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 result

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

Council elections in Suffolk

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