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Babergh 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

10 ward races

10 seats

5 elected below the proportional quota

50.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 10 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 10 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party	11,105	40.4%	6	60.0%	4	40.0%	+2
Green Party	6,479	23.5%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	+1
Independent	4,541	16.5%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	-1
Labour Party	3,010	10.9%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	-1
Liberal Democrats	2,386	8.7%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	-1
Total	27,521	100.0%	10	100.0%	10	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Hadleigh · 1 seat · won at 35.9% · +14.1 pts below quota
Sudbury East & Waldingfield · 1 seat · won at 41.7% · +8.3 pts below quota
Sudbury · 1 seat · won at 42.0% · +8.0 pts below quota
Peninsula · 1 seat · won at 42.4% · +7.6 pts below quota
Great Cornard · 1 seat · won at 49.5% · +0.5 pts below quota
Stour Valley · 1 seat · won at 50.6% · above quota
Belstead Brook · 1 seat · won at 50.8% · above quota
Melford · 1 seat · won at 54.8% · above quota
Samford · 1 seat · won at 56.8% · above quota
Cosford · 1 seat · won at 62.1% · above quota

Race results

Hadleigh · single-seat

Marginal winner 35.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +14.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,127

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Fraser M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	763	35.9%	Elected
2	Grandon K.S.	Independent	647	30.4%
3	Pryor G.B.	Green Party	373	17.5%
4	Wiltshire A.L.	Labour Party	172	8.1%
5	Sheldrick T.E.	Liberal Democrats	172	8.1%

Electorate 6,557 · Ballots cast 2,127 · EC ward code E58001420 · Back to ward index

Sudbury East & Waldingfield · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,291

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Faircloth-Mutton P.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	955	41.7%	Elected
2	Maybury M.V.	Independent	410	17.9%
3	Fowler L.V.M.	Labour Party	359	15.7%
4	Cresswell L.	Independent	345	15.1%
5	Munson T.	Green Party	222	9.7%

Electorate 6,715 · Ballots cast 2,291 · EC ward code E58001447 · Back to ward index

Sudbury · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,513

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Carter J.K.	Green Party	1,056	42.0%	Elected
2	Sudbury S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	721	28.7%
3	Thomas J.O.	Labour Party	376	15.0%
4	Cresswell T.G.	Independent	192	7.6%
5	Spivey R.M.	Liberal Democrats	168	6.7%

Electorate 6,949 · Ballots cast 2,513 · EC ward code E58001448 · Back to ward index

Peninsula · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,409

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Harley S.C.L.	Green Party	1,444	42.4%	Elected
2	McLaren M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,029	30.2%
3	McCraw A.W.	Independent	699	20.5%
4	Rawlings K.R.	Labour Party	237	7.0%

Electorate 7,994 · Ballots cast 3,409 · EC ward code E58001436 · Back to ward index

Great Cornard · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,101

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Beer P.K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,040	49.5%	Elected
2	Bishton E.J.	Labour Party	586	27.9%
3	Bark M.	Liberal Democrats	253	12.0%
4	Killbery J.A.	Green Party	222	10.6%

Electorate 7,137 · Ballots cast 2,101 · EC ward code E58001418 · Back to ward index

Stour Valley · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.6 pts Valid ballots 2,962

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Finch J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,499	50.6%	Elected
2	Hurren B.D.	Liberal Democrats	1,072	36.2%
3	Hughes O.	Labour Party	200	6.8%
4	Carruthers J.M.	Green Party	191	6.4%

Electorate 6,301 · Ballots cast 2,962 · EC ward code E58001444 · Back to ward index

Belstead Brook · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.8 pts Valid ballots 2,141

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hudson C.G.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,087	50.8%	Elected
2	Busby D.M.	Liberal Democrats	721	33.7%
3	Wade K.R.	Labour Party	333	15.6%

Electorate 6,613 · Ballots cast 2,141 · EC ward code E58001399 · Back to ward index

Melford · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.8 pts Valid ballots 3,097

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Kemp R.E.	Independent	1,696	54.8%	Elected
2	Stevens P.A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	865	27.9%
3	Carpenter R.A.	Green Party	304	9.8%
4	Clements K.V.	Labour Party	232	7.5%

Electorate 8,176 · Ballots cast 3,097 · EC ward code E58001431 · Back to ward index

Samford · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.8 pts Valid ballots 3,465

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hall G.E.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,968	56.8%	Elected
2	Hurley M.J.	Independent	552	15.9%
3	Davies S.J.	Green Party	545	15.7%
4	Perry I.P.	Labour Party	400	11.5%

Electorate 8,178 · Ballots cast 3,465 · EC ward code E58001440 · Back to ward index

Cosford · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.1 pts Valid ballots 3,415

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Lindsay R.J.	Green Party	2,122	62.1%	Elected
2	Millward J.K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,178	34.5%
3	Mills C.A.	Labour Party	115	3.4%

Electorate 7,076 · Ballots cast 3,415 · EC ward code E58001410 · Back to ward index