2019 Ipswich Borough Council election#Bridge
{{Short description|2019 UK local government election}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2019 Ipswich Borough Council election
| country = England
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2018 Ipswich Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2018
| outgoing_members =
| election_date = 2 May 2019
| elected_members =
| next_election = 2021 Ipswich Borough Council election
| next_year = 2021
| seats_for_election= 16 seats (out of 48 seats)
| majority_seats = 25
| turnout =
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| seats_before1 = 34
| seats1 = 36
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote1 = 11,834
| percentage1 = 40.1%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 8.4%
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| seats_before2 = 12
| seats2 = 9
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}3
| popular_vote2 = 8,943
| percentage2 = 30.3%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 5.7%
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| seats_before3 = 2
| seats3 = 3
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote3 = 3,497
| percentage3 = 11.8%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 1.8%
| map_image = File:Ipswich UK local election 2019 map.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Map showing the May 2019 local election results in Ipswich.
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = Labour
| after_election = Labour
}}
The 2019 Ipswich Borough Council elections for the Ipswich Borough Council took place on 2 May: 16 seats were contested - one in each of the 16 wards{{cite web |title=Ipswich Borough Council Election Results 2019 {{!}} Ipswich Borough Council |url=https://www.ipswich.gov.uk/elections2019 |website=www.ipswich.gov.uk |access-date=3 May 2019}} and also on 26 September when a by-election took place where 1 seat was contested (Alexandra Ward).{{cite web |title=Ipswich Borough Council By-Election Results 2019 {{!}} Ipswich Borough Council |url=https://www.ipswich.gov.uk/sites/default/files/declaration_of_results_1.pdf |website=www.ipswich.gov.uk |access-date=19 Dec 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Geater |first1=Paul |title=Who is standing in the Ipswich Borough Council elections? Find out who the candidates are in your ward |url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich-local-elections-2019-1-5978191 |work=Ipswich Star |issue=4 April 2019 |publisher=Archant Community Media |date=2019 |language=en}}
Results summary
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2019 Ipswich Borough Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 11
|net = {{increase}} 2
|seats % = 68.8
|other seats = 25
|total seats = 36
|total seats % = 75.0
|votes = 11,834
|votes % = 40.1
|plus/minus = -8.3
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 4
|net = {{decrease}} 3
|seats % = 25.0
|other seats = 5
|total seats = 9
|total seats % = 18.8
|votes = 8,943
|votes % = 30.3
|plus/minus = -6.5
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 1
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 6.3
|other seats = 2
|total seats = 3
|total seats % = 6.3
|votes = 3,497
|votes % = 11.8
|plus/minus = +1.7
}}
{{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 = 2,742
|votes % = 9.3
|plus/minus = +6.0
}}
{{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 = 2,275
|votes % = 7.7
|plus/minus = +6.3
}}
{{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 = 252
|votes % = 0.9
|plus/minus = +0.8
}}
{{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_merged.pdf |website=Ipswich Borough Council |access-date=24 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Ipswich Borough Council By-Election Results 2019 {{!}} Ipswich Borough Council |url=https://www.ipswich.gov.uk/sites/default/files/declaration_of_results_1.pdf |website=www.ipswich.gov.uk |access-date=19 Dec 2019}}
=Alexandra=
{{Election box begin | title=Alexandra}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jane Riley
|votes = 1,034
|percentage = 53.7
|change = -6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Katherine West
|votes = 379
|percentage = 19.7
|change = -4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tom Wilmot
|votes = 341
|percentage = 17.7
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Henry Williams
|votes = 172
|percentage = 8.9
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 655
|percentage = 34.0
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,926
|percentage = 28.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|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 = Richard Pope
|votes = 1,026
|percentage = 50.1
|change =-9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Anderson
|votes = 522
|percentage = 25.5
|change =-6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Lesley Packwood
|votes = 326
|percentage = 15.9
|change =New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Chambers
|votes = 173
|percentage = 8.5
|change =-0.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 504
|percentage = 24.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,047
|percentage = 36.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bridge=
{{Election box begin | title=Bridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Smart
|votes = 738
|percentage = 44.8
|change = -14.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Murray Brunning
|votes = 351
|percentage = 21.3
|change = -7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Catherine Kersey
|votes = 250
|percentage = 15.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Charlotte Armstrong
|votes = 221
|percentage = 13.4
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Immo Weichert
|votes = 87
|percentage = 5.3
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 387
|percentage = 23.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,647
|percentage = 25.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Castle Hill=
{{Election box begin | title=Castle Hill}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Erion Xhaferaj
|votes = 876
|percentage = 51.6
|change = -1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Harris
|votes = 511
|percentage = 30.1
|change = -5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sophie Willians
|votes = 311
|percentage = 18.3
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 365
|percentage = 21.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,698
|percentage = 30.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Gainsborough=
{{Election box begin | title=Gainsborough}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Cook
|votes = 736
|percentage = 45.3
|change = -8.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Shayne Pooley
|votes = 384
|percentage = 23.7
|change = +13.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joshua Owens
|votes = 359
|percentage = 22.1
|change = -8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Brieanna Patmore
|votes = 92
|percentage = 5.7
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robin Whitmore
|votes = 52
|percentage = 3.2
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 352
|percentage = 21.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,623
|percentage = 26.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Gipping=
{{Election box begin | title=Gipping}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Gardiner
|votes = 738
|percentage = 48.1
|change = -12.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Cawthorn
|votes = 344
|percentage = 22.4
|change = -9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Karl Pickering
|votes = 212
|percentage = 13.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Nigel Storry
|votes = 127
|percentage = 8.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gerald Pryke
|votes = 112
|percentage = 7.3
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 394
|percentage = 25.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,533
