Ipswich Borough Council

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich, a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Suffolk, England. It is the second tier of a two-tier system, fulfilling functions such as refuse collection, housing and planning, with Suffolk County Council providing county council services such as transport, education and social services.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011. It meets at Ipswich Town Hall and has its main offices at Grafton House.

History

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The borough was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which reorganised many boroughs across the country to a standardised model.[4] It was then governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Ipswich", also known variously as the corporation, town council or borough council.[5][6][7] When elected county councils were established in 1889, Ipswich was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it was made a county borough, independent from the surrounding East Suffolk County Council.[8]

The borough was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming a lower-tier district authority with the new Suffolk County Council providing county-level functions. Ipswich kept the same boundaries at the time of the 1974 reforms and also retained its borough status, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Ipswich's series of mayors dating back to 1836.[9][10]

In 2007 the borough council bid to become a unitary authority, which would see it regain its independence from the county council.[11] The proposal was considered by the government, but was ultimately rejected.[12] Alternative options were then considered for introducing unitary authorities more generally across Suffolk, with a "North Haven" unitary authority covering Ipswich, Felixstowe and surrounding areas being the proposal recommended by the Boundary Committee in 2008.[13] The new government which formed following the 2010 general election decided not to proceed with creating any unitary authorities in Suffolk.[14]

Governance

Ipswich Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Suffolk County Council.[15] There are no civil parishes in Ipswich; the entire borough is an unparished area.[16]

The council has divided the borough into five areas which each have their own committee and funding.[17]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows:[18]

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Leadership

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Councillor Party From To
Peter Gardiner[19][20]
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Dale Jackson[20][21]
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Liz Harsant[21][22]
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David Ellesmere[23][24]
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Neil MacDonald[25]
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Composition

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council was:[26]

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Total 48

The next election is due in 2026.[27]

Premises

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Grafton House, 15-17 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1Script error: No such module "String".2DE: Council's main offices since 2006

Full council meetings are generally held at Ipswich Town Hall on Cornhill.[28][29] The building had been completed in 1868 for the old corporation.[30]

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Civic Centre: Council's main offices 1970–2006, since demolished.

Since 2006 the council's main offices have been at Grafton House, a modern office building on Russell Road. Prior to 2006 the council met at the Town Hall and had its main offices at the Civic Centre on Civic Drive, a 14-storey tower block completed in 1970.[31] The Civic Centre has since been demolished.[32]

Elections

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The borough is covered by two parliamentary constituencies: Ipswich, which covers about 75% and is represented by Conservative MP Tom Hunt, and Central Suffolk & North Ipswich, which covers the remaining 25% and is represented by Labour MP Dan Poulter.

Wards

The Councillors representing the different wards are:

Ipswich Borough Council Wards[34]
Name Area Middle Layer Super Output Area Councillors, May 2024[35] (date elected)
Alexandra Central Ipswich 007 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Adam Rae (2024)[36] ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|John Cook (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Jane Riley (2023)
Bixley North East Ipswich 009 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Lee Reynolds (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Edward Phillips (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Richard Pope (2023)
Bridge South West Ipswich 012 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Bryony Rudkin (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Stephen Connolly (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Philip Smart (2023)
Castle Hill North West Ipswich 002 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Ian Fisher (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Sam Murray (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Erion Xhaferaj (2023)
Gainsborough South East Ipswich 016 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|James Whatling (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Lynne Mortimer (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Martin Cook (2023)
Gipping South West Ipswich 010 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|David Ellesmere (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Elizabeth Hughes (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Peter Gardiner (2023)
Holywells South East Ipswich 011 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Nic El-Safty(2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|George Lankester (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Cathy Frost (2023)
Priory Heath South East Ipswich 014 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Roxanne Downes (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Owen Bartholomew(2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Ruman Muhith (2023)
Rushmere North East Ipswich 004 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Alasdair Ross (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Stefan Long (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Kelvin Cracknell (2023)
St John's North East Ipswich 008 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Neil MacDonald (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Corinna Hudson (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Kanthasamy Elavalakan (2023)
St Margaret's Central Ipswich 005 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Oliver Holmes (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Inga Lockington (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Timothy Lockington (2023)
Sprites South West Ipswich 013 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Philip McSweeney (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Colin Smart (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Jennifer Smith (2023)
Stoke Park South West Ipswich 015 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Chu Mann (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Tony Blacker (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Nathan Wilson (2023)
Westgate Central Ipswich 006 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Carole Jones (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Colin Kreidewolf (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Julian Gibbs (2023)
Whitehouse North West Ipswich 003 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Tracy Grant(2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Colin Wright (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Lucinda Trenchard (2023)
Whitton North West Ipswich 001 ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Pat Bruce-Browne (2024) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Christine Shaw (2022) ! style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white"|Gary Forster (2023)

Heritage assets

Ipswich Borough Council owns a substantial number of artworks which have been curated by the Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service since 2007.[37]

Arms

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