2011 Babergh District Council election
2011 English local government election
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The 2011 Babergh District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
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5 May 2011
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Summary
Background
The previous election in 2007 saw no party win a majority, with the Conservatives being the largest party.[3] Labour won no seats at the election, but recovered one seat when Tony Bavington gained a seat back in a 2010 by-election in Great Cornard.[4] A further change in composition came in March 2010 when councillor Dean Walton defected to the Green Party from the Conservatives, but sat as an independent on Babergh Council.[5]
A total of 122 candidates were nominated for the 43 seats being contested, which was reported to be a record for an election to Babergh Council, and up from 78 at the 2003 election and 87 in 2007.[6] These were comprised on 34 Conservatives, 31 Labour, 27 Liberal Democrats, 14 United Kingdom Independence Party, 1 Green Party and 15 candidates from no party.[6] The 31 candidates from Labour was a record for the party in Babergh,[7] while the Liberal Democrat leader on Suffolk County Council, Kathy Pollard, was among the Liberal Democrat candidates.[4]
Election result
The results saw the council remain under no overall control, with the Conservatives staying as the largest party on 18 seats.[3] The Liberal Democrats dropped to 12 seats, while Labour increased from the 1 seat they had held after a by-election gain to 3 seats.[3]
Individual results included an independent gain from the Conservatives in Lavenham, Liberal Democrat Kathy Pollard winning a place back on the council after 16 years, while author and Labour candidate Nicci Gerrard lost in South Cosford, coming third with 187 votes.[3]
| 2011 Babergh District Council election[8][9][10] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 34 | 18 | 4 | 5 |  1 |
41.9 | 38.6 | 17,691 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 27 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
27.9 | 23.6 | 10,787 | –17.8 | |
| Independent | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 |  2 |
23.3 | 15.4 | 7,046 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
7.0 | 17.0 | 7,776 | +10.6 | |
| UKIP | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 4.5 | 2,048 | +0.5 | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.9 | 428 | N/A | |
2 Liberal Democrats and 1 Independent were elected unopposed.
Ward results
Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
Alton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Ward* | 902 | 55.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Wood* | 823 | 50.3 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Chambers | 503 | 30.7 | ||
| Conservative | Patricia Cave | 396 | 24.1 | ||
| Labour | Keith Rawlings | 231 | 14.1 | ||
| Labour | Carol Tilbury | 219 | 13.4 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,687 | 52.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,195 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Berners
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Roberts* | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mackenzie Deacon | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,149 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Boxford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bryn Hurren* | 695 | 65.6 | ||
| Conservative | Tasia Kavvadias | 365 | 34.4 | ||
| Majority | 330 | 31.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,060 | 60.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,769 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Brett Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Desmond Keane* | 434 | 50.3 | ||
| Green | Robert Lindsay | 428 | 49.7 | ||
| Majority | 6 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 862 | 53.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,658 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Brook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nicholas Ridley* | 721 | 33.6 | ||
| Independent | Peter Jones* | 598 | 27.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gloria Wallace | 562 | 26.2 | ||
| Conservative | Barry Gasper | 555 | 25.9 | ||
| Labour | Emma Cookson | 264 | 12.3 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,599 | 49.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,250 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Bures St. Mary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Holbrook* | 585 | 82.0 | ||
| Labour | Iain Scott | 128 | 18.0 | ||
| Majority | 457 | 64.1 | |||
| Turnout | 713 | 50.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,421 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Chadacre
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Long* | 792 | 89.7 | ||
| Labour | John Finnigan | 91 | 10.3 | ||
| Majority | 701 | 79.4 | |||
| Turnout | 883 | 54.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,627 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Dodnash
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Hinton* | 792 | 41.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Bamford | 495 | 26.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Miller* | 451 | 23.7 | ||
| Independent | Clive Totman | 354 | 18.6 | ||
| Labour | Joy Harrison | 262 | 13.8 | ||
| Labour | Emma Nordon | 174 | 9.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,593 | 55.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,889 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Glemsford & Stanstead
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Rex Thake* | 694 | 53.6 | ||
| Independent | Leonard Young* | 611 | 47.2 | ||
| Conservative | David Burch | 397 | 30.7 | ||
| Labour | Heath Brown | 203 | 15.7 | ||
| Labour | David Hayes | 183 | 14.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,234 | 41.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,968 | ||||
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Great Cornard North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anthony Bavington | 508 | 37.0 | ||
| Labour | Neil MacMaster | 432 | 31.5 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Antill | 387 | 28.2 | ||
| UKIP | Derek Allen | 248 | 18.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Press | 229 | 16.7 | ||
| UKIP | Cynthia Allen | 207 | 15.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,196 | 35.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,341 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Great Cornard South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Beer* | 464 | 44.7 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Newman* | 426 | 41.0 | ||
| Labour | To5 Bellaris | 210 | 20.3 | ||
| Labour | Robert Porter | 205 | 19.8 | ||
| Independent | Anthony Harman | 205 | 19.8 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Keane | 170 | 16.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Platt | 158 | 15.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Press | 134 | 12.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,060 | 31.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,343 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Hadleigh North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Riley* | 595 | 39.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Munson* | 448 | 29.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Whiting | 367 | 24.4 | ||
| Labour | Angela Wiltshire | 247 | 16.4 | ||
| Labour | David Westwood | 233 | 15.5 | ||
