2008 Ipswich Borough Council election

2008 Ipswich Borough Council election
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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 18 20 9
Seats won 9 7 2
Seats after 21 19 8
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2 Decrease1
Popular vote 12,327 14,214 5,762
Percentage 36.0% 41.5% 16.8%
Swing Increase 0.4 pp Increase 1.8 pp Decrease 4.0 pp
Map showing the 2008 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 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 2006 Ipswich Council election. 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 election, the composition of the council was:

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[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 3 0 +3 50.00 34.1 12,327 +0.4
  Conservative 7 0 2 -2 38.9 41.1 14,214 +1.8
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 1 -1 11.1 18.6 5,762 -4.0
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 1,388 +1.4
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 353 +0.8
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 174 -0.5

Ward results

Alexandra

Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing +1.3

Bixley

Bixley
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 Democrats 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

Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bryony Rudkin 762 43.1 −2.4
Conservative James Spencer 658 37.7 +2.7
Liberal Democrats 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 gain from Swing -2.6


Castle Hill

Castle Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Vickery 1,249 63.2 +14.4
Labour John Harris 308 15.6 −3.6
Liberal Democrats 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

Gainsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Mowles & Martin Cook 1,608 50.0 −4.0
Conservative Kathleen Kenna & Janet Sibley 1174 36.5 +6.0
Liberal Democrats 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

Gipping
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

Holywells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hale 851 49.7 −1.1
Labour Kenneth Douglas 457 28.4 −2.5
Liberal Democrats 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

Priory Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Quinton 881 46.9 +1.5
Conservative Eddy Phillips 789 36.8 −5.3
Liberal Democrats 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

Rushmere
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alasdair Ross 1,026 44.0 +5.2
Conservative Paul Carter 1,013 43.4 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Leslie Nicholls 294 12.6 +1.2
Majority 13 0.6
Turnout 2,333 39.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.6

Sprites

Sprites
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Kirby 924 48.7 −1.9
Conservative Medlin Spencer 769 40.5 −0.6
Liberal Democrats 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

St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tanya De Hoedt 848 37.3 −2.8
Labour Hamil Clarke 845 37.2 −6.8
Liberal Democrats 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

St Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing 0.0

Stoke Park

Stoke Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul West 907
Labour Barry Studd 472
Liberal Democrats Tim Lockington 202
Majority
Turnout 28.95
Conservative hold Swing

Westgate

Westgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole Jones 748
Liberal Democrats Robin Whitmore 581
Conservative Ian Fisher 338
Green Colin Rodgers 89
Independent Russell Metcalfe 37
Majority
Turnout 29.21
Labour hold Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Grant 584
Liberal Democrats Tony James 503
Conservative Ben Matthews 339
UKIP John West 199
Majority
Turnout 26.47
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Whitton

Whitton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Don Ward 918
Labour Sue Crocker 635
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Lockington 244
Majority
Turnout 30.60
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Ipswich Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Election Results 2008 - Ipswich". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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