2000 Ipswich Borough Council election

Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

2000 Ipswich Borough Council election
4 May 2000
One third of seats
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 35 10 1
Seats won 7 8 1
Seats after 31 15 2
Seat change Decrease5 Increase5 Increase1
Popular vote 25.8%
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result
Ipswich Local Election Result 2000
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 -5 50.0
  Conservative 8 +5 44.4
  Liberal Democrats 1 +1 5.6
  Independent 0 -1 0

Ward results

Bixley
Bixley
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Gordon Terry 1,136 64.4
Labour Colin Campbell 409 23.2
Liberal Democrats J. Shirley 218 12.4
Turnout 1,763 30.2

Bridge
Bridge
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour D. Turnbull 621 51.4
Conservative Ms K. Kenna 434 35.9
Liberal Democrats D. Cartwright 153 12.7
Turnout 1,208 21.0

Broom Hill
Broom Hill
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Goldsmith 751 56.3
Labour Ms C. Le Grys 415 31.1
Liberal Democrats M. Bardsley 168 12.6
Turnout 1,334 26.1

Castle Hill
Castle Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Ward 1,115 60.3
Labour G. Manuel 521 28.2
Liberal Democrats Dennis Day 213 11.5
Turnout 1,848 26.0

References
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