2018 Ipswich Borough Council election

2018 Ipswich Borough Council election
17 seats (out of 48 seats); 25 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the 2018 local election results in Ipswich.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Ipswich Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2018 Ipswich Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	1	75.0	22	34	70.8	15,144	48.4	+2.2
	Conservative	3	1	18.8	9	12	25.0	11,514	36.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	1		6.3	1	2	4.2	3,151	10.1	+1.5
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,036	3.3	-1.4
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	437	1.4	-5.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	19	0.1	New

These are the results for all 16 wards.^[2]

Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Cook	1,245	59.8
	Conservative	Katherine West	499	24.0	−
	Green	Tom Wilmot	190	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thompson	147	7.1
Majority			746
Turnout			2,081	30.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Collette Allen	994	59.6
	Conservative	Murray Brunning	483	29.0
	Green	Charlotte Armstrong	124	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Immo Weichert	66	4.0
Majority			511
Turnout				25.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Vickery	1,026	53.0
	Labour	Darren Heaps	694	35.8
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Lockington	216	11.2
Majority			332
Turnout				33.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sheila Handley	987	54.1
	Conservative	Samantha Murray	557	30.5
	UKIP	Shayne Pooley	184	10.1
	Green	Benjamin Magrath	66	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	32	1.8
Majority			430
Turnout				29.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth Hughes	962	60.2
	Conservative	Mark Philips	504	31.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Chambers	133	8.3
Majority			458
Turnout				25.35
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janice Parry	1,048	46.2
	Conservative	Heather Mills	1,003	44.3
	Green	Jennifer Rivett	137	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Daley	78	3.4
Majority			45
Turnout				39.07
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daniel Maguire	1,013	54.2
	Conservative	Andy Shannon	661	35.4
	Green	Andrew Patmore	99	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Jacob	96	5.1
Majority			352
Turnout				28.34
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandra Gage	1,283	57.0
	Conservative	Paul Cawthorn	809	36.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Fletcher	157	7.0
Majority			474
Turnout				36.49
	Labour hold		Swing

Sprites
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Armitage	895	59	+10.2
	Conservative	Michael Scanes	601	31.2	+0.2
	UKIP	Alan Cotterell	109	8	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Packwood	39	2.0	−2.0
Majority			294
Turnout				32.05
	Labour hold		Swing

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elango Elavalakan	1,159	55.1
	Conservative	James Harding	690	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Packard	148	7.0
	Green	Ned Harrison	108	5.1
Majority			469
Turnout				32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Margaret's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	1,493	50.4
	Conservative	Simon Fisher	734	24.8
	Labour	Jeremy Brown	615	20.7
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	104	3.5
	Independent	David Tabane	19	0.6	New
Majority			759
Turnout			2,965	45.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stoke Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	991	53.5
	Labour	Kelvin Cracknell	726	39.2
	Green	Barry Broom	86	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Haaker	49	2.6
Majority
Turnout				35.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Kreidewolf	999	57.2
	Conservative	Samuel Downer	472	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hore	153	8.8
	Green	John Mann	122	7.0
Majority			527
Turnout				27.05
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Wright	838	57.2
	Conservative	Stephen Lark	414	28.3
	UKIP	Tony Gould	144	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Mitchell	69	4.7
Majority			424
Turnout				23.55
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Shaw	996	52.6
	Conservative	John Downie	806	42.6
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Smith	92	4.9
Majority			190	10.0
Turnout				32.28
	Labour hold		Swing

^ "Guide to May 2018 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.