[3] A further change in composition came in March 2010 when councillor Dean Walton defected to the Green Party from the Conservatives, but sat as an independent on Babergh Council.
[5] The 31 candidates from Labour was a record for the party in Babergh,[6] while the Liberal Democrat leader on Suffolk County Council, Kathy Pollard, was among the Liberal Democrat candidates.
[3] The results saw the council remain under no overall control, with the Conservatives staying as the largest party on 18 seats.
[2] Individual results included an independent gain from the Conservatives in Lavenham, Liberal Democrat Kathy Pollard winning a place back on the council after 16 years, while author and Labour candidate Nicci Gerrard lost in South Cosford, coming third with 187 votes.
[2] 2 Liberal Democrat and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.