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
	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		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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