Ipswich Borough Council election, 2006

Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 19
• Labour 18
• Liberal Democrat 9
• Independent 2

Election results

Ipswich Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	3	0	+3	43.8	39.8	12,817	-0.6%
	Labour	6	0	5	-5	37.5	31.9	10,278	-0.2%
	Liberal Democrat	3	2	0	+2	18.8	25.5	8,198	-0.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	696	+2.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	125	+0.0%
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	88	+0.1%

Ward results

Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Green	734	37.4	-3.8
	Labour	Elizabeth Cooper	603	30.7	-3.3
	Conservative	Edward Phillips	413	21.0	-3.8
	Green	John Taylor	213	10.9	+10.9
Majority			131	6.7	-0.5
Turnout			1,963	33.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Bixley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wright	1,438	62.8	+9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Jones	503	22.0	-6.6
	Labour	Barry Studd	347	15.2	+1.0
Majority			935	40.8	+15.6
Turnout			2,288	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Powell	786	46.7	+8.1
	Conservative	Richard Pope	602	35.7	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Chambers	296	17.6	-4.1
Majority			184	11.0
Turnout			1,684	29.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Davies	1,411	59.7	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Cheeseman	502	21.2	-0.8
	Labour	John Harris	451	19.1	-3.1
Majority			909	38.5	+4.9
Turnout			2,364	39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Brown	842	47.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Kevern Mulley	569	31.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Whitmore	283	15.9	-0.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Paul Billingham	88	4.9	+0.8
Majority			273	15.4	+1.5
Turnout			1,782	28.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipping

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeannette MacArtney	724	45.1	+1.1
	Conservative	Maureen Springle	554	34.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Dafydd Taylor	329	20.5	-5.5
Majority			170	10.6	-2.4
Turnout			1,607	27.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Debman	802	47.3	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Chambers	520	30.6	+8.9
	Labour	Steve Buckingham	375	22.1	-6.8
Majority			282	16.7	-3.9
Turnout			1,697	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cook	704	39.9	-2.3
	Conservative	Michelle Bevan-Margetts	626	35.5	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Atkins	308	17.5	-3.2
	Independent	Sally Wainman	125	7.1	+7.1
Majority			78	4.4	-0.7
Turnout			1,763	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Terry	982	40.6
	Labour	Alasdair Ross	805	33.3
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine French	630	26.1
Majority			177	7.3
Turnout			2,417	39.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sprites

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hall	926	46.7	+4.9
	Labour	Ian Grimwood	841	42.4	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Whitear	215	10.8	-4.2
Majority			85	4.3
Turnout			1,982	36.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Martin	946	39.2	+2.2
	Conservative	Gavin Maclure	826	34.2	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Stanley	493	20.4	-3.4
	Green	Lois Hickey	150	6.2	+6.2
Majority			120	5.0
Turnout			2,415	39.9
	Labour hold		Swing

St Margaret's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Inga Lockington	1,426	50.4	+2.5
	Conservative	Andrew Booth	929	32.8	-7.3
	Labour	William Knowles	280	9.9	-2.2
	Green	Amelia Drayson	197	7.0	+7.0
Majority			497	17.6	+9.8
Turnout			2,832	47.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stoke Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	847	47.6	-0.4
	Labour	Roger Fern	655	36.8	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Brown	277	15.6	-3.6
Majority			192	10.8	-4.5
Turnout			1,779	31.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Westgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Blake	670	35.8	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Cann	650	34.7	+7.3
	Conservative	Clare Disney	418	22.3	-5.6
	Green	Colin Rodgers	136	7.3	+7.3
Majority			20	1.1	-7.8
Turnout			1,874	30.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Williams	757	44.4	+9.4
	Labour	Albert Grant	544	31.9	-2.6
	Conservative	Christopher Stewart	405	23.7	-6.8
Majority			213	12.5	+12.0
Turnout			1,706	29.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Whitton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Wells	1,069	52.2	+7.9
	Labour	George Clarke	705	34.4	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Scott	275	13.4	-6.7
Majority			364	17.8	+9.1
Turnout			2,049	34.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• 2006 Ipswich election result