St Margaret's and Westgate Division, Suffolk

St Margaret's and Westgate
St Margaret's and Westgate
County Council constituency; for the Suffolk County Council
District	Ipswich
Region	East of England
Population	22,325 (2019)
Electorate	15,503 (2021)
Major settlements	Broom Hill, Christchurch
Current constituency
Created	2005
Seats	2
Councillor	Debbie Richards (Conservative); Inga Lockington (Liberal Democrat)
Local council	Ipswich Borough Council
Created from	Broom Hill, Castle Hill, St Margaret's

St Margaret's and Westgate Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns two county councillors to Suffolk County Council.

Geography

It is covers parts of the Central Area of Ipswich and consists of St Margaret's Ward and Westgate Ward of Ipswich Borough Council as well as small part of Castle Hill Ward in the North West Area, Ipswich.^[1]

Members for St. Margaret's and Westgate

	Party	Term		Party	Term
Andrew Cann	Liberal Democrats	2005–2013	Inga Lockington	Liberal Democrats	2005–present
Sarah Adams	Labour	2013–2017
Chris Chambers	Conservative	2017–2021
Debbie Richards	Conservative	2021–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Suffolk County Council election: St Margaret's & Westgate^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington *	2,590	32.8	–2.6
	Conservative	Debbie Richards	2,195	27.8	–2.5
	Labour	Assis Carreiro	1,989	25.2	–4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,840
	Labour	Stefan Long	1,517
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	965	12.2	+7.2
	Burning Pink	Tina Smith	168	2.1	N/A
Majority			395	5.0	–0.1
Turnout			6,612	42.6	+2.4
Registered electors			15,503
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "St Margaret's & Westgate Electoral Division Profile 2017" (PDF). www.suffolkobservatory. Suffolk Observatory. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ "Ipswich: Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). suffolk.gov.uk. Suffolk County Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

[SO_SMW-1] "St Margaret's & Westgate Electoral Division Profile 2017" (PDF). www.suffolkobservatory. Suffolk Observatory. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[SCC_Ipswich_election_results-2] "Ipswich: Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). suffolk.gov.uk. Suffolk County Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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v t e Suffolk County Council election divisions
Leaders	Christopher Penn (1984–1993) Chris Mole (1993–2001) Jane Hore (2001–2003) Bryony Rudkin (2003–2005) Jeremy Pembroke (2005–2011) Mark Bee (2011–2015) Colin Noble (2015–2018) Matthew Hicks (2018–)
Current Divisions	Aldeburgh and Leiston Beccles Belstead Brook Bixley Blackbourn Blything Bosmere Brandon Bridge Bungay Carlford Chantry Clare Cosford Eastgate and Moreton Hall Exning and Newmarket Felixstowe Coastal Felixstowe North and Trimley Framlingham Gainsborough Gipping Valley Great Cornard Gunton Hadleigh Halesworth Hardwick Hartismere Haverhill Cangle Haverhill East and Kedington Hoxne & Eye Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew Kessingland and Southwold Lowestoft South Martlesham Melford Mildenhall Newmarket and Red Lodge Oulton Pakefield Peninsula Priory Heath Row Heath Rushmere St Helen's St John's St Margaret's and Westgate Samford Stour Valley Stowmarket North & Stowupland Stowmarket South Sudbury Sudbury East and Waldingfield Thedwastre North Thedwastre South Thingoe North Thingoe South Thredling Tower Upper Gipping Whitehouse and Whitton Wickham Wilford Woodbridge
Former Divisions	Abbeygate & Eastgate Brett Broom Hill Castle Hill Clay Hills Colneis Exning Felixstowe Ferry Felixstowe Landguard Felixstowe Walton Haverhill North Haverhill South Hoxne Icknield Ipswich St. Margarets Ipswich Town Kesgrave & Martlesham Lothingland North Lothingland South Lowestoft Central Lowestoft St. Margarets Newmarket Town Normanston Northgate & St. Olaves Oulton Broad Plomesgate Risbridge Risbygate & Sextons Southgate & Westgate Sprites St. Clements Stoke Park Stowmarket St. Marys Stowmarket St. Peters Wainford Whitehouse Whittington Whitton