Ipswich Borough Council election, 2008
Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. One third of the seats were up for election. The Labour Party won enough seats to become the largest party gaining 3 seats (2 from Con 1 from Lib Dem). The Conservatives had been the largest party since the Ipswich Council election 2006. The results came as a stark contrast which saw the Conservatives make significant gains from Labour across the country. Particular disappointments for the Conservatives came when they lost Rushmere and Bridge to Labour and narrowly failed to gain St Margaret's from the Liberal Democrats, while narrowly holding onto St John's by a mere 3 votes. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost Whitehouse.
After the Ipswich Council election 2008, the composition of the council was
- Labour 21
- Conservative 19
Despite the losses, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition continued to run the Council with a reduced majority of 6 seats.
Election result
Ipswich Local Election Result 2008 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 50.00 | 36.0 | 12327 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 38.9 | 41.5 | 14214 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11.1 | 16.8 | 5762 | -4.0 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 1388 | +1.4 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 174 | -0.5 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1388 | +0.8 | ||
Ward results
Alexandra | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Louise Gooch | 681 | 37.7 | -3.1 | |
Labour | Martin Goonan | 508 | 28.1 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Janice Rawlings | 408 | 22.6 | +2.2 | |
Green | Brenda Cavanagh | 211 | 11.7 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 173 | 9.6 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 1808 | 30.6 | -1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Bixley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Carnall & Russell Harsant | 2,839 | 64.8 | -0.2 | |
Labour | Lindsey Rawlingson & Emma Stock | 691 | 15.8 | -1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alison Williams & Clive Witter | 614 | 14.0 | -3.3 | |
Green | Adrian Hedges | 235 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,148 | 49.0 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,379 | 38.6 | -1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Bridge | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bryony Rudkin | 762 | 43.1 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | James Spencer | 658 | 37.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Newbury | 179 | 10.3 | -1.2 | |
Green | Rick Deeks | 157 | 9.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 94 | 5.4 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,746 | 29.3 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Castle Hill | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robin Vickey | 1,249 | 63.2 | +14.4 | |
Labour | John Harris | 308 | 15.6 | -3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Cheeseman | 298 | 15.1 | -7.6 | |
Green | Jenny Overett | 120 | 6.1 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 941 | 47.6 | +21.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,975 | 34.9 | +8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Gainsborough | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Mowles & Martin Cook | 1608 | 50.0 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Kenna & Janet Sibley | 1174 | 36.5 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sally Scott & Jamie Scott | 264 | 13.5 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 434 | 13.5 | -10 | ||
Turnout | 3218 | 28.9 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 | |||
Gipping | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Ellesmere | 746 | 49.1 | -3.2 | |
Conservative | Maureen Springle | 549 | 36.1 | +5.8 | |
Green | Tony Slade | 225 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 197 | 13.0 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,520 | 26.1 | -1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
Holywells | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Hale | 851 | 49.7 | -1.1 | |
Labour | Kenneth Douglas | 457 | 28.4 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Chambers | 347 | 21.9 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 337 | 21.3 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,586 | 30.8 | -2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Priory Heath | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bill Quinton | 881 | 46.9 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Eddy Phillips | 789 | 36.8 | -5.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nick Jacob | 169 | 9.0 | -3.5 | |
Independent | Sally Wainman | 137 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 189 | 10.1 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,879 | 30.5 | -1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Rushmere | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alasdair Ross | 1,026 | 44.0 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Carter | 1,013 | 43.4 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Leslie Nicholls | 294 | 12.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,333 | 39.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Sprites | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Richard Kirby | 924 | 48.7 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Medlin Spencer | 769 | 40.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Heidi Williams | 205 | 10.8 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 155 | 8.2 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,898 | 35.6 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.7 | |||
St John's | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Tanya De Hoedt | 848 | 37.3 | -2.8 | |
Labour | Hamil Clarke | 845 | 37.2 | -6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jill Atkins | 269 | 11.8 | -4.1 | |
Green | Steven Pritchard | 156 | 6.9 | ||
UKIP | Bill Vinyard | 154 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | 3 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,272 | 36.6 | -1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
St Margaret's | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Atkins | 1,134 | 41.7 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Mary Young | 1,089 | 40.0 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Cooper | 304 | 11.2 | +0.3 | |
Green | Amy Drayson | 183 | 7.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 45 | 1.7 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,722 | 46.1 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
Stoke Park | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Paul West | 907 | |||
Labour | Barry Studd | 472 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tim Lockington | 202 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 28.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Westgate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Carole Jones | 748 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robin Whitmore | 581 | |||
Conservative | Ian Fisher | 338 | |||
Green | Colin Rodgers | 89 | |||
Independent | Russell Metcalfe | 37 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 29.21 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Whitehouse | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert Grant | 584 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tony James | 503 | |||
Conservative | Ben Matthews | 339 | |||
UKIP | John West | 199 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 26.47 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Whitton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Don Ward | 918 | |||
Labour | Sue Crocker | 635 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Lockington | 244 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 30.60 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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