Ipswich Borough Council elections

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Ipswich Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four to elect members of Ipswich Borough Council in Suffolk, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 16 wards with each ward electing three councillors. [1]

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Council elections

Result maps

Election apportionment diagrams

By-election results

1998-2002

St Margarets By-Election 18 March 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 88343.2+2.9
Liberal Democrats 76437.4+1.6
Labour 39719.4-4.6
Majority1195.8
Turnout 2,04433.2
Conservative hold Swing
Town By-Election 20 July 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 62953.4+0.1
Conservative 41134.9+3.6
Liberal Democrats 13711.6-3.8
Majority21818.5
Turnout 1,17719.1
Labour hold Swing
Sprites By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,80059.5+10.8
Conservative 83927.7-13.0
Liberal Democrats 38612.8+2.2
Majority96131.8
Turnout 3,025
Labour hold Swing

2006-2010

Castle Hill By-Election 19 July 2007
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Vickery1,02860.6+11.8
Labour John Harris38522.7+3.5
Liberal Democrats Nigel Cheeseman28416.7-6.0
Majority64337.9
Turnout 1,69728.7
Conservative hold Swing
Castle Hill By-Election 24 July 2008 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Young84364.3+3.3
Labour John Harris28221.5+2.9
Liberal Democrats Nigel Cheeseman18614.2-0.4
Majority56142.8
Turnout 1,31122.3
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

St Margaret's By-Election 10 November 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Cathy French94241.8+6.7
Conservative Stephen Ion87138.7+1.7
Labour Glen Chisholm43919.5-1.8
Majority713.1
Turnout 2,25235.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 2.5
Alexandra By-Election 2 May 2013 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cook77247.0-7.0
UKIP Alan Cotterell27917.0+17.0
Conservative Edward Phillips27416.7+0.0
Green Tom Wilmot19311.7+1.1
Liberal Democrats Ken Toye1267.7-11.0
Majority49330.0
Turnout 1,644
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Whitehouse By-Election 2 May 2013 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Wright63041.7-19.9
UKIP James Crossley53735.5+35.5
Conservative Paul West23815.7-12.1
Green Geoff Reynish553.6+3.6
Liberal Democrats Moira Kleissner523.4-7.2
Majority936.2
Turnout 1,512
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018

Stoke Park By-Election 4 May 2017 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Hall89949.6+4.0
Labour Collette Allen65936.3-10.4
UKIP Alan Cotterell1437.9+7.9
Liberal Democrats Maureen Haaker593.3-4.4
Green Adria Pittock532.9+2.9
Majority24013.2
Turnout 1,813
Conservative hold Swing

2018-2022

Alexandra By-Election 26 September 2019 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Rae73450.2-3.5
Liberal Democrats Henry Williams28719.6+10.7
Conservative Lee Reynolds27819.0-0.7
Green Tom Wilmot16411.2-6.5
Majority44730.6
Turnout 1,463
Labour hold Swing

2022-2026

Priory Heath By-Election 15 December 2022 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roxanne Downes65359.9+6.3
Conservative Gregor McNie31428.8-4.1
Liberal Democrats Trevor Powell12311.3+5.9
Majority33931.1
Turnout 1,090
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Borough of Ipswich (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2001/3890, retrieved 6 January 2024
  2. The Borough of Ipswich (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  3. The Ipswich and Suffolk Coastal (District Boundaries) Order 1985
  4. "Castle Hill by-election result". Ipswich borough council. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
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