2010 Ipswich Borough Council election

2010 UK local government election

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6 May 2010

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16 of the 48 seats
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	21	19	8
Seats won	8	6	3
Seats after	23	18	7
Seat change	2	1	1
Popular vote	20,073	22,012	14,544
Percentage	34.9%	38.3%	25.3%

Map showing the 2010 local election results in Ipswich.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on Thursday 6 May 2010. One third of the seats were up for election and the council remained under no overall control, with Labour as the largest party.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, which had governed Ipswich since 2004, continued in office.

Ward results

Alexandra

Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Bates	1,293
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Cheeseman	1,271
	Labour	Julian Gibbs	1,150
	Labour	David Rowley	1,084
	Conservative	Oliver Hartley	899
	Conservative	Edward Phillips	828
Turnout			6,525
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bixley

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Russell Harsant	2,241	54.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Witter	943	23.0%
	Labour	Alex Mayer	912	22.3%
Majority			1,298	31.7%
Turnout			4,096
	Conservative hold

Bridge

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Powell	1,364	40.6%
	Conservative	James Spencer	1,190	35.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Ric Hardacre	631	18.8%
	Green	Rick Deeks	175	5.2%
Majority			174	5.2%
Turnout			3,360
	Labour hold

Castle Hill

Castle Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Young	1,927	47.8%
	Labour	John Harris	1,053	26.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Chambers	849	21.1%
	Green	Jenny Overett	200	5.0%
Majority			874	21.7%
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Gainsborough

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Rawlingson	1,618	46.6%
	Conservative	Julie Mayes	1,150	33.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Mat Baker	707	20.3%
Majority			468	13.5%
Turnout			3,475
	Labour hold

Gipping

Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeannette MacArtney	1,458	46.8%
	Conservative	Steve Flood	980	31.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Groves	676	21.7%
Majority			478	15.3%
Turnout			3,114
	Labour hold

Holywells

Holywells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Debman	1,528	44.3%
	Liberal Democrats	David Jermy	999	29.0%
	Labour	Bex Robinson	919	26.7%
Majority			529	15.3%
Turnout			3,446
	Conservative hold

Priory Heath

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Legrys	1,525	42.8%
	Conservative	Kym Stroet	1,211	34.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Jacob	823	23.1%
Majority			314	8.8%
Turnout			3,559
	Labour hold

Rushmere

Rushmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Denise Terry	1,702	41.1%
	Labour	Lindsey Rawlingson	1,541	37.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	896	21.6%
Majority			161	3.9%
Turnout			4,139
	Conservative hold

Sprites

Sprites
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hamil Clarke	1,432	43.8%
	Conservative	Bob Hall	1,347	41.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Scott	492	15.0%
Majority			85	2.6%
Turnout			3,271
	Labour gain from Conservative

St John's

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandy Martin	1,700	40.1%
	Conservative	Pam Kelly	1,564	36.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Atkins	974	23.0%
Majority			136	3.2%
Turnout			4,238
	Labour hold

St Margaret's

St Margaret's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	2,101	48.6%
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	1,420	32.9%
	Labour	Liz Cooper	613	14.2%
	Green	Amelia Drayson	186	4.3%
Majority			681	15.7%
Turnout			4,320
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stoke Park

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Stoke Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	1,386	42.3%
	Labour	Barry Studd	1,089	33.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarolta Lillywhite	485	14.8%
	BNP	Dennis Boater	190	5.8%
	Green	Barry Broom	128	3.9%
Majority			297	9.1%
Turnout			3,278
winner = Conservative party (UK)

Westgate

Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Blake	1,363	41.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Lockington	1,005	30.5%
	Conservative	Robert Brown	925	28.1%
Majority			358	10.9%
Turnout			3,293
	Labour hold

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Ball	1,127	35.4%
	Conservative	Paul Carter	1,125	35.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	931	29.2%
Majority			2	0.1%
Turnout			3,183
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Whitton

Whitton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Stewart	1,417	42.1%
	Labour	Stephen Connelly	1,129	33.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Heidi Williams	819	24.3%
Majority			288	8.5%
Turnout			3,365
	Conservative gain from Labour

References

Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2010". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
"Election 2010". BBC News.
^ "Ipswich Borough Council Election - 6th May 2010" (PDF). Ipswich Borough Council. 6 May 2010.

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