Babergh District Council election, 2015

The 2015 Babergh District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Babergh District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as the general election and other local elections.

Summary Result

The results saw the Conservatives gain 14 seats and take 31 of the 43 seats to get an overall majority on the council. This was the first time since the formation of the council that any party had a majority of the seats.

Babergh Local Election Result 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	14	0	14	72.1	40.3	29,923	+0.7
	Independent	8	2	4	2	18.6	12.6	9,330	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	9	9	7.0	12.1	8,980	-9.9
	Labour	1	0	2	2	2.3	17.6	13,108	+1.7
	Green	0	0	1	1	0	12.6	9,326	+11.3
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.9	3,622	+1.0

The Green Party lost South Cosford to the Conservatives, a seat they had won in a 2014 by-election.

Ward results

Alton

Alton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alastair McCraw	1025
	Conservative	Harriet Steer	767
	Liberal Democrat	David Wood	664
	Labour	Phil Dunnett	428
	UKIP	Patrick O'Sullivan	423
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Roberts	251
	Labour	Liz Perryman	215
	Green	Lyndon Ship	140
	Green	Giles Ship	97
Turnout			2420	75.39
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Berners

Berners (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Patrick	847
	Independent	Derek Davis	778
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Ingram	492
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Harding	475
	Green	Jane Gould	468
	Green	Andrew Sterling	337
	Labour	Anne Manuel	253
	Labour	Graham Manuel	170
Turnout			2255	71.54
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Boxford

Boxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Bryn Hurren	654
	Conservative	David Talbot Clarke	583
	Labour	Andrew Hathaway	127
	Green	Felix Reeves Whymark	81
Majority			71
Turnout			1452	80.58
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Brett Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Creffield	693
	Green	Colin Widdup	400
	Labour	David Hayes	135
Majority			293
Turnout			1233	72.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brook

Brook (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Ridley	1117
	Conservative	Barry Gasper	1034
	Independent	John Whyman	775
	Labour	Keith Wade	410
	Green	Nikki O'Hagan	372
	Green	Caroline Daldry	197
Turnout			2405	72.42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bures St. Mary

Bures St Mary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lee Parker	760
	Green	Laura Smith	174
	Labour	Liz Dunnett	165
Majority			586
Turnout			1103	74.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chadacre

Chadacre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Long	917
	Green	Joseph Manning	207
	Labour	Elvina Williams	147
Majority			710
Turnout			1304	75.64
	Independent hold		Swing

Dodnash

Dodnash (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hinton	1021
	Conservative	Stephen Williams	784
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bamford	677
	UKIP	Stephen Whalley	308
	Green	Miriam Burns	301
	Labour	Ian Scott	301
	UKIP	Cavan O'Connell	273
	Green	Sallie Davies	200
Turnout			2219	76.07
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Glemsford and Stanstead

Glemsford and Stanstead (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Holt	1033
	Independent	Stephen Plumb	649
	Conservative	Liz Malvisi	562
	Independent	Anne Mallalieu	559
	Labour	Flavia Popescue-Richardson	307
	Green	Graham Manning	239
	Green	Richard Skeates	149
Turnout			2108	68.80
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Cornard North

Great Cornard North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Burrows	832
	Labour	Tony Bavington	700
	Conservative	David Stenson	699
	Labour	Becca Paige-Wright	527
	Green	Isla Kaye	260
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Wright	258
	Green	Emily Adams	199
Turnout			2086	60.29
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Cornard South

