Full results from the 16 wards re-electing councillors in Ipswich on 4 May. The new make-up of the council is 20 Conservative, 18 Labour, and nine Liberal Democrats with one vacancy in the normally safe Conservative ward of Castle Hill.
St Margarets
*John Cooper (Lib Dem) 1011
Sophie Stanbrook (Con) 968
Steve Buckingham (Lab) 289
Leonard Woolf (Ind) 191
Amy Drayson (Green) 183
Lib Dem hold
Westgate
Andrew Cann (Lib Dem) 735
*Martin Cook (Lab) 722
Ian Fisher (Con) 279
Colin Rodgers (Green) 86
Russell Metcalfe (UKIP) 77
Lib Dem gain from Lab
St Johns
*Neil Macdonald (Lab) 1004
Pamela Kelly (Con) 915
Jill Atkins (Lib Dem) 362
Lab hold
Priory Heath
Bill Knowles (Lab) 852
Tanya De Hoedt (Con) 789
Nick Jacob (Lib Dem) 234
Lab hold
Whitehouse
Tony Lewis (Lab) 563
Howard Stanley (Lib Dem) 512
Ben Matthews (Con) 401
Lab gain from Lib Dem
Bridge Ward
*Philip Smart (Lab) 762
Kevern Mulley (Con) 585
Chris Newbury (Lib Dem) 193
Rick Deeks (Green) 133
Lab hold
Stoke Park Ward
Richard Pope (Con) 871
Keith Rawlingson (Lab) 610
Tim Lockington (Lib Dem) 194
Con hold
Whitton Ward
Michelle Bevan-Margetts (Con) 882
Susan Crocker (Lab) 696
Heidi Williams (Lib Dem) 290
Con hold
Gainsborough
*Don Edwards (Lab) 925
Stephen Baldrey (Con) 523
Robin Whitmore (Lib Dem) 264
Lab hold
Castle Hill Ward
*David Goldsmith (Con) 1081
Nigel Cheeseman (Lib Dem) 502
John Harris (Lab) 425
Sally Wainman (Ind) 111
Jason White (Green) 96
Con hold
Bixley Ward
Gavin Maclure (Con) 1496
Barry Studd (Lab) 406
Clive Witter (Lib Dem) 398
Con hold
Rushmere Ward
*Eileen Smith (Con) 1014
Alasdair Ross (Lab) 905
Cathy French (Lib Dem) 269
Brenda Cavanagh (Green) 165
Con hold
Sprites Ward
Roger Fern (Lab) 1035
Kathy Kenna (Con) 840
Oliver Holmes (Lib Dem) 171
Lab hold
Alexandra Ward
*Jane Chambers (Lib Dem) 756
Albert Grant (Labour) 531
Edward Phillips (Con) 377
John Taylor (Green) 188
Lib Dem hold
Gipping Ward
*Peter Gardiner (Lab) 824
Maureen Springle (Con) 477
Les Nicholls (Lib Dem) 274
Lab hold
Holywells Ward
*Liz Harsant (Con) 851
Jamie McMahon (Lab) 518
Kevin Walker (Lib Dem) 305
Con hold
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