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2015 Ipswich Borough Council election
18 seats (out of 48 seats); 25 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the 2015 local election results in Ipswich.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Ipswich Borough Council were held on 7 May 2015.^[1] Despite losing 4 seats to the Conservatives, the Labour Party remained the largest party on the council, albeit with a reduced majority. The Conservatives won 5 additional seats (4 from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats) and polled more votes than Labour overall. The Liberal Democrats lost a seat and won no seats. UKIP and the Green Party won no seats.

Results summary

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Won	Existing	Total	+/–
Conservative Party	25,717	38.88	8	7	15	+5
Labour Party	24,625	37.23	10	21	31	–4
UK Independence Party	7,413	11.21	0	0	0	0
Liberal Democrats	4,345	6.57	0	2	2	–1
Green Party	3,918	5.92	0	0	0	0
Suffolk Together	123	0.19	0	0	0	0
Total	66,141	100	18	30	48	0
Source: Ipswich Borough Council

Ward Results

Alexandra

Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Riley	1,805	45.4	-3.2
	Conservative	Jose Bernardo Esteves	1,327	33.4	+14.2
	Green	Barry Broom	534	13.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Toye	311	7.8	-2.6
Majority			478	12.0
Turnout			3,977
	Labour hold		Swing

Bixley

Bixley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Pope	2,284	54.1	+6.3
	Labour	Paul Anderson	1,003	23.8	+0.1
	UKIP	Philippa Gordon	542	12.8	-8.3
	Green	James White	206	5.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hope	183	4.3	-0.1
Majority			1,281	30.3
Turnout			4,218
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Smart	1,387	39.6	-3.7
	Conservative	Katherine Parkinson	1,148	32.8	+14.8
	UKIP	Alan Boswell	580	16.6	-10.3
	Green	Eric Nelson	205	5.9	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Harvey	179	5.1	+0.4
Majority			239	6.8
Turnout			3,499
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Hill

Castle Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Goldsmith	1,933	48.3	+11.1
	Labour	Annabel Mednick	1,024	25.6	-2.7
	UKIP	Wilfred Arasaratnam	607	15.2	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	235	5.9	-0.1
	Green	Elizabeth Smith	203	5.1	New
Majority			909	22.7
Turnout			4,002
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough

Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Cook	1,520	42.2	+0.4
	Conservative	Carol Debman	1,144	31.8	+11.7
	UKIP	John Beard	768	21.3	-10.5
	Green	Benjamin Magrath	167	4.6	-0.1
Majority			376	10.4
Turnout			3,599
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipping

Gipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gardiner	1,452	43.4	-18.7
	Conservative	Kevin Algar	983	29.4	+2.5
	UKIP	Colin Gould	544	16.3	New
	Green	Shaun McDonald	231	6.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart McHardy	135	4.0	-7.0
Majority			469	14.0
Turnout			3,345
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywells

Holywells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Harsant	1,649	44.7
	Labour	Howard Needham	1,132	30.7
	UKIP	Mark Dobrzanski	469	12.7
	Green	Thomas Wilmot	246	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Lockington	194	5.3
Majority			517	14.0
Turnout			3,690
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory Heath

Priory Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Knowles	1,627	42.2	-1.8
	Conservative	Andrew Shannon	1,329	34.5	+10.8
	UKIP	Michael Chelk	569	14.8	-11.6
	Green	Andrew Iredale	172	4.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mathew Baker	160	4.1	-1.8
Majority			298	7.7
Turnout			3,857
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere

Rushmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	1,712	39.9%
	Labour Co-op	Tracy Grant	1,622	37.8%
	UKIP	Ricky Kerry	549	12.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Jacob	212	4.9%
	Green	Maxwell Phillips	198	4.6%
Majority			90	2.1%
Turnout			4,293
	Conservative gain from Labour

Spirtes

Sprites
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Fern	1,412	24.1	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Hall	1,205	20.6	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Bailey	1,034	17.7	N/A
	Labour	Colin Smart	980	16.7	N/A
	UKIP	Alan Cotterell	835	14.3	N/A
	Green	Maria Harrison	237	4.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Dighton	154	2.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michelle Darwin	1,645
	Labour	Neil Macdonald	1,515
	Conservative	Mark Felix-Thomas	1,444
	Conservative	Kingsley Garratt	1,435
	UKIP	Josephine Grant	777
	Green	Edmund Harrison	502
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Whitmore	312
Majority			71
Turnout			7,630
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St. Margaret's

St. Margaret's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1,743	37.5	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine French	1,521	32.8	-8.0
	Labour	Steven Reynolds	1,001	21.6	+3.1
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	377	8.1	+1.9
Majority			222	4.7
Turnout			4,642
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stoke Park

Stoke Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Hyde-Chambers	1,649	50.2	+10.3
	Labour	Barry Studd	1,264	38.5	+8.3
	Green	Sally Broom	227	6.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Boyd	146	4.4	+2.2
Majority			385	11.7
Turnout			3,286
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Westgate

Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Julian Gibbs	1,446	42.6	+0.8
	Conservative	Ray Flood	964	28.4	+5.1
	UKIP	Mark Schueler	432	12.7	-5.2
	Green	John Mann	252	7.4	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Mitchell	179	5.3	+2.4
	Suffolk Together	Anna Matthews	123	3.6	New
Majority			482	14.2
Turnout			3,396
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Martin Goonan	1,194	35.1	-8.5
	Conservative	David Heffer	1,174	34.5	+16.8
	UKIP	Eric Pearl	741	21.8	-12.5
	Green	Catherine Struthers	161	4.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Kleissner	133	3.9	-0.6
Majority			20	0.6
Turnout			3,403
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitton

Whitton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Erion Xhaferaj	1,640	46.5	+21.5
	Labour	Stephen Connelly	1,596	45.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Fletcher	291	8.3	+4.3
Majority			44	1.2
Turnout			3,527
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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