St Margaret's Ward, Ipswich

St Margaret's Ward is a ward in the Central Area of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council.

St Margaret's
ward for Ipswich Council
Boundary of St Margaret's in Ipswich from 2019.
Local government in East of England	Suffolk
Electorate	6482[1]
Current ward
Created	2002 (2002)
Councillor	Oliver Holmes (Liberal Democrat Party (UK))
Councillor	Inga Lockington (Liberal Democrat Party (UK))
Councillor	Timothy Lockington (Liberal Democrat Party (UK))

It is designated Middle Layer Super Output Area Ipswich 005 by the Office for National Statistics.^[2] It is composed of 5 Lower Layer Super Output Areas.^[3]

Ipswich Borough Council Elections

Ipswich Borough Council Elections in the 2020s

2023 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 4 May 2023)^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Lockington	1,559	53.3	−5.7
	Conservative	Laura Allenby	625	21.4	+2.6
	Labour	Sheila Handley	486	16.6	+1.5
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	257	8.8	+1.6
Majority			934	31.8	−8.2
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	-0.1
Turnout			2934	45.7	−0.5
Registered electors			6,421		−1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.2

2022 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 5 May 2022)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	1,765	59.0	+18.5
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	563	18.8	−9.6
	Labour	Ruman Muhith	451	15.1	−5.9
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	215	7.2	+0.4
Majority			1,202	40.0	+26.9
Rejected ballots			9	0.3	-0.7
Turnout			3003	46.2	−6.9
Registered electors			6,501		+0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+14.1

2021 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 6 May 2021)^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,427	41.5	−11.4
	Conservative	Deborah Richards	977	28.4	+6.8
	Labour	Stefan Long	722	21.0	+5.9
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	235	6.8	−2.5
	The Burning Pink Party	Susan Hagley	40	1.2
Majority			450	13.1	−18.2
Rejected ballots			35	1.0	0
Turnout			3435	53.1	+8.2
Registered electors			6,470		+0.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-9.1

Ipswich Borough Council Elections in the 2010s

2019 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 2 May 2019) ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Lockington	1,533	52.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	627	21.6	−3.1
	Labour	Maggie Barradell	439	15.1	−5.6
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	270	9.3	+5.8
Majority			906	31.3	+5.8
Rejected ballots			30	1.0	+0.7
Turnout			2899	45.0	−0.8
Registered electors			6,450		−0.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.9

2018 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 3 May 2018)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	1,493	50.2	+13.0
	Conservative	Simon Fisher	734	24.7	−6.5
	Labour	Jeremy Brown	615	20.7	+0.2
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	104	3.5	−0.9
	Independent	David Tabane	19	0.6
Majority			759	25.5	+19.5
Rejected ballots			9	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			2975	45.7	−0.9
Registered electors			6,505		+5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.8

2016 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 5 May 2016)^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,068	37.2	+4.5
	Conservative	Stephen Hardman	896	31.2	−6.2
	Labour	Steven Reynolds	588	20.5	−1.0
	UKIP	Andrew Iddon	178	6.2	−4.8
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	133	4.6	−3.5
Majority			172	6.0	+10.8
Rejected ballots			11	0.4	0
Turnout			2873	46.6	−27.3
Registered electors			6,160		−2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.4

2015 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 7 May 2015)^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1,743	37.4	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine French	1521	32.7	−8.0
	Labour	Steven Reynolds	1001	21.5	+3.0
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	377	8.1	+1.9
Majority			222	4.8	+22.1
Rejected ballots			19	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			4658	74.0	+28.3
Registered electors			6,298		+0.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+11.1

2014 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 22 May 2014) ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	1,164	40.7	+4.1
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	668	23.3	−9.3
	Labour	Steven Reynolds	528	18.5	−1.8
	UKIP	Andrew Iddon	316	11.0
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	177	6.2	+1.1
Majority			496	17.3	+13.3
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	0
Turnout			2861	45.6	+5.6
Registered electors			6,270		+3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+13.4

2012 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 3 May 2012) ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cann	883	36.6	−5.1
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	786	32.6	−5.9
	Labour	Scott Huntly	489	20.3	+0.9
	Independent	Peter Turtill	128	5.3
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	124	5.1
Majority			97	4.0	+0.9
Rejected ballots			4	0.2	-0.2
Turnout			2414	40.0	+4.0
Registered electors			6,035		−3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.8

2011 St. Margaret's Ward By-election (Thursday 10 November 2011) ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy French	942	41.7	+6.7
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	871	38.5	+1.6
	Labour	Glen Chisholm	439	19.4	−1.8
Majority			71	3.1	+18.8
Rejected ballots			10	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			2261	36.0	−17.8
Registered electors			6,276		+7.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.6

