2015 Ipswich Borough Council election

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2015 Ipswich Borough Council election
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18 seats (out of 48 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before35103
Seats won1080
Seats after31152
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg5Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote24,61525,7924,345
Percentage37.539.06.6
SwingDecrease2.svg1.9Increase2.svg11.6Decrease2.svg1.6
Ipswich UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map showing the 2015 local election results in Ipswich.
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

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.

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Results summary

PartyVotes%Seats
WonExistingTotal+/–
Conservative Party 25,71738.888715+5
Labour Party 24,62537.23102131–4
UK Independence Party 7,41311.210000
Liberal Democrats 4,3456.57022–1
Green Party 3,9185.920000
Suffolk Together 1230.190000
Total66,1411001830480
Source: Ipswich Borough Council

Ward Results

Alexandra

Alexandra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Riley 1,805 45.4 -3.2
Conservative Jose Bernardo Esteves1,32733.4+14.2
Green Barry Broom53413.4+3.2
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Toye3117.8-2.6
Majority47812.0
Turnout 3,977
Labour hold Swing

Bixley

Bixley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Pope 2,284 54.1 +6.3
Labour Paul Anderson1,00323.8+0.1
UKIP Philippa Gordon54212.8-8.3
Green James White2065.9New
Liberal Democrats Martin Hope1834.3-0.1
Majority1,28130.3
Turnout 4,218
Conservative hold Swing

Bridge

Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Smart 1,387 39.6 -3.7
Conservative Katherine Parkinson1,14832.8+14.8
UKIP Alan Boswell58016.6-10.3
Green Eric Nelson2055.9-1.3
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Harvey1795.1+0.4
Majority2396.8
Turnout 3,499
Labour hold Swing

Castle Hill

Castle Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Goldsmith 1,933 48.3 +11.1
Labour Annabel Mednick1,02425.6-2.7
UKIP Wilfred Arasaratnam60715.2-13.3
Liberal Democrats Oliver Holmes2355.9-0.1
Green Elizabeth Smith2035.1New
Majority90922.7
Turnout 4,002
Conservative hold Swing

Gainsborough

Gainsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Cook 1,520 42.2 +0.4
Conservative Carol Debman1,14431.8+11.7
UKIP John Beard76821.3-10.5
Green Benjamin Magrath1674.6-0.1
Majority37610.4
Turnout 3,599
Labour hold Swing

Gipping

Gipping
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Gardiner 1,452 43.4 -18.7
Conservative Kevin Algar98329.4+2.5
UKIP Colin Gould54416.3New
Green Shaun McDonald2316.9New
Liberal Democrats Stuart McHardy1354.0-7.0
Majority46914.0
Turnout 3,345
Labour hold Swing

Holywells

Holywells
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Harsant 1,649 44.7
Labour Howard Needham1,13230.7
UKIP Mark Dobrzanski46912.7
Green Thomas Wilmot2466.7
Liberal Democrats Timothy Lockington1945.3
Majority51714.0
Turnout 3,690
Conservative hold Swing

Priory Heath

Priory Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op William Knowles 1,627 42.2 -1.8
Conservative Andrew Shannon1,32934.5+10.8
UKIP Michael Chelk56914.8-11.6
Green Andrew Iredale1724.5New
Liberal Democrats Mathew Baker1604.1-1.8
Majority2987.7
Turnout 3,857
Labour hold Swing

Rushmere

Rushmere
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Ion 1,712 39.9%
Labour Co-op Tracy Grant1,62237.8%
UKIP Ricky Kerry54912.8%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Jacob2124.9%
Green Maxwell Phillips1984.6%
Majority902.1%
Turnout 4,293
Conservative gain from Labour

Spirtes

Sprites
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Fern 1,412 24.1 N/A
Conservative Robert Hall 1,205 20.6 N/A
Conservative Michael Bailey1,03417.7N/A
Labour Colin Smart98016.7N/A
UKIP Alan Cotterell83514.3N/A
Green Maria Harrison2374.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Dighton1542.6N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St. John's

St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michelle Darwin 1,645
Labour Neil Macdonald 1,515
Conservative Mark Felix-Thomas1,444
Conservative Kingsley Garratt1,435
UKIP Josephine Grant777
Green Edmund Harrison502
Liberal Democrats Robin Whitmore312
Majority71
Turnout 7,630
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Margaret's

St. Margaret's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lee Reynolds 1,743 37.5 +14.1
Liberal Democrats Catherine French1,52132.8-8.0
Labour Steven Reynolds1,00121.6+3.1
Green Kirsty Wilmot3778.1+1.9
Majority2224.7
Turnout 4,642
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Stoke Park

Stoke Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Hyde-Chambers 1,649 50.2 +10.3
Labour Barry Studd1,26438.5+8.3
Green Sally Broom2276.9+3.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Boyd1464.4+2.2
Majority38511.7
Turnout 3,286
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Westgate

Westgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Julian Gibbs 1,446 42.6 +0.8
Conservative Ray Flood96428.4+5.1
UKIP Mark Schueler43212.7-5.2
Green John Mann2527.4-2.0
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Mitchell1795.3+2.4
Suffolk Together Anna Matthews1233.6New
Majority48214.2
Turnout 3,396
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Martin Goonan 1,194 35.1 -8.5
Conservative David Heffer1,17434.5+16.8
UKIP Eric Pearl74121.8-12.5
Green Catherine Struthers1614.7New
Liberal Democrats Moira Kleissner1333.9-0.6
Majority200.6
Turnout 3,403
Labour hold Swing

Whitton

Whitton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Erion Xhaferaj 1,640 46.5 +21.5
Labour Stephen Connelly1,59645.3+5.4
Liberal Democrats Julie Fletcher2918.3+4.3
Majority441.2
Turnout 3,527
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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