2007 Babergh District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Babergh council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey. Babergh UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Babergh council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey.

The 2007 Babergh District Council election was held on 3 May 2007 to elect members to the council. The Conservative Party replaced the Liberal Democrats as the largest party but the council stayed under no overall control. The Labour Party lost all of its six seats. The number of Independents remained the same

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Election result

Babergh Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1980+844.236.613,288+2.5%
  Liberal Democrats 1613-237.241.415,040+1.6%
  Independent 800018.611.74,237-1.7%
  Labour 006-606.42,310-4.0%
  UKIP 000004.01,459+2.9%

2 Conservative and 2 Independent candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Alton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trot Ward971
Liberal Democrats David Wood954
Conservative Gordon Jones559
Turnout 2,48448.1+10.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Berners (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Penny Clarke802
Liberal Democrats Tony Roberts762
Conservative Richard Searle410
Turnout 1,97439.3+3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Boxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren63368.7
Conservative Carey Fraulo28831.3
Majority34537.4
Turnout 92153.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Brett Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Desmond Keane47463.0
Liberal Democrats Nigel Adam27837.0
Majority19626.0
Turnout 75245.6
Conservative hold Swing
Brook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Ridley691
Independent Peter Jones650
Liberal Democrats Michael Fenwick571
Turnout 1,91238.3+3.5
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Bures St Mary
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Holbrookuncontested
Conservative hold Swing
Chadacre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Longuncontested
Independent hold Swing
Dodnash (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Miller829
Conservative John Hinton728
UKIP Richard Hudson-Smith142
UKIP Robert Hutchinson129
Turnout 1,82846.4+1.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Glemsford and Stanstead (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rex Thake613
Independent Len Young488
Conservative Peter Patrick343
Turnout 1,44432.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Great Cornard North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Todd459
Conservative Humphrey Todd455
Labour Tony Bavngton338
Labour Neil MacMaster322
Turnout 1,57426.7+5.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Great Cornard South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Beer454
Conservative Mark Newman438
Liberal Democrats Cathy Press223
Liberal Democrats Lesley Ford-Platt208
Labour Roger McCartney174
Labour Parn White162
Turnout 1,65927.9+3.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hadleigh North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Riley381
Liberal Democrats David Warner358
Independent Jan Byrne328
Liberal Democrats Richard Whiting318
Labour Keith Grimsey292
UKIP Reginald Smith166
UKIP Roy O'Shaughnessy118
Turnout 1,96133.7+3.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hadleigh South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Grutchfield794
Liberal Democrats Mary Munson690
Conservative Peter Burgoyne330
Turnout 1,81436.4+2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Roseunopposed
Independent hold Swing
Lavenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Gibsonunopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Leavenheath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennie Jenkins45567.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Turner21732.3
Majority23835.4
Turnout 67245.6
Conservative hold Swing
Long Melford (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Kemp878
Independent John Brand696
Conservative David Burch512
Turnout 2,08638.7+4.4
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Lower Brett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sue Wigglesworth62083.1
UKIP Linda Redford12616.9
Majority49466.2
Turnout 74644.1
Independent hold Swing
Mid Samford (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpendale966
Conservative Gerald White759
Liberal Democrats Louise Banyard747
UKIP John Smith147
UKIP Jo Smith137
Turnout 2,75649.3+4.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Nayland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Cave46453.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hunt30735.6
UKIP James Carver9210.7
Majority15418.2
Turnout 86356.4+2.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
North Cosford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Clive Arthey57763.5+9.2
Conservative Taz Kavvadlas33136.5-9.2
Majority24627.0+18.4
Turnout 90849.9+4.5
Independent hold Swing
Pinewood (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Bushby473
Liberal Democrats Leonard Johnson451
Conservative Ian McIntyre379
Turnout 1,30324.8+6.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
South Cosford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Lazenby45159.0-3.1
Conservative Patricia Cave31441.0+3.1
Majority13718.0-6.2
Turnout 76542.9+0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sudbury East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Osborne480
Conservative Dean Walton418
Labour Jack Owen341
Liberal Democrats Tony Platt310
Labour Tim Richmond262
Turnout 1,81132.1+5.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Sudbury North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sayers531
Conservative Ray Smith403
Liberal Democrats Deborah Thomas282
Labour Nick Irwin272
Liberal Democrats Marion Press205
Labour Torsten Friedag147
Turnout 1,84031.0+6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sudbury South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bennett603
Liberal Democrats Martyn Booth527
Conservative Errol Newman317
Conservative David Thomas275
UKIP Donald Martin106
UKIP Jane Martin91
Turnout 1,91931.1+8.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Waldingfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Spence865
Conservative Jenny Antill775
Liberal Democrats Francis Bates497
UKIP Leon Stedman205
Turnout 2,34240.4+8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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