1999 Babergh District Council election
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6 May 1999
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All 42 seats to Babergh District Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 1999 Babergh District Council election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Babergh District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]| 1999 Babergh District Council election[2] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Independent | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 |  1
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26.3 | 22.9 | 6,894 | –0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 |  6
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34.2 | 30.5 | 9,199 | +9.5 | |
| Conservative | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2
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26.3 | 29.9 | 9,024 | +8.1 | |
| Labour | 17 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7
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13.2 | 16.7 | 5,021 | –17.4 | |
Ward results
[edit]Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
Alton
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Wood* | 399 | 71.8 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Thomas | 157 | 28.2 | ||
| Majority | 242 | 43.6 | |||
| Turnout | 556 | 53.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,055 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Berners
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Shirley Clarke | 332 | 65.1 | ||
| Conservative | Linda Prismall | 178 | 34.9 | ||
| Majority | 154 | 30.2 | |||
| Turnout | 510 | 43.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,181 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Bildeston
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Stevens | 295 | 52.9 | ||
| Labour | Rosemary Muntus | 147 | 26.3 | ||
| Independent | Ruth Gregory* | 116 | 20.8 | ||
| Majority | 148 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 558 | 41.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,353 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Boxford
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bryn Hurren | 366 | 56.1 | ||
| Independent | Carol Harrison | 286 | 43.9 | ||
| Majority | 80 | 12.2 | |||
| Turnout | 652 | 43.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,502 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Brantham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Read | 388 | 59.5 | ||
| Conservative | Diana Eastman | 264 | 40.5 | ||
| Majority | 124 | 19.0 | |||
| Turnout | 652 | 32.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,982 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Brett Vale
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Clive Arthey* | 431 | 75.2 | ||
| Labour | Jocelyn Dalley | 142 | 24.8 | ||
| Majority | 289 | 50.4 | |||
| Turnout | 573 | 47.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,211 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Brookvale
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Stephenson | 259 | 39.9 | ||
| Conservative | Lesley Chalmers | 209 | 32.2 | ||
| Independent | James Baxter* | 181 | 27.9 | ||
| Majority | 50 | 7.7 | |||
| Turnout | 649 | 35.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,863 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Bures St. Mary
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Holbrook | 382 | 71.5 | ||
| Labour | Geoffrey Hulme | 152 | 28.5 | ||
| Majority | 230 | 43.1 | |||
| Turnout | 534 | 39.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,375 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Capel & Wenham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Carpendale* | 765 | 68.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leonard Johnson* | 659 | 58.8 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Hucombe | 458 | 40.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,120 | 43.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,604 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Chadacre
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Long | 457 | 71.0 | ||
| Independent | Graham Morgan | 187 | 29.0 | ||
| Majority | 270 | 41.9 | |||
| Turnout | 644 | 34.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,832 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Copdock
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peter Jones* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,792 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Dodnash
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Heselden* | 789 | 53.8 | ||
| Conservative | Duncan Mansfield | 677 | 46.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Wheals | 671 | 45.8 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,333 | 46.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,877 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elmsett
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Lazenby* | 337 | 60.3 | ||
| Independent | Tony Bailey-Smith | 222 | 39.7 | ||
| Majority | 115 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 559 | 40.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,408 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Glemsford
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Rex Thake | 447 | 47.6 | ||
| Independent | Leonard Young | 314 | 33.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Clarke | 289 | 30.8 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Edmondson* | 203 | 21.6 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Lawrence | 168 | 17.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~776 | 30.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,513 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Great Cornard North
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anthony Bavington* | 422 | 52.8 | ||
| Labour | Vera Cocker* | 408 | 51.0 | ||
| Independent | Christina Baker | 164 | 20.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Gleed | 113 | 14.1 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Rayner | 101 | 12.6 | ||
| Turnout | ~656 | 23.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,853 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Great Cornard South
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rajiv Nandi* | 444 | 51.0 | ||
| Labour | Patrick Treacy | 376 | 43.2 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Beer | 355 | 40.8 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Newman | 319 | 36.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Adam | 143 | 16.4 | ||
| Turnout | ~871 | 28.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,087 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Hadleigh
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Grutchfield* | 1,117 | 56.7 | ||
| Independent | Eileen Banks | 708 | 36.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Matthews* | 682 | 34.6 | ||
| Independent | Janetta Byrne | 514 | 26.1 | ||
| Conservative | Vivien Chapman | 441 | 22.4 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Drake | 361 | 18.3 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,969 | 35.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,609 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Independent gain from Labour | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Holbrook
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jack Godley* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,675 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Lavenham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Roberts | 464 | 57.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Jenkins | 346 | 42.7 | ||
| Majority | 118 | 14.6 | |||
| Turnout | 810 | 53.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,538 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Leavenheath
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jonquil Mieville* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,013 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Long Melford
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Richard Kemp* | 921 | 76.4 | ||
| Independent | John Brand | 788 | 65.4 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Dowling | 285 | 23.6 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,170 | 37.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,117 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Nayland
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Cave* | 302 | 59.2 | ||
| Labour | Nicolette Fraser | 208 | 40.8 | ||
| Majority | 94 | 18.4 | |||
| Turnout | 510 | 52.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 984 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Cosford
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Hodge* | 342 | 50.7 | ||
| Labour | Roland Bee | 332 | 49.3 | ||
| Majority | 10 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 674 | 52.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,301 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Polstead & Layham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Susan Wigglesworth* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,138 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Shotley
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Joy Sadler* | 541 | 71.5 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Williams | 216 | 28.5 | ||
| Majority | 325 | 42.9 | |||
| Turnout | 757 | 41.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,846 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Sudbury East
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sylvia Byham | 374 | 41.9 | ||
| Independent | Sylvia Cann* | 365 | 40.9 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Yerby | 256 | 28.7 | ||
| Labour | Rita Titmus | 222 | 24.9 | ||
| Labour | Sylvia Regester | 221 | 24.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Welsh | 100 | 11.2 | ||
| Turnout | ~893 | 31.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,845 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Independent gain from Labour | |||||
Sudbury North
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Sayers | 451 | 44.4 | ||
| Labour | Nicholas Irwin | 419 | 41.3 | ||
| Conservative | Raymond Smith | 358 | 35.3 | ||
| Labour | Valerie Waters* | 299 | 29.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bennett | 156 | 15.4 | ||
| Independent | Brian Cann | 125 | 12.3 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,015 | 29.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,501 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Sudbury South
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martyn Booth | 376 | 36.8 | ||
| Independent | Elizabeth Wiles* | 326 | 31.9 | ||
| Conservative | John Stewart | 311 | 30.4 | ||
| Labour | Jack Owen | 287 | 28.1 | ||
| Labour | Timothy Richmond* | 277 | 27.1 | ||
| Conservative | Doreen Braham | 267 | 26.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,022 | 32.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,136 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
| Independent gain from Labour | |||||
Waldingfield
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Spence* | 657 | 54.9 | ||
| Conservative | Leon Stedman | 515 | 43.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Bates | 371 | 31.0 | ||
| Labour | Richard May | 335 | 28.0 | ||
| Labour | John Skinner* | 330 | 27.6 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,198 | 38.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,089 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
West Samford
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary Bancroft* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,293 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
By-elections
[edit]Great Cornard North
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 309 | 56.4 | |||
| Independent | 239 | 43.6 | |||
| Majority | 70 | 12.8 | |||
| Turnout | 548 | 19.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,810 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Babergh District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University, Plymouth: The Elections Centre. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
