2003 Babergh District Council election

2003 Babergh District Council election
1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 43 seats to Babergh District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 18 11
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 11,025 9,440
Percentage 39.8% 34.1%
Swing Increase 9.3% Increase 4.2%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Labour
Seats won 8 6
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 1
Popular vote 3,713 2,885
Percentage 13.4% 10.4%
Swing Decrease 9.5% Decrease 6.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2003 Babergh District Council election.
Control before election


No overall control

Control after election


No overall control

The 2003 Babergh District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2003 Babergh District Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 26 18 N/A N/A Increase 5 41.9 39.8 11,025 +9.3
  Conservative 27 11 N/A N/A Increase 1 25.6 34.1 9,440 +4.2
  Independent 11 8 N/A N/A Decrease 6 18.6 13.4 3,713 –9.5
  Labour 11 6 N/A N/A Increase 1 14.0 10.4 2,885 –6.3
  Green 1 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 1.1 315 N/A
  UKIP 2 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 1.1 309 N/A

3 Conservatives, 3 Independents and 2 Liberal Democrats 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

Alton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Wood* 686 58.9
Liberal Democrats Duncan Read* 587 50.4
Independent Kenneth Felstead 380 32.6
Conservative Patricia Cave 305 26.2
Turnout ~1,164 37.3
Registered electors 3,120
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Berners

Berners (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Sadler 856 79.4
Liberal Democrats Penny Clarke* 723 67.1
Conservative Peter Burgoyne 267 24.8
Turnout ~1,078 35.7
Registered electors 3,016
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Boxford

Boxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,730
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brett Vale

Brett Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Desmond Keane Unopposed
Registered electors 1,634
Conservative gain from Independent

Brook

Brook (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Peter Jones* 611 56.4
Conservative Nicholas Ridley 492 45.4
Liberal Democrats Dale Cartwright 471 43.4
Turnout ~1,084 34.8
Registered electors 3,114
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bures St. Mary

Bures St. Mary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Holbrook* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,408
Conservative hold

Chadacre

Chadacre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Long* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,553
Independent hold

Dodnash

Dodnash (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Miller 753 44.2
Conservative John Hinton 634 37.3
Green Ian St John 315 18.5
Turnout ~1,260 44.5
Registered electors 2,831
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Glemsford & Stanstead

Glemsford & Stanstead (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Rex Thake* Unopposed
Independent Len Young* Unopposed
Registered electors 2,901
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Bavington* 280 38.5
Labour Neil MacMaster 262 36.0
Conservative Carol Beer 253 34.8
Conservative David Thomas 218 30.0
UKIP Derek Allen 195 26.8
Turnout ~673 22.1
Registered electors 3,045
Labour hold
Labour hold

Great Cornard South

Great Cornard South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Beer 371 44.4
Conservative Humphrey Todd 353 42.2
Labour Susan Gibson 234 28.0
Labour Patrick Treacy* 215 25.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Platt 117 14.0
UKIP Cynthia Allen 114 13.6
Turnout ~734 24.6
Registered electors 2,986
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Hadleigh North

Hadleigh North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James Quinlan 360 34.5
Labour Keith Grimsey 317 30.4
Independent Eileen Banks* 269 25.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews 260 24.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Stephenson* 251 24.1
Conservative Pat White 154 14.8
Turnout ~866 29.9
Registered electors 2,896
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hadleigh South

Hadleigh South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats David Grutchfield* 644 48.5
Liberal Democrats Jean Chapman 369 27.8
Independent Jan Byrne 266 20.0
Conservative Sheila Webb 232 17.5
Labour Penelope Cook 186 14.0
Labour Susan Monks 151 11.4
Turnout ~1,015 34.4
Registered electors 2,951
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Holbrook

Holbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Rose 380 57.2
Liberal Democrats Annette Steggles 284 42.8
Majority 96 14.5
Turnout 664 43.9
Registered electors 1,517
Independent hold Swing

Lavenham

Lavenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Roberts* 506 73.0
Liberal Democrats Fiona Jenkins 187 27.0
Majority 319 46.0
Turnout 693 45.3
Registered electors 1,535
Conservative hold Swing

Leavenheath

Leavenheath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Jenkins Unopposed
Registered electors 1,439
Conservative hold

Long Melford

Long Melford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Kemp* 800 65.0
Independent John Brand* 571 46.4
Conservative David Burch 430 35.0
Turnout ~1,069 34.3
Registered electors 3,118
Independent hold
Independent hold

Lower Brett

Lower Brett
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Susan Wigglesworth* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,685
Independent win (new seat)

Mid Samford

Mid Samford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpendale* 781 50.1
Conservative Gerald White 778 49.9
Conservative David Yorke-Edwards 648 41.5
Liberal Democrats Leonard Johnson* 633 40.6
Turnout ~1,481 45.3
Registered electors 3,271
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Nayland

Nayland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hunt 428 50.5
Conservative John Cave* 420 49.5
Majority 8 0.9
Turnout 848 53.9
Registered electors 1,582
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

North Cosford

North Cosford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clive Arthey* 436 54.3
Conservative Dick Sands 367 45.7
Majority 69 8.6
Turnout 803 45.4
Registered electors 1,793
Independent hold Swing

Pinewood

Pinewood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats David Busby 358 58.4
Liberal Democrats Colin Kerr 309 50.4
Conservative Colin Hurcombe 255 41.6
Turnout ~625 18.7
Registered electors 3,345
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

South Cosford

South Cosford
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Brian Lazenby* 438 62.1
Conservative Joyce Jardine 267 37.9
Majority 171 24.2
Turnout 705 42.0
Registered electors 1,691
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sudbury East

Sudbury East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Owen 396 37.0
Liberal Democrats Albert Pearce 343 32.1
Conservative Sylvia Byham* 331 30.9
Turnout ~846 26.6
Registered electors 3,181
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Sudbury North

Sudbury North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sayers* 412 43.5
Labour Nicholas Irwin* 322 34.0
Conservative Raymond Smith 303 32.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Welsh 214 22.6
Turnout ~745 24.2
Registered electors 3,078
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Sudbury South

Sudbury South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bennett 381 46.3
Liberal Democrats Martyn Booth* 365 44.4
Conservative Peter Goodchild 280 34.0
Labour David Regester 162 19.7
Turnout ~742 23.1
Registered electors 3,199
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats hold

Waldingfield

Waldingfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Spence* 664 53.1
Liberal Democrats Frances Bates 587 46.9
Conservative David Jardine 500 39.9
Turnout ~1,101 34.2
Registered electors 3,220
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Babergh District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University, Plymouth: The Elections Centre. pp. 9–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
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