2018 Ipswich Borough Council election#Bridge
{{Short description|2018 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2018 Ipswich Borough Council election
| country = United Kingdom
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2016 Ipswich Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2016
| outgoing_members =
| election_date = 3 May 2018
| elected_members =
| next_election = 2019 Ipswich Borough Council election
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election= 17 seats (out of 48 seats)
| majority_seats = 25
| turnout =
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| seats_before1 = 33
| seats1 = 34
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote1 = 15,144
| percentage1 = 48.5
| swing1 = {{increase}}9.0
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| seats_before2 = 13
| seats2 = 12
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}1
| popular_vote2 = 11,514
| percentage2 = 36.0
| swing2 = {{decrease}}4.9
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| seats_before3 = 2
| seats3 = 2
| seat_change3 = 0
| popular_vote3 = 3,150
| percentage3 = 10.0
| swing3 = {{increase}}2.0
| map_image = File:Ipswich UK local election 2018 map.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Map showing the 2018 local election results in Ipswich.
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = Labour
| after_election = Labour
}}
Elections to Ipswich Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35813119 |title=Guide to May 2018 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland |access-date=21 April 2016 |work=BBC News}} This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2018 Ipswich Borough Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 12
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 75.0
|other seats = 22
|total seats = 34
|total seats % = 70.8
|votes = 15,144
|votes % = 48.4
|plus/minus = +2.2
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 3
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 18.8
|other seats = 9
|total seats = 12
|total seats % = 25.0
|votes = 11,514
|votes % = 36.8
|plus/minus = +2.7
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 1
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 6.3
|other seats = 1
|total seats = 2
|total seats % = 4.2
|votes = 3,151
|votes % = 10.1
|plus/minus = +1.5
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 1,036
|votes % = 3.3
|plus/minus = -1.4
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = UKIP
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 437
|votes % = 1.4
|plus/minus = -5.0
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 19
|votes % = 0.1
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward Results
These are the results for all 16 wards.{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Russell |title=Declaration of results |url=https://www.ipswich.gov.uk/sites/default/files/declaration_of_results_-_all_wards.pdf|website=Ipswich Borough Council |publisher=Ipswich Borough Council |access-date=24 October 2019}}
=Alexandra=
{{Election box begin | title=Alexandra}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = John Cook
|votes = 1,245
|percentage = 59.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Katherine West
|votes = 499
|percentage = 24.0
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tom Wilmot
|votes = 190
|percentage = 9.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Thompson
|votes = 147
|percentage = 7.1
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 746
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,081
|percentage = 30.1
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Bixley=
{{Election box begin | title=Bixley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Philips
|votes = 1,264
|percentage = 59.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Anderson
|votes = 690
|percentage = 32.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Trevor Powell
|votes = 183
|percentage = 8.6
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 37.43
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Bridge=
{{Election box begin | title=Bridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Collette Allen
|votes = 994
|percentage = 59.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Murray Brunning
|votes = 483
|percentage = 29.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Charlotte Armstrong
|votes = 124
|percentage = 7.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Immo Weichert
|votes = 66
|percentage = 4.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 511
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 25.89
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Castle Hill=
{{Election box begin | title=Castle Hill}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robin Vickery
|votes = 1,026
|percentage = 53.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Darren Heaps
|votes = 694
|percentage = 35.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Timothy Lockington
|votes = 216
|percentage = 11.2
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 332
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 33.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Gainsborough=
{{Election box begin | title=Gainsborough}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sheila Handley
|votes = 987
|percentage = 54.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samantha Murray
|votes = 557
|percentage = 30.5
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Shayne Pooley
|votes = 184
|percentage = 10.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Benjamin Magrath
|votes = 66
|percentage = 3.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robin Whitmore
|votes = 32
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 430
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 29.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Gipping=
{{Election box begin | title=Gipping}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Hughes
|votes = 962
|percentage = 60.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Philips
|votes = 504
|percentage = 31.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Chambers
|votes = 133
|percentage = 8.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 458
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 25.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Holywells=
{{Election box begin | title=Holywells}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Janice Parry
|votes = 1,048
|percentage = 46.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Heather Mills
|votes = 1,003
|percentage = 44.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jennifer Rivett
|votes = 137
|percentage = 6.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Paul Daley
|votes = 78
|percentage = 3.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 45
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 39.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Priory Heath=
{{Election box begin | title=Priory Heath}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Maguire
|votes = 1,013
|percentage = 54.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andy Shannon
|votes = 661
|percentage = 35.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andrew Patmore
|votes = 99
|percentage = 5.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Jacob
|votes = 96
|percentage = 5.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 352
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 28.34
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Rushmere=
{{Election box begin | title=Rushmere}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sandra Gage
|votes = 1,283
|percentage = 57.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Cawthorn
|votes = 809
|percentage = 36.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Julie Fletcher
|votes = 157
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 474
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 36.49
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Sprites=
{{Election box begin | title=Sprites}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Armitage
|votes = 895
|percentage = 59
|change = +10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Scanes
|votes = 601
|percentage = 31.2
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Alan Cotterell
|votes = 109
|percentage = 8
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Conrad Packwood
|votes = 39
|percentage = 2.0
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 294
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 32.05
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=St. John's=
{{Election box begin | title=St. John's}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Elango Elavalakan
|votes = 1,159
|percentage = 55.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Harding
|votes = 690
|percentage = 32.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Edward Packard
|votes = 148
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ned Harrison
|votes = 108
|percentage = 5.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 469
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 32.2
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=St. Margaret's=
{{Election box begin | title=St. Margaret's}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Inga Lockington
|votes = 1,493
|percentage = 50.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Fisher
|votes = 734
|percentage = 24.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeremy Brown
|votes = 615
|percentage = 20.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kirsty Wilmot
|votes = 104
|percentage = 3.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Tabane
|votes = 19
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 759
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,965
|percentage = 45.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Stoke Park=
{{Election box begin | title=Stoke Park}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nadia Cenci
|votes = 991
|percentage = 53.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kelvin Cracknell
|votes = 726
|percentage = 39.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Barry Broom
|votes = 86
|percentage = 4.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Maureen Haaker
|votes = 49
|percentage = 2.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 35.7
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Westgate=
{{Election box begin | title=Westgate}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Kreidewolf
|votes = 999
|percentage = 57.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Downer
|votes = 472
|percentage = 27.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin Hore
|votes = 153
|percentage = 8.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = John Mann
|votes = 122
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 527
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 27.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Whitehouse=
{{Election box begin | title=Whitehouse}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Wright
|votes = 838
|percentage = 57.2
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Lark
|votes = 414
|percentage = 28.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Tony Gould
|votes = 144
|percentage = 9.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Malcolm Mitchell
|votes = 69
|percentage = 4.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 424
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 23.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Whitton=
{{Election box begin | title=Whitton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Shaw
|votes = 996
|percentage = 52.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Downie
|votes = 806
|percentage = 42.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Smith
|votes = 92
|percentage = 4.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 190
|percentage = 10.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 32.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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{{United Kingdom local elections, 2018}}
{{Suffolk elections}}