Babergh District Council Babergh may refer to the following places in England:
* Babergh Hundred, a defunct hundred of the county of Suffolk, named for a "mound of a man called Babba"
* Babergh District
Babergh District (pronounced , ) is a Non-metropolitan district, lo ...
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Suffolk
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, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 43
councillor
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s have been elected from 26
wards
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Division or unit
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Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Leadership
Prior to 2014 there was no formal position of
leader of the council at Babergh, with political leadership provided instead by the chair of the policy and resources committee, or its successor, the strategy committee. From 2014 onwards, the chair of the strategy committee was also given the title of leader. The council then moved from a committee system to a
leader and cabinet model in 2017, giving the leader additional powers to make executive decisions. The leaders (or chairs of policy and resources / strategy committees) since 1998 have been:
Council elections
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1973 Babergh District Council election
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1976 Babergh District Council election
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1979 Babergh District Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1983 Babergh District Council election
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1987 Babergh District Council election
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1991 Babergh District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
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1995 Babergh District Council election
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1999 Babergh District Council election
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2003 Babergh District Council election (New ward boundaries)
[legislation.gov.uk ]
The District of Babergh (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002
Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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2007 Babergh District Council election
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2011 Babergh District Council election
The 2011 Babergh Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Background
The previous electi ...
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2015 Babergh District Council election
The 2015 Babergh District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Babergh District Council in England. This was on the same day as the general election and other local elections.
Summary Result
The results saw the Conserv ...
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2019 Babergh District Council election
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2023 Babergh District Council election
District result maps
File:Babergh UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map
File:Babergh UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map
File:Babergh District Council election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map
By-election results
1993-1997
1997-2001
2007-2011
2011-2015
See also
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Politics of England
Politics of England forms the major part of the wider politics of the United Kingdom, with England being more populous than all the other countries of the United Kingdom put together. As England is also by far the largest in terms of area and G ...
References
By-election results
External links
Babergh District Council website
{{Suffolk elections
Council elections in Suffolk
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District council elections in England