Ipswich Borough Council election, 2015

May 7, 2015 (2015-05-07)

16 seats (out of 48 seats) 25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Last election	35	10	3
Seats before	35	10	3
Seats won	31	15	2
Seat change	4	5	1
Popular vote	24,615	25,792	4,345
Percentage	37.5	39.0	6.6
Swing	1.9	11.6	1.6

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	UKIP	Green
Last election	0	0
Seats before	0	0
Seats won	0	0
Seat change	0	0
Popular vote	7,413	3,918
Percentage	11.2	5.9
Swing	9.3	1.0

Elections to Ipswich Borough Council were held on 7 May 2015.^[1] Despite losing 4 seats to the Conservatives, the Labour Party remained the largest party on the council, albeit with a reduced majority. The Conservatives won 5 additional seats (4 from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats) and polled more votes than Labour overall. The Liberal Democrats lost a seat and won no seats. UKIP and the Green Party won no seats.

Results Summary

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Won	Existing	Total	+/–
Conservative Party	25,717	38.88	8	7	15	+5
Labour Party	24,625	37.23	10	21	31	–4
UK Independence Party	7,413	11.21	0	0	0	0
Liberal Democrats	4,345	6.57	0	2	2	–1
Green Party	3,918	5.92	0	0	0	0
Suffolk Together	123	0.19	0	0	0	0
Total	66,141	100	18	30	48	0
Source: Ipswich Borough Council

Ward Results

Alexandra

Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jane Riley	1,805	45.4	-3.2
	Conservative	Jose Bernardo Esteves	1,327	33.4	+14.2
	Green	Barry Broom	534	13.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Toye	311	7.8	-2.6
Majority			478	12.0	N/A
Turnout			3,977
	Labour hold		Swing

Bixley

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Pope	2,284	54.1	+6.3
	Labour	Paul Anderson	1,003	23.8	+0.1
	UKIP	Philippa Gordon	542	12.8	-8.3
	Green	James White	206	5.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Hope	183	4.3	-0.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Philip Smart	1,387	39.6	-3.7
	Conservative	Katherine Parkinson	1,148	32.8	+14.8
	UKIP	Alan Boswell	580	16.6	-10.3
	Green	Eric Nelson	205	5.9	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Harvey	179	5.1	+0.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Hill

Castle Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Goldsmith	1,933	48.3	+11.1
	Labour	Annabel Mednick	1,024	25.6	-2.7
	UKIP	Wilfred Arasaratnam	607	15.2	-13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Holmes	235	5.9	-0.1
	Green	Elizabeth Smith	203	5.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Martin Cook	1,520	42.2	+0.4
	Conservative	Carol Debman	1,144	31.8	+11.7
	UKIP	John Beard	768	21.3	-10.5
	Green	Benjamin Magrath	167	4.6	-0.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipping

Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Gardiner	1,452	43.4	-18.7
	Conservative	Kevin Algar	983	29.4	+2.5
	UKIP	Colin Gould	544	16.3	N/A
	Green	Shaun McDonald	231	6.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart McHardy	135	4.0	-7.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywells

Holywells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Harsant	1,649	44.7
	Labour	Howard Needham	1,132	30.7
	UKIP	Mark Dobrzanski	469	12.7
	Green	Thomas Wilmot	246	6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Lockington	194	5.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory Heath

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	William Knowles	1,627	42.2	-1.8
	Conservative	Andrew Shannon	1,329	34.5	+10.8
	UKIP	Michael Chelk	569	14.8	-11.6
	Green	Andrew Iredale	172	4.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Mathew Baker	160	4.1	-1.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere

Rushmere
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	1,712
	Labour Co-op	Tracy Grant	1,622
	UKIP	Ricky Kerry	549
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Jacob	212
	Green	Maxwell Phillips	198
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spirtes

Sprites
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Roger Fern	1,412	24.1	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Hall	1,205	20.6	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Bailey	1,034	17.7	N/A
	Labour	Colin Smart	980	16.7	N/A
	UKIP	Alan Cotterell	835	14.3	N/A
	Green	Maria Harrison	237	4.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Dighton	154	2.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Votes





Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold	Swing

St. Margaret's

St. Margaret's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1,743	37.5	+14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine French	1,521	32.8	-8.0
	Labour	Steven Reynolds	1,001	21.6	+3.1
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	377	8.1	+1.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Stoke Park

Stoke Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robin Hyde-Chambers	1,649	50.2	+10.3
	Labour	Barry Studd	1,264	38.5	+8.3
	Green	Sally Broom	227	6.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Boyd	146	4.4	+2.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Westgate

Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Julian Gibbs	972	42.6	+0.8
	Conservative	Ray Flood	964	28.4	+5.1
	UKIP	Mar Schueler	432	12.7	-5.2
	Green	John Mann	252	7.4	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Mitchell	179	5.3	+2.4
	Suffolk Together	Anna Matthews	123	3.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Martin Goonan	1,194	35.1	-8.5
	Conservative	David Heffer	1,174	34.5	+16.8
	UKIP	Eric Pearl	741	21.8	-12.5
	Green	Catherine Struthers	161	4.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Moira Kleissner	133	3.9	-0.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitton

Whitton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Erion Xhaferaj	1,640	46.5	+21.5
	Labour	Stephen Connelly	1,596	45.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Fletcher	291	8.3	+4.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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