2004 Ipswich Borough Council election

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10 June 2004

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16 of the 48 seats
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	31	12	5
Seats won	5	9	3
Seats after	23	18	7
Seat change	8	6	2
Popular vote	10,656	13,392	26.0%
Percentage	32.1%	40.4%	8,626
Swing	0.4%	1.2%	0.2%

Map showing the 2004 local election results in Ipswich.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. A Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition was formed after the election.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Ipswich Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	6	0	+6	52.9	40.4	13,392	+1.2%
Labour	5	0	8	-8	29.4	32.1	10,656	-0.4%
Liberal Democrats	3	2	0	+2	17.6	26.0	8,626	+0.2%
CPA	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	281	-0.6%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	136	+0.4%
Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	71	+0.2%

Ward results

Alexandra

Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Gooch	802	41.2	-1.7
	Labour	John Cook	661	34.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Keith Matthews	483	24.8	+7.8
Majority			141	7.2	-1.2
Turnout			1,946
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bixley

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carter	1,325	53.8	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Rivett	704	28.6	-1.5
	Labour	Martyn Green	351	14.2	-2.8
	CPA	Christine Pinder	84	3.4	-3.2
Majority			621	25.2	+8.9
Turnout			2,464
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Flood	693	39.7	+5.0
	Labour	Harold Mangar	673	38.6	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Jacob	379	21.7	-0.5
Majority			20	1.1
Turnout			1,745
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Castle Hill

Castle Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Jackson	1,189	55.8	-2.2
	Labour	Peter Shaw	473	22.2	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Tracy	470	22.0	+1.3
Majority			716	33.6	-3.1
Turnout			2,132
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mowles	769	44.9	-0.9
	Conservative	Janet Sibley	531	31.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Chambers	288	16.8	-2.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Paul Billingham	71	4.1	+4.1
	CPA	Jonathan Barnes	54	3.2	-2.1
Majority			238	13.9	-2.7
Turnout			1,713
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipping

Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Ellesmere	671	44.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	458	30.0	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Zablok	397	26.0	+2.2
Majority			213	14.0	+1.2
Turnout			1,526
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywells

Holywells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hale	806	49.5	-5.6
	Labour	Susan Maguire	470	28.9	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	353	21.7	+3.6
Majority			336	20.6	-7.7
Turnout			1,629
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory Heath

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Quinton	731	42.2	+3.9
	Conservative	Duncan Titchmarsh	644	37.1	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Atkins	359	20.7	-0.8
Majority			87	5.1	+0.4
Turnout			1,734
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere (2)

Rushmere (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	928
	Conservative	Judy Terry	867
	Labour	Alasdair Ross	719
	Labour	Keith Herod	696
	Liberal Democrats	Gilliam Auton	547
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Toye	421
	CPA	Stephen Bloomfield	143
Turnout			4,321
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sprites

Sprites
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kirby	861	43.2	+1.6
	Conservative	Robert Hall	832	41.8	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cooper	299	15.0	-2.1
Majority			29	1.5	+1.1
Turnout			1,992
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Carnall	842	39.2	+4.8
	Labour	Elizabeth Cooper	796	37.0	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy French	511	23.8	+3.0
Majority			46	2.2
Turnout			2,149
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Margaret's

St Margaret's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Atkins	1,336	47.9	+1.9
	Conservative	David Brown	1,119	40.1	-0.9
	Labour	Jane Shaw	337	12.1	-0.9
Majority			217	7.8	+2.8
Turnout			2,792
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stoke Park

Stoke Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul West	894	48.0	+6.4
	Labour	Barry Studd	609	32.7	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Brown	358	19.2	-2.7
Majority			285	15.3	+10.2
Turnout			1,861
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Westgate

Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Jones	632	36.8	-4.0
	Conservative	Julie Schubert	480	27.9	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Chambers	471	27.4	+1.7
	Independent	Sally Wainman	136	7.9	+7.9
Majority			152	8.9	+1.6
Turnout			1,719
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony James	564	35.0	-4.4
	Labour	William Knowles	556	34.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Colin Morgan	491	30.5	+0.9
Majority			8	0.5	-8.0
Turnout			1,611
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Whitton

Whitton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Ward	810	44.3	-0.4
	Labour	John Harris	651	35.6	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Goodall	367	20.1	+3.6
Majority			159	8.7	+2.8
Turnout			1,828
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

2004 Ipswich election result

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