Here’s who you can vote for during the upcoming Ipswich elections
Here’s who you can vote for during the upcoming Ipswich elections.
Ipswich residents will head to the polls on May 2 to elect a total of 18 councillors across all 16 wards in the borough.
As it stands, the Labour Party run the council comfortably, holding 32 out of the 48 available seats.
However, with several high-ranking seats up for grabs, the coming elections could prove crucial in the make-up of the council going forward.
The candidates are:
Alexandra:
• Adam Rae, Labour (incumbent)
• Katheine West, Conservative
• Kelly Turner, Lib Dem
• David Plowman, Greens
Bixley:
• Paul Anderson, Labour
• Lee Reynolds, Conservative (incumbent)
• Lisa Weichert, Lib Dem
• Stephanie Cullen, Greens
Bridge:
• Bryony Rudkin, Labour and Co-op, (incumbent and current council deputy leader)
• John Downie, Conservative
• Sophie Williams, Lib Dem
• Adria Pittock, Greens
• Catherine Kersey, Reform UK
Castle Hill:
• Kim Cook, Labour
• Ian Fisher, Conservative (incumbent and current Party leader)
• Martin Pakes, Lib Dem
• Richard Foster, Greens
Gainsborough:
• James Whatling, Labour
• Albert Demaj, Conservative
• Amy Bendall, Lib Dem
• Robert Young, Greens
• Shayne Pooley, Independent (incumbent)
• John Beard, Reform UK
Gipping:
• David Ellesmere, Labour (incumbent)
• Rhys Ellis, Conservative
• Gerald Pryke, Lib Dem
• Lee Morris, Greens
Holywells:
• Nic El-Safty, Labour
• Pippa Gordon-Gould, Conservative (incumbent)
• Robert Chambers, Lib Dem
• Rory Todd, Greens
Priory Heath (two seats):
• Owen Bartholomew, Labour
• Roxanne Downes, Labour (incumbent)
• Robert Hall, Conservative
• Michael Scanes, Conservative
• Conrad Packwood, Lib Dem
• Andy Patmore, Greens
• Tom Wilmot, Greens
Rushmere:
• Alasdair Ross, Labour (incumbent and current cabinet portfolio holder)
• Debbie Richards, Conservative
• Lucy Drake, Lib Dem
• Rachel Morris, Greens
• Timothy Hawke, Reform UK
Sprites:
• Philip Mcsweeney, Labour
• Sian Gubb, Conservative
• Robin Whitmore, Lib Dem
• Martin Hynes, Greens
St. John’s (two seats):
• Corinna Hope, Labour
• Neil MacDonald, Labour (incumbent and current council leader)
• Tim Buttle, Conservative
• Stephen Ion, Conservative
• Giles Turner, Lib Dem
• Jude Rook, Greens
St. Margaret’s:
• Sheila Handley, Labour
• Laura Allenby, Conservative
• Oliver Holmes, Lib Dem (incumbent)
• Kirsty Wilmot, Greens
Stoke Park:
• Chu Man, Labour
• James Harding, Conservative
• Henry Williams, Lib Dem
• Barry Broom, Greens
Westgate:
• Carole Jones, Labour (Incumbent and current cabinet portfolio holder)
• Stephen Kirby, Conservative
• Martin Hore, Lib Dem
• John Mann, Greens
Whitehouse:
• Tracy Grant, Labour and Co-op (incumbent)
• Mark Philips, Conservative
• Immo Weichert, Lib Dem
• Sue Hagley, Greens
• David Hurlbut, Reform UK
Whitton:
• Patricia Bruce-Browne, Labour
• David Goldsmith, Conservative
• Nicholas Jacob, Lib Dem
• Jason Williams, Greens
• Tony Gould, Reform UK (incumbent and currently an Independent)
