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2000 Ipswich Borough Council Election
Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Labour 31 * Conservative 15 * Liberal Democrat 2 Election result Ward results Bixley Bridge Broom Hill Castle Hill References2000 Ipswich election resultIpswich Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 {{United Kingdom local elections, 2000 2000 English local elections 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ... 20th century in Suffolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Borough Council
Ipswich Borough Council, founded in 1974 after the abolition of the County Borough of Ipswich, governs the non-metropolitan district of Ipswich in Suffolk. 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. Politics Between 1979 and September 2004, Ipswich Borough Council was under Labour control. The town was then governed by a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition until May 2011 when it reverted to Labour. 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 Conservative MP Dan Poulter. Bid for unitary status In April 2006 the council initiated public discussions about the idea of turning the borough into a unitary authority ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It is the current Government of the United Kingdom, governing party, having won the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. It has been the primary governing party in Britain since 2010. The party is on the Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum, and encompasses various ideological #Party factions, factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. The party currently has 356 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, 264 members of the House of Lords, 9 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 16 members of the Senedd, Welsh Parliament, 2 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats (commonly referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. Since the 1992 general election, with the exception of the 2015 general election, they have been the third-largest UK political party by the number of votes cast. They have 14 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 83 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Senedd. The party has over 2,500 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference, at which party policy is formulated, with all party members eligible to vote, under a one member, one vote system. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010 and 2015; with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007, and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021. In 1981, an electoral alliance was established b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bixley Ward, Ipswich
Bixley Ward is a ward in the north east area of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council. It is designated Middle Layer Super Output Area Ipswich 009 by the Office of National Statistics. It is composed of 5 Lower Layer Super Output Area ONS codes are geocodes maintained by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics to represent a wide range of geographical areas of the UK, for use in tabulating census and other statistical data. These codes are also known as GSS codes, wh ...s. Ward profile, 2008 Bixley Ward is located on the eastern edge of Ipswich. In 2005 it had a population of about 7,100. A high proportion of its residents living alone and it also had a high proportion of older people and of single person pensioner households. Councillors The following councillors were elected since the boundaries were changed in 2002 Names in brackets indicates that the councillor remained in office without re-election. Prior to 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Borough Council Elections
Since 1979 one third of Ipswich Borough Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Political control Leadership The leaders of the council since 2001 have been: Council elections * 1973 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1976 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1979 Ipswich Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1980 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1982 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1983 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1984 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1986 Ipswich Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1987 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1988 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1990 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1991 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1992 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1994 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1995 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1996 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1998 Ipswich Borough Council election * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
