Babergh Council election, 2007

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

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 19
gain = 8
loss = 0
net = +8
seats % = 44.2
votes % = 36.6
votes = 13,288
plus/minus = +2.5%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 16
gain = 1
loss = 3
net = -2
seats % = 37.2
votes % = 41.4
votes = 15,040
plus/minus = +1.6%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 8
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 18.6
votes % = 11.7
votes = 4,237
plus/minus = -1.7%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 6
net = -6
seats % = 0
votes % = 6.4
votes = 2,310
plus/minus = -4.0%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 4.0
votes = 1,459
plus/minus = +2.9%

2 Conservative and 2 Independent candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Trot Ward
votes = 971
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Wood
votes = 954
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Jones
votes = 559
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,484
percentage = 48.1
change = +10.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Penny Clarke
votes = 802
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tony Roberts
votes = 762
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Searle
votes = 410
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,974
percentage = 39.3
change = +3.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bryn Hurren
votes = 633
percentage = 68.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carey Fraulo
votes = 288
percentage = 31.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 345
percentage = 37.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 921
percentage = 53.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Desmond Keane
votes = 474
percentage = 63.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nigel Adam
votes = 278
percentage = 37.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 196
percentage = 26.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 752
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Ridley
votes = 691
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Jones
votes = 650
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Fenwick
votes = 571
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,912
percentage = 38.3
change = +3.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Holbrook
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Long
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Miller
votes = 829
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Hinton
votes = 728
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Richard Hudson-Smith
votes = 142
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Robert Hutchinson
votes = 129
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,828
percentage = 46.4
change = +1.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rex Thake
votes = 613
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Len Young
votes = 488
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Patrick
votes = 343
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,444
percentage = 32.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Todd
votes = 459
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Humphrey Todd
votes = 455
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Bavngton
votes = 338
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Neil MacMaster
votes = 322
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,574
percentage = 26.7
change = +5.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Beer
votes = 454
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Newman
votes = 438
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cathy Press
votes = 223
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lesley Ford-Platt
votes = 208
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roger McCartney
votes = 174
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Parn White
votes = 162
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,659
percentage = 27.9
change = +3.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Riley
votes = 381
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Warner
votes = 358
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jan Byrne
votes = 328
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Whiting
votes = 318
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Grimsey
votes = 292
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Reginald Smith
votes = 166
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Roy O'Shaughnessy
votes = 118
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,961
percentage = 33.7
change = +3.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Grutchfield
votes = 794
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Munson
votes = 690
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Burgoyne
votes = 330
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,814
percentage = 36.4
change = +2.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Rose
votes = unopposed
percentage =
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winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Gibson
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jennie Jenkins
votes = 455
percentage = 67.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Turner
votes = 217
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 238
percentage = 35.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 672
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Kemp
votes = 878
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Brand
votes = 696
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Burch
votes = 512
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,086
percentage = 38.7
change = +4.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sue Wigglesworth
votes = 620
percentage = 83.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Linda Redford
votes = 126
percentage = 16.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 494
percentage = 66.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 746
percentage = 44.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Carpendale
votes = 966
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gerald White
votes = 759
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Louise Banyard
votes = 747
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Smith
votes = 147
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jo Smith
votes = 137
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,756
percentage = 49.3
change = +4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Cave
votes = 464
percentage = 53.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Hunt
votes = 307
percentage = 35.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = James Carver
votes = 92
percentage = 10.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 154
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 863
percentage = 56.4
change = +2.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Clive Arthey
votes = 577
percentage = 63.5
change = +9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Taz Kavvadlas
votes = 331
percentage = 36.5
change = -9.2Election box majority
votes = 246
percentage = 27.0
change = ++18.4Election box turnout
votes = 908
percentage = 49.9
change = +4.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Bushby
votes = 473
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Leonard Johnson
votes = 451
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian McIntyre
votes = 379
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,303
percentage = 24.8
change = +6.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Lazenby
votes = 451
percentage = 59.0
change = -3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Cave
votes = 314
percentage = 41.0
change = +3.1Election box majority
votes = 137
percentage = 18.0
change = -6.2Election box turnout
votes = 765
percentage = 42.9
change = +0.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Osborne
votes = 480
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dean Walton
votes = 418
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Owen
votes = 341
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tony Platt
votes = 310
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tim Richmond
votes = 262
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,811
percentage = 32.1
change = +5.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Sayers
votes = 531
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ray Smith
votes = 403
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Deborah Thomas
votes = 282
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Irwin
votes = 272
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marion Press
votes = 205
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Torsten Friedag
votes = 147
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,840
percentage = 31.0
change = +6.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nigel Bennett
votes = 603
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martyn Booth
votes = 527
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Errol Newman
votes = 317
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Thomas
votes = 275
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Donald Martin
votes = 106
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jane Martin
votes = 91
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,919
percentage = 31.1
change = +8.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Spence
votes = 865
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jenny Antill
votes = 775
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Francis Bates
votes = 497
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Leon Stedman
votes = 205
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,342
percentage = 40.4
change = +8.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/42ub.stm 2007 Babergh election result]

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