Great Cornard South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Beer	1095
	Conservative	Mark Newman	996
	Labour	Mick Cornish	577
	Labour	Tom Keane	534
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Adam	265
	Green	Dean Walton	261
	Green	Heather Sainsbury	182
Turnout			2253	62.93
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hadleigh North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sian Dawson	927
	Conservative	Christina Campbell	818
	Labour	Angela Wiltshire	482
	UKIP	Reginald Smith	480
	Labour	Mark Sutcliffe	432
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Sheldrick	401
	Independent	Peter Matthews	290
	Green	Lynn Peter	175
	Green	Lisa Gordon	169
Turnout			2343	64.17
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Hadleigh South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathryn Grandon	884
	Conservative	Sue Burgoyne	834
	Labour	Sue Monks	462
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Neville	439
	Labour	Tony Boxford	364
	Green	Amy Aylett	252
	Green	Polly Huggett	145
Turnout			2034	67.98
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Rose	795
	Green	Ralph Carpenter	229
	Labour	Carol Tilbury	162
Majority			566
Turnout			1206	72.91
	Independent hold		Swing

Lavenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Shropshire	515
	Independent	Jack Norman	353
	Labour	Emma Cookson	123
	Green	Ralph Crawshaw	82
Majority			162
Turnout			1076	72.90
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Leavenheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jennie Jenkins	841
	Labour	Andrew Jameson	160
	Green	Oliver Jerrold	148
Majority			681
Turnout			1168	79.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Melford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Kemp	1294
	Independent	John Nunn	833
	Conservative	Paul Moreton	733
	UKIP	Aidan Powlesland	301
	Labour	John Phillips	264
	Green	John Smith	157
	Green	Janet Smith	150
Turnout			2244	71.19
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Lower Brett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ward	753
	UKIP	Stephen Laing	346
	Labour	Susan Hemmings	159
	Green	Jon Daldry	132
Majority			407
Turnout			1396	77.38
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Mid Samford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Carpendale	1196
	Conservative	Fenella Swan	1145
	Liberal Democrat	Kathy Pollard	1104
	Labour	Paul Cowell	300
	Green	Tanya Griffiths	212
	Green	James Molloy	130
Turnout			2584	78.26
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Nayland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Melanie Barrett	599
	Labour	Emma Bishton	224
	UKIP	James Carver	210
	Green	Hayley Brett	74
Majority			375
Turnout			1109	73.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Cosford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Clive Arthey	854
	Green	Sandra Townsend	303
	Labour	Heath Brown	203
Majority			551
Turnout			1394	74.79
	Independent hold		Swing

Pinewood (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Burgoyne	1049
	Liberal Democrat	David Busby	879
	Labour	David Plowman	613
	Labour	Sue Thomas	384
	Green	Lois Hickey	221
	Green	Christopher Pearson	101
Turnout			2133	63.33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

South Cosford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Ferguson	684
	Green	Robert Lindsay	646
	Labour	Annabel Hathaway	72
Majority			36
Turnout			1413	78.24
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Sudbury East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Osborne	952
	Conservative	Janice Osborne	883
	Labour	Jack Owen	682
	Labour	Sarah Page	533
	Green	Julie Fowles-Smith	259
	Green	Arthur Tunley	203
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Welsh	166
Turnout			2033	61.05
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sudbury North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Ayers	989
	Conservative	Ray Smith	867
	Labour	Linda Gregory	558
	Labour	Sandra Stark	486
	Green	Steve May	331
	Green	Simon Edge	282
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Forder	282
Turnout			2196	63.23
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sudbury South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Barrett	756
	Conservative	David Holland	540
	Labour	Luke Cresswell	535
	Labour	Joanne Connah	478
	UKIP	Peter St John Howe	367
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Spivey	267
	Green	John Burch	263
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Platt	247
	Independent	Theodore Bird	208
	Green	Melanie Sainsbury	170
Turnout			2104	61.65
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Waldingfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Lawrenson	1217
	Conservative	Margaret Maybury	1114
	UKIP	Stuart Armstrong	545
	Labour	Alison Owen	436
	UKIP	Leon Stedman	369
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Scott	263
	Green	Jacqueline Cameron	234
	Green	Jonathan Schofield	126
Turnout			2439	71.29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

(2014 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2015 (→ 2016)

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See also: United Kingdom general election, 2015

Council elections in Suffolk

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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