Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
Ipswich Borough Council has 48 Councillors across the 16 wards of Ipswich, with each ward having three Councillors as their elected representatives.
The current political make-up of the Council is: 36 Labour, 8 Conservative, 3 Liberal Democrats and 1 vacant seat.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Bridge
Labour
Sprites
Labour
Priory Heath
Labour
Bixley
Conservative
Stoke Park
Conservative
Whitehouse
Labour
Gainsborough
Labour
Labour and Co-operative
Alexandra
Labour
Labour and Co-operative
Gainsborough
Labour
Rushmere
Labour
St John's
Labour
St John's
Labour
Gipping
Labour
Castle Hill
Conservative
Rushmere
Labour
Gipping
Labour
Westgate
Labour
Labour and Co-operative
Stoke Park
Labour
Labour and Co-operative
Stoke Park
Conservative
Gainsborough
Labour
Holywells
Conservative
Whitton
Labour
St Margaret's
Liberal Democrats
Gipping
Labour
Labour and Co-operative
Westgate
Labour
Westgate
Labour
St Margaret's
Liberal Democrats
St Margaret's
Liberal Democrats
St John's
Labour
Labour and Co-operative
Priory Heath
Labour
Whitton
Labour
Holywells
Labour
Bixley
Conservative
Bixley
Conservative
Alexandra
Labour
Priory Heath
Labour
Alexandra
Labour
Rushmere
Labour
Bridge
Labour
Labour and Co-operative
Whitton
Labour
Sprites
Labour
Bridge
Labour
Sprites
Labour
Holywells
Labour
Whitehouse
Labour
Whitehouse
Labour
Castle Hill
Conservative