2016 Ipswich Borough Council election
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Elections to Ipswich Borough Council took place on 5 May 2016.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
[edit]2016 Ipswich Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 13 | ![]() | 81.3 | 20 | 33 | 68.8 | 14,654 | 46.2 | ||
Conservative | 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
[edit]These are the results for all 16 wards.[2]
Alexandra
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "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.