2011 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 5 May 2011) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Stokes	1,167	36.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy French	1107	35.0	−11.6
	Labour	Kimberly Cook	671	21.2	+7.0
	Green	Amelia Drayson	211	6.7	+2.8
Majority			60	1.9	+17.6
Rejected ballots			5	0.2	0
Turnout			3161	53.9	−18.3
Registered electors			5,868		−3.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+15.7

2010 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 6 May 2010) ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	2,101	48.5	+6.8
	Conservative	Stephen Ion	1,420	32.8	−7.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Cooper	613	14.2	+3.0
	Green	Amelia Drayson	186	3.9	−3.3
Majority			681	15.7	+14.0
Rejected ballots			9	0.2
Turnout			4329	72.2
Registered electors			6,077
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.0

Ipswich Borough Council Elections in the 2000s

2008 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 1 May 2008) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Atkins	1,134	41.7	+3.5
	Conservative	Mary Young	1,089	40.0	+3.5
	Labour	Elizabeth Cooper	304	11.2	+0.3
	Green	Amelia Drayson	195	7.2	+0.3
Majority			45	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			2722
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.5

2007 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 3 May 2007) ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Cooper	1,011	38.2	−12.2
	Conservative	Sophie Stanbrook	968	36.5	+3.7
	Labour	Steve Buckingham	289	10.9	+1.0
	Independent	Leonard Woolf	199	7.5
	Green	Amy Drayson	183	6.9	−0.1
Majority			43	1.6	−15.9
Turnout			2650
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-8.0

2006 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 4 May 2006) ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	1,426	50.4	+2.5
	Conservative	Andrew Booth	929	32.8	−7.3
	Labour	William Knowles	280	9.9	−2.8
	Green	Amelia Drayson	197	7.0
Majority			497	17.5	+9.7
Turnout			2832
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.8

2004 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 10 June 2004) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Atkins	1,336	47.9	+1.9
	Conservative	David Brown	1,119	40.1	−0.9
	Labour	Jane Shaw	337	12.1	−0.9
Majority			217	7.8	+2.8
Turnout			2792
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.4

2003 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 1 May 2003) ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Cooper	1,211	46.0
	Conservative	David Brown	1,079	41.0
	Labour	Jane Shaw	341	13.0
Majority			132	5.0
Turnout			2631
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2002 Ipswich Borough Council election (Thursday 2 May 2002) ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	1,366
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Atkins	1,222
	Liberal Democrats	John Cooper	1,191
	Conservative	David Brown	1,093
	Conservative	Jeffrey Stansfield	1,049
	Conservative	Carike Keggett	993
	Labour	Jane Shaw	386
	Labour	Adele Cook	382
	Labour	Steve Reynold	380
Majority
Turnout

Suffolk County Council Elections

2021 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 6 May 2021) ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	2,590
	Conservative	Deborah Richards	2,195
	Labour	Maria Carreiro	1989
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1840
	Labour	Stefan Long	1517
	Green	Kirsy Wilmot	965
	The Burning Pink Party	Tina Smith	168
Majority
Rejected ballots			34
Turnout			6612	42.7
Registered electors			15,503

2017 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 4 May 2017) ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	2,284
	Conservative	Christopher Chambers	1,954
	Labour	Sarah Adams	1897
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1869
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1697
	Labour	Janice Parry	1541
	Green	Kirsy Wilmot	323
	Green	John Mann	287
Majority
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			6103	40.0
Registered electors			15,180

2013 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 2 May 2013) ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Adams	1,668
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	1,457
	Labour	Robert Bridgeman	1441
	Conservative	Lee Reynolds	1355
	Conservative	Christopher Stewart	1257
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine French	1211
	UKIP	John Chapman	823
	Green	John Mann	481
Majority
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			5134	33.8
Registered electors			15,195

2009 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 4 June 2009) ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	2,409
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cann	2,375
	Conservative	Sophie Stanbrook	1853
	Conservative	Janet Sibley	1773
	Labour	Elizabeth Cooper	811
	Labour	Carole Jones	787
	Green	Amy Drayson	774
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

2005 Suffolk County Council election (Thursday 5 May 2005) ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cann	3,301
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington	3,181
	Conservative	Julia Schubert	2684
	Conservative	Priscilla Steed	2681
	Labour	Keith Herod	2352
	Labour	Noel Tostevin	1914
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

Notable buildings in St Margaret's Ward

• Christchurch Mansion in Christchurch Park

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