Babergh District Council elections

Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 43 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–2015
Conservative	2015–present

Babergh District Council election, 1973
Babergh District Council election, 1976
Babergh District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Babergh District Council election, 1983
Babergh District Council election, 1987
Babergh District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Babergh District Council election, 1995
Babergh District Council election, 1999
Babergh District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]^[5]^[6]
Babergh District Council election, 2007
Babergh District Council election, 2011
Babergh District Council election, 2015

Shotley By-Election 8 August 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	506	60.7
	Conservative	276	33.1
	Labour	51	6.1
Majority		230	27.6
Turnout		833	48.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent	Swing

Alton By-Election 28 May 1998
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	327	63.4
	Conservative	189	36.6
Majority		138	26.8
Turnout		516	50.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent	Swing

Great Cornard North By-Election 4 May 2000^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Macmaster	309	56.4	-3.6
	UKIP	Derek Allen	239	43.6	+43.6
Majority			70	12.8
Turnout			548	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Hadleigh North By-Election 8 November 2007^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Whiting	446	49.0	+25.5
	Conservative	Peter Burgoyne	261	28.6	+3.6
	Independent	Jan Byrne	138	15.1	-6.4
	UKIP	Reginald Smith	66	7.2	-3.7
Majority			185	20.4
Turnout			911	27.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Great Cornard North By-Election 22 July 2010^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anthony Bavington	340	45.1	+2.7
	Conservative	Martin Fryer	201	26.7	-30.9
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Platt	141	18.7	+18.7
	UKIP	Leon Stedman	72	9.5	+9.5
Majority			139	18.4
Turnout			754	22.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

South Cosford By-Election 22 May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Robert Lindsay	346
	Conservative	David Talbot Clarke	330
	UKIP	Stephen Laing	219
	Labour	Angela Wiltshire	72
Majority			16
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
↑ The District of Babergh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Local elections". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Past election results" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
↑ Dines, Graham (9 November 2007). "11.6% swing to Lib Dems in Hadleigh". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
↑ Land, Jon (30 July 2010). "Labour vote surges in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Babergh District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.

Council elections in Suffolk

Suffolk County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Babergh District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Forest Heath District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

Mid Suffolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

St Edmundsbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Suffolk Coastal District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

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

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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