Labour holds a majority on Ipswich Borough Council

Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.

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From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.

92% of Ipswich’s residents live outside any parish, with no parish council.

Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.

1. 1

   Town or parish2 parish councils
   Rushmere St. Andrew parish councilPinewood parish council
2. 2

   Council wards18 wards · 51 councillors
   Labour 29 · Reform UK 10 · Conservative 7 · Liberal Democrat 4 · Green 1 · all 51
3. 3

   Suffolk County Council12 divisions · 16 councillors
   David Frederick GoldsmithSam MurrayNadia CenciNathan WilsonAdele Havlynn CookInga Elisabeth LockingtonDebbie RichardsRob BridgemanLucy SmithLiz HarsantSandy MartinElizabeth FarrowPaul Martin WestChristopher Hudson+2 more · all
4. 4

   Police and crime commissionerSuffolk Constabulary · elected May 2024
   Tim Passmore
5. 5

   House of CommonsSplit between 4 constituencies
   Jack AbbottPatrick SpencerJames CartlidgeJenny Riddell-Carpenter

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.

Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Ipswich Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.

Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).

In 2026, Reform UK won 10, Labour won 4, the Greens won 1 and the Liberal Democrats won 1 of the 16 seats up in Ipswich’s wards.

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.

Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.

MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.

Council budgets per resident, 2026–27

Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Ipswich per its residents plus Suffolk per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Suffolk and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.

Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.