2002 Ipswich Borough Council election

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2002 Ipswich Borough Council election
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  2000 2 May 2002 2003  

All 48 seats
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election31152
Seats won3594
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg6Increase2.svg2
Popular vote11,50110,5226,201
Percentage39.8%36.4%21.5%

Ipswich UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map showing the 2002 local election results in Ipswich.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2002 Ipswich Borough Council election was an election for Ipswich Borough Council held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

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Election result

Election apportionment diagram Ipswich Borough Council 3 May 2002.svg
Election apportionment diagram








2002 Ipswich Local Election Result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 35+372.941.133,082
  Conservative 9-418.837.430,150
  Liberal Democrats 4+18.320.716,675
  CPA 0000.6519
  Green 0000.2143

Ward results

Alexandra

Alexandra (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Penelope Breakwell 794
Labour Maureen Carrington-Brown 720
Liberal Democrats Jane Chambers 687
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Toye675
Labour Dianne Hosking672
Liberal Democrats Robin Whitmore651
Conservative Susan Rush355
Conservative Maureen Springle328
Conservative Margaret Saunders316
Turnout 5,198

Bixley

Bixley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Wright 1,285
Conservative Gordon Terry 1,220
Conservative Stephen Barker 1,199
Liberal Democrats Adam Beaton522
Labour Colin Campbell502
Labour Susan Maguire463
Liberal Democrats John Rivett451
Labour Susan Smart450
Liberal Democrats Brian Fearnley354
CPA Dave Cooper220
Turnout 6,666

Bridge

Bridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James Powell 764
Labour Harold Mangar 690
Labour Philip Smart 676
Conservative Andrew Booth402
Conservative Albie Kingham382
Conservative Maureen Mott376
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Williams248
Liberal Democrats Juliet Lloyd246
Liberal Democrats Denise Earle221
Turnout 4,005

Castle Hill

Castle Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Henry Davies 1,160
Conservative Dale Jackson 1,079
Conservative David Goldsmith 1,053
Labour Mary Manuel653
Labour James Adams573
Labour Peter Shaw528
Liberal Democrats Nina Day361
Liberal Democrats John Goodall264
Liberal Democrats Clive Whitter235
Turnout 5,906

Gainsborough

Gainsborough (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sally Brown 902
Labour John Mowles 892
Labour Don Edwards 883
Conservative William Cook453
Conservative Keith Matthews423
Conservative Nico Mott405
Liberal Democrats Louise Gooch164
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Jacob138
Liberal Democrats Charles Tracy127
Turnout 4,387

Gipping

Gipping (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jeanette Macartney 776
Labour David Ellesmere 754
Labour Peter Gardiner 753
Conservative Michael Irvine369
Conservative Helen Last347
Conservative Robert Strutt333
Liberal Democrats Jill Atkins224
Liberal Democrats Donald Perkins202
Liberal Democrats Amy Luke194
Turnout 3,952

Holywells

Holywells (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative George Debman 792
Conservative David Hale 760
Conservative Elizabeth Harsant 745
Labour John Cook532
Labour Robert Daines506
Labour Richard Kirby477
Liberal Democrats Catherine Chambers254
Liberal Democrats Velina Walden206
Liberal Democrats Bob Zablok184
Turnout 4,456

Priory Heath

Priory Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bradley Maguire 603
Labour William Quinton 601
Labour Dale Jabbar 588
Conservative Sarah Dodwell412
Conservative Peter Rush369
Conservative Benjamin Redsell359
Liberal Democrats Frank Atkins231
Liberal Democrats Catherine French220
Liberal Democrats Martin Pakes194
Turnout 3,577

Rushmere

Rushmere (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Robert Ray-Dobson 924
Labour Keith Herod 868
Labour David Isaacs 842
Conservative Mark Rush838
Conservative Stephen Ion823
Conservative Keith Wood767
Liberal Democrats Gillian Auton467
Liberal Democrats Roberta Kerslake400
Liberal Democrats Graham Lucas333
CPA Stephen Bloomfield182
Turnout 6,444

St Johns

St Johns (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alexander Martin 892
Labour Elizabeth Cooper 875
Labour Neil MacDonald 868
Conservative Stephen Cook740
Conservative Edward Phillips698
Conservative Carlton Vajzovic637
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Hubbard316
Liberal Democrats David Kitchen267
Liberal Democrats John Whitear233
Green Jack Phipps143
CPA Gavin Stone117
Turnout 5,786

St Margaret's

St Margaret's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Inga Lockington 1,366
Liberal Democrats Richard Atkins 1,222
Liberal Democrats John Cooper 1,191
Conservative David Brown1,093
Conservative Jeffrey Stansfield1,049
Conservative Carole Leggett993
Labour Jane Shaw386
Labour Adele Cook382
Labour Steve Reynolds380
Turnout 8,062

Sprites

Sprites (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ian Grimwood 915
Labour Richard Risebrow 860
Labour John Le Grys 858
Conservative Bob Hall529
Conservative Roy Dovaston511
Conservative Kathleen Kenna507
Liberal Democrats Gwynne Chipperfield226
Liberal Democrats Philip Richardson217
Liberal Democrats James Williams201
Turnout 4,824

Stoke Park

Stoke Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Roger Fern 754
Labour Barry Studd 738
Labour Keith Rawlingson 730
Conservative Duncan Titchmarsh638
Conservative Paul West638
Conservative Don Ward616
Liberal Democrats David Mullett267
Liberal Democrats Catherine Stafford219
Liberal Democrats Tim Starkey211
Turnout 4,811

Westgate

Westgate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary Blake 716
Labour John Harris 654
Labour Martin Cook 651
Conservative Julia Schubert414
Conservative Stella Fuller393
Conservative Robert Watson381
Liberal Democrats Dennis Day256
Liberal Democrats Timothy Lockington248
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Toye238
Turnout 3,951

Whitehouse

Whitehouse (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Albert Grant 574
Labour Trevor Payne 561
Labour Christopher Newbury 513
Liberal Democrats George King364
Conservative Colin Morgan356
Conservative Mary Young322
Conservative Tracy Rivers313
Liberal Democrats Charlie Blue281
Liberal Democrats Michael Higgins246
Turnout 3,530

Whitton

Whitton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour George Clarke 814
Labour Graham Manuel 809
Labour Martyn Green 766
Conservative Sandie Doyle686
Conservative Neville Jackson649
Conservative Stephen Lark637
Liberal Democrats Adrian Brown248
Liberal Democrats Santa Richardson210
Liberal Democrats Julie Fletcher195
Turnout 5,014

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