Ipswich Council election, 2004

Elections to Ipswich Council were held on 10 June, 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 23
*Conservative 18
*Liberal Democrat 7

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain = 6
loss = 0
net = +6
seats % = 52.9
votes % = 40.4
votes = 13,392
plus/minus = +1.2%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 0
loss = 8
net = -8
seats % = 29.4
votes % = 32.1
votes = 10,656
plus/minus = -0.4%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 17.6
votes % = 26.0
votes = 8,626
plus/minus = +0.2%Election Summary Party
party = Christian Peoples Alliance
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 281
plus/minus = -0.6%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 136
plus/minus = +0.4%Election Summary Party
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 71
plus/minus = +0.2%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Louise Gooch
votes = 802
percentage = 41.2
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Cook
votes = 661
percentage = 34.0
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Matthews
votes = 483
percentage = 24.8
change = +7.8Election box majority
votes = 141
percentage = 7.2
change = -1.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,946
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Carter
votes = 1,325
percentage = 53.8
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Rivett
votes = 704
percentage = 28.6
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martyn Green
votes = 351
percentage = 14.2
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Christian Peoples Alliance
candidate = Christine Pinder
votes = 84
percentage = 3.4
change = -3.2Election box majority
votes = 621
percentage = 25.2
change = +8.9Election box turnout
votes = 2,464
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steve Flood
votes = 693
percentage = 39.7
change = +5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harold Mangar
votes = 673
percentage = 38.6
change = -4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Jacob
votes = 379
percentage = 21.7
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 20
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,745
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dale Jackson
votes = 1,189
percentage = 55.8
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Shaw
votes = 473
percentage = 22.2
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Tracy
votes = 470
percentage = 22.0
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 716
percentage = 33.6
change = -3.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,132
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Mowles
votes = 769
percentage = 44.9
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Sibley
votes = 531
percentage = 31.0
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Chambers
votes = 288
percentage = 16.8
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Paul Billingham
votes = 71
percentage = 4.1
change = +4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Christian Peoples Alliance
candidate = Jonathan Barnes
votes = 54
percentage = 3.2
change = -2.1Election box majority
votes = 238
percentage = 13.9
change = -2.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,713
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Ellesmere
votes = 671
percentage = 44.0
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nadia Cenci
votes = 458
percentage = 30.0
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bob Zablok
votes = 397
percentage = 26.0
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 213
percentage = 14.0
change = +1.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,526
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Hale
votes = 806
percentage = 49.5
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Maguire
votes = 470
percentage = 28.9
change = +2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robin Whitmore
votes = 353
percentage = 21.7
change = +3.6Election box majority
votes = 336
percentage = 20.6
change = -7.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,629
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Quinton
votes = 731
percentage = 42.2
change = +3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Duncan Titchmarsh
votes = 644
percentage = 37.1
change = +3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jill Atkins
votes = 359
percentage = 20.7
change = -0.8Election box majority
votes = 87
percentage = 5.1
change = +0.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,734
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Ion
votes = 928
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judy Terry
votes = 867
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alasdair Ross
votes = 719
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Herod
votes = 696
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gilliam Auton
votes = 547
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Toye
votes = 421
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Christian Peoples Alliance
candidate = Stephen Bloomfield
votes = 143
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,321
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Kirby
votes = 861
percentage = 43.2
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Hall
votes = 832
percentage = 41.8
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Simon Cooper
votes = 299
percentage = 15.0
change = -2.1Election box majority
votes = 29
percentage = 1.5
change = +1.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,992
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Carnall
votes = 842
percentage = 39.2
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Cooper
votes = 796
percentage = 37.0
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cathy French
votes = 511
percentage = 23.8
change = +3.0Election box majority
votes = 46
percentage = 2.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,149
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Atkins
votes = 1,336
percentage = 47.9
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Brown
votes = 1,119
percentage = 40.1
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Shaw
votes = 337
percentage = 12.1
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 217
percentage = 7.8
change = +2.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,792
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul West
votes = 894
percentage = 48.0
change = +6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Studd
votes = 609
percentage = 32.7
change = -3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Adrian Brown
votes = 358
percentage = 19.2
change = -2.7Election box majority
votes = 285
percentage = 15.3
change = +10.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,861
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carole Jones
votes = 632
percentage = 36.8
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Julie Schubert
votes = 480
percentage = 27.9
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Catherine Chambers
votes = 471
percentage = 27.4
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sally Wainman
votes = 136
percentage = 7.9
change = +7.9Election box majority
votes = 152
percentage = 8.9
change = +1.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,719
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony James
votes = 564
percentage = 35.0
change = -4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Knowles
votes = 556
percentage = 34.5
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Morgan
votes = 491
percentage = 30.5
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 8
percentage = 0.5
change = -8.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,611
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Ward
votes = 810
percentage = 44.3
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Harris
votes = 651
percentage = 35.6
change = -3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joan Goodall
votes = 367
percentage = 20.1
change = +3.6Election box majority
votes = 159
percentage = 8.7
change = +2.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,828
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3708.stm 2004 Ipswich election result]

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