2016 Ipswich Borough Council election

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5 May 2016

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17 seats (out of 48 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	31	15	2
Seats won	13	3	1
Seats after	33	13	2
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	14,203	10,049	2,831
Percentage	46.4%	32.8%	9.3%

Map showing the 2016 local election results in Ipswich.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Elections to Ipswich Borough Council took place on 5 May 2016.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results Summary

2016 Ipswich Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13	2	81.3	20	33	68.8	14,654	46.2
	Conservative	2	2	12.5	11	13	27.1	10,797	34.1
	Liberal Democrats	1		6.3	1	2	4.2	2,731	8.6
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,018	6.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,497	4.7

Ward Results

These are the results for all 16 wards.^[2]

Alexandra

Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Adam Leeder	1,019	53.8	+8.4
	Conservative	Chandima Perera	478	25.3	-8.1
	Green	Barry Broom	219	11.6	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Toye	177	9.4	+1.6
Majority			541	28.5
Turnout			1,893
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Bixley

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Carnall	1,142	51.2	-1.9
	Labour	Paul Anderson	625	28.0	+4.2
	UKIP	David Hurlbut	307	13.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Boyd	155	7.0	+2.7
Majority			517	23.2
Turnout			2,229
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Bryony Rudkin	887	59.3	+19.7
	Conservative	Richard Dighton	419	28.0	-4.8
	Green	Charlotte Armstrong	191	12.8	+6.9
Majority			468	29.3
Turnout			1,597
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Castle Hill

Castle Hill (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Fisher	823	24.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Robin Vickery	748	22.0	*N/A*
	Labour	Annabel Mednick	529	15.6	N/A
	Labour	John Harris	451	13.3	N/A
	UKIP	Pippa Gordon	420	12.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Mitchell	230	6.8	N/A
	Green	Liz Smith	196	5.8	N/A
Majority			219
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Connelly	1,059	68.2	+26.0
	Conservative	Quaid Combstock	494	31.8	0.0
Majority			565	36.4
Turnout			1,553
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Gipping

Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Ellesmere	896	57.0	+13.6
	Conservative	Kevin Algar	434	27.6	-1.8
	Green	Shaun McDonald	144	9.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Packwood	99	6.3	+2.3
Majority			462	29.4
Turnout			1,573
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywells

Holywells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Studd	827	43.1	+12.4
	Conservative	Heather Mills	817	42.6	-2.1
	Green	Tom Wilmot	142	7.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Chambers	131	6.8	+1.5
Majority			10	0.5
Turnout			1,917
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Priory Heath

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Barber	1,026	59.2	+17.0
	Conservative	Andy Shannon	558	32.2	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Grange	148	8.6	+4.4
Majority			468	27.0
Turnout			1,732
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere

Rushmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alasdair Ross	1,285	57.6	+19.8
	Conservative	Paul Cawthorn	712	39.9	-8.0
	Green	Maxwell Phillips	125	5.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Jacob	109	4.9	0.0
Majority			573	25.7
Turnout			2,231
	Labour hold		Swing

Sprites

Sprites
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Smart	895	46.9	+10.2
	Conservative	Bob Hall	603	31.6	+0.2
	UKIP	Alan Cotterell	372	19.5	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	38	2.0	-2.0
Majority			292	15.3
Turnout			1,908
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil McDonald	1,261	57.4	+22.3
	Conservative	Jose Esteves	660	30.1	-0.8
	Green	Ned Harrison	173	7.9	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	102	4.6	-2.1
Majority			601	27.3
Turnout			2,196
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Margaret's

St. Margaret's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,068	37.3	+4.5
	Conservative	Steve Hardman	896	31.3	-6.2
	Labour	Steven Reynolds	588	20.5	-1.1
	UKIP	Andrew Iddon	178	6.2	New
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	133	4.6	-3.5
Majority			172	6.0
Turnout			2,863	46.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stoke Park

Stoke Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tracy Grant	835	46.7	+8.2
	Conservative	Ben Harvey	815	45.6	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Powell	137	7.7	+3.3
Majority			20	1.1
Turnout			1,787
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Westgate

Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Jones	865	57.2	+14.6
	Conservative	Mark Felix-Thomas	330	21.8	-6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hore	193	12.8	+7.5
	Green	John Mann	124	8.2	+0.8
Majority			535	35.4
Turnout			1,512
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glen Chisholm	773	48.8	+13.7
	UKIP	Eric Pearl	385	24.3	+2.5
	Conservative	David Heffer	333	21.0	-13.5
	Green	Anthony Dooley	50	3.2	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Fletcher	42	2.6	-1.3
Majority			388	24.5
Turnout			1,583
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitton

Whitton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Meudec	833	45.6	+0.3
	Conservative	John Downie	535	29.3	-17.2
	UKIP	Tony Gould	356	19.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Kleissner	102	5.6	-2.7
Majority			298	16.3
Turnout			1,826
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ Williams, Russell. "Declaration of results" (PDF). Ipswich Borough Council. Ipswich Borough Council. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

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