2011 Ipswich Borough Council election
{{Short description|2011 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2011 Ipswich Borough Council election
| country = United Kingdom
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2010 Ipswich Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2010
| election_date = 5 May 2011
| next_election = 2012 Ipswich Borough Council election
| next_year = 2012
| seats_for_election= 16 of the 48 seats
| majority_seats = 25
| turnout =
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| last_election1 = 23
| seats_before1 =
| seats1 = 12
| seats_after1 = 28
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5
| popular_vote1 = 17,522
| percentage1 = 47.4%
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| last_election2 = 18
| seats_before2 =
| seats2 = 4
| seats_after2 = 16
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}2
| popular_vote2 = 13,675
| percentage2 = 37.0%
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| last_election3 = 7
| seats_before3 =
| seats3 = 0
| seats_after3 = 4
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}3
| popular_vote3 = 4,798
| percentage3 = 13.0%
| map_image = File:Ipswich UK local election 2011 map.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Map showing the 2011 local election results in Ipswich.
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = No overall control
| after_election = Labour
}}
Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. One third of the seats were up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council, which had previously been run under by a Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition since 2004.
After the election, the composition of the council was:{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/42ud.stm|title=England council elections|publisher=BBC News}}
- Labour 28
- Conservative 16
- Liberal Democrat 4
Ward results
=Alexandra=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Harvey Crane
|votes = 1,158
|percentage = 49.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jane Chambers
|votes = 577
|percentage = 24.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Flood
|votes = 449
|percentage = 19.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jane Scott
|votes = 155
|percentage = 6.6%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 581
|percentage = 24.8%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,339
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bixley=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kym Stroet
|votes = 1,518
|percentage = 55.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kanthasamy Elavalakan
|votes = 833
|percentage = 30.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Clive Witter
|votes = 388
|percentage = 14.2%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 685
|percentage = 25.0%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,739
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bridge=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Smart
|votes = 1,150
|percentage = 55.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Spencer
|votes = 712
|percentage = 34.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Juliet Groves
|votes = 204
|percentage = 9.9%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 438
|percentage = 21.2%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,066
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Castle Hill=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Goldsmith
|votes = 1,262
|percentage = 51.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Harris
|votes = 837
|percentage = 34.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robin Whitmore
|votes = 180
|percentage = 7.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jennifer Overett
|votes = 174
|percentage = 7.1%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 425
|percentage = 17.3%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Gainsborough=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Cook
|votes = 1,263
|percentage = 62.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Carol Debman
|votes = 623
|percentage = 30.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jill Atkins
|votes = 141
|percentage = 7.0%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 640
|percentage = 31.6%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,027
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Gipping=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Gipping}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Gardiner
|votes = 1,204
|percentage = 61.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Maureen Springle
|votes = 544
|percentage = 27.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Stuart McHardy
|votes = 226
|percentage = 11.4%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 660
|percentage = 33.4%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 1,974
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Holywells=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Liz Harsant
|votes = 968
|percentage = 44.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Douglas
|votes = 875
|percentage = 40.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Rebecca Robinson
|votes = 213
|percentage = 9.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dale Jackson
|votes = 114
|percentage = 5.3%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 93
|percentage = 4.3%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,170
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Priory Heath=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knowles
|votes = 1,290
|percentage = 60.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Oliver Hartley
|votes = 605
|percentage = 28.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mathew Baker
|votes = 244
|percentage = 11.4%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 685
|percentage = 32.0%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,139
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Rushmere=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Rushmere}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tracy Grant
|votes = 1,490
|percentage = 50.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Ion
|votes = 1,215
|percentage = 41.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Jones
|votes = 246
|percentage = 8.3%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 275
|percentage = 9.3%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,951
|percentage =
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{{Election box gain with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sprites=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Fern
|votes = 1,202
|percentage = 57.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Hall
|votes = 781
|percentage = 37.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Toye
|votes = 126
|percentage = 6.0%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 421
|percentage = 20.0%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,109
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St John's=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Sprites}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Neil Macdonald
|votes = 1,534
|percentage = 56.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Phillips
|votes = 948
|percentage = 34.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Hardacre
|votes = 253
|percentage = 9.3%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 586
|percentage = 21.4%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,735
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St Margaret's=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Karen Stokes
|votes = 1,167
|percentage = 37.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kathy French
|votes = 1,107
|percentage = 35.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kimberley Cook
|votes = 671
|percentage = 21.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Amy Drayson
|votes = 211
|percentage = 6.7%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 60
|percentage = 1.9%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box gain with party link no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Stoke Park=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Studd
|votes = 985
|percentage = 47.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Pope
|votes = 876
|percentage = 41.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Barry Broom
|votes = 129
|percentage = 6.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Lock
|votes = 103
|percentage = 4.9%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 109
|percentage = 5.2%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,093
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Westgate=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Westgate}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Julian Gibbs
|votes = 972
|percentage = 49.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lee Reynolds
|votes = 435
|percentage = 22.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Timothy Lockington
|votes = 391
|percentage = 19.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = John Mann
|votes = 171
|percentage = 8.7%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 537
|percentage = 27.3%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 1,969
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Whitehouse=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Whitehouse}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Goonan
|votes = 950
|percentage = 52.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Pamela Stewart
|votes = 632
|percentage = 34.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Chambers
|votes = 241
|percentage = 13.2%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 318
|percentage = 17.4%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 1,823
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Whitton=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Whitton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Connelly
|votes = 1,108
|percentage = 50.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michelle Bevan-Margetts
|votes = 940
|percentage = 42.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Jacob
|votes = 158
|percentage = 7.2%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 168
|percentage = 7.6%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,206
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Suffolk elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2011}}