# 2015 Ipswich Borough Council election

Elections to Ipswich Borough Council were held on 7 May 2015. Despite losing 4 seats to the Conservatives, the Labour Party remained the largest party on the council, albeit with a reduced majority. The Conservatives won 5 additional seats (4 from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats) and polled more votes than Labour overall. The Liberal Democrats lost a seat and won no seats. UKIP and the Green Party won no seats.

## Results summary

| Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Votes | % | Won | Existing | Total | +/– |
| Conservative Party | 25,717 | 38.88 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +5 |
| Labour Party | 24,625 | 37.23 | 10 | 21 | 31 | –4 |
| UK Independence Party | 7,413 | 11.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,345 | 6.57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –1 |
| Green Party | 3,918 | 5.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suffolk Together | 123 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 66,141 | 100 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 0 |
| Source: Ipswich Borough Council |||||||

## Ward Results
### Alexandra

Alexandra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jane Riley | 1,805 | 45.4 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative | Jose Bernardo Esteves | 1,327 | 33.4 | +14.2 |
| | Green | Barry Broom | 534 | 13.4 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Toye | 311 | 7.8 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | 12.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,977 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bixley

Bixley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Pope | 2,284 | 54.1 | +6.3 |
| | Labour | Paul Anderson | 1,003 | 23.8 | +0.1 |
| | UKIP | Philippa Gordon | 542 | 12.8 | −8.3 |
| | Green | James White | 206 | 5.9 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Hope | 183 | 4.3 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,281 | 30.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,218 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bridge

Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Philip Smart | 1,387 | 39.6 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Katherine Parkinson | 1,148 | 32.8 | +14.8 |
| | UKIP | Alan Boswell | 580 | 16.6 | −10.3 |
| | Green | Eric Nelson | 205 | 5.9 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Harvey | 179 | 5.1 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 239 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,499 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Castle Hill

Castle Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Goldsmith | 1,933 | 48.3 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | Annabel Mednick | 1,024 | 25.6 | −2.7 |
| | UKIP | Wilfred Arasaratnam | 607 | 15.2 | −13.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Holmes | 235 | 5.9 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Smith | 203 | 5.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 909 | 22.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,002 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gainsborough

Gainsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Cook | 1,520 | 42.2 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Carol Debman | 1,144 | 31.8 | +11.7 |
| | UKIP | John Beard | 768 | 21.3 | −10.5 |
| | Green | Benjamin Magrath | 167 | 4.6 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 10.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,599 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gipping

Gipping :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Gardiner | 1,452 | 43.4 | −18.7 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Algar | 983 | 29.4 | +2.5 |
| | UKIP | Colin Gould | 544 | 16.3 | New |
| | Green | Shaun McDonald | 231 | 6.9 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart McHardy | 135 | 4.0 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 469 | 14.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,345 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Holywells

Holywells :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Harsant | 1,649 | 44.7 |
| | Labour | Howard Needham | 1,132 | 30.7 |
| | UKIP | Mark Dobrzanski | 469 | 12.7 |
| | Green | Thomas Wilmot | 246 | 6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Lockington | 194 | 5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 517 | 14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,690 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Priory Heath

Priory Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | William Knowles | 1,627 | 42.2 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Shannon | 1,329 | 34.5 | +10.8 |
| | UKIP | Michael Chelk | 569 | 14.8 | −11.6 |
| | Green | Andrew Iredale | 172 | 4.5 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mathew Baker | 160 | 4.1 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | 7.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,857 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rushmere

Rushmere :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Ion | 1,712 | 39.9% |
| | Labour Co-op | Tracy Grant | 1,622 | 37.8% |
| | UKIP | Ricky Kerry | 549 | 12.8% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Jacob | 212 | 4.9% |
| | Green | Maxwell Phillips | 198 | 4.6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 2.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,293 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Spirtes

Sprites :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Fern | 1,412 | 24.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Robert Hall | 1,205 | 20.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Michael Bailey | 1,034 | 17.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Colin Smart | 980 | 16.7 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Alan Cotterell | 835 | 14.3 | N/A |
| | Green | Maria Harrison | 237 | 4.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Dighton | 154 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michelle Darwin | 1,645 | |
| | Labour | Neil Macdonald | 1,515 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Felix-Thomas | 1,444 | |
| | Conservative | Kingsley Garratt | 1,435 | |
| | UKIP | Josephine Grant | 777 | |
| | Green | Edmund Harrison | 502 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Whitmore | 312 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,630 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St. Margaret's

St. Margaret's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lee Reynolds | 1,743 | 37.5 | +14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine French | 1,521 | 32.8 | −8.0 |
| | Labour | Steven Reynolds | 1,001 | 21.6 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 377 | 8.1 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,642 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Stoke Park

Stoke Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robin Hyde-Chambers | 1,649 | 50.2 | +10.3 |
| | Labour | Barry Studd | 1,264 | 38.5 | +8.3 |
| | Green | Sally Broom | 227 | 6.9 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Boyd | 146 | 4.4 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 11.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,286 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Westgate

Westgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Julian Gibbs | 1,446 | 42.6 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Ray Flood | 964 | 28.4 | +5.1 |
| | UKIP | Mark Schueler | 432 | 12.7 | −5.2 |
| | Green | John Mann | 252 | 7.4 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Mitchell | 179 | 5.3 | +2.4 |
| | Suffolk Together | Anna Matthews | 123 | 3.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | 14.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,396 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Whitehouse

Whitehouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Martin Goonan | 1,194 | 35.1 | −8.5 |
| | Conservative | David Heffer | 1,174 | 34.5 | +16.8 |
| | UKIP | Eric Pearl | 741 | 21.8 | −12.5 |
| | Green | Catherine Struthers | 161 | 4.7 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Moira Kleissner | 133 | 3.9 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,403 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Whitton

Whitton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Erion Xhaferaj | 1,640 | 46.5 | +21.5 |
| | Labour | Stephen Connelly | 1,596 | 45.3 | +5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Fletcher | 291 | 8.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,527 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |