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2023 Ipswich Borough Council election

The 2023 Ipswich Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Ipswich Borough Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

The 2023 Ipswich Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Ipswich Borough Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Labour retained control of the council. The incumbent leader of the council, David Ellesmere, had announced ahead of the election that he would not continue as leader after the election. He was replaced as Labour group leader by Neil MacDonald, who formally took over as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023.

2023 Ipswich Borough Council election
Labour	12	1	75.0	21	33	68.8	13,740	43.0	–3.8
Conservative	3	1	18.8	7	10	20.8	10,930	34.2	–0.6
Liberal Democrats	1		6.3	2	3	6.3	3,742	11.7	+1.5
Independent	0		0.0	2	2	4.2	N/A	N/A	N/A
Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,405	10.7	+2.6
Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	73	0.2	N/A
Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	45	0.1	N/A
ADF	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	35	0.1	±0.0

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Ipswich Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	1,049	41.3	–12.5
	Conservative	768	30.3	+5.9
	Green	610	24.0	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	111	4.4	–1.7
281	11.0	–18.0
2,555	32.7	+2.9
	Labour hold	9.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,205	49.9	–1.4
	Labour	795	33.1	+0.8
	Green	239	9.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	164	6.8	–0.4
410	17.0	–2.1
2,413	42.4	+2.2
	Conservative hold	1.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	843	50.4	+0.4
	Conservative	505	30.2	–3.6
	Green	232	13.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	93	5.6	±0.0
338	20.2	+7.1
1,677	25.5	–1.2
	Labour hold	2.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	772	38.4	–8.8
	Labour	628	31.3	–1.0
	Liberal Democrats	443	22.1	+1.7
	Green	166	8.3	N/A
144	7.1	–7.8
2,017	35.1	–0.5
	Conservative hold	3.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	974	54.2	+2.2
	Conservative	602	33.5	–5.3
	Green	150	8.3	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	71	4.0	+1.4
372	20.6	+7.5
1,802	29.4	–3.6
	Labour hold	3.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	869	54.9	–3.0
	Conservative	438	27.7	–0.6
	Green	193	12.2	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	83	5.2	±0.0
431	27.0	–2.6
1,594	25.2	–1.1
	Labour hold	1.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,037	46.4	–1.9
	Conservative	909	40.6	+3.5
	Green	171	7.6	–3.8
	Liberal Democrats	120	5.4	+2.2
128	5.7	–5.5
2,247	38.8	±0.0
	Labour gain from Conservative	2.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	915	49.2	–4.4
	Conservative	601	32.3	–0.6
	Green	188	10.1	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	155	8.3	+2.9
314	16.8	–3.7
1,871	28.0	–1.0
	Labour hold	1.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	1,113	47.5	–6.0
	Conservative	794	33.9	+0.6
	Green	234	10.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	200	8.5	+2.1
319	13.5	–6.7
2355	38.2	–1.0
	Labour Co-op hold	3.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	769	46.9	–2.1
	Conservative	618	37.7	–6.1
	Green	97	5.9	–1.4
	Reform UK	73	4.5	N/A
	Heritage	45	2.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	38	2.3	N/A
151	9.2	+4.0
1643	32.4	–1.4
	Labour hold	2.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	1,064	45.8	–2.4
	Conservative	736	31.7	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	301	13.0	+2.5
	Green	220	9.5	+0.4
328	14.1	N/A
2,333	33.6	–2.8
	Labour Co-op hold	0.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,559	53.3	–5.7
	Conservative	625	21.4	+2.6
	Labour	486	16.6	+1.5
	Green	257	8.8	+1.6
934	31.8	–8.4
2,934	45.7	–0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold	4.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	814	46.2	+1.7
	Labour	711	40.4	–6.2
	Green	128	7.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	74	4.2	+0.8
	ADF	35	2.0	+0.3
103	5.8	N/A
1,771	34.4	–0.5
	Conservative hold	4.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	872	53.6	–0.8
	Conservative	394	24.2	–1.5
	Green	222	13.6	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	140	8.6	–0.4
478	29.2	+0.5
1,636	25.9	–1.0
	Labour Co-op hold	0.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	765	52.3	–6.3
	Conservative	439	30.0	–0.9
	Green	182	12.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	78	5.3	N/A
326	22.1	–5.4
1,476	23.0	–2.9
	Labour hold	2.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	850	47.5	–6.1
	Conservative	710	39.7	+1.2
	Green	116	6.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	112	6.3	+2.8
140	7.8	–7.2
1,796	29.4	–3.6
	Labour hold	3.7

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