The 2023 Ipswich Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of

Ipswich Borough Council Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich, a non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Suffolk, England. It is the second tier of a two-tier system, fulfilling functions such as refuse ...

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. 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.

Summary

Election result

Ward results

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.

Alexandra

Bixley

Bridge

Castle Hill

Gainsborough

Gipping

Holywells

Priory Heath

Rushmere

Sprites

St. John's

St. Margaret's

Stoke Park

Westgate

Whitehouse

Whitton

References

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Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

May 2023 in the United Kingdom 2020s in Essex