# 2007 Babergh District Council election

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

Babergh Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 19 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 44.2 | 36.6 | 13,288 | +2.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 37.2 | 41.4 | 15,040 | +1.6% |
| Independent | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.6 | 11.7 | 4,237 | -1.7% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 6.4 | 2,310 | -4.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1,459 | +2.9% |
2 Conservative and 2 Independent candidates were unopposed.

## Ward results

Alton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trot Ward | 971 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wood | 954 | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Jones | 559 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,484 | 48.1 | +10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Berners (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penny Clarke | 802 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Roberts | 762 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Searle | 410 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,974 | 39.3 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Boxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryn Hurren | 633 | 68.7 |
| | Conservative | Carey Fraulo | 288 | 31.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 345 | 37.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 921 | 53.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Brett Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Desmond Keane | 474 | 63.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Adam | 278 | 37.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 196 | 26.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 752 | 45.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Brook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nick Ridley | 691 | | |
| | Independent | Peter Jones | 650 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Fenwick | 571 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,912 | 38.3 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Bures St Mary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Holbrook | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chadacre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Long | uncontested | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Dodnash (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Miller | 829 | | |
| | Conservative | John Hinton | 728 | | |
| | UKIP | Richard Hudson-Smith | 142 | | |
| | UKIP | Robert Hutchinson | 129 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,828 | 46.4 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Glemsford and Stanstead (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rex Thake | 613 | |
| | Independent | Len Young | 488 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Patrick | 343 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,444 | 32.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Great Cornard North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carol Todd | 459 | | |
| | Conservative | Humphrey Todd | 455 | | |
| | Labour | Tony Bavngton | 338 | | |
| | Labour | Neil MacMaster | 322 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,574 | 26.7 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Great Cornard South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Beer | 454 | | |
| | Conservative | Mark Newman | 438 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cathy Press | 223 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Ford-Platt | 208 | | |
| | Labour | Roger McCartney | 174 | | |
| | Labour | Parn White | 162 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,659 | 27.9 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hadleigh North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Riley | 381 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Warner | 358 | | |
| | Independent | Jan Byrne | 328 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Whiting | 318 | | |
| | Labour | Keith Grimsey | 292 | | |
| | UKIP | Reginald Smith | 166 | | |
| | UKIP | Roy O'Shaughnessy | 118 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,961 | 33.7 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Hadleigh South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Grutchfield | 794 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Munson | 690 | | |
| | Conservative | Peter Burgoyne | 330 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,814 | 36.4 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Holbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Rose | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Lavenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Gibson | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Leavenheath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jennie Jenkins | 455 | 67.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Turner | 217 | 32.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | 35.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 672 | 45.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Long Melford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Richard Kemp | 878 | | |
| | Independent | John Brand | 696 | | |
| | Conservative | David Burch | 512 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,086 | 38.7 | +4.4 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Lower Brett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Sue Wigglesworth | 620 | 83.1 |
| | UKIP | Linda Redford | 126 | 16.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 494 | 66.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 746 | 44.1 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Mid Samford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Carpendale | 966 | | |
| | Conservative | Gerald White | 759 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Banyard | 747 | | |
| | UKIP | John Smith | 147 | | |
| | UKIP | Jo Smith | 137 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,756 | 49.3 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Nayland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Cave | 464 | 53.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hunt | 307 | 35.6 | |
| | UKIP | James Carver | 92 | 10.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | 18.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 863 | 56.4 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
North Cosford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Clive Arthey | 577 | 63.5 | +9.2 |
| | Conservative | Taz Kavvadlas | 331 | 36.5 | −9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | 27.0 | +18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908 | 49.9 | +4.5 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Pinewood (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Bushby | 473 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leonard Johnson | 451 | | |
| | Conservative | Ian McIntyre | 379 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,303 | 24.8 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
South Cosford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Lazenby | 451 | 59.0 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Cave | 314 | 41.0 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 18.0 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 765 | 42.9 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sudbury East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Adrian Osborne | 480 | | |
| | Conservative | Dean Walton | 418 | | |
| | Labour | Jack Owen | 341 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Platt | 310 | | |
| | Labour | Tim Richmond | 262 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,811 | 32.1 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Sudbury North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Sayers | 531 | | |
| | Conservative | Ray Smith | 403 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Thomas | 282 | | |
| | Labour | Nick Irwin | 272 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Press | 205 | | |
| | Labour | Torsten Friedag | 147 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,840 | 31.0 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Sudbury South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bennett | 603 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martyn Booth | 527 | | |
| | Conservative | Errol Newman | 317 | | |
| | Conservative | David Thomas | 275 | | |
| | UKIP | Donald Martin | 106 | | |
| | UKIP | Jane Martin | 91 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,919 | 31.1 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Waldingfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Spence | 865 | | |
| | Conservative | Jenny Antill | 775 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Bates | 497 | | |
| | UKIP | Leon Stedman | 205 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,342 | 40.4 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |