The 2019 Babergh District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Babergh District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
Election result
Ward results
Assington
Box Vale
Brantham
Brett Vale
Bures St. Mary & Nayland
Capel St. Mary
Chadacre
Copdock & Washbrook
East Bergholt
Ganges
Great Cornard
Hadleigh North
Hadleigh South
Lavenham
Long Melford
North West Cosford
Orwell
South East Cosford
Sproughton & Pinewood
Stour
Sudbury North East
Sudbury North West
Sudbury South East
Sudbury South West
Changes 2019–2023 Sue Ayres (Sudbury South West) and Margaret Maybury (Lavenham), both elected as Conservatives, left the party on 26 September 2019 to sit as independents, citing policy disagreements including a proposed renaming of the council. John Ward (Brett Vale), Jan Osborne (Sudbury North West), Adrian Osborne (Sudbury South East) and Mary McLaren (Stour), all elected as Conservatives, left the Conservative group in late April 2022 to reform the Independent Conservative group, following a dispute over the composition of the cabinet. Trevor Cresswell (Sudbury North West), elected as a Labour candidate, became an independent.
By-elections
Great Cornard
The Great Cornard by-election was triggered by the resignation of councillor Honor Grainger-Howard.
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