1999 Babergh District Council election

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The 1999 Babergh District Council election for the Babergh District Council in Suffolk was held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Babergh Local Election Result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	14			-1	33.3	22.1	6,894
	Liberal Democrats	13			+4	31.0	29.5	9,199
	Conservative	10			+1	23.8	28.9	9,024
	Labour	5			-4	11.9	19.5	6,088

4 Independent and 1 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Alton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Wood	399	71.8
	Conservative	Christopher Thomas	157	28.2
Majority			242	43.6
Turnout			556	53.0

Berners

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Clarke	332	65.1
	Conservative	Linda Prismall	178	34.9
Majority			154	30.2
Turnout			510	43.4

Bildeston

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

Boxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hurren	366	56.1
	Independent	Carol Harrison	286	43.9
Majority			80	12.2
Turnout			652	43.6

Brantham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Read	388	59.5
	Conservative	Diana Eastman	264	40.5
Majority			124	19.0
Turnout			652	32.9

Brett Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clive Arthey	431	75.2
	Labour	Jocelyn Dalley	142	24.8
Majority			289	50.4
Turnout			573	47.6

Brook Vale

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

Bures St Mary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Holbrook	382	71.5
	Labour	Geoffrey Hulme	152	28.5
Majority			230	43.0
Turnout			534	39.1

Capel and Wenham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carpendale	765
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Johnson	659
	Conservative	Colin Hucombe	458
Turnout			1,882	43.0

Chadacre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Long	457
	Independent	Graham Morgan	187
Majority			270
Turnout			644	35.5

Copdock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Jones	uncontested

Dodnash (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Heselden	789
	Conservative	Duncan Mansfield	677
	Liberal Democrats	John Wheals	671
Turnout			2,137	46.3

Elmsett

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

Glemsford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rex Thake	447
	Independent	Leonard Young	314
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Clarke	289
	Conservative	Paul Edmondson	203
	Conservative	Ian Lawrence	168
Turnout			1,421	30.9

Great Cornard (North) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Bavington	422
	Labour	Vera Cocker	408
	Independent	Christina Baker	164
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gleed	113
	Conservative	Brian Rayner	101
Turnout			1,208	23.0

Great Cornard (South) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rajiv Nandi	444
	Labour	Patrick Treacy	376
	Conservative	Peter Beer	355
	Conservative	Mark Newman	319
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Adam	143
Turnout			1,637	28.2

Hadleigh (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Grutchfield	1,117
	Independent	Eileen Banks	708
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matthews	682
	Labour	James Quinlan	595
	Independent	Janetta Byrne	514
	Labour	John Stock	472
	Conservative	Vivien Chapman	441
	Conservative	Christopher Drake	361
Turnout			4,890	35.1

Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jack Godley	uncontested

Lavenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Roberts	464	57.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Jenkins	346	42.7
Majority			118	14.6
Turnout			810	53.3

Leavenheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jonquil Mieville	uncontested

Long Melford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kemp	921
	Independent	John Brand	788
	Conservative	Ian Dowling	285
Turnout			1,994	37.5

Nayland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cave	302	59.2
	Labour	Nicolette Fraser	208	40.8
Majority			94	18.4
Turnout			510	52.2

North Cosford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Hodge	342	50.7
	Labour	Roland Bee	332	49.3
Majority			10	1.4
Turnout			674	52.2

Polstead and Layham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Wigglesworth	uncontested

Shotley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Sadler	541	71.5
	Conservative	Stephen Williams	216	28.5
Majority			325	43.0
Turnout			757	41.0

Sudbury (East) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sylvia Byham	374
	Independent	Sylvia Cann	365
	Conservative	Robert Yerby	256
	Labour	Rita Titmus	222
	Labour	Sylvia Regester	221
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Welsh	100
Turnout			1,538	31.4

Sudbury (North) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sayers	451
	Labour	Nicholas Irwin	419
	Conservative	Raymond Smith	358
	Labour	Valerie Waters	299
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bennett	156
	Independent	Brian Cann	125
Turnout			1,808	29.0

Sudbury (South) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Booth	376
	Independent	Elizabeth Wiles	326
	Conservative	John Stewart	311
	Labour	Jack Owen	287
	Labour	Timothy Richmond	277
	Conservative	Doreen Braham	267
Turnout			1,844	32.6

Waldingfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Spence	657
	Conservative	Leon Stedman	515
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Bates	371
	Labour	Richard May	335
	Labour	John Skinner	330
Turnout			2,208	38.8

West Samford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Bancroft	uncontested

• 1999 Babergh election result