| UKIP | Reginald Smith | 215 | 14.3 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,327 | 39.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,402 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Hadleigh South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Grutchfield* | 659 | 40.6 | ||
| Conservative | Kathryn Grandon-White | 508 | 31.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Matthews | 380 | 23.4 | ||
| Labour | Susan Monks | 204 | 12.6 | ||
| Independent | David Cooper | 186 | 11.5 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Cockerton | 158 | 9.7 | ||
| UKIP | John Smith | 66 | 4.1 | ||
| UKIP | Josephine Smith | 57 | 3.5 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,332 | 44.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,000 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Holbrook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Rose* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,677 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Lavenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Andrea Norman | 411 | 50.3 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Gibson* | 337 | 41.2 | ||
| Labour | James Coleman | 69 | 8.4 | ||
| Majority | 74 | 9.1 | |||
| Turnout | 817 | 55.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,492 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Leavenheath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jennifer Jenkins* | 648 | 77.7 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Jameson | 186 | 22.3 | ||
| Majority | 462 | 55.4 | |||
| Turnout | 834 | 58.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,460 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Long Melford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Richard Kemp* | 1,089 | 63.5 | ||
| Independent | John Nunn | 743 | 43.3 | ||
| Conservative | William Shropshire | 474 | 27.6 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Maybury | 419 | 24.4 | ||
| Labour | Susan Bishop | 153 | 8.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,585 | 50.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,161 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Lower Brett
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Susan Wigglesworth* | 592 | 60.3 | ||
| Conservative | John Ward | 390 | 39.7 | ||
| Majority | 202 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 982 | 55.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,751 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Mid Samford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Carpendale* | 819 | 42.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Pollard | 808 | 41.9 | ||
| Conservative | Gerald White* | 766 | 39.8 | ||
| Conservative | Theresa Bloomfield | 671 | 34.9 | ||
| Labour | Susan Thomas | 228 | 11.8 | ||
| UKIP | Richard Hudson-Smith | 112 | 5.8 | ||
| UKIP | Christopher Streatfield | 108 | 5.6 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,884 | 58.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,222 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Nayland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Cave* | 498 | 57.3 | ||
| Labour | William Kennedy | 160 | 18.4 | ||
| UKIP | James Carver | 123 | 14.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Breeze | 88 | 10.1 | ||
| Majority | 338 | 38.9 | |||
| Turnout | 869 | 58.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,487 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Cosford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Clive Arthey* | 601 | 59.2 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Tora | 288 | 28.3 | ||
| Labour | Gerald Gould | 127 | 12.5 | ||
| Majority | 313 | 30.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,016 | 55.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,837 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Pinewood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Burgoyne | 423 | 34.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Busby* | 418 | 33.7 | ||
| Labour | David Plowman | 400 | 32.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leonard Johnson* | 336 | 27.1 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Powell | 327 | 26.4 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,161 | 34.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,336 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
South Cosford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dawn Kendall | 492 | 48.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Lazenby* | 330 | 32.7 | ||
| Labour | Nicola Gerrard | 187 | 18.5 | ||
| Majority | 162 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,009 | 56.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,789 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Sudbury East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Adrian Osborne* | 500 | 39.4 | ||
| Labour | Jack Owen | 479 | 37.7 | ||
| Conservative | Janice Osborne | 476 | 37.4 | ||
| Labour | Russell Smith | 392 | 30.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Hewett | 153 | 12.1 | ||
| UKIP | Susan Smith | 137 | 10.8 | ||
| UKIP | Donald Martin | 133 | 10.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Oliver Forder | 99 | 7.8 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,263 | 37.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,386 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Sudbury North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Sayers* | 690 | 50.3 | ||
| Conservative | Raymond Smith* | 537 | 39.1 | ||
| Labour | Joanne Connah | 405 | 29.5 | ||
| Labour | Ian Pointon | 370 | 26.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Welsh | 277 | 20.2 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,297 | 37.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,439 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Sudbury South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bennett* | 508 | 37.7 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Barrett | 371 | 27.5 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Goodchild | 364 | 27.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martyn Booth* | 337 | 25.0 | ||
| Labour | Luke Cresswell | 336 | 24.9 | ||
| Labour | Michael Cornish | 332 | 24.6 | ||
| UKIP | Jane Martin | 132 | 9.8 | ||
| UKIP | Christine Wardrop | 107 | 7.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,358 | 39.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,481 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Waldingfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jennifer Antill* | 1,068 | 66.5 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Lawrenson | 824 | 51.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Scott | 311 | 19.4 | ||
| UKIP | Robert Armstrong | 228 | 14.2 | ||
| UKIP | Leon Stedman | 175 | 10.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,502 | 46.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,245 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
By-elections
Bures St Mary's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Cartlidge | 305 | 59.6 | ||
| Green | Laura Smith | 136 | 26.6 | ||
| Labour | Hadley French Gerrard | 71 | 13.9 | ||
| Majority | 169 | 33.0 | |||
| Turnout | 512 | 27.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,633 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
South Cosford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Robert Lindsay | 346 | 35.8 | ||
| Conservative | David Talbot Clarke | 330 | 34.1 | ||
| UKIP | Stephen Laing | 219 | 22.6 | ||
| Labour | Angela Wiltshire | 72 | 7.4 | ||
| Majority | 16 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 967 | 54.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,768 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||