|percentage = 22.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Holywells=
{{Election box begin | title=Holywells}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Harsant
|votes = 918
|percentage = 44.9
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Shofik Ali
|votes = 733
|percentage = 35.9
|change = -10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jennifer Rivett
|votes = 272
|percentage = 13.3
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Paul Daley
|votes = 120
|percentage = 5.9
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 185
|percentage = 9.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,043
|percentage = 35.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Priory Heath===
{{Election box begin | title=Priory Heath}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Luke Richardson
|votes = 925
|percentage = 46.8
|change = -7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samantha Murray
|votes = 538
|percentage = 27.2
|change = -8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Christopher Newbury
|votes = 252
|percentage = 12.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andrew Patmore
|votes = 153
|percentage = 7.7
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lucy Drake
|votes = 108
|percentage = 5.5
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 387
|percentage = 19.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,976
|percentage = 30.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Rushmere=
{{Election box begin | title=Rushmere}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kelvin Cracknell
|votes = 935
|percentage = 43.0
|change = -14.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Ion
|votes = 812
|percentage = 37.4
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Lee Morris
|votes = 256
|percentage = 11.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Jacob
|votes = 169
|percentage = 7.8
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 123
|percentage = 5.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,172
|percentage = 35.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sprites=
{{Election box begin | title=Sprites}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jennifer Smith
|votes = 717
|percentage = 48.8
|change = -10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Scanes
|votes = 414
|percentage = 28.2
|change = -3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Julie Hassell
|votes = 210
|percentage = 14.3
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Adria Pittock
|votes = 67
|percentage = 4.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Conrad Packwood
|votes = 60
|percentage = 4.1
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 303
|percentage = 20.6
|change =
}}1,468
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,468
|percentage = 28.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{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 = Michelle Darwin
|votes = 1,030
|percentage = 48.6
|change = -6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Phillips
|votes = 474
|percentage = 22.4
|change = -10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Josephine Grant
|votes = 251
|percentage = 11.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Judith Hook
|votes = 236
|percentage = 11.1
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Edward Packwood
|votes = 127
|percentage = 6.0
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 556
|percentage = 26.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,118
|percentage = 32.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{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 = Timothy Lockington
|votes = 1,533
|percentage = 53.4
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lee Reynolds
|votes = 627
|percentage = 21.9
|change = -2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Maggie Barradell
|votes = 439
|percentage = 15.3
|change = -5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kirsty Wilmot
|votes = 270
|percentage = 9.4
|change = +5.9
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 906
|percentage = 31.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,869
|percentage = 44.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Stoke Park=
{{Election box begin| title=Stoke Park}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Hall
|votes = 684
|percentage = 39.7
|change = -13.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Blacker
|votes = 615
|percentage = 35.7
|change = -3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Alan Cotterell
|votes = 240
|percentage = 13.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Barry Broom
|votes = 110
|percentage = 6.4
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Maureen Haaker
|votes = 72
|percentage = 4.2
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 69
|percentage = 4.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,721
|percentage = 35.7
|change =
}}
{{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 Co-operative
|candidate = Julian Gibbs
|votes = 807
|percentage = 50.6
|change = -6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Chambers
|votes = 301
|percentage = 18.9
|change = -8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mark Schueller
|votes = 186
|percentage = 11.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = John Mann
|votes = 170
|percentage = 10.7
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin Hore
|votes = 132
|percentage = 8.3
|change = -0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 506
|percentage = 31.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,596
|percentage = 24.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Whitehouse=
{{Election box begin | title=Whitehouse}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lucinda Trenchard
|votes = 578
|percentage = 42.3
|change = -14.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Lark
|votes = 288
|percentage = 21.1
|change = -7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Colin Gould
|votes = 283
|percentage = 20.7
|change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Michelle Brown
|votes = 117
|percentage = 8.6
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Edmund Harrison
|votes = 101
|percentage = 7.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 290
|percentage = 21.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,367
|percentage = 21.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Whitton=
{{Election box begin | title = Whitton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Darren Heaps
|votes = 776
|percentage = 44.6
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Downie
|votes = 552
|percentage = 31.7
|change = -10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = David Hurlbut
|votes = 259
|percentage = 14.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Davey
|votes = 152
|percentage = 8.7
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 224
|percentage = 12.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,739
|percentage = 29.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
By-Elections
=Alexandra By-Election=
{{Election box begin | title=Alexandra}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Adam Rae
|votes = 734
|percentage = 50.2
|change = -3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Henry Williams
|votes = 287
|percentage = 19.6
|change = +10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lee Reynolds
|votes = 278
|percentage = 19.0
|change = -6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tom Wilmot
|votes = 164
|percentage = 11.2
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 447
|percentage = 30.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,471
|percentage = 21
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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{{United Kingdom local elections, 2019}}
{{Suffolk elections}}
Category:Ipswich Borough Council elections