# 2003 Babergh District Council election

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

Babergh Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | 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

Alton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wood | 686 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Read | 587 | |
| | Independent | Kenneth Felstead | 380 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Cave | 305 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,958 | 37.3 |
Berners (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Sadler | 856 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Clarke | 723 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Burgoyne | 267 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,846 | 35.7 |
Boxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryn Hurren | uncontested | | |
Brett Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Desmond Keane | uncontested | | |
Brook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Peter Jones | 611 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Ridley | 492 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dale Cartwright | 471 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,574 | 34.8 |
Bures St Mary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Holbrook | uncontested | | |
Chadacre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Long | uncontested | | |
Dodnash (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Miller | 753 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Hinton | 634 | |
| | Green | Ian St. John | 315 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,702 | 44.5 |
Glemsford and Stanstead (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rex Thake | uncontested | | |
| | Independent | Leonard Young | uncontested | | |
Great Cornard (North) (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anthony Bavngton | 280 | |
| | Labour | Neil MacMaster | 262 | |
| | Conservative | Carol Beer | 253 | |
| | Conservative | David Thomas | 218 | |
| | UKIP | Derek Allen | 195 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,208 | 22.1 |
Great Cornard (South) (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,404 | 24.6 |
Hadleigh North (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,611 | 29.9 |
Hadleigh South (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,848 | 34.4 |
Holbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | David Rose | 380 | 57.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Steggles | 284 | 42.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | 14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 664 | 43.9 |
Lavenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Roberts | 506 | 73.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Jenkins | 187 | 27.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | 46.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 693 | 45.3 |
Leavenheath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Jenkins | uncontested | | |
Long Melford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Richard Kemp | 800 | |
| | Independent | John Brand | 571 | |
| | Conservative | David Burch | 430 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,801 | 34.3 |
Lower Brett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Susan Wigglesworth | uncontested | | |
Mid Samford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Carpendale | 781 | |
| | Conservative | Gerald White | 778 | |
| | Conservative | William Yorke-Edwards | 648 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leonard Johnson | 633 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,840 | 45.3 |
Nayland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hunt | 428 | 50.5 |
| | Conservative | John Cave | 420 | 49.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 848 | 53.9 |
North Cosford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Clive Arthey | 436 | 54.3 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sands | 367 | 45.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 803 | 45.4 |
Pinewood (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Bushby | 358 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Kerr | 309 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Hurcombe | 255 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 922 | 18.7 |
South Cosford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Lazenby | 438 | 62.1 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Jardine | 267 | 37.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 705 | 42.1 |
Sudbury (East) (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jack Owen | 396 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Albert Pearce | 343 | |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Byham | 331 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,070 | 26.6 |
Sudbury (North) (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Sayers | 412 | |
| | Labour | Nicholas Irwin | 322 | |
| | Conservative | Raymond Smith | 303 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Welsh | 214 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,251 | 24.2 |
Sudbury (South) (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bennett | 381 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martyn Booth | 365 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Goodchild | 280 | |
| | Labour | David Regester | 162 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,188 | 23.1 |
Waldingfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Spence | 664 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Bates | 587 | |
| | Conservative | David Jardine | 500 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,751 | 34.2 |