Ipswich council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 16 wards · 18 seats contested

Most seats
15
Labour Party
Seats contested
18
across 16 wards
Turnout
31.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 15 +3 15,931 46.4% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 -1 10,095 29.4% -4.8
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 3,418 10.0% -1.7
Green Party 0 +0 3,685 10.7% +0.1
Reform UK 0 +0 1,114 3.2% +3.0
Independent 0 +0 86 0.3% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 18
Conservative and Unionist Party 18
Labour Party 18
Green Party 17
Liberal Democrats 16
Reform UK 5
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 18 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alexandra

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Adam Rae Elected 1,125 50.0% +8.9
Green Party David John Plowman 599 26.6% +2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Katherine Mary West 401 17.8% -12.3
Liberal Democrats Kelly Victoria Turner 123 5.5% +1.1
Majority526
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,780
Ballots cast2,248

Labour Party hold

Bixley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee Chadwick Reynolds Elected 1,053 47.6% -2.5
Labour Party Paul James Anderson 788 35.6% +2.6
Green Party Stephanie Gillian Cullen 239 10.8% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Lisa Weichert 132 6.0% -0.9
Majority265
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors5,762
Ballots cast2,212

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Bryony Rudkin Elected 780 46.2% -4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party John Peter Downie 450 26.7% -3.5
Reform UK Catherine Kersey 284 16.8% —
Green Party Adria Lee Pittock 166 9.8% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Sophie Helena Frances Williams 108 6.4% +0.8
Majority330
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors6,681
Ballots cast1,688

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Castle Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Stuart Fisher Elected 827 40.0% +1.6
Labour Party Kim Cook 750 36.3% +5.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Edmund Pakes 345 16.7% -5.4
Green Party Richard Foster 143 6.9% -1.3
Majority77
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors5,756
Ballots cast2,065

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Gainsborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Whatling Elected 764 47.5% -6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Albert Demaj 411 25.6% -7.9
Reform UK John Alfred Beard 186 11.6% —
Green Party Robert James Young 100 6.2% -2.1
Independent Shayne Robert Pooley 86 5.4% —
Liberal Democrats Amy Victoria Bendall 60 3.7% -0.2
Majority353
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors6,208
Ballots cast1,607

Labour Party hold

Gipping

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Thomas Ellesmere Elected 878 55.8% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Rhys Greg Ellis 442 28.1% +0.4
Green Party Lee Morris 159 10.1% -2.1
Liberal Democrats Gerald Pryke 95 6.0% +0.8
Majority436
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors6,472
Ballots cast1,574

Labour Party hold

Holywells

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nic El-Safty Elected 1,041 49.2% +2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Pippa Gordon-Gould 704 33.3% -7.4
Green Party Rory Richardson-Todd 205 9.7% +2.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Kirk Chambers 165 7.8% +2.4
Majority337
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors5,903
Ballots cast2,116

Labour Party hold

Priory Heath 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Roxanne Debra Downes Elected 909 53.5% +4.3
Labour Party Owen Leslie Bartholomew Elected 805 47.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Charles Hall 485 28.6% -3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Raymond Scanes 431 25.4% —
Green Party Andy Patmore 195 11.5% +1.4
Green Party Tom Wilmot 188 11.1% —
Liberal Democrats Conrad Robert-Smith Packwood 101 5.9% -2.4
Majority320
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors6,712
Ballots cast1,698

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Rushmere

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alasdair Donald Mackenzie Ross Elected 1,163 49.6% +2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Debbie Richards 626 26.7% -7.3
Green Party Rachel Morris 221 9.4% -0.6
Reform UK Timothy Robert Hawke 188 8.0% —
Liberal Democrats Lucy Drake 146 6.2% -2.3
Majority537
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors6,171
Ballots cast2,345

Labour Party hold

Sprites

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Philip Mark McSweeney Elected 769 49.1% +2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Sian Olwyn Chantelle Gubb 618 39.5% +1.8
Green Party Martin Hynes 124 7.9% +2.0
Liberal Democrats Robin T Whitmore 54 3.5% +1.1
Majority151
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors5,080
Ballots cast1,565

Labour Party hold

St John's 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Corinna Hope Hudson Elected 1,172 51.1% +5.2
Labour Party Neil Edward MacDonald Elected 1,162 50.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Buttle 698 30.4% -1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Richard Ion 542 23.6% —
Green Party Jude Rook 333 14.5% +5.0
Liberal Democrats Giles Turner 273 11.9% -1.1
Majority464
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors7,029
Ballots cast2,295

Labour Party hold

St Margaret's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Oliver James Holmes Elected 1,431 50.9% -2.3
Labour Party Sheila Margaret Handley 559 19.9% +3.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Laura Marie Allenby 477 17.0% -4.4
Green Party Kirsty Ellen Wilmot 341 12.1% +3.4
Majority872
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors6,482
Ballots cast2,809

Liberal Democrats hold

Stoke Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Chu Man Elected 765 44.6% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party James Anthony Lymer Harding 702 40.9% -5.2
Green Party Barry Broom 172 10.0% +2.8
Liberal Democrats Henry Williams 76 4.4% +0.2
Majority63
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors5,160
Ballots cast1,715

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Westgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carole Elizabeth Jones Elected 935 55.4% +1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Jason Kirby 370 21.9% -2.3
Green Party John William Mann 235 13.9% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Hore 147 8.7% +0.1
Majority565
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors6,430
Ballots cast1,687

Labour Party hold

Whitehouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Tracy Anne Grant Elected 754 51.0% -1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Patrick Phillips 303 20.5% -9.5
Reform UK David Alan Hurlbut 191 12.9% —
Green Party Susan Grace Hagley 160 10.8% -1.6
Liberal Democrats Immo Weichert 69 4.7% -0.7
Majority451
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors6,433
Ballots cast1,478

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Whitton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Patricia Bruce-Browne Elected 812 44.4% -3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party David Frederick Goldsmith 555 30.3% -9.4
Reform UK Tony Gould 265 14.5% —
Green Party Jason Williams 105 5.7% -0.7
Liberal Democrats Nick Jacob 93 5.1% -1.2
Majority257
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors6,190
Ballots cast1,830

Labour Party hold

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