnout			693	45.3
Registered electors			1,535
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jennifer Jenkins	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,439
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Kemp*	800	65.0
	Independent	John Brand*	571	46.4
	Conservative	David Burch	430	35.0
Turnout			~1,069	34.3
Registered electors			3,118
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Susan Wigglesworth*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,685
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carpendale*	781	50.1
	Conservative	Gerald White	778	49.9
	Conservative	David Yorke-Edwards	648	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Johnson*	633	40.6
Turnout			~1,481	45.3
Registered electors			3,271
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hunt	428	50.5
	Conservative	John Cave*	420	49.5
Majority			8	0.9
Turnout			848	53.9
Registered electors			1,582
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Clive Arthey*	436	54.3
	Conservative	Dick Sands	367	45.7
Majority			69	8.6
Turnout			803	45.4
Registered electors			1,793
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Busby	358	58.4
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Kerr	309	50.4
	Conservative	Colin Hurcombe	255	41.6
Turnout			~625	18.7
Registered electors			3,345
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lazenby*	438	62.1
	Conservative	Joyce Jardine	267	37.9
Majority			171	24.2
Turnout			705	42.0
Registered electors			1,691
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Owen	396	37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Pearce	343	32.1
	Conservative	Sylvia Byham*	331	30.9
Turnout			~846	26.6
Registered electors			3,181
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bennett	381	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Booth*	365	44.4
	Conservative	Peter Goodchild	280	34.0
	Labour	David Regester	162	19.7
Turnout			~742	23.1
Registered electors			3,199
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Spence*	664	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Bates	587	46.9
	Conservative	David Jardine	500	39.9
Turnout			~1,101	34.2
Registered electors			3,220
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative