# St Margaret's Ward, Ipswich

St Margaret's Ward is a ward in the Central Area of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council.
It is designated Middle Layer Super Output Area Ipswich 005 by the Office for National Statistics. It is composed of 5 Lower Layer Super Output Areas.

## Ipswich Borough Council Elections
### Ipswich Borough Council Elections in the 2020s

2023 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 4 May 2023) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Lockington | 1,559 | 53.3 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative | Laura Allenby | 625 | 21.4 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Sheila Handley | 486 | 16.6 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 257 | 8.8 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 934 | 31.8 | −8.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2934 | 45.7 | −0.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,421 | | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.2 | |
2022 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 5 May 2022) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 1,765 | 59.0 | +18.5 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Ion | 563 | 18.8 | −9.6 |
| | Labour | Ruman Muhith | 451 | 15.1 | −5.9 |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 215 | 7.2 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,202 | 40.0 | +26.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3003 | 46.2 | −6.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,501 | | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +14.1 | |
2021 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 6 May 2021) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Holmes | 1,427 | 41.5 | −11.4 |
| | Conservative | Deborah Richards | 977 | 28.4 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | Stefan Long | 722 | 21.0 | +5.9 |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 235 | 6.8 | −2.5 |
| | The Burning Pink Party | Susan Hagley | 40 | 1.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | 13.1 | −18.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 35 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3435 | 53.1 | +8.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,470 | | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -9.1 | |

### Ipswich Borough Council Elections in the 2010s

2019 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 2 May 2019) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Lockington | 1,533 | 52.9 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Lee Reynolds | 627 | 21.6 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Maggie Barradell | 439 | 15.1 | −5.6 |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 270 | 9.3 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 906 | 31.3 | +5.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 30 | 1.0 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2899 | 45.0 | −0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,450 | | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.9 | |
2018 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 3 May 2018) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 1,493 | 50.2 | +13.0 |
| | Conservative | Simon Fisher | 734 | 24.7 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | Jeremy Brown | 615 | 20.7 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 104 | 3.5 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | David Tabane | 19 | 0.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 759 | 25.5 | +19.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2975 | 45.7 | −0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,505 | | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.8 | |
2016 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 5 May 2016) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Holmes | 1,068 | 37.2 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hardman | 896 | 31.2 | −6.2 |
| | Labour | Steven Reynolds | 588 | 20.5 | −1.0 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Iddon | 178 | 6.2 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 133 | 4.6 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 172 | 6.0 | +10.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2873 | 46.6 | −27.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,160 | | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
2015 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 7 May 2015) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lee Reynolds | 1,743 | 37.4 | +14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine French | 1521 | 32.7 | −8.0 |
| | Labour | Steven Reynolds | 1001 | 21.5 | +3.0 |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 377 | 8.1 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 4.8 | +22.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4658 | 74.0 | +28.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,298 | | +0.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +11.1 | |
2014 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 22 May 2014) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 1,164 | 40.7 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Lee Reynolds | 668 | 23.3 | −9.3 |
| | Labour | Steven Reynolds | 528 | 18.5 | −1.8 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Iddon | 316 | 11.0 | |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 177 | 6.2 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 496 | 17.3 | +13.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2861 | 45.6 | +5.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,270 | | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +13.4 | |
2012 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 3 May 2012) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cann | 883 | 36.6 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Ion | 786 | 32.6 | −5.9 |
| | Labour | Scott Huntly | 489 | 20.3 | +0.9 |
| | Independent | Peter Turtill | 128 | 5.3 | |
| | Green | Kirsty Wilmot | 124 | 5.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 4.0 | +0.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2414 | 40.0 | +4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,035 | | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.8 | |
2011 St. Margaret's Ward By-election (Thursday 10 November 2011) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cathy French | 942 | 41.7 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Ion | 871 | 38.5 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Glen Chisholm | 439 | 19.4 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 3.1 | +18.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2261 | 36.0 | −17.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,276 | | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |
2011 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 5 May 2011) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Karen Stokes | 1,167 | 36.9 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cathy French | 1107 | 35.0 | −11.6 |
| | Labour | Kimberly Cook | 671 | 21.2 | +7.0 |
| | Green | Amelia Drayson | 211 | 6.7 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 1.9 | +17.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3161 | 53.9 | −18.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,868 | | −3.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +15.7 | |
2010 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 6 May 2010) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 2,101 | 48.5 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Ion | 1,420 | 32.8 | −7.2 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Cooper | 613 | 14.2 | +3.0 |
| | Green | Amelia Drayson | 186 | 3.9 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 681 | 15.7 | +14.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4329 | 72.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,077 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +7.0 | |

### Ipswich Borough Council Elections in the 2000s

2008 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 1 May 2008) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Atkins | 1,134 | 41.7 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Mary Young | 1,089 | 40.0 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Cooper | 304 | 11.2 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Amelia Drayson | 195 | 7.2 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 1.7 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2722 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.5 | |
2007 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 3 May 2007) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cooper | 1,011 | 38.2 | −12.2 |
| | Conservative | Sophie Stanbrook | 968 | 36.5 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Steve Buckingham | 289 | 10.9 | +1.0 |
| | Independent | Leonard Woolf | 199 | 7.5 | |
| | Green | Amy Drayson | 183 | 6.9 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 1.6 | −15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2650 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -8.0 | |
2006 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 4 May 2006) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 1,426 | 50.4 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Booth | 929 | 32.8 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | William Knowles | 280 | 9.9 | −2.8 |
| | Green | Amelia Drayson | 197 | 7.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 497 | 17.5 | +9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2832 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.8 | |
2004 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 10 June 2004) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 217 | 7.8 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2792 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
2003 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 1 May 2003) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cooper | 1,211 | 46.0 |
| | Conservative | David Brown | 1,079 | 41.0 |
| | Labour | Jane Shaw | 341 | 13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2631 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
2002 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 2 May 2002) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 1,366 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Atkins | 1,222 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cooper | 1,191 |
| | Conservative | David Brown | 1,093 |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Stansfield | 1,049 |
| | Conservative | Carike Keggett | 993 |
| | Labour | Jane Shaw | 386 |
| | Labour | Adele Cook | 382 |
| | Labour | Steve Reynold | 380 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
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## Suffolk County Council Elections

2021 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 6 May 2021) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 2,590 | |
| | Conservative | Deborah Richards | 2,195 | |
| | Labour | Maria Carreiro | 1989 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Holmes | 1840 | |
| | Labour | Stefan Long | 1517 | |
| | Green | Kirsy Wilmot | 965 | |
| | The Burning Pink Party | Tina Smith | 168 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6612 | 42.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,503 | |
2017 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 4 May 2017) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 2,284 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Chambers | 1,954 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Adams | 1897 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Holmes | 1869 | |
| | Conservative | Lee Reynolds | 1697 | |
| | Labour | Janice Parry | 1541 | |
| | Green | Kirsy Wilmot | 323 | |
| | Green | John Mann | 287 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6103 | 40.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,180 | |
2013 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 2 May 2013) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sarah Adams | 1,668 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 1,457 | |
| | Labour | Robert Bridgeman | 1441 | |
| | Conservative | Lee Reynolds | 1355 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Stewart | 1257 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine French | 1211 | |
| | UKIP | John Chapman | 823 | |
| | Green | John Mann | 481 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5134 | 33.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,195 | |
2009 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 4 June 2009) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 2,409 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cann | 2,375 |
| | Conservative | Sophie Stanbrook | 1853 |
| | Conservative | Janet Sibley | 1773 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Cooper | 811 |
| | Labour | Carole Jones | 787 |
| | Green | Amy Drayson | 774 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | |
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| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
2005 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 5 May 2005) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cann | 3,301 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inga Lockington | 3,181 |
| | Conservative | Julia Schubert | 2684 |
| | Conservative | Priscilla Steed | 2681 |
| | Labour | Keith Herod | 2352 |
| | Labour | Noel Tostevin | 1914 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |

## Notable buildings in St Margaret's Ward

* Christchurch Mansion in Christchurch Park