Ipswich Council election, 2008
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Elections to Ipswich Council were 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.
After the Ipswich Council election 2008, the composition of the council was
- Labour 21
- Conservative 19
[edit] Election result
| Ipswich Local Election Result 2008 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 50.00 | 36.02 | 12327 | +0.42 | |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 38.89 | 41.54 | 14214 | +1.84 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11.11 | 16.84 | 5762 | -3.96 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 1388 | +1.36 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 | 174 | -0.49 | |
| UK Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.03 | 1388 | +0.83 | |
[edit] Ward results
| Rushmere | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alasdair Ross | 1,026 | 43.97 | +5.15 | |
| Conservative | Paul Carter* | 1,013 | 43.42 | +0.32 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Cathy French | 294 | 12.6 | +1.25 | |
| Green | Brenda Cavanagh | 0 | 0.00 | -7.0 | |
| Majority | 13 | 0.55 | |||
| Turnout | 2,333 | 39.0 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.58 | |||
| Preceded by Ipswich Council election, 2007 |
Ipswich local elections | Succeeded by Ipswich Council election, 2010 |
