Ipswich Borough Council election, 2003

Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 31
• Conservative 12
• Liberal Democrat 5

Election result

Ipswich Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	4	-4	43.8	32.5	9,272	-8.6%
	Conservative	6	3	0	+3	37.5	39.2	11,171	+1.8%
	Liberal Democrat	3	1	0	+1	18.8	25.8	7,368	+5.1%
	Christian Peoples	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	400	+0.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	217	+0.6%
	Save Broomhill Pool	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	88	+0.3%

Ward results

Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Chambers	807	42.9
	Labour	John Cook	649	34.5
	Conservative	Maureen Springle	321	17.0
	Green	Jane Scott	106	5.6
Majority			158	8.4
Turnout			1,883
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bixley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Barker	1,097	46.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Rivett	711	30.1
	Labour	Martyn Green	403	17.0
	Christian Peoples	Dave Cooper	155	6.6
Majority			386	16.3
Turnout			2,366
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Smart	611	43.1
	Conservative	Duncan Titchmarsh	491	34.7
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Jacob	315	22.2
Majority			120	8.4
Turnout			1,417
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Goldsmith	1,205	58.0
	Labour	James Adams	443	21.3
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Day	431	20.7
Majority			762	36.7
Turnout			2,079
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Don Edwards	712	45.8
	Conservative	Adam Ramsey	454	29.2
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Chambers	304	19.6
	Christian Peoples	Jonathan Barnes	83	5.3
Majority			258	16.6
Turnout			1,553
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipping

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gardiner	652	44.5
	Conservative	Nadia Cenci	464	31.7
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Blue	348	23.8
Majority			188	12.8
Turnout			1,464
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Harsant	882	55.1
	Labour	Robert Daines	429	26.8
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Whitmore	290	18.1
Majority			453	28.3
Turnout			1,601
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dali Jabbar	509	38.3
	Conservative	Sarah Dodwell	446	33.6
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine French	286	21.5
	Save Broomhill Pool	Sally Wainman	88	6.6
Majority			63	4.7
Turnout			1,329
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Smith	991	43.2
	Labour	Richard Kirby	749	32.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roberta Kerslake	391	17.1
	Christian Peoples	Stephen Bloomfield	162	7.1
Majority			242	10.5
Turnout			2,293
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sprites

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Le Grys	700	41.6
	Conservative	Robert Hall	693	41.2
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Stafford	288	17.1
Majority			7	0.4
Turnout			1,681
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil MacDonald	778	39.2
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	684	34.4
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Gooch	413	20.8
	Green	Janet Phipps	111	5.6
Majority			94	4.8
Turnout			1,986
	Labour hold		Swing

St Margaret's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Cooper	1,211	46.0
	Conservative	David Brown	1,079	41.0
	Labour	Jane Shaw	341	13.0
Majority			132	5.0
Turnout			2,631
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stoke Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Cook	723	41.6
	Labour	Keith Rawlingson	635	36.5
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Brown	380	21.9
Majority			88	5.1
Turnout			1,738
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Westgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Cook	568	40.8
	Conservative	Julie Schubert	467	33.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Toye	358	25.7
Majority			101	7.3
Turnout			1,393
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	George King	555	39.4
	Labour	Christopher Newbury	435	30.9
	Conservative	Colin Morgan	417	29.6
Majority			120	8.5
Turnout			1,407
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Whitton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Doyle	757	44.7
	Labour	Carole Jones	658	38.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Atkins	280	16.5
Majority			99	5.9
Turnout			1,695
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• 2003 Ipswich election result