2003 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2003 Babergh council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independents in grey and Labour in red. 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 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 Alton (2) 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
Berners (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Wendy Sadler 856 Liberal Democrats Shirley Clarke 723 Conservative Peter Burgoyne 267 Turnout 1,846 35.7
Boxford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Bryn Hurren uncontested
Brett Vale Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Desmond Keane uncontested
Brook (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Peter Jones 611 Conservative Nicholas Ridley 492 Liberal Democrats Dale Cartwright 471 Turnout 1,574 34.8
Bures St Mary Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Holbrook uncontested
Chadacre Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent James Long uncontested
Dodnash (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Michael Miller 753 Conservative Alan Hinton 634 Green Ian St. John 315 Turnout 1,702 44.5
Glemsford and Stanstead (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Rex Thake uncontested Independent Leonard Young uncontested
Great Cornard (North) (2) 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
Great Cornard (South) (2) 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
Hadleigh North (2) 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
Hadleigh South (2) 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
Holbrook Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent David Rose 380 57.2 Liberal Democrats Patricia Steggles 284 42.8 Majority 96 14.4 Turnout 664 43.9
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
Leavenheath Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jennifer Jenkins uncontested
Long Melford (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Richard Kemp 800 Independent John Brand 571 Conservative David Burch 430 Turnout 1,801 34.3
Lower Brett Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Susan Wigglesworth uncontested
Mid Samford (2) 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
Nayland Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Christopher Hunt 428 50.5 Conservative John Cave 420 49.5 Majority 8 1.0 Turnout 848 53.9
North Cosford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Clive Arthey 436 54.3 Conservative Richard Sands 367 45.7 Majority 69 8.6 Turnout 803 45.4
Pinewood (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats David Bushby 358 Liberal Democrats Colin Kerr 309 Conservative Colin Hurcombe 255 Turnout 922 18.7
South Cosford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Brian Lazenby 438 62.1 Conservative Joyce Jardine 267 37.9 Majority 171 24.2 Turnout 705 42.1
Sudbury (East) (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jack Owen 396 Liberal Democrats Albert Pearce 343 Conservative Sylvia Byham 331 Turnout 1,070 26.6
Sudbury (North) (2) 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
Sudbury (South) (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
Waldingfield (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colin Spence 664 Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Bates 587 Conservative David Jardine 500 Turnout 1,751 34.2
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