Ipswich Borough Council election, 2004

Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 23
• Conservative 18
• Liberal Democrat 7

Election result

Ipswich Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	6	0	+6	52.9	40.4	13,392	+1.2%
	Labour	5	0	8	-8	29.4	32.1	10,656	-0.4%
	Liberal Democrat	3	2	0	+2	17.6	26.0	8,626	+0.2%
	Christian Peoples	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	281	-0.6%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	136	+0.4%
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	71	+0.2%

Ward results

Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Gooch	802	41.2	-1.7
	Labour	John Cook	661	34.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Keith Matthews	483	24.8	+7.8
Majority			141	7.2	-1.2
Turnout			1,946
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carter	1,325	53.8	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Rivett	704	28.6	-1.5
	Labour	Martyn Green	351	14.2	-2.8
	Christian Peoples	Christine Pinder	84	3.4	-3.2
Majority			621	25.2	+8.9
Turnout			2,464
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Flood	693	39.7	+5.0
	Labour	Harold Mangar	673	38.6	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Jacob	379	21.7	-0.5
Majority			20	1.1
Turnout			1,745
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Castle Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Jackson	1,189	55.8	-2.2
	Labour	Peter Shaw	473	22.2	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Tracy	470	22.0	+1.3
Majority			716	33.6	-3.1
Turnout			2,132
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mowles	769	44.9	-0.9
	Conservative	Janet Sibley	531	31.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Chambers	288	16.8	-2.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Paul Billingham	71	4.1	+4.1
	Christian Peoples	Jonathan Barnes	54	3.2	-2.1
Majority			238	13.9	-2.7
Turnout			1,713
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Ellesmere	671	44.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	458	30.0	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Zablok	397	26.0	+2.2
Majority			213	14.0	+1.2
Turnout			1,526
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hale	806	49.5	-5.6
	Labour	Susan Maguire	470	28.9	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Whitmore	353	21.7	+3.6
Majority			336	20.6	-7.7
Turnout			1,629
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Quinton	731	42.2	+3.9
	Conservative	Duncan Titchmarsh	644	37.1	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Atkins	359	20.7	-0.8
Majority			87	5.1	+0.4
Turnout			1,734
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	928
	Conservative	Judy Terry	867
	Labour	Alasdair Ross	719
	Labour	Keith Herod	696
	Liberal Democrat	Gilliam Auton	547
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Toye	421
	Christian Peoples	Stephen Bloomfield	143
Turnout			4,321
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sprites
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kirby	861	43.2	+1.6
	Conservative	Robert Hall	832	41.8	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Cooper	299	15.0	-2.1
Majority			29	1.5	+1.1
Turnout			1,992
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Carnall	842	39.2	+4.8
	Labour	Elizabeth Cooper	796	37.0	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Cathy French	511	23.8	+3.0
Majority			46	2.2
Turnout			2,149
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Margaret's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Atkins	1,336	47.9	+1.9
	Conservative	David Brown	1,119	40.1	-0.9
	Labour	Jane Shaw	337	12.1	-0.9
Majority			217	7.8	+2.8
Turnout			2,792
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stoke Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul West	894	48.0	+6.4
	Labour	Barry Studd	609	32.7	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Brown	358	19.2	-2.7
Majority			285	15.3	+10.2
Turnout			1,861
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Jones	632	36.8	-4.0
	Conservative	Julie Schubert	480	27.9	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Chambers	471	27.4	+1.7
	Independent	Sally Wainman	136	7.9	+7.9
Majority			152	8.9	+1.6
Turnout			1,719
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony James	564	35.0	-4.4
	Labour	William Knowles	556	34.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Colin Morgan	491	30.5	+0.9
Majority			8	0.5	-8.0
Turnout			1,611
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Whitton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Ward	810	44.3	-0.4
	Labour	John Harris	651	35.6	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Goodall	367	20.1	+3.6
Majority			159	8.7	+2.8
Turnout			1,828
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• 2004 Ipswich election result