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Elections to Babergh Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The council stayed under no overall control.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 18 | +5 | 41.9 | 39.8 | 11,025 | +10.3% | |||
Conservative | 11 | +1 | 25.6 | 34.1 | 9,440 | +5.2% | |||
Independent | 8 | -6 | 18.6 | 13.4 | 3,713 | -8.7% | |||
Labour | 6 | +1 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 2,885 | -9.1% | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 315 | +1.1% | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 309 | +1.1% |
3 Independent, 3 Conservative and 2 Liberal Democrat councillors were unopposed.
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Wood | 686 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Read | 587 | |||
Independent | Kenneth Felstead | 380 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Cave | 305 | |||
Turnout | 1,958 | 37.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Sadler | 856 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Clarke | 723 | |||
Conservative | Peter Burgoyne | 267 | |||
Turnout | 1,846 | 35.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bryn Hurren | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Desmond Keane | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Jones | 611 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Ridley | 492 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dale Cartwright | 471 | |||
Turnout | 1,574 | 34.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Holbrook | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Long | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Miller | 753 | |||
Conservative | Alan Hinton | 634 | |||
Green | Ian St. John | 315 | |||
Turnout | 1,702 | 44.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rex Thake | uncontested | |||
Independent | Leonard Young | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Bavngton | 280 | |||
Labour | Neil MacMaster | 262 | |||
Conservative | Carol Beer | 253 | |||
Conservative | David Thomas | 218 | |||
UKIP | Derek Allen | 195 | |||
Turnout | 1,208 | 22.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Beer | 371 | |||
Conservative | Humphrey Todd | 353 | |||
Labour | Susan Gibson | 234 | |||
Labour | Patrick Treacy | 215 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Platt | 117 | |||
UKIP | Cynthia Allen | 114 | |||
Turnout | 1,404 | 24.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Quinian | 360 | |||
Labour | Keith Grimsey | 317 | |||
Independent | Eileen Banks | 269 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Matthews | 260 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Stephenson | 251 | |||
Conservative | Patricia White | 154 | |||
Turnout | 1,611 | 29.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Grutchfield | 644 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jean Chapman | 369 | |||
Independent | Janetta Byrne | 266 | |||
Conservative | Sheila Webb | 232 | |||
Labour | Penelope Cook | 186 | |||
Labour | Susan Monks | 151 | |||
Turnout | 1,848 | 34.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Rose | 380 | 57.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Steggles | 284 | 42.8 | ||
Majority | 96 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 664 | 43.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Roberts | 506 | 73.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Jenkins | 187 | 27.0 | ||
Majority | 319 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 693 | 45.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jennifer Jenkins | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Kemp | 800 | |||
Independent | John Brand | 571 | |||
Conservative | David Burch | 430 | |||
Turnout | 1,801 | 34.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Susan Wigglesworth | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Carpendale | 781 | |||
Conservative | Gerald White | 778 | |||
Conservative | William Yorke-Edwards | 648 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Leonard Johnson | 633 | |||
Turnout | 2,840 | 45.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hunt | 428 | 50.5 | ||
Conservative | John Cave | 420 | 49.5 | ||
Majority | 8 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 848 | 53.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clive Arthey | 436 | 54.3 | ||
Conservative | Richard Sands | 367 | 45.7 | ||
Majority | 69 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 803 | 45.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Bushby | 358 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Kerr | 309 | |||
Conservative | Colin Hurcombe | 255 | |||
Turnout | 922 | 18.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Lazenby | 438 | 62.1 | ||
Conservative | Joyce Jardine | 267 | 37.9 | ||
Majority | 171 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 705 | 42.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Owen | 396 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Albert Pearce | 343 | |||
Conservative | Sylvia Byham | 331 | |||
Turnout | 1,070 | 26.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sayers | 412 | |||
Labour | Nicholas Irwin | 322 | |||
Conservative | Raymond Smith | 303 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Welsh | 214 | |||
Turnout | 1,251 | 24.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bennett | 381 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martyn Booth | 365 | |||
Conservative | Peter Goodchild | 280 | |||
Labour | David Regester | 162 | |||
Turnout | 1,188 | 23.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Spence | 664 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Bates | 587 | |||
Conservative | David Jardine | 500 | |||
Turnout | 1,751 | 34.2 |