# Babergh District Council elections

Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 32 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.

## Council elections

* 1973 Babergh District Council election
* 1976 Babergh District Council election
* 1979 Babergh District Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 1983 Babergh District Council election
* 1987 Babergh District Council election
* 1991 Babergh District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 1995 Babergh District Council election
* 1999 Babergh District Council election
* 2003 Babergh District Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 2007 Babergh District Council election
* 2011 Babergh District Council election
* 2015 Babergh District Council election
* 2019 Babergh District Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 2023 Babergh District Council election

## District result maps

* 2003 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2011 results map
* 2015 results map
* 2019 results map
* 2023 results map

## By-election results
### 1993-1997

Shotley By-Election 8 August 1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 506 | 60.7 |
| | Conservative | | 276 | 33.1 |
| | Labour | | 51 | 6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 230 | 27.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 833 | 48.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 1997-2001

Alton By-Election 28 May 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 327 | 63.4 |
| | Conservative | | 189 | 36.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 138 | 26.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 516 | 50.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
Great Cornard North By-Election 4 May 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil Macmaster | 309 | 56.4 | −3.6 |
| | UKIP | Derek Allen | 239 | 43.6 | +43.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 12.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 548 | 19.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2007-2011

Hadleigh North By-Election 8 November 2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Whiting | 446 | 49.0 | +25.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Burgoyne | 261 | 28.6 | +3.6 |
| | Independent | Jan Byrne | 138 | 15.1 | −6.4 |
| | UKIP | Reginald Smith | 66 | 7.2 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 20.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 911 | 27.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Great Cornard North By-Election 22 July 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Bavington | 340 | 45.1 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Martin Fryer | 201 | 26.7 | −30.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Platt | 141 | 18.7 | +18.7 |
| | UKIP | Leon Stedman | 72 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 | 18.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 754 | 22.8 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### 2011-2015

Bures St Mary By-Election 2 May 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Cartlidge | 305 | |
| | Green | Laura Smith | 136 | |
| | Labour | Hadley French Gerrard | 71 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.22 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
South Cosford By-Election 22 May 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Green | Robert Lindsay | 346 |
| | Conservative | David Talbot Clarke | 330 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Laing | 219 |
| | Labour | Angela Wiltshire | 72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing |

### 2015-2019

Sudbury South By-Election 7 September 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Luke Cresswell | 336 | 42.7 | +20.4 |
| | Conservative | Simon Sudbury | 335 | 42.6 | +11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Welsh | 116 | 14.7 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 787 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### 2015-2019

Great Cornard By-Election 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Barrett | 971 | 46.4 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | Jake Thomas | 602 | 28.7 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Bark | 287 | 13.7 | +0.2 |
| | Green | James Killbery | 234 | 11.2 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 17.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,